Laser-cut kits

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:10 pm

Having completed one of these kits, I can recommend their realism

http://www.ws-lasercut.de/

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:13 am

Frank they look great.

Please excuse my ignorance on this but are these lasercut kits made of karton/cardboard or plasticards? If cardboards, are they strong enough to withstand any warpage, distortion caused by very humid environments ?

Thanks
Erkut

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:06 pm

When building a laser cut wood kit, I was advised by the instructions to use solvent based paints rather than water soluble paints to prevent warping.

Boyce

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:10 pm

Any liquid will cause warping, I used water-based acrylics* with my kit without issue.

Tim

*In reality, unless I am painting a loco that requires a finish that will withstand harsher use, I exclusively use acrylics and powders.

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:35 pm

Hi All

If we talking about laser kits, I have great experience with MBZ kits

http://www.mbz-modellbahnzubehoer.de/

Some examples

Lots of this kits (maybe all) was made to Josef Brandl's layout

http://www.verkehrswesen-antiquariat.de/buchdetails_7996.html

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:49 pm

and

Busch kit, superb.

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:11 am

Wow

, and these are all cardboards??

I guess worth looking into because I am at the stage of searching for a depot complex with loading/unloading platforms.

I have checked Boyce's laser cut wood stuff, they are all US outline kits. I wonder if there are any makers of these wood kits in continental outline and for that matter any laser cut cardboard links that you can guide me to.

Erkut

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:38 am

Erkut,

Please read all the posting in this thread, there are plenty of suggestions for manufacturers of cardboard kits for German buildings.

1. Busch
2. MBZ
3. Laser-cut.de

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:46 am

http://www.lasersachen.com/modellbau.htm Interesting card model kits

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:27 pm

Some really good kits shown in this thread. Thanks for giving me some good ideas.

cheers

Neil