I am not sure what the other person who reviewed it, in regard to props and shaft but i have them in the model. I purchased two of this ship. One i am currently painting is for my friends dad who served on her in Korea. and i have to say so far it seems pretty straight forward. there are 9 steps in instructions i have used a gooseneck lighted magnifier plus wearing glasses to paint the deck and came out awesome i cant wait to finish this model to give to my friends dad. i am not sure how i will do the second one. may repeat what i did on this one or make it to resemble the ship in game of world of warships. i found ample pics on google for reference. this was my first atlantis mode but with it i also got forest Sherman and Pittsburg by Atlantis so looking forward to them as well

I have recently built this kit and overall it represents a fine example of the subject.The quality of the parts is great.The only flaw I found is that there are no props or prop shafts.