Barcode: 0 89195 87080 3
Case Pack: 24 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 7.5" x 13" x 1.8"
Orange Box is again showing its true colors with the release of a 1/700 scale
ship model. The subject is a Project 956 Sovremenny-class missile destroyer.
Although it is a Russian-built ship, this Cyber-Hobby kit depicts it in Chinese
People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) service. In 1996 China decided to acquire
two unfinished Russian Navy vessels. The Hangzhou (hull number 136) was delivered
in 1999, and the second destroyer - Fuzhou (137) - arrived in 2000. It is precisely
these destroyers that are represented in this Orange Box release. These destroyers
in service with the PLAN East Sea Fleet are designed mainly for surface strike
missions.
The Orange Box kit is precisely made to 1/700 scale. Although the kit title
specifically names Fuzhou, both vessels in this class can be built, as decals
are provided for both the Hangzhou and Fuzhou. Details are accurately portrayed,
and the kit makes widespread use of high-tech slide molds. All in all, this
is another welcome kit from Orange Box, and it helps modelers represent the
growing might of the PLAN. What’s also welcome is the modest Orange Box price
of this 1/700 ship kit!
