hi oddball. yes i have built the academy bismarck in 1-350 scale. it is bascally the tamya kit reboxed. it still comes out beautifully with a pe set from eduard. the only time consuming element is to work out from the instructions where the pe set goes as the tamiya and academy instructions are differently laid out and the part numbers are different. that aside, build the kit as it doesnt have too many pitfalls and comes out well even without pe sets.