Highs: Highly detailed hull and super-structure. Waterline option. Includes a good amount of photo-etch as well.Lows: Hull fit is a bit floppy and may require some filler.Verdict: Overall this is a nice pocket-sized battleship which started the entire Dreadnought classification.
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About Jim Starkweather (staff_Jim) FROM: NEW HAMPSHIRE, UNITED STATES
I started building models in 1971 when I was 6. My first model was a 1/32 P-40 Warhawk. Revell I believe. From there I moved onto the standard cars, Apollo spacecraft, and other kid orientated kits. I don't know what got me started on Armor. I must have seen a Monogram tank kit one day and said "Mom...
Already built and painted it. IMHO it's Trumpeter's best moldings yet - the fit is generally very good; even the wood deck is excellently rendered in plastic. However, the PE brass gauge is a little on the heavy side making it difficult to fold the finer parts - like the frames for lifeboat cradles. Pity WEM won't be releasing a PE set for the model now.
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