Cheap 1/60 Japanese plastic building kits

[Mason]

Bad quality? Too small? Gives us more details! 

....does anyone have pics of them unboxed?
 

[joroas]

I will find mine in the lead Shed and get some piccies done.

 

[Mason]

I will find mine in the lead Shed and get some piccies done.

 

Cheers, mate!
 

[Daeothar]

Really nice, and had I any lead invested in Japanese themed games, I might have been pulled in by the dark side. As it is though, I've so far been able to resist the temptation of the samurai...

Still; these are 1/60 and unless one goes 25mm, I fear they might be on the small side, especially when considering 30mm minis on a base. And since I really like the ability to move miniatures inside of buildings, they might not have been for me.

But you can't beat the price, that's for sure!

[Yankeepedlar01]

I will find mine in the lead Shed and get some piccies done.

 

Should n't that be sheds, John?

[joroas]

Started a dry run with the inn.  I think they will look alright with Perry sized figures but small with Dixons say. The width is right but they are only about two inches deep, so, handy at the edges of a table or against a wall, but may look a bit weak in the middle.  On the plus side, all the Japanese artwork and calligraphy comes printed ready to glue on the models.

[joroas]

Here it is finished, I put it on a GW base and lost some of the fine detail bits.  Nice frontage, but no depth:

[Mr Tough Guy]

looks great, any chance of a shot with a 28 mm mini?

[joroas]

Perry and Dixon:

[carlos marighela]

Looks like a rather handy bit of board edge scenery. Nicely painted by the way!

[Elbows]

Glancing at the website (I do love me some Hobby Link Japan) - it definitely appeared that some of them are much more facade/diorama based rather than actual gaming structures.  HLJ can be dangerous though - all sorts of amazing Japanese mecha/ships etc. for $3-5 a pop...gets addicting!

[joroas]

Not too difficult to paint.  I sprayed much of it on the sprue.  The pictures, awnings, signs, etc are paper sheets in the kit.  There were loads of hanging lanterns and so on, but this is for gaming so I left off the stuff.  Nice for a game and you could put something behind it to give depth, or just leave it as is, its only a game.

[Mason]

Thanks for posting the piccies, John.
Much appreciated.
 

It seems these will certainly have their uses.
Depth can always be added if needs be.

[carlos13th]

They are very cheap but due to the lack of depth I would rather pay the extra for these.

http://www.plastcraftgames.com/en/59-fukei-designed-for-kensei

Though as others have mentioned they would look good for the edges.