The model came today, along with the KA wood deck.
First impression is that it is a small ship. I checked the dimensions and it's close enough, since it would be hard to say what the actual length is without access to drawings.
The plastic is matte finish which seems fine to me.
The deck is kind of so-so, I don't like wood decks much but this seemed to be a good subject for one so I'll see later.
The main guns are nice, but look like really big Napoleanic cannons, a little too old.
I searched around for a picture of Krupp 305mm guns and found this:
which the ship guns look nothing like.
The next thing I looked at were the little parts. I have never met a set of plastic boat davits that I liked until now.
They are tiny, but have a channel cast into each side. Truly worth using.
This will be a nice project, the detail is ok in the kit and needs as much help as it can get.
I am going to build the post Sino-French war version, circa 1885. That makes it the oldest iron ship in my collection.
The spars need to go. Mostly kind of plastic rods. Once I know what I need I'll look at blue jacket and places like that for good looking yards.
The torpedo boats have these very nice little armored cupolas with vision slots. A great piece of casting.