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German Bremen Class Frigate, Koln F211

"MSW crew-mate David J. Salvin (djandj) sends in this gallery of images of one of his latest builds, NNT Models German Bremen class frigate, Koln F211, in this "On Display" feature!"

Vessel-F211 Koln
Model Mfg.-NNT Models (Germany
Medium: Resin/PE
Scale: 1/700

The Kit:
This resin kit is pretty typical of modern resin kits. Cast in almost a single piece, the kit has only a few dozen resin pieces to attach. It comes with a fairly good PE fret with everything you need except railings. Most PE pieces fit well except for the raked funnel cap...This assembly was supposed to be three pieces that all came together at very oblique angles to make the cap. The result unfortunately is that while the side pieces are cut correctly, the rear piece is simply not cut at the right angles to make a square funnel cap. I had to scratch build my own to get it to fit.

Overall, the kit went together well, and the PE fret has nice details, like wire racks for the life raft pods, and small pieces for the aerials on the main radar tower. The instructions were rather lacking, and provided only a single basic blow up of how some of the parts went on, and a few line drawings of the finished ship, leaving the modeler to guess as to what to put where.