USS Syren 1803 by Dubz

[Dubz]

I remembered that I bought years ago the Syren parts from Jerzy. Today I searched and found them, so a little comparison.

The parts from the kit are ca. 0.38mm thick, where in the parts from Jerzy, which came with two boards, one is ca. 0.15-0.18mm thick, better say thin here, the one with the hammock cranes is, makes sense imo, thicker with ca. 0.25mm.



Another point is, that Jerzy's parts are imo much nicer and detailed.

Check the Syren typo here (left is Jerzy's):



Or the horse shoes for the sweep ports (Jerzy's is the lower one)



For a better picture



This is imo another big minus for the Kit. There is nothing to say about anything Chuck were responsible for, what he created is outstanding and near perfect. But what Model Expo but in the kit could/should be much better imo. Yepp the wood IS better then in most of the kits I checked, even I'm not happy with (hey ok I'm German, maybe that's the reason ) the lasered wood is really good, but especially the metalparts (casts, guns, anchor, anchorstock (sucks big time imo) are crap for a Kit I paid round about 526.- Dollars for, resp. an "Advanced Kit".

To make it clear for $240.-, that's how the Syren is actual selling, the kit is absolute valuable and advisable!! But not for the double ... just my moaning 2 cent

cheers,

Dirk