This is the very new first model from a new Hong Kong company called Suyata Models.
The kit is a cartoon version of the spectacular failure of a ship the R.M.S. Titanic, or as The Onion put it, "the World's Largest Metaphor".
This is a superb kit in so many respects. The moulding is beautiful and the fit fantastic. It is cast in four colours, but I painted everything using both Vallejo and Tamiya gloss white acrylics anyway.
I bought at the same time the laser cut wooden decking for this new kit. There were about 25 pieces of decking, and I took the better part of a day applying it after first sticking it to my fingers. However, it was a great way to learn about applying wooden decking to model ships. There was no decking for the aft flying bridge so I used excess wood to make proper decking for that piece. I also added chain for the anchors; rigging; a sternpost flag; and filled in all the portholes with clear glue.
Here is my in-box review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjsfoTdB2cU
The Onion says this was the final transmission from the Titanic: "Titanic struck by icy representation of nature's supremacy STOP insufficient lifeboats due to pompous certainty in man's infallibility STOP Microcosm of larger society STOP". Strangely there are almost as many lifeboats in this cartoon kit as there were on the real ocean liner.
This was a great and very educational Covid-19 project.
Work-in-progress in the Harland and Wolff shipyard which just so happens to be in my spare bathroom...
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