Dug into the kit last night and started cleaning up flash, resin stubs, etc. I have to admit that I am a bit disappointed at the overall quality of the moulding and casting. Some parts are very nicely done while others aren't done well at all. Three example of the above are:
1) Alot of the rivets on the hull sides are indistinct. I am going to sand all of them away and replace them with aftermarket rivets.
2) The raised detail on the deck strips which surround the gun suffer from the same problem as the rivets. I am still considering options to improve them.
3) The breech of the gun had some nasty casting seams and it had two sink marks which took quite some time to correct.
This model will assemble into a nice representation of a uboot deck gun, but you will have to work to get it to that level. For $165.00 I expected the quality to be higher. Good thing I did not lay out $450.00 plus for the Conning Tower kit and find it in the same shape; I would have been royally pissed!
Ernest