Superb video, my friend, very useful modelling techniques that will come in handy when assembling models of all descriptions, resin has been a popular medium for increased detail for a while now but as you demonstrate, it can have flaws.I particularly like you mentioning the dust mask ,it's not immediately obvious but breathing disorders years down the line are definitely a thing to avoid.👍. . .
Honestly, I think plastic casting has long been caught up with what you can do with resin in terms of detail. One big advantage these days is that you can make bigger parts in one piece because the molds are made of silicone and can be bent, and of course it's far more low-tech, which is why this sort of garage stuff still always comes in resin. And yeah, you only have one set of lungs. Don't ruin them to make models.
@@spacehamsterZH yes, you're absolutely right, I remember 'Airfix' model aeroplane kits in the '70' s and some of the detailing was not brilliant, even though it was better than most other brands but now the plastic kits have really come on in leaps and bounds, I think the Kotobukiya Zoids are very well made kits, I've heard Ban-Dai kits are even better.
@@grahamsmith2022 Bandai is pretty much the gold standard. Their kits have essentially zero imperfections anymore, like literally no mold lines whatsoever, and parts fit is reliably always 100% perfect. They're so far ahead of the competition that they actually kind of ruin other brands for people because coming from Bandai stuff, everyone else's kits seem flawed. Even Kotobukiya's aren't nearly as good, just in terms of objective quality - the plastic is brittle, the parts fit often too tight. Weak and shallow detail is pretty much over, though. You just don't find that on modern plastic kits anymore.
@spacehamsterZH compared to some of the model plane,car,motorcycle kits I built with my Dad as a child in the '70's the Kotobukiya Zoid kits are like engineering masterpieces so I can only imagine how good the Ban-Dai kits are,it's a bit of a shame in some ways that it is crucial to paint the HMM Zoid kits as they are expensive and some are very large coupled with the paint will hinder the movements of the kit but they look pretty damn lousy unpainted. I'm sure you have the hilariously named HMM Guysack on order,I know I have although I think it will have to be painted OER colours to hide that nasty brown colour scheme!
I'm typically able to keep my kits reasonably poseable, but tbqh I think the best thing to do is to decide on a pose and then just paint it that way. The reality in the end is that the kits are just going to go in a cabinet where you never touch them again. That also saves a massive amount of time because you don't have to paint every little piece individually. But it is fun to have fully poseable painted kits as well, of course, so I'm always a bit torn. As for the HMM Guysack, I wouldn't be surprised if they come out with a blue version eventually - IIRC the OJR had those same colors, the brown is just what the NJR looks like and that's what sells best, so they always do those colors first. Don't forget the Redler was also released in two versions with one of them in the 80s colors (which also actually matched the OER Zolkon, incidentally.)
I'm sure you won't be surprised to know the 40th Anniversary 'Death Saurer' is not simply the OJR/NJR kit re-released,I'm pretty sure it's much smaller for one thing and the rubber caps have gone. I don't know where it will be possible to obtain one from as HLJ don't seem to be listing it for pre‐order.It does look cool but not as awesome as the original.
It's a TT Mall exclusive, HLJ doesn't carry those - you can preorder it from Amiami and Nin-Nin game. It's expensive, but it looks frickin' awesome. Obviously a completely new kit from the ground up because, as I've been saying for years at this point, I don't have a source for this, but I'd be very, very surprised if the old molds weren't basically busted at this point.
@spacehamsterZH ah,thanks for that information bud,it does look awesome but probably no more awesome than the original, as you say those molds have a limited life and new regulations to do with safety etc come into play,but it's safe to say that we're extremely unlikely to see any of the "original " Tomy Zoids re-released,even with updates and modifications. 👍
@@grahamsmith2022 yeah, I'm beyond excited for this one, but it does also have the problem that the original DS was basically perfection, so all the small ways in which it deviates from those proportions, I just look at and go, yeah... not really. Close enough, but not really.
@@spacehamsterZH exactly right bud, I couldn't agree more, I don't think they've deviated as much as Kotobukiya sometimes do but as you say, it's slightly different. Do you have experience of those two Japanese companies bud? , they look the real deal and appear to deliver globally. 👍
Superb video, my friend, very useful modelling techniques that will come in handy when assembling models of all descriptions, resin has been a popular medium for increased detail for a while now but as you demonstrate, it can have flaws.I particularly like you mentioning the dust mask ,it's not immediately obvious but breathing disorders years down the line are definitely a thing to avoid.👍.
