1915 British Battleship
| This is an early Waveline resin kit that seems to have disappeared from the current Pit-Road catalog. I guess it is now Out Of Production, which is too bad because it is a pretty nice kit. I'm including a review of it just in case you spot one gathering dust on your local hobby shop shelf or making the rounds on E-bay. | |||||
| The hull is nicely cast and has a multitude of deck details. In fact it looks rather busy with all the objects that are cast on. The hull has a casting gate on the starboard side that will have to be sanded off. Many will prefer this to sanding the bottom. | click to
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| The superstructure parts are well cast in the two part molding style. They resemble parts on a regular injection molded plastic kit being attached to a resin sprue. This allows all sides of the part to be cast, but requires removal of the attachment point from the tree. |  |
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| There are a number of white metal cast parts including boats and gun barrels. The casting is not as sharp as later kits by this manufacturer but still very usable. |  |
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| Also included is a piece of flat styrene to fabricate some parts listed in the instructions. Several lengths of brass rod are included to make the masts. |  |
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The instructions are well done for a kit of this age and
include four pages of
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| Here's a view of the box art for those that who wish to see it. |  |
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| Conclusions:
A nice kit in it's day, but don't bid too much on one on E-bay as White Ensign has a 1918 version coming out soon. |
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