Imperial Russian Navy Submarine Krupp `Forel` (Plastic model) - HobbySearch Military Model Store

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--Forel was designed and manufactured in 1903 at Friedrich Klupp Germania Welft in Germany.
--The first submarine manufactured in Germany, developed independently by Germania Werft, which aimed at a manufacturing contract with the German Navy.
――Since Forel's propulsion system was only an electric motor, the German Navy was interested in this ship because it had to be carried to the vicinity of the target by the mother ship, launched, and then returned to the mother ship after activity. Did not show.
--The Imperial Russian Navy purchased Forel in 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War, and after training the crew, carried it to Vladivostok by rail, and then commissioned the Siberian small fleet in October of the same year.
――After the Russo-Japanese War, it was used as a training ship and sank in 1910 due to an accident.
――This injection plastic kit comes with etching parts, 2 types of decals, and a stand.
--Overall length when completed: Approximately 182 mm.
--Completely new mold

[Specifications]
--Overall length: 13.1m
--Overall width: 2.1m
--Draft: 2.1m
--Displacement (full load): 17 tons
--Crew: 4 people
--Maximum speed 5.5 knots
--Weapon: Externally mounted 18-inch whitehead torpedo launcher x2