Imperial shuttle kit from Korbanth

[Cadger]

The Imperial shuttle is a beautiful ship and I've always wanted a big model of it for display. I came across this kit from Korbanth:

Imp Shuttle Tie-Der-ium 1/48 scale

This is a limited run of a fan made 1/48 scale Imp. Shuttle Tie-Der-ium model (which is just a tiny bit smaller than studio scale) Incredible in size and quality, perfectly cast up with no cleanup or sanding required, but normal modeling skills are needed for assembly. This model was patterned...

www.korbanth.com

While not exactly studio scale it's pretty big and on the pictures it looks good I think. Any one familiar with this? Is it worth the money? Are recent kits from Korbanth good? I tried to search the forums and found some mixed feedback, but difficult to sort the information I think.

What do you think?

 

[vomvom12]

ok here is what i can say about the kit...i know it just from pictures and i would say the proportions are a bit off ...it looks a bit too long for me and the upper transport space also looks too high if you compare it with the studio model, the studio model is a bit flatter overall and therefore looks more dynamic. on the other hand is 489$ a pretty good price. the only ships which are comparable that i know at the moment are the merlin models shuttle which is available in 2 different sizes (sorry ant tell you the exact scale) and the smaler one is alredy $1,249.99 the larger one is $2,499.99 unpainted of cause. the other option is still in design status and can be ordered from the fb groupe "sifi studio scale modellers" when it is available but i guess the price will also be higher then 489$ for the Korbanth kit.
here you can see some more pics of the Korbanth kit : KIT ALERT! Alfred Wong / Korbanth Sabers – 1/48 Imperial Lambda-class Shuttle

merlin models: Shuttle Studio Scale - Merlin Models

sifi studio scale modellers fb group: Scifi Studio Scale Modellers | Facebook

and this are a few preview pics frome the upcomming sifi studio scale modellers kit which looks very good:

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[sstinson]

I cannot comment on its accuracy, but I would verify if the Korbanth casting has any reinforcement in those wings!

 

[Cadger]

Thank you for the input! I think I'm gonna pass on it. I looked at the Merlin model. Looks fantastic! The sci-fi studio one also looks very promising.

 

[jusdrewit]

I'm no expert but just eyeballing the Korbanth, it doesn't look very close to the ILM studio model and it's proportions