This is a very nice kit -I love the whole idea. However, I have big question about the base. You get a dark underbase, and a transparent “overbase”, with some pegs separating the two. Somehow the transparent part should act as a waterline, where you can put the sub and the destroyer, however, I have no idea how. There is no holes cut for them. If I put the bottom under the transparent plexy, the rest of the ships on the top, you would see in between. I do not dare to try to cut the plexyglass… has anyone built this set? How are you supposed to do it? (https://www.super-hobby.hu/products/Battle-of-the-Atlantic-Anti-Submarine-Warfare-Set-I.html -you can see the instructions under this link) Thank you
Can you post photos of what’s included and the instructions?
Check out the link. It has both the instructions and the parts.
They’re low resolution images and the instructions on the page aren’t showing how the base goes together.
Which is why I’m thinking posting photos of your kit would be a good idea. If we can all see what you get in the kit, we might be able to offer advice. A shot of a dry assembly would be great.
I’ve yet to actually see this kit outside of Chinese eBay vendors listings myself.
Here’s the instructions on Scalemates
From reading the instructions the base is used with the ship and sub as waterline only.
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Ah, now I see.
It looks like those holes in the corners should be cut already. It doesn’t anything about drilling.
The holes are already there for the pegs. I will shoot a few photos of the dry assembly. Hopefully over the weekend. Job search, work and family seriously interferes with my hobby time… (Apologies I was not aware of the issues with resolution.)
There is no gap between the black and the transparent plexi once the screw is in. (I thought/assumed there would be.)
The instructions:
Honestly, this is better, because the original is quite small. It does seem to me looking at the scanned version that they want the waterline option? (But it is not specified during the construction, like “hey, dude, if you wanna use our base, do not glue the bottom”…)
So I guess it is a waterline only if you use the base. Unless I learn how to pour resin water.
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They’re going to slip and slide on that perspex. Maybe a rubber adhesive, something that won’t attack the perspex would secure them?
Have you considered putting a seascape image between the two? Might help give the effect of sea and if you don’t like it, it’s easy to remove.
I would definitely have to glue, but the question is: should I build them in a waterline setting, then? Probably should, right?
In the parallel thread on “Making Water” (these two topics are becoming blurred!) you mention using Vallejo water effects. If this is just acrylic modeling paste, which I’m sure it is, the acrylic paste will be a very effective adhesive - I discovered that the hard way! 
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I’d go water line on that flat base. @Biggles50 idea of using the water effects sounds good. Maybe you could build up a wake around them.
Out of curiosity, did they include some sort of stand for displaying the models with the lower hull? There’s usually pedestal mounts or cradle in ships.
Thank you all for the help. (Apologies for being a noob, but ships are new(ish) to me.) I will get on the building. I have accumulated a few 1/700 scale kits with immense amounts of PE; someone was getting rid of their collections for a low price. However, building a kit with a lot of AM means a lot of cross checking of several instructions and not a lot of building 
The flyhawk kit will help me ease into this at least…
Thank you all for your advice; I finished finally the model.
(No pedestal was included in the set, by the way.)
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Again; Excellent results! 
It looks great, glad we could all help.
Destroyer, U-boat and Sunderland are beautifully finished and the base is very effective. Sea and wake look very realistic.
Hope you post more of your work.