#360
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Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 03:21 PM UTC
This month marks the 100th anniversary of The Great War and Eduard has released two PE sets to dress up a Revell's kit of a ship that fought in that conflict, the SMS Emden.
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fbustelo
News WriterNew York, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 11:13 PM UTC
The deck gun mounts are incorrect in these kits. They are not solid turrets but open housings. Eduard missed an opportunity to fix this major flaw with the kit.
#360
Connecticut, United States
Joined: June 18, 2003
KitMaker: 1,020 posts
Model Shipwrights: 630 posts
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 01:53 AM UTC
I can only imagine they didn't want to bother with doing resin or turned brass barrels for the guns. Considering the extensive sheet details as they are now I wouldn't think it would have been hard to add the gun shields and details as well.
It's a shame to go all out with superstructures, ladders, deck fittings and mast details and not address the most glaring incaccuracy of the kit.
"I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way." - John Paul Jones
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Posted: Saturday, August 16, 2014 - 11:26 PM UTC
Would make more sense for the gun mounts to be released separately in the Brassin range. a resin mount would make more sense, and brass barrels would be needed.
My thoughts
Si
