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Sharkmouth

Orange Hobby 1/700th Scale ROKS Dokdo Photo Report

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Orange Hobby have released a multi-media kit of South Korea's modern landing craft and helicopter carrier, the ROKS Dokdo. It arrived form their online shop in excellent packaging but the box is non-descript.
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The real Dokdo in an image (like all others) taken from Wikipedia's Media Commons.

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The box is filled to the top and all the parts are superbly packaged. What follows are pcitures of the contents.
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Decals and PE parts are carefully packed.
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These are Surion helicopters made in South Korea
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The real South Korean Surion utility helicopter is seen above in an image from Airliners.net.
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These inflatables are included and can be shown within the well deck.
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RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile bases. Once the rest of the parts, which include PE are added, it should appear as below.
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These are the barrels for the Goalkeeper CIWS (Close In Defense Weapon). The real one is shown on a British ship below.
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The kit looks fantastically detailed and looks to be a great build. I have sent this model on to Kenny 'Gator' Loup and his build is here.
some more images from Wikipedia Media Commons to inspire those that love the looks of this modern ship.
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