I just recieved my model so I thought I'd give my 2 cents worth. The kit come in a not-too-sturdy top opening box. 3 sprues in 1 bag, so a couple of pieces were broken. It's a gray, brittle-ish plastic. Some sprue attachement points are large and heavy, and are sometimes thicker than the attached parts. On some of the parts the attachement point continues onto the piece requiring careful clean up. The 4" gun has 4 attachement points and really needs careful cutting to not bend or break the barrel, and the propeller has no less than 6 attachments! I would compare general quality to that of an older Trumpeter kit, although surface detail on some parts are sharp and on other pieces, heavy or soft. For instance, deck detail and planking are reasonably well done as are the windows and portholes on the superstructure and hull. Masts are finely cast, but items such as weapons, depth charges and racks, K guns, and boat davits are plain and lacking fine detail. A nice touch, however, is the bollards and fairleads are moulded separately, are finely done, and have small attachement points. Some deck railing, which on the prototype were covered with dodgers, and splinter shields appear as thick armor plating (although Mirage is certainly not the first company to make that error). The funnel is in 3 pieces with the funnel cap without any opening and the grill moulded on. A point to note is that the funnel should have a slight rake to it, and since there is no positioning key, and the funnel is round, care must be taken to make sure
the funnel is pointing in the right direction. Stairs are solid and moulded to the superstructure, and the smaller ventilators are also solid and would have to be drilled or dremeled out. The model is full hull only, and on mine the halves were slightly warped. There are a couple of nasty raised pin marks near the aft hull sections which have to be carved off as they will interfere with the fit of the deck. Scuppers in this area are well done and pierced thru and line up well with the deck level. Hull plating is present and is represented by engraved lines. A simple, single pedestal stand is also included. Decals are provided with an RN Ensign, ship number (K186) and ship's name. The instruction sheet is easy to follow, with a total of 30 steps for such a small model (just under 7 inches). There's a second step 27 (!) which illustrates the rigging diagram. A separate glossy sheet has the ships history, and technical data in English and Polish on one side, and a slightly larger than actual size, full color painting reference on the other. The only camo pattern is in Mountbatten Pink, and blue. No photo-etch is included, although WEM has announced a set for this model. I can't comment on the accuracy or inaccuracies of the model. On first inspection the model looks a bit crude and very last-generation, but with some extra work, PE, and AM replacement weapons, will result in a satisfactory model.