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Honestly, I think plastic casting has long been caught up with what you can do with resin in terms of detail. One big advantage these days is that you can make bigger parts in one piece because the molds are made of silicone and can be bent, and of course it's far more low-tech, which is why this sort of garage stuff still always comes in resin.
And yeah, you only have one set of lungs. Don't ruin them to make models.
@@spacehamsterZH yes, you're absolutely right, I remember 'Airfix' model aeroplane kits in the '70' s and some of the detailing was not brilliant, even though it was better than most other brands but now the plastic kits have really come on in leaps and bounds, I think the Kotobukiya Zoids are very well made kits, I've heard Ban-Dai kits are even better.
@@grahamsmith2022 Bandai is pretty much the gold standard. Their kits have essentially zero imperfections anymore, like literally no mold lines whatsoever, and parts fit is reliably always 100% perfect. They're so far ahead of the competition that they actually kind of ruin other brands for people because coming from Bandai stuff, everyone else's kits seem flawed. Even Kotobukiya's aren't nearly as good, just in terms of objective quality - the plastic is brittle, the parts fit often too tight.
Weak and shallow detail is pretty much over, though. You just don't find that on modern plastic kits anymore.
@spacehamsterZH compared to some of the model plane,car,motorcycle kits I built with my Dad as a child in the '70's the Kotobukiya Zoid kits are like engineering masterpieces so I can only imagine how good the Ban-Dai kits are,it's a bit of a shame in some ways that it is crucial to paint the HMM Zoid kits as they are expensive and some are very large coupled with the paint will hinder the movements of the kit but they look pretty damn lousy unpainted.
I'm sure you have the hilariously named HMM Guysack on order,I know I have although I think it will have to be painted OER colours to hide that nasty brown colour scheme!
I'm typically able to keep my kits reasonably poseable, but tbqh I think the best thing to do is to decide on a pose and then just paint it that way. The reality in the end is that the kits are just going to go in a cabinet where you never touch them again. That also saves a massive amount of time because you don't have to paint every little piece individually. But it is fun to have fully poseable painted kits as well, of course, so I'm always a bit torn.
As for the HMM Guysack, I wouldn't be surprised if they come out with a blue version eventually - IIRC the OJR had those same colors, the brown is just what the NJR looks like and that's what sells best, so they always do those colors first. Don't forget the Redler was also released in two versions with one of them in the 80s colors (which also actually matched the OER Zolkon, incidentally.)
I'm sure you won't be surprised to know the 40th Anniversary 'Death Saurer' is not simply the OJR/NJR kit re-released,I'm pretty sure it's much smaller for one thing and the rubber caps have gone. I don't know where it will be possible to obtain one from as HLJ don't seem to be listing it for pre‐order.It does look cool but not as awesome as the original.
It's a TT Mall exclusive, HLJ doesn't carry those - you can preorder it from Amiami and Nin-Nin game. It's expensive, but it looks frickin' awesome. Obviously a completely new kit from the ground up because, as I've been saying for years at this point, I don't have a source for this, but I'd be very, very surprised if the old molds weren't basically busted at this point.
@spacehamsterZH ah,thanks for that information bud,it does look awesome but probably no more awesome than the original, as you say those molds have a limited life and new regulations to do with safety etc come into play,but it's safe to say that we're extremely unlikely to see any of the "original " Tomy Zoids re-released,even with updates and modifications. 👍
@@grahamsmith2022 yeah, I'm beyond excited for this one, but it does also have the problem that the original DS was basically perfection, so all the small ways in which it deviates from those proportions, I just look at and go, yeah... not really. Close enough, but not really.
@@spacehamsterZH exactly right bud, I couldn't agree more, I don't think they've deviated as much as Kotobukiya sometimes do but as you say, it's slightly different.
Do you have experience of those two Japanese companies bud? , they look the real deal and appear to deliver globally. 👍
@grahamsmith2022 Oh yeah, I've ordered from both and never had a problem.