Post by tagdot on Jun 10, 2008 14:20:41 GMT -6
Today I received the weapons satellite kit from Adam and AJA Models. ;D
It arrived very well packaged in a plain brown wrapper, had to explain that to my wife,
and labeled with several shots of the finished model around the box.
I gave the kit a once over to check on the casting, detail, etc. My first impressions is one of excellent casting procedures and sharp crisp detail. There are parts in the kit that I believe Adam may have used a microscope to help his eyesight.
I did not see any voids or air bubbles in the casting and what cleanup that needs to be done to remove flashing, etc is minimal. The largest piece of the kit, the main body containing the "wings" that run the length of the body is very well cast although there seems to be some minimal warpage occuring in some of the "wings" lengths that occured during casting which should be easily corrected by heating and restraightening...no problemo.
A small bag of detailed parts is also enclosed that are again very well cast with minimal cleanup–if any.
The instructions are nicely made and easily understood and a set of decals is included displaying the Chinese national emblem.
Overall I find this kit to be an masterful, well crafted addition to the orbiting weapons series and I am going to thoroughly enjoy piecing this little beauty together!
It arrived very well packaged in a plain brown wrapper, had to explain that to my wife,
and labeled with several shots of the finished model around the box.I gave the kit a once over to check on the casting, detail, etc. My first impressions is one of excellent casting procedures and sharp crisp detail. There are parts in the kit that I believe Adam may have used a microscope to help his eyesight.
I did not see any voids or air bubbles in the casting and what cleanup that needs to be done to remove flashing, etc is minimal. The largest piece of the kit, the main body containing the "wings" that run the length of the body is very well cast although there seems to be some minimal warpage occuring in some of the "wings" lengths that occured during casting which should be easily corrected by heating and restraightening...no problemo.
A small bag of detailed parts is also enclosed that are again very well cast with minimal cleanup–if any.
The instructions are nicely made and easily understood and a set of decals is included displaying the Chinese national emblem.
Overall I find this kit to be an masterful, well crafted addition to the orbiting weapons series and I am going to thoroughly enjoy piecing this little beauty together!
