Neil Lambess Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) My 1/350th Thunderbird 3 and launch bay arrived today , and im quite dissapointed in the fact that the upper levels are pre- printed cardboard (to be stuck to supplied foamboard ) with some very flat 2d representations of what should be 3d grills , and that the track for the couch to move along is also a flat pre-printed 2D illustration ! (edit ! ......i stand corrected ! there looks to be a photoetched rail on the PE fret ! yay ) what makes this even more dissapointing is that aoshima have spent money on a 1/350tn scale transmitter truck , that has no relevance whatsoever to the rest of the kit.... (ok it was used to rescue TB3 in the episode sunprobe , but if you were to do that in 1/350th scale the model transmitter truck would have to be several thousand kilometeres away from your TB3 model ! (talk about an international plastic modelers society display ! ) ) Major plus points are that at least aoshima have included the couch ! , and a nice photoetch fret for some of the upper level girders, and that the level of detail on the lower injection moulded lauch bay parts is superb ,but overall im hugely dissapointed about the cost cutting , and the "back of a kellogs corn flakes box" approach to the bulk of the diorama I DONT relish the idea of scratchbuilding the rails to sit on top of the photoetched sleepers in 1/350ths ........sigh Edited September 5, 2014 by Neil Lambess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew March Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 The perils of remote shopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Can you show some photos by any chance? I haven't got this yet but its on my shopping list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty_hopkirk Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 (edited) I must admit at being somewhat underwhelmed, by the TB-1 launch silo. My TB-3 one has yet to land but I'm expecting it to be similar. Marty... Edited September 7, 2014 by marty_hopkirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Lambess Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 (edited) sure thing dug the camera out for my Fairey iiiF WIP so ill start with the good.... one sprue of pipes and fittings , some of which do go onto the carboard backing the main and nicely done Parts for the lower half of the hangar just realised i forgot to take a pic of two smaller sprues that have the tops of the exaust stacks and some support beams (ill post then later ) but heres the sprue with the transmitter truck and a new tool TB3 base with a couch door and the very nice photo etched sprue with the couch rail .....it looks more 3D in this pic that it really is and now the ugly (IMHO) : the cardboard upper levels atop the foamboard Aoshima provide.... its gonna be a nightmare to paint match the cards grey to something suitable for the plastic lower decks.... maybe an over spray of tamiya smoke to blend them together? nah too flimsy for me and the details wrong compared to the box art..... (although the movie bay was different to the TV bay ) Im just gonna have to scratch build new upper walls...... swizz ! and heres the ground plate card (to stick to the foamboard ) wheres me plasticard ! (you can hopefully see why i initially spat the dummy over the couch rails !!!!!!! ) yeah , im still dissapointed, i would have preffered to pay more for a full set of injection Moulded upper walls, couch-rail and base . BUT at least its a good starting point for a nice display , BTW it comes with a complete TB3 kit as well , unlike their recently reissued TB2 Hangar which dosent ! Edited September 9, 2014 by Neil Lambess 01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Lambess Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 ........annoyingly the carboard walls look quite nice in the above photos......, but the lack of dimensionality sticks out (umm ...or dosnt ) in real life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I can totally see what you mean and can understand the disappointment. However the bits for the lower section look excellent and I think the cardboard bit will end up as a template for something scratch built 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Lambess Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 I can totally see what you mean and can understand the disappointment. However the bits for the lower section look excellent and I think the cardboard bit will end up as a template for something scratch built yep im already thinking of how to scale down the airfix girder bridge parts that are used on the upper level panels in the show.....now if i could just find a laser scanner, then learn how to build a CGI model , I can get shapeways to print the missing panels out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Thats cheating just scratch build them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty_hopkirk Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Mines arrived, I'm actually not as underwhelmed as I thought I'd be. Maybe the expectations had been lowered. The TB-3 is nice. Marty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 The TB3 is a nice kit, I enjoyed building mine last year, will be putting it into competition in Telford again this year - got to see if I can win the Gerry Anderson trophy again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty_hopkirk Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Isn't this a different TB-3 kit than appeared last year? Smaller scale? Marty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 No apparently its the same TB3 kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Lambess Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 yep its exactly the same TB3 aoshima released earlier this year ..... funnily enough its much taller than the Taito pre-built that came out a few years back , but the same engine width/span ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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