German Prinz Eugen Heavy Cruiser 1942

I bought this kit a few weeks ago. I haven't had a chance to start working on it yet but i did pop open the box to take a look at the contents. What I found is typical of most Trumpeter kits. The usual well molded frets with pretty decent part detail. No excessive mold flash and no mold slip. Dimensions seem to look right with the pictures I have on file. If it isn't perfectly to scale it's so close I can't tell with the calibrated Mk1 eyeball. ;) The kit contains their standard waterline upper hull molded in grey with their standard red plastic lower hull giving the waterline or full hull construction options. Which is one of the main reasons that I like Trumpeter kits. The only downside is that the lower hull is a little light on details. This isn't a huge problem as most will probably build this as a waterline kit anyway. And the lack of detail on the lower hull isn't so bad as to keep you from making the kit full hull should that be your original intent. The only other kits available in similar scale are by Revell (1/720) and Airfix (1/600). This trumpeter kit has FAR more pieces and are of greater detail than both the Revell and Airfix offerings. The only manufacturer that could probably make as good of a kit is Dragon. But they don't make a 1/700 Prinz Eugen. So if a 1/700 Prinz Eugen is what you want then this is most certainly the kit for you. The Prinz Eugen is also available in 1945 outfit if a late war version is what you're after.