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Wish they'd re-release the Albatross. They're nice kits.

FYI- I do both the 143 and 148 in 1/700 scale

Dave G
The PT Dockyard
http://www.ptdockyard.com

Nice model!!! :thumbs_up_1:

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Both class were released by Revell in kits 1/144, with nice details.
Gepard is more common but Albatros is today very rare in the market, very difficulty to find:

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[b]The Type 143 Albatros class[/b] was a German class of missile bearing Fast Attack Craft. Each vessel were named after a bird of prey.

S61�S65 were part of the 2. Schnellbootgeschwader (Fast attack craft squadron), and S66�S70 belonged to the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader. Both squadrons were based in Warnem�nde.

Most of ships still sold to Tunisia.

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General characteristics:

Displacement: 398 tonnes
Length: 57.8 m (189 ft 8 in)
Beam: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draft: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion: 13.235 kW
Speed: 40 knots (74 km/h)
Complement: 40
Electronic warfare
and decoys: � Decoy launcher HOT DOG
� Chaff launcher DAG 2200 Wolke
Armament: � 2 � OTO-Melara 76 mm guns
� 4 � MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles
� 2 � torpedo tubes

General characteristics:

Type: Fast Attack Craft
Displacement: 391 tonnes
Length: 57.60 m
Beam: 7.80 m
Draft: 2.60 m
Propulsion: 13,235 kW
Speed: > 40 knots
Complement: 30 crew + 4 officers
Electronic warfare
and decoys: Decoy launcher HOT DOG
Chaff launcher DAG 2200 Wolke

Armament: 1 x OTO-Melara 76mm gun
4 x MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles
1 x GDC Rolling Airframe Missile launcher, 21 cells
2 x MG50-1 machine guns
Mine laying capability

[b]The Type 143A Gepard class[/b] is Germany's last class of missile bearing fast attack craft (Schnellboot in German) and the only one still in service with the German Navy since 1990.

It is an evolution of the Type 143 Albatros class. It is planned that Gepard class vessels will gradually be supplemented by Braunschweig class corvettes from 2008 on and to be replaced by a new class of corvettes around 2015.

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The ships are equipped with Exocet launchers and RAM mount:

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