1/1200 Scharnhorst Upgrade Set

Harristotle's Miniature's

Reviewed by Devin Poore, November 2019
 

 
PARTS
This is a nicely detailed accessory set for the 1/1200 scale Revell kit of the Scharnhorst. There are direct-replacement parts, such as the secondary guns and main superstructure. There are also multiple additional parts that either are new additions for the kit, or components that require that parts of the ship's hull be removed before placement. 

The parts come on a single printing gate, obviously printed in the Shapeway's clear high-detail frosted material. Overall the pieces look really good, and anyone that has ordered ultra frosted detail pieces from Shapeways before knows what to expect. There is a bit of powder residue on a couple of the larger pieces, so a good cleaning and a bit of sanding will be required before prime and paint. I had intended to shoot these with some primer before the review, but I'm out of the Ultra-Fine Tamiya primer, so I was unable to do so.

My set came with a single cover sheet, listing the components of the set, but with no assembly instructions. I looked up the Revell kit online, and it does appear that many of the parts are direct one-to-one replacements for the kit's contents, with other smaller bits such as directors and spotlights added. The cover sheet does mention that Tom's Modelworks makes photoetch sets for kits in this scale, and this set is intended to be used in conjunction with those.

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CONCLUSIONS
This is a nice little set that should really dress up the Revell kit. It'd be nice to have a more comprehensive set of instructions for assembly, but hopefully the parts are enough of a one-to-one swap basis that the Revell instructions will be sufficient.

If you're going to build the 1/1200 scale Revell Scharnhorst kit, I can definitely recommend this set.

Thank you to Harristotle's Miniature's for the review sample. 



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