-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Model picture submission - 1/700 Modern Icebreaker Xue Long Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:30:58 +0000 From: Chris King To: Ship_Gallery@modelwarships.com Hello, I would like to submit the following pictures for your model gallery. A brief description of the ship is below. Please feel free to list my e-mail. Sincerely, Chris King --------------------------- This is a custom-made 1/700 model of the Chinese Antarctic support ship Xiangyanghong. The westernized name is sometimes reported as "Xue Long" which means "snow dragon." The ship is used on various oceanographic research voyages and also supplies the Chinese base in Antarctica. There are few details available concerning the ship, other than the fact that is is about 550 feet long (if I remember correctly) and is around 15,000 tons full load. The ship has a large helicopter pad aft. It was acquired second-hand from Finish owners in 1985. _________________________________________________________________ Get ready for school! Find articles, homework help and more in the Back to School Guide! http://special.msn.com/network/04backtoschool.armx