Well, I have now received my two copies of the U 190 kit, and have to say that I am a little disappointed. The overall quality is good, just as in the U 505 kit. However, for a kit that is supposed to be made from the Tehnoart U 525 molds, they left out a lot of parts.
I get that they wanted to do the U 190 (for whatever unknown reasons), but it would have been nice if they had left in the U 525 parts, like the life raft canisters, 20mm gun shields, and the Askania compass housing.
Had they done this, and also included optional conning tower and foredeck parts to make boats that had those equipment items, this kit would be a world beater.
But, that's Revell for you. I tried contacting Tehnoart to see if I could purchase some of the parts, and got a response from them asking how many I wanted. But then nothing since. I guess I could rob the life raft canisters from one of my VIIC/41 kits, and liberate the 20mm gun shields from my Schnellboot kits. But that would make for some very expensive optional parts.
Maybe someone will make aftermarket parts, but that could be a long wait. Oh well, guess I'll have to wait and see..