LSM Modelling News 2023 merged Fran and Artful69’s threads

[Martinnfb]

Amazing. So many what-if possibilities. Hopefully the price tag will not reach such shameless heights as it is in case of the ZM kit. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Martin, I agree. Definitely hope it's a reasonable price. 

[Martinnfb]

A possible color scheme 

[CANicoll]

When I saw Martin's post, only the top picture was on screen, and immediately thought "Buzz!".  Perfect!

[BlrwestSiR]

Border Models has announced a new figure model- Tesla trooper. 

Looks like Elon is branching out from cars into power armour. 

[Bomber_County]

This slipped past me, looks absolutely incredible with 3D printed parts, metal barrels and PE for under £200 pre order in the UK………..seriously tempted…..……..hats off to Border……

[KevinM]

2 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

This slipped past me, looks absolutely incredible with 3D printed parts, metal barrels and PE for under £200 pre order in the UK………..seriously tempted…..……..hats off to Border……

It's running about $260 here in the states still a fantastic value and if I am not mistaken Carl the 18" guns are built underneath the deck as well.

[Bomber_County]

32 minutes ago, KevinM said:

It's running about $260 here in the states still a fantastic value and if I am not mistaken Carl the 18" guns are built underneath the deck as well.

Kevin, you’re right……hmmmm now really tempted…….

[KevinM]

I mean look at those small MG's on the deck

[HubertB]

It does not say the scale … mmmmh …. Border ?  … 1/35 ! (Or, if it’s a ship scale 1/224.5, just because )

Hubert

[belugawhaleman]

I think it's in 1/350. I was expecting 1/200 considering the detail !

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/border-model-bs-004-yamato--1554338

[HubertB]

2 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said:

I think it's in 1/350. I was expecting 1/200 considering the detail !

1/380 then … or wait ! 1/320 ! Now THAT’s an idea !

Hubert

[belugawhaleman]

14 minutes ago, HubertB said:

1/380 then … or wait ! 1/320 ! Now THAT’s an idea !

Hubert

Hubert, just curious, how do you feel about 1/16 scale?😀

[HubertB]

On 1/16/2025 at 6:29 PM, belugawhaleman said:

Hubert, just curious, how do you feel about 1/16 scale?😀

 Nothing against 1/16 … but really - and definitely - irritated by the use of a bastard scale for aircrafts and helos. You can certainly call me a scale snob, but 1/35 does not make any sense in a modelling world … Ok, it’s already bad enough that it became a « standard » scale for armour - when it was made up as an afterthought to justify a (bad) box-scale representation of the Panther, but why apply it to flying things ?

As for modern kits of aircrafts, it’s just an incredibly badly thought-out attempt at trying to find a distinctive feature for one’s new range. Having been a marketing man for a few decades, that is a recommendation where I would definitely have sent the product manager putting it forward back to some more thorough market analysis and thinking, with a strong reminder (well dressing-down is probably an apter word) that product quality is first and foremost to making a real market impression,  before trying any supposed « smart » side trick …

Just my two cents, of course …

Hubert

[BlrwestSiR]

After numerous leaks, Nintendo has officially announced the Switch 2 will be coming out this year. 

[DocRob]

16 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

After numerous leaks, Nintendo has officially announced the Switch 2 will be coming out this year. 

 

Do you glue the controllers to the base unit, Carl? is there an assembly manual? Which scale is it? 

Cheers Rob

[HubertB]

24 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

After numerous leaks, Nintendo has officially announced the Switch 2 will be coming out this year. 

So it’s going to be in the « off » position (like in 1=on, 2=off) ?

Hubert, who knows zilch nada rien nothing about video games consoles …

[BlrwestSiR]

5 hours ago, DocRob said:

Do you glue the controllers to the base unit, Carl? is there an assembly manual? Which scale is it? 

Cheers Rob

If you're like my son Edward, they're more a "what's inside the box?" mystery solved with a screwdriver.

Scale looks to be 1.2/1 or thereabouts. 

[DocRob]

On 1/16/2025 at 1:43 PM, Bomber_County said:

This slipped past me, looks absolutely incredible with 3D printed parts, metal barrels and PE for under £200 pre order in the UK………..seriously tempted…..……..hats off to Border……

There is a comparison build on YT, showing the Yamato´s of Tamiya with Pontos basic, Border and Very Fire. I linked the third part (final analysis of the built models). It´s in Japanese, but you can deploy subtitles and you will get the message.
 

Cheers Rob

[Bomber_County]

2 hours ago, DocRob said:

There is a comparison build on YT, showing the Yamato´s of Tamiya with Pontos basic, Border and Very Fire. I linked the third part (final analysis of the built models). It´s in Japanese, but you can deploy subtitles and you will get the message.
 

Cheers Rob

Thanks Rob much appreciated, it will be interesting……