It is very non-scale in almost everything on it. The Lindberg kit is rather crude compared to the precision of the Italeri. The sweep of the deck is all wrong, the shape of the forward hull is way, way off, details on the Lindberg are very crude (example: molded on handrails, molded on navigation lights, and on-and-on).

Did you follow the link provided in Post #2? Check out the quality of all the parts for the Italeri. The Lindberg moldings are just crude by comparison and probably has maybe 1/5th of the parts count you will find in the Italeri.

As far as plastic kits (of any kind) go, Lindberg has always been at the bottom of the heap, quality and fidelity to scale wise. When I bought my Lindberg PT-109, I bought it because there was nothing else like it available at that time. If it was still the only one available, then it will serve the purpose. If, on the other hand, you want one to be really proud of, the Lindberg one doesn't fill the bill.

Do you remember the days of black and white, vacuum tube televisions? Compare that to the 52" flat screen high definition televisions available today. That is what the difference is like between the Lindberg and the Italeri kits. Anyone who has ever built a Lindberg kit (no matter what it is) and has subsequently built a really nice kit of the same thing, knows exactly what I am talking about.