Not a week ago i received this model and since i craved for Repulse for long time, i decided to dedicate my first preview to it.
"Fantom model" is a new publisher, again from Poland. The scale is rather unusual - 1:300, but level of details seems to be excellent. It consists of 14 pages of details. But in fact there are 4 more. It says (mind you, that i don't know polish at all) something like "errata, please replace parts from main pages with these". But it doesn't say why. So when (or IF) building it i'll have to compare parts to see what's the difference between them. The print quality is high, and some small details, like different discoloration of wooden deck, is particulary nice touch. Cardstock also looks quite "buildable". Not as thick, as Gomix or recent Halinski, but then again, not as flimsy, as Halinski's Warspite. History and instructions are in polish. Cover art features nice painting by Jaroslaw Wrobel, who is renowned (at least, he must be) by his artwork for Halinski's models, AJ publishing monographies and many more. There are also several pictures of a completed model (color ones only on back cover) and they look very nice. And the price is more than attractive - around 10 bucks from my local dealer. The only bugger for me is it's scale - i don't have that many ships built, but still most of the ships, that i have (both built and unbuilt), are in 1:200. Anyway, that's only a minor nit-pick. I still envy myself and so should you :lol:
"Fantom model" is a new publisher, again from Poland. The scale is rather unusual - 1:300, but level of details seems to be excellent. It consists of 14 pages of details. But in fact there are 4 more. It says (mind you, that i don't know polish at all) something like "errata, please replace parts from main pages with these". But it doesn't say why. So when (or IF) building it i'll have to compare parts to see what's the difference between them. The print quality is high, and some small details, like different discoloration of wooden deck, is particulary nice touch. Cardstock also looks quite "buildable". Not as thick, as Gomix or recent Halinski, but then again, not as flimsy, as Halinski's Warspite. History and instructions are in polish. Cover art features nice painting by Jaroslaw Wrobel, who is renowned (at least, he must be) by his artwork for Halinski's models, AJ publishing monographies and many more. There are also several pictures of a completed model (color ones only on back cover) and they look very nice. And the price is more than attractive - around 10 bucks from my local dealer. The only bugger for me is it's scale - i don't have that many ships built, but still most of the ships, that i have (both built and unbuilt), are in 1:200. Anyway, that's only a minor nit-pick. I still envy myself and so should you :lol: