LSP_K2 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 OK, I just doctored up the B-17 reference associations with the HK Models B-17G kit, with quite a few additional references now being linked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) ! Another great reason to visit this site daily (as if I needed any more ) Fantastic idea and very useful. Well done guys ! Is the DB links currently working just for the 3 examples shown or for more subjects ? (I checked the P-51 one, but was lazy to check another kit then these 3) Hubert Edited February 28, 2016 by MostlyRacers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) That is amazing chaps and sooooo useful! I always do a lot of research before and whilst building a model and you've just made this task much easier and more focussed. A huge thank you to Ks 1 and 2 and any other backroom boys who've had a hand in it. I agree entirely with Hubert, my addiction to LSP is now even stronger! Max Edited February 28, 2016 by mozart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 ! Another great reason to visit this site daily (as if I needed any more ) Fantastic idea and very useful. Well done guys ! Is the DB links currently working just for the 3 examples shown or for more subjects ? (I checked the P-51 one, but was lazy to check another kit then these 3) Hubert It's growing all the time, Hubert, and the process is far from complete. Some kits also just don't have much related data (no reviews, for example). We've still got a long way to go, but it will progress almost every day. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) To all involved - an outstanding piece of work! Regardless, it appears to be labor intensive. P.S. I didn't see an entry for the Z-M Shinden... Edit: Correction. It shows if I filter by "Zoukei-Mura" but I don't see it on the main database page. Edited February 28, 2016 by Bill_S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 ! Another great reason to visit this site daily (as if I needed any more ) Fantastic idea and very useful. Well done guys ! Is the DB links currently working just for the 3 examples shown or for more subjects ? (I checked the P-51 one, but was lazy to check another kit then these 3) Hubert There are probably about 8 or 10 that are mostly finished, out of 600 plus kits in the database. This is going to take some serious time. I'll post some additional links here for all to view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 To all involved - an outstanding piece of work! Regardless, it appears to be labor intensive. P.S. I didn't see an entry for the Z-M Shinden... It is. Subjects that I'm choosing, are being done in a sort of random fashion, based upon whatever I'm interested in at that particular moment. Grabbing the Mustang right off the bat was an eye opener, as there are no less than eight Mustang kit families, and most individual items (references in particular) each had to be associated with each of those eight families. Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 This will be incredibly useful. I do use Scalemates a great deal to peruse large scale jet models so it will be good to do this here and get all the LSP WIP threads as they are a wealth of knowledge, but often quite elusive because of varied and random titling and subheading by the original author. Nice to have them whipped into formation. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanKB Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I use Scalemates a lot. It acts as a database for my stash. It's useful for pricing, as it has retailers prices for stuff that's still on sale. Where it's weak, and LSP will be strong, is linking kits to build logs. It relies upon members to add links for review, build logs, etc, which means it can be a bit hit & miss. However, it does link to multiple websites, so it can offer an idea of what's out there. So I think Scalemates will continue to be useful for the wider view and give a general idea, whilst LSP will give a far more detailed & accurate look at the 1/32 market. I think they'll work very well together. As they are not offering the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 I think they'll work very well together. As they are not offering the same thing. That's pretty much the gist of it. It's not about competing with Scalemates, but about making the most of our own content. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Tamiya F-15 Eagle family now completed. This of course extends to all F-15's from both Tamiya and Revell kits, where appropriate. Slowly but surely, folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Tamiya F-15 Eagle family now completed. This of course extends to all F-15's from both Tamiya and Revell kits, where appropriate. Slowly but surely, folks. It looks like you're tackling the heavy hitters first, Kevin. Eventually, it will get really easy! Thanks for all your efforts. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I'm a little late to the show but Great work Kev! Ron LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 It looks like you're tackling the heavy hitters first, Kevin. Eventually, it will get really easy! Thanks for all your efforts. Thanks for the support, Bill. I'm kind of taking them by subjects that appeal to me, and the Eagle definitely qualifies. When there are many kit families, with a correspondingly large amount of references and other data (think Bf 109 here), those will be very time consuming indeed. The Mustang was the worst/best that I've tackled so far, as there are at least eight distinct Mustang kit families, and gobs of corresponding data, and every item of data (in certain categories) needs to be associated with each of the eight families, references for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Thanks for the support, Bill. I'm kind of taking them by subjects that appeal to me, and the Eagle definitely qualifies. When there are many kit families, with a correspondingly large amount of references and other data (think Bf 109 here), those will be very time consuming indeed. The Mustang was the worst/best that I've tackled so far, as there are at least eight distinct Mustang kit families, and gobs of corresponding data, and every item of data (in certain categories) needs to be associated with each of the eight families, references for example. Phantoms should be interesting, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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