Trumpeter 1/144 Plan Type 092 XIA Class SSBN Chinese Navy Submarine Scaled Plastic Model Kit

The Type 092 Daqingyu (US DoD designation: Xia-class; Chinese designation: 09-II) was a 6,500-ton submarine and the first ballistic missile-carrying, nuclear-powered submarine (SSBN) deployed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, and the first SSBN designed and built in Asia. She was designed by Huang Xuhua and derived from the Han-class SSNs, with an extended hull to accommodate four missile tubes. The first boat, Changzheng 6 (hull number 406), was laid down in 1978 at Huludao 120 miles North-East of Beijing, and completed in 1981. She spent 6 years being fitted out and conducting tests with her 12 JL-1 (CSS-N-3) missiles, becoming active in 1987. The submarine later underwent numerous upgrades, including replacement of the original Type 604 sonar with the Type H/SQ2-262B sonar manufactured by No. 613 Factory.