My review on some recent MDF purchases

[Gunbird]

I recently purchased MDF products from Sarissa Precision Ltd and TT Combat for my This is not a Test table. I've taken pictures of all the packs so you see what you are actually getting instead of just the finished product photo's you see on their websites. Most I'm happy with, I have some questions about some of the lay outs and 1 product I will be returning.





And the full review is on my Blog >> http://20mmandthensome.blogspot.nl/2016/08/my-orders-from-sarissa-precision-ltd.html

Feel free to comment on my Blog or here in this topic.

[Elk101]

Very useful, thanks. I was quite interested in the park stuff but that's put me off. Im pleasantly surprised by some of the newer TTcombat stuff as it's a lot better than the earlier kits.

[eilif]

Good review.

I think that some of the items that seem a bit fragile might be less so if mounted to the supplied bases, but I agree that the bases are rather large.  I think alot of folks will end up taking a hacksaw to them and doing the irregularly feathered edges that lots of wargame terrain has.

I'll be looking forward to seeing how these come out, but I don't hold out much hope for them being impressive enough for me to want to own.

MDF terrain has come a long way, but in many (though by no means all) instances, the more advanced it becomes the more glaringly obvious it is that it's MDF.    By way of example, a buddy of mine has some MDF "damaged" buildings and even some neat stuff like an Oil Derrick that are impressive kits, but their very intricacy seems to make the limitations of MDF that much more obvious.

I think the future will be in kits that combine MDF, sections of layered card (lots of innovative stuff being done by companies like lasercut card) and additional elements like plastic rod. 

[Gunbird]

Here are the replies from both companies.

http://20mmandthensome.blogspot.nl/2016/09/replies-from-producers-to-mdf-review.html

Pleasantly surprised so many people have taken the time to read my review and respond to it.

[Elk101]

Fair play to both companies.  That's a decent response from Sarissa.