Author Topic: Cheap 1/60 Japanese plastic building kits (Read 6865 times)

carlos marighela · « **on:** July 02, 2013, 01:24:17 PM »

Came across these whilst window shopping at Hobby Link. For the price, they look like they might be worth investigating.

http://www.hlj.com/product/KWS00803/Jpc

http://www.hlj.com/product/KWS00705/Jpc

http://www.hlj.com/product/KWS00716/Jpc

Some of them look like they might have potential multi-period use.

Glitzer · « **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2013, 01:38:01 PM »

They really look great. I wish someone would import them to the Eu though. (I'm no big fan of internet shopping)

commissarmoody · « **Reply #2 on:** July 02, 2013, 01:50:43 PM »

Oh Wow! If you pick one up, I would like to see them scaled against other figures like 28mm and the like.

joroas · « **Reply #3 on:** July 02, 2013, 01:51:43 PM »

I bought a few from Japan a few years' ago. They are still untouched!!!

Keith · « **Reply #4 on:** July 02, 2013, 02:06:55 PM »

Damn - they look ace (if the box art is anything to go by).

Glitzer · « **Reply #5 on:** July 02, 2013, 02:20:18 PM »

Quote from: Keith on July 02, 2013, 02:06:55 PM

Damn - they look ace (if the box art is anything to go by).

Some kits have assembled models as box art, you can find more if you research the Manufacturer "Kawai Shokai" with your favourite search engine (or by klicking this -> Link)

Mason · « **Reply #6 on:** July 02, 2013, 02:49:27 PM »

Great find!

Just done the conversion and at those prices it would be rude not to.

inkydave · « **Reply #7 on:** July 02, 2013, 03:13:14 PM »

You would pay that much just for the included cherry trees here.

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #8 on:** July 02, 2013, 03:43:32 PM »

Quote from: Keith on July 02, 2013, 02:06:55 PM

Damn - they look ace (if the box art is anything to go by).

'Fraid not. Got to look in the box of one a couple of years ago and wasn't really impressed (I can be rather difficult to please though

).

Also, they are mainly for Meiji period usage so not much good for Sengoku at all.

cheers

James

Mason · « **Reply #9 on:** July 02, 2013, 03:50:12 PM »

Ans so speaketh the Japanese expert, which means that I shall not be bothering.....

Maybe once we have seen them out of the box we can judge for ourselves.

Anyone have any of the range?

Evilcartoonist · « **Reply #10 on:** July 02, 2013, 03:57:31 PM »

Good inspiration for some scratch building too (for those of us samuraiing in larger scales)
Great find

white knight · « **Reply #11 on:** July 03, 2013, 08:56:59 AM »

Quote from: joroas on July 02, 2013, 01:51:43 PM

I bought a few from Japan a few years' ago. They are still untouched!!!

Bad quality? Too small? Gives us more details!

PF · « **Reply #12 on:** July 03, 2013, 08:34:58 PM »

Got them and they're sweet. Some of the textures don't appear on the pics from internet and won't be easy to paint since the details are really small (well at least not easy for me). Lots of elements here and there. I don't like the little trees but I know most of my buddies wouldn' t mind seeing them on the table.

Too bad some of the products are now unavailable but at least you can actually buy them on the contrary of some of the other stuff I see here and that you can't buy unless you know the secret magic password...

Even with crazy import taxes, it was still cheaper than the Zenit stuff and much much better (smaller tho).

joroas · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2013, 08:52:30 PM »

Sorry, White Knight, just never got around to them.......

Glitzer · « **Reply #14 on:** July 04, 2013, 09:01:34 AM »

Quote from: joroas on July 03, 2013, 08:52:30 PM

Sorry, White Knight, just never got around to them.......

Ahh, the infamous plastic pile next to the lead-pile

I have a polystyrol foam pile (builings I construct and never paint) for that.

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