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In-Box Preview: New Paint

a diorama feature by Danny Wennekes
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The Kit : Opening the box

When I took the kit out of the postman's hands, I decided, like I always do with new parcels, to run it through a simple test and ..... I gently shook the box. Nothing moved though. After I overcame my initial thought that the parcel could be empty, I weighed it by hand and I must admit if felt quite heavy considering the small size of the box.

Since the riddle of "The Complete Scene versus The Fancy Commercial Box Art Trick" was still puzzling me, I decided not to wait any longer and I immediately opened the box.

 

When I opened the box, I fount the listed items below (items can be seen on the picture on the right) :

  • An Instruction sheet (not on picture)
  • The vignette base, wrapped in tissue
  • The vignette house wall, wrapped in tissue
  • A set of 4 original photographs
  • A brown, cardboard style, sheet with laser cut items
  • A little bag with a silver, metal style, sheet with laser cut items and a paint can

In the next paragraphs I will describe each of the listed items in detail. Before I start that, I'll have to mention the way the goods where packed.

The Kit : Packaging

What the mailman handed me, was a firm cardboard box that was filled with foam chips.

In the middle of the foam chips was the actual box that contained the kit. When I opened the kit, I immediately found out that they paid special attention to the packaging of the kit. The photographs and laser cut items where flat on the bottom of the box and on top of those I found the resin pieces, each resin piece carefully wrapped in a thick layer of firm, but soft, tissue.

I think they used an effective and safe way to pack the goods in order to guarantee a safe journey across the globe and therefore minimizing the risk of pieces getting damaged during transport.

About the Author

About Danny Wennekes (Eagle)
FROM: NOORD-BRABANT, NETHERLANDS

I started modeling at the age of 10. When I was 22 my work forced me to quit the hobby until I returned to the modeling frontline at the age of 36. Nowadays I model dioramas, but in the land of modeling I admire the figure painters.... so skilled and most of them are great guys too.... My favo...


Comments

staff_Jim
Danny... great job on this article. I look forward to seeing what you do with the full build. Keep up the good work. Jim PS: And why am I the first person replying to this?
APR 01, 2004 - 05:44 PM
Roadkill
Because I did not see this post before? Lol, great article indeed, I like the stuff Monroe Perdu brings out, it is not always cheap, but very good quality and a bit different
APR 01, 2004 - 10:40 PM
Golikell
Danny, I'm very impressed, I nearly went to thier website to order something, until I remembered that my girlfriend has my creditcard!
APR 07, 2004 - 12:41 AM
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