Bandai release schedule
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Zombie_61
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I absolutely agree. Until the Internet came along and informed me of how inaccurate my old Star Wars and Star Trek models were, I had no idea--they looked like what I saw on screen (for the most part, anyway) and that was good enough for me. It was truly a case of "Ignorance is bliss", and building models was a lot more fun when I wasn't so concerned about all of those inaccuracies and whether or not I had the skills to fix them, deciding which paint colors were the most accurate, and so on.
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jake88
Sr Member
I agree with Zombie! I really enjoy puting myself through the paces in order to make a older less acurate kit shine. To me the Bandai kits are like taking an easy vacation where you know youll get great results with minimum effort.
Idk about great results... Results, yeah, but great? Even with the beautiful and easy to assemble Bandai kits, greatness is not a given. There are a lot of good builds out there, but I put great in another category. We can't go around and assume every build is great. If we did, then great gets watered down and becomes meaningless. I'm not trying to attack anyone, so don't get the wrong idea. I just think that there are a lot of good builds out there, but not that many great ones. I think we need more modeling competitions/shows... I'd love to enter one and see what others would enter. I live in a terrible area for that, though.
SawbonesAdmiral
Active Member
Well, I know what I'M getting this Christmas.
Socks?
SawbonesAdmiral
Active Member
AND some new jeans, obviously.
Idk about great results... Results, yeah, but great? Even with the beautiful and easy to assemble Bandai kits, greatness is not a given. There are a lot of good builds out there, but I put great in another category. We can't go around and assume every build is great. If we did, then great gets watered down and becomes meaningless. I'm not trying to attack anyone, so don't get the wrong idea. I just think that there are a lot of good builds out there, but not that many great ones. I think we need more modeling competitions/shows... I'd love to enter one and see what others would enter. I live in a terrible area for that, though.
Agreed. I've seen Bandai models that have the most horrendous weathing job one can imagine. They certainly didn't turn out "great." You still gotta know what you're doing and have an eye for these things.
Zombie_61
Master Member
I agree completely, but I'm a bit of a harsh critic. I've seen a lot of quality build-ups over the years, but for me "great" is in a very special category. And even though I've been building models for nearly 50 years, I've yet to even come close. My finished builds are good enough to satisfy me most of the time, but enter them in a competition? Not a chance.Idk about great results... Results, yeah, but great? Even with the beautiful and easy to assemble Bandai kits, greatness is not a given. There are a lot of good builds out there, but I put great in another category. We can't go around and assume every build is great. If we did, then great gets watered down and becomes meaningless. I'm not trying to attack anyone, so don't get the wrong idea. I just think that there are a lot of good builds out there, but not that many great ones. I think we need more modeling competitions/shows... I'd love to enter one and see what others would enter. I live in a terrible area for that, though.
jake88
Sr Member
I agree korben44, I guess I was meaning the quality of the kit in the box compared to for instance, an MPC. Night and day difference. Bandai in the box= fun opportunity to make a potentially great model. MPC/AMT= lots of work, blood sweat and some tears.....to get that same level.Idk about great results... Results, yeah, but great? Even with the beautiful and easy to assemble Bandai kits, greatness is not a given. There are a lot of good builds out there, but I put great in another category. We can't go around and assume every build is great. If we did, then great gets watered down and becomes meaningless. I'm not trying to attack anyone, so don't get the wrong idea. I just think that there are a lot of good builds out there, but not that many great ones. I think we need more modeling competitions/shows... I'd love to enter one and see what others would enter. I live in a terrible area for that, though.
Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
If price weren't an issue, and you could only have one, would any of us seriously prefer building or owning the AMT Falcon over the Bandai PG?
Nuff said.
Nuff said.
Richard Baker
Sr Member
Bandai gives you a quality model straight out of the box- this allows you to focus on adding those extras which make it look 'real'. Simply snapped together they look oddly blank, but weathering, and some subtle painting really make the difference.
Other kits required some time and effort to correct before you could even think about painting. Missing or wrong detail, bad proportions, pieces simply not going together properly. Bandai kits are showing the world how it can be done. I like Moebius kits, but they look soft and blurred when compared to Bandai.
Other kits required some time and effort to correct before you could even think about painting. Missing or wrong detail, bad proportions, pieces simply not going together properly. Bandai kits are showing the world how it can be done. I like Moebius kits, but they look soft and blurred when compared to Bandai.
I get the idea, but I would like to disagree.
Bandai not only challenges your modelling skills, but also your standard of pursuit.
Bandai forces you to improve and expand your modeling skills by invalidating old modelling skills like "assembling ill-fitted parts," if that is, you have the will and obsessive attention to detail to make the model even better than what could be achieved by just assembling the kit and by purchasing mod parts; a pursuit which is much more challenging than when building MPC/AMT/Ertl kits.
Richard Baker
Sr Member
I really love the look of that version of the Falcon!- It would be great if Bandai released a 1:144 of that- I would gladly pay the additional cost (for all the new greebly sprues)
I was hoping the newest Cinefex issue would show it with their coverage of the film, looks like I have to wait until the BluRay comes out before I can see it in detail better
You guys see what Stefan Hacker is doing with a Deagostini Falcon?
http://www.keeperoftheforce.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2318
SB
http://www.keeperoftheforce.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2318
SB
Wow... that was impressive... So he has two DeAgostini Falcons and modded one to look like Lando's already... guys got some deep pockets...lol
Lichtbringer
Master Member
Stefan is a star, a great guy and a great modeler - no matter if he builds and alters a existing kit, or building one from scratch. Give him some styrene sheets, and after some time you can see a great scratchbuild - a true model"builder".
Bandai kits make great looking display pieces (even with their way too much prominent panellines), but they are nothing i would consider their assemblers "modelbuilders" anymore. Maybe talented modelpainter, or good model-photographer - but no building skills are needed.
Bandai kits make great looking display pieces (even with their way too much prominent panellines), but they are nothing i would consider their assemblers "modelbuilders" anymore. Maybe talented modelpainter, or good model-photographer - but no building skills are needed.
SawbonesAdmiral
Active Member
Because Bandai's obviously kiddy method of following a diagram and putting together pieces after cutting them off from a sprue like every other commercial model kit made that isn't fully scratchbuilt from styrene or what-have-you isn't real model building. :rolleyes
Spare us the gatekeeping, please, and that is all I have to say on the matter.
Spare us the gatekeeping, please, and that is all I have to say on the matter.
