Finally got my Passanger Wagon (and more)
Posted: August 25th, 2014, 10:57 pm
Hi all,
so, I already had a Mk1 train and several containers from Terrakami, but when I saw the pictures of the Mk2 Passanger Wagon I knew I had to buy one (I'd loved to buy more, but ... well .. one has to do it). So I did my second order ...
It took a while because I gave Terrakami a special post box address not every carrier delivers to - and the first shipping returned to spain. Terrakami handled it all very cool and quickly and even gave me some extra for the trouble.
Anyway ... I finally have my wagon and I've airbrushed and build it. Awesome product. I love how Terrakami products use odd angles (non 90°) to create dynamic and natural shapes. Its well packed, well-to-okay documented and the result is simply awesome.
All that praise comes with a little critique.
1) The MDF used takes paint/primer .. but not as well as the MDF other manufactures uses. It feels a little "oily" and the first layer of primer tends to .. hmm, dificult to explain .. pool into small puddles. A very thin first layer, sanding or using a shellac sealer all solves the problem. I have MDF products from SystemaGaming and UndergroundLasers and both used MDF that took paint better.
2) The parts come out really well from the "sprue" ... almost a little to well. It can happen that you cant move the "sprue" without having parts fall out. Its really easy to get the parts out, cool, but less cool when you plan to airbrush parts in the "sprue".
3) The parts fit very, very tight. Pro is, that you merely need glue. But after having prepainted the parts there was almost no connection that fit without filing. Dryfitting is almost impossible and in the assembly I had some trouble and scratched/broke some bits despite filing.
I'm really very happy with the products, really, but these points could be improved (to suit my personal taste).
So, let me show what I'm talking about. The painting is WIP - I have to fix some assembly damage, paint in some details, etc.
This is the passanger wagon. I will post a picture with the Mk1 train but it isnt painted yet, so it'll take a while.
(edit: I dont know why the last img is rotated. Maybe forum software only supports landscape imgs?)
Terrakami added some low-cost containers being a little bit simpler than the usual (and awesome) containers. They are quite cool too.
And these are the barricades I got as extra for the shipping trouble (note that a set of small barricades contains 10 pieces, not only the 3 shown)
so, I already had a Mk1 train and several containers from Terrakami, but when I saw the pictures of the Mk2 Passanger Wagon I knew I had to buy one (I'd loved to buy more, but ... well .. one has to do it). So I did my second order ...
It took a while because I gave Terrakami a special post box address not every carrier delivers to - and the first shipping returned to spain. Terrakami handled it all very cool and quickly and even gave me some extra for the trouble.
Anyway ... I finally have my wagon and I've airbrushed and build it. Awesome product. I love how Terrakami products use odd angles (non 90°) to create dynamic and natural shapes. Its well packed, well-to-okay documented and the result is simply awesome.
All that praise comes with a little critique.
1) The MDF used takes paint/primer .. but not as well as the MDF other manufactures uses. It feels a little "oily" and the first layer of primer tends to .. hmm, dificult to explain .. pool into small puddles. A very thin first layer, sanding or using a shellac sealer all solves the problem. I have MDF products from SystemaGaming and UndergroundLasers and both used MDF that took paint better.
2) The parts come out really well from the "sprue" ... almost a little to well. It can happen that you cant move the "sprue" without having parts fall out. Its really easy to get the parts out, cool, but less cool when you plan to airbrush parts in the "sprue".
3) The parts fit very, very tight. Pro is, that you merely need glue. But after having prepainted the parts there was almost no connection that fit without filing. Dryfitting is almost impossible and in the assembly I had some trouble and scratched/broke some bits despite filing.
I'm really very happy with the products, really, but these points could be improved (to suit my personal taste).
So, let me show what I'm talking about. The painting is WIP - I have to fix some assembly damage, paint in some details, etc.
This is the passanger wagon. I will post a picture with the Mk1 train but it isnt painted yet, so it'll take a while.
(edit: I dont know why the last img is rotated. Maybe forum software only supports landscape imgs?)
Terrakami added some low-cost containers being a little bit simpler than the usual (and awesome) containers. They are quite cool too.
And these are the barricades I got as extra for the shipping trouble (note that a set of small barricades contains 10 pieces, not only the 3 shown)