TRUMPETER 7303 CHINESE "JIAOLONG" MANNED DEEP SUBMERSIBLE (PRE-COLORED)
1/72 SCALE
DESCRIPTION:
Jiaolong (simplified Chinese: 蛟龙号; traditional Chinese: 蛟龍號; pinyin: jiāolóng hào flood dragon) is a Chinese crewed deep-sea research submersible that can dive to a depth of over 7,000 metres (23,000 ft), developed from the Sea Pole-class bathyscaphe. It has the second-greatest depth range of any crewed research vehicle of the Chinese Navy; the only crewed expeditions to have gone deeper were the dives of the Trieste bathyscaphe (10,916 metres (35,814 ft)) in 1960, Archimède (9,560 metres (31,360 ft)) in 1962, Deepsea Challenger (10,898 metres (35,755 ft)) in 2012, and DSV Limiting Factor (10,925 metres (35,843 ft)) in 2019 (with three diving to Challenger Deep).
The general designer is Xu Qinan (徐芑南), a former professor at the School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering (船舶与海洋工程学院) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), who also designed many other Chinese submersibles and uncrewed underwater vehicles. Xu is now an academician for the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The first deputy general designer is Cui Weicheng (崔维成), and the deputy general designer was Zhu Weiqing (朱维庆).
FEATURES:
* Item No: 07303
* Item Name: Chinese Jiaolong Manned Submersible
* Scale: 1/72
* Item Type: Plastic Model Deep Submersible Kit
* Model Brief: Length: 138mm Width: 59mm Height: 52mm
* Total Parts: 30+
* Metal Parts: N/A
* Photo Etch Parts: N/A
* Film Parts: N/A
* Resin Parts: N/A
* Total Sprues: 5 sprues
* Released Date: 2016-01
* More Features:
Pre-Painted model kit
The kit consists of over 30 parts
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