Jm419
Sr Member
I've finally gotten a kit I wanted for a long time, but could never really justify getting. With a bit of a windfall in January, I decided I could finally afford an Anigrand Star Destroyer to fit in with the rest of my Imperial Battle Fleet - which currently consists of two Venators in the same scale.
In any case, I got the kit some five days after it was shipped out. I didn't get this directly from Anigrand, as they got hit with a Cease and Desist order, but from someone who purchased the kit over a year ago but never even opened it.
So, this is what I got.
As you can see, the pieces are well wrapped, but that didn't stop many of them from being warped or damaged. One of the lower terraces on the starboard side was actually cracked in half, and there are many unidentifiable pieces of resin in the box which I'm sure will find their way back onto the ISD soon enough.
So, there are the parts. First impressions are both good and bad.
Firstly, the detailing is exquisite, very clean and sharp. It'll look like a great kit when all's said and done.
However, there are far more problems than benefits. The fitting of the parts is atrocious - there's more than a quarter inch of extra resin in some places, particularly along the hull. On the bottom of the terraces, the edge is bubbled, and there are injection marks which are impossible to remove. The fit is terrible, and the hangar will require massive cleanup to fit in the bottom of the hull. The hull itself warps horribly, more than an inch up and down along the length of the model, and the trenches are actually warped in two directions, which is going to require a hell of a lot of effort to get straight.
All in all, I'm pretty satisfied with it, but I wish that they'd done a better job casting it. The design of the kit isn't the most intelligent I've seen, but with a lot of work, I think this will be the centerpiece of my collection.
More tomorrow.
In any case, I got the kit some five days after it was shipped out. I didn't get this directly from Anigrand, as they got hit with a Cease and Desist order, but from someone who purchased the kit over a year ago but never even opened it.
So, this is what I got.
As you can see, the pieces are well wrapped, but that didn't stop many of them from being warped or damaged. One of the lower terraces on the starboard side was actually cracked in half, and there are many unidentifiable pieces of resin in the box which I'm sure will find their way back onto the ISD soon enough.
So, there are the parts. First impressions are both good and bad.
Firstly, the detailing is exquisite, very clean and sharp. It'll look like a great kit when all's said and done.
However, there are far more problems than benefits. The fitting of the parts is atrocious - there's more than a quarter inch of extra resin in some places, particularly along the hull. On the bottom of the terraces, the edge is bubbled, and there are injection marks which are impossible to remove. The fit is terrible, and the hangar will require massive cleanup to fit in the bottom of the hull. The hull itself warps horribly, more than an inch up and down along the length of the model, and the trenches are actually warped in two directions, which is going to require a hell of a lot of effort to get straight.
All in all, I'm pretty satisfied with it, but I wish that they'd done a better job casting it. The design of the kit isn't the most intelligent I've seen, but with a lot of work, I think this will be the centerpiece of my collection.
More tomorrow.