A kit of this vessel has been available by Bronco in 1/350 scale but now it joins a growing list of naval kits made in 1/144. The Imperial Protected Cruiser Chin Yuen is new kit of injected plastic and PE details.

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I have that kit in 1/350 and it's great, although small (and yet again, in 1/700, by S-Models). It's good to have a smallish ship in a larger scale. Although, I hope Bronco re-tooled, instead of simply rescaling - the 1/350 has great detail, but it could be refined in larger scale. The small armaments could be better defined, for instance. But I like pre-dreadnoughts, and I will most likely get this one, too.

Interesting! have built the 1/350th kit and it was great. It will be a nice size in 1/144th, and hope bags of detail.

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Si

The vessel in 1/144 will be 19.7 inches long ( 500.6mm ) and should be quite impressive in this scale.

this one indeed looks interesting. Are there sailor figures available in this scale? I dont like ghost ships :-)

Chinese period uniforms were baggy trousers and a loose fitting long shirt, with a sort of turban or scarf wrapped around the head, and sandals or bare feet. North Star makes some 1/144 crew figures, but nothing that remotely resembles that description. Maybe some enterprising person will design some CAD's for Shapeways to print up.

Check your model railroad shop for the rail equivalent to 1/144 you might be able to find some Chinese RR workers from the 1800s era. Or gaming figures.