Guest Peterpools Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Has anyone built any of the kits yet. I'm super interested in the Bede Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Unfortunately, I would definitely have to see some of the kit if not an actual review of it before purchase. Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Brian Surely agree, as I have really not heard of the company before Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86Sabreboy1 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Unfortunately, I would definitely have to see some of the kit if not an actual review of it before purchase. If you are expecting Tamiya fit and quality then these kits are not for you. They do require some work and model building skill. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Guys I'll upload some pics when my ones land. If I have the time I'll do a full review Harold, MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Wow, never knew they are rebuilding Tsunami, I thought it had been lost forever. What a project. Cheers Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 If you are expecting Tamiya fit and quality then these kits are not for you. They do require some work and model building skill. I run a commission business on the side, and have built Silerwings, HpH (currently working on) Heritage, Fisher M&P, Battle-Axe, Avis, Planet Models and a host of numerous other resin manufactures. After spending THOUSANDS of cumulative dollars of my own and customers money on high dollar resin kits, only to have to re-engineer the kit, Ill most definitely be needing to see the kit before purchase. Having 5 Tamiya kits in the stash Im also very versed in how those go together as well. One certainly should not ever expect any cottage industry manufacturer to have a kit that drops together like Tamiya-sans kits do, and no modeler can expect perfection, but as a very experienced resin builder I can say with 100% confidence (especially after building the original release of Heritages Reno racers) that just because a manu says their kit looks and builds good, there is no guarantee of said model being either; even after paying upwards of $150. Ill not be ripped off like that again. My current project is a $320 resin kit, that so far I've had to do a significant amount of re-engineering on, and the fun has barely begun. This includes several mistakes on this $320 kit that would have been easily be rectified by being a bit more thorough, and a bit more R & D. Being able to put work into a resin kit, and having the skill to do so, has absolutely nothing to do with at the very least expecting a certain amount of engineering and finishing to be done prior to you getting the kit regardless of the medium. Any resin kit, even FM&P Kits take more work that IM or mixed media kits, that is true. The difference is that one should always expect to have to do some adjusting and some fitment work on any resin kit, but one should not ever have to re-engineer a kit, or put up with a kit that doesn't fit at all, for the same or higher price that most IM manus want. EvilCarrot and Harold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Brian pretty much covered all the bases. Right now I'm mainly interested in the BD-5J and would like to see the actual kit other then a CAD drawing before purchasing. I'm not even questioning the price of $80 for a kit that will surely be tiny as the BD-5J length is a whopping 12 feet and a wing span of 17 feet! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Agreed. Their pricing structure looks fairly decent at 160-ish for Tsunami, but there is no way Im pre-ordering anything, regardless of price discounts. On the other-hand unless the kit is up to IM quality and fit, there is likely no way Im paying $225 however, if/when the prices jump up. So it may be a moot point for me regardless. All depends on kit pics and/or review. Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Brian Agreed Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 If it's any help, their 1/48 Voodoo has this photo in the item listing. Looks pretty cleanly cast to me so i hope this will be an indication of other offerings Out2gtcha, Harold and MikeMaben 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Thanks Mike. That is one I didnt see, and the kind of thing I would have to have on the kit Im buying before purchase. Those parts actually look pretty good. Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuildAero Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 This company is new to me, as I haven't been in the aircraft modelling world for a while, but if, as I assume, they are 3D printed from those CAD renderings, surely the engineering and fit should be taken as working if not perfect. When I made a master for a large scale model aircraft, fit and finish were paramount. I wouldn't dream of doing it any other way. It's not rocket science after all to make something fit. If Brian has found so many high end resins to be badly designed, that means that a lot of pattern makers have looked at a crappy joint and thought, "Oh, that'll do, near enough" That is disgraceful. And to read that any of Paul Fisher's kits suffer from the same thing is a big surprise. His old car kits were superb and Paul is a fussy devil for sure. I wonder if there is differential; shrinkage rearing its ugly head with some of these kits, which, as most casters won't commit to a definite shrinkage rate is not really the pattern makers' fault. I could NEVER get a shrinkage rate from any white metal caster with whom I ever worked and that's quite a few over the years. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Thank you for providing the link. Neat stuff!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Really keen on Tsunani and the Pond Racer, but the preorder is a bit of a gamble :/ Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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