I'm currently working on a Combrig 1/700 battleship from the Russo-Japanese War, and I think it's a beautiful kit. The basic hull casting is exquisite - easily as good as any plastic kit.
Two small caveats. One - the instructions don't amount to much. (An outboard profile drawing of the actual ship and a couple of exploded views - one of which shows one of the major superstructure components backwards.) Two - Combrig has been around for a number of years and, like any other company, it's improved during its lifetime. As I understand it some of the first Combrig kits were a little rough around the edges, but the most recent ones can stand comparison with anything on the market. (I think they've been working on the quality of their instructions, as a matter of fact.) The Steel Navy website ( www.steelnavy.com ) has quite a few reviews of Combrig products that help sort out the old ones from the new ones.
One great thing about Combrig kits: the prices! Probably due in part to the weakness of Russian currency, they're among the cheapest resin kits on the market. And in the past year or so the company has been stretching out into some non-Russian subjects. I've got my eye on its H.M.S.
Dreadnought (surely the most historically important warship ever to be utterly ignored by the plastic kit industry). And those Combrig pre-dreadnought British battleships look great.
My suggestion is - browse the reviews on the Steel Navy site and, unless you're committed to a particular ship, pick a recent Combrig kit. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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