Chinese Huai Bei Frigate 1:350

Many thanks for your comments! This one looks toy like because it's more a motorized toy than a model. It's one of Trumpeter's old releases. Local made PE rails were used to complement it same as it was done to the Sovremenny in the same scale (which Trumpeter didn't provide any PE) :

There is an entire group of Trumpeter's 1/350 ships that are older more toylike models. Look at a couple of online stores - the models in the $8 range for a 1/350 ship are the ones, and they are cheap for a reason. You could take one and really work it over with some generice PE sets, maybe even the Sovremenny PE set. What a challenge that would be. And Model Maniac comissions a lot of the models he displays here.

You did a good job putting it together but the kit looks too toy like to me. Parts looks too thick particulary the antennas. Being that it's a Trumpeter model, maybe someone will come out with a PE set for this kit? Were the deck railings from the box or from a rail set?

Scott