The kit comes in 4 trees, 2 hull halves, a deck section and pre printed stand, for a total of 174 pieces in all. The ship parts are molded entirely in battleship grey (how appropriate) and the 3 stand parts are molded in flat black. There are no defects or flash whatsoever, there are small mold lines but these are easily removed. All the major and some minor details are represented very nicely except for the raised panel lines in the hull (I would have preferred engraved panel lines). A couple of nice details that stand out are the massive amounts of “anti-aircraft” guns that flank the sides of the main conning tower (on the small scale kits many of these guns are often omitted), and the inclusion of three in-scale CosmoTiger II fighters, giving you the option the model them on the “catapults” or just display them along side the kit for scale reference.

There is only one small sheet of decals for the kit and these are for the stripe details on the barrels of the main turret guns.

The instructions are very clear despite their being wholly in Japanese. The drawings and symbols are very clear for construction, however for painting the instructions are only useful to show you what to paint (by coloring the area to be painted in grey), those who cannot read Japanese will have to use the box art or other references for the correct paint scheme.

This kit is intended to be used as a coin bank (the robot’s body has a slot in its back and the instructions are clear as to what the slot is for). The kit’s 27 pieces are bolded in red with the exception of 2 clear domes for either side of the robot’s head. All the parts are defect and flash free with a bare minimum of mold lines just like the Yamato. The details on this kit are a bit soft and “toy-like” t an example of this would be the detail on the robots “feet” these are tank-like tracks with absolutely no detail for the drive wheels at all. All other details for the electronics on the robot are in decal form, although these decals are very nice looking and very clear.

The instructions are all in Japanese and contain very clear drawings. The decal placement iv very clearly laid out and easy to understand, however once again unless you can read Japanese you will need other 

recourse for paint colors and color placement.