Hobby Boss 83515 1/350 PLAN Type 033 Submarine & SH-5 Flying Boat

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

• Model Dimension:  Length: 218.8mm Beam: 20mm
• Total Plastic Parts:  80+pcs
• Total Sprues:  4 sprues and stand
• Camouflage Scheme:
  PLAN Type 033 Submarine


• More Features:
  The kit consists of over 80 parts, include 28 Photo etched parts
  - Photo Etched parts for nameplate and propeller
  - include a SH-5 aircraft

Under the 1950 Sino-Soviet Friendship and Mutual Assistance Treaty, the Soviets passed to China (and later to North Korea) the documentation necessary to produce ROMEO submarines in 1963. The Chinese variant is known as the Type 033 ROMEO. A total of 84 Type 033 submarines were built in China from 1962 to 1984, plus several exported to other countries.

The SH-5 (Shuishang Hongzha-5, or ShuiHong-5) is the amphibious aircraft developed by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC) in the 1980s. As its designation implies, the aircraft was originally intended for anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare, but lack of suitable weapons resulted in only four examples being built for maritime patrol and surveillance role.

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