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In-Box Preview: New Paint

The Kit : The Resin Base

The first thing I unwrapped, was the resin base.

The square base depicts a small street scene with a small piece of the road and a normal sized sidewalk. The solid resin base measures 7,7 x 7,7 centimeters (3" x 3") and is casted in a mint green colored resin.

The base is absolutely free of air bubbles and has nice sharp edges. Very, very little flash can be detected and a quick sanding of the sides is really all that it needs.

Both the sidewalk and the street have an excellent structure. The "stones" that are used, are excellent to represent the WWII streets, but also any other era during the last hundred years or so.

The Kit : The Resin Wall

The second part that came out of the box, was the resin wall.

The wall is also casted in a mint green color and is, since it's a solid resin piece, quite heavy. It offers almost the same quality as the base does, in other words, it's almost free of air bubbles. Am I trying to say that this piece does have air bubbles then...Yes, I do, but the two or three bubbles I noticed where so tiny that I had to use a magnifying glass to find them. Regarding the two or three tiny bubbles, I still consider this part as "Very High Quality".

The wall measures 7,7 x 17 centimeters ( 3" x 6.7") and at the thickest point it is 2 centimeters (0.8") thick.

The front side of the wall is, as you can see on the picture on the right, "divided" into three parts, a bottom-, middle, and top part.

The bottom part depicts the stones where the building is built on, while the middle and top parts show the worn off plastered walls that are so common in some parts of the world.

The stones, in the bottom part, are carved very well. They have a real natural look and the plaster on the upper parts of the building really looks to be wearing off. This is beautifully casted in our model. I really love this part of our kit and I must admit that, when I examined the piece, I wanted to start building and painting it right away

When you assemble the wall to the base, you'll find that they fit very well and that there are no gaps between them. The only thing you need is a bit of super-, or epoxy glue to make this work. For some extra strength you can drill some holes in both parts and insert some metal rod, but since the bonding surface is large enough, I really don't think that's necessary. My conclusion about the resin pieces can only be that they are beautifully detailed items. They are the main ingredients to make an excellent vignette, even without the use of the other goodies that are reviewed next.