A new item that I will be adding to my line of soon to be released line of structure kits. It makes it simple to replicate tons of rubble for your diorama. You know how it is when you do a diorama. Fiddling around making the rubble takes almost as long as building the tank! You get over one pound of hydrocal unpainted plaster rubble & instructions on how to easily paint/stain & install it on your diorama. Brick detail. Takes only about 15 minutes to stain. I'm going to offer this as prestained/aged as well.

Feedback encouraged as I'm always looking to improve my products.



Randy Pepprock
Berlin45

What type of building was this before, making such big pieces of rubble?

Do i see small individual stonesdetailed in the chunks?

If this is correct, IMO, this rubble is absolutely wrong. Never can there be such big pieces holding together with nicely cut edges. (see the darker piece in the foreground). See also the round piece under the soldier! This pieces looks like you broke a flower pot with a hammer and declare it rubble for a building.
Sorry for this harsh opinion, but it's how i see it. The lack of other responses may indicate also a bit of hesitation with this product.

Claude

Claude,

Thanks for your honest opinion (I think) : ).

These parts are from sheets of plaster that had brick pattern on one side. It is not meant to be the be all end all in rubble, just something you can mix in with items to "rubble up" a scene.

In any case, carry on.

Randy

Randy, thanks for accepting my real honest critic. In all directness, i think that this product is a no go. I wouldn't imagine paying for something only to be used as filler under the real rubble. How much would this cost, including postage for an heavy parcel? For the modeller, my cited terracotta flower pot would make the same use and be far cheaper. Not talking about other fillers.

Claude

It's all the marketing.....
I agree, the size is way to big. I do thing from a vendor standpoint to bag up 'reject' pours and sell them as 'rubble' is great. What do think bread manufactures do with thier reject loaves of bread - grind'em up and sell bread crumbs.

If you market this there may be a small niche to fill. Sell them as 'chunks' of rubble to 'smash and customize' to the individual need. Package them as a big bag of big chunks along with small individual bricks as 'filler'. Include instructions to 1. put in a small bag, 2. hit with a hammer to get custom sizes 3. add pigment 4. shake 5. Glue in place...

I don't think you should go out of your way to produce this as a stand alone product, but you can add it to your line as a way to 'use rejects' and reduce your cost. It saves the customer from having to have raw plaster, molds, time etc.

Thanks Scott. yeah, that was pretty much the idea. To use up "leftovers". : ). I'll work on it a bit. Cheers.

randy

Why not just include a handful of rejects with every kit sold? That way modellers who use your product will have ready made and matching 'rubble' to break up and use with their kit as they see fit.

Just a thought.

acav