1st review, Part 2 Konsonsan Ez8 Knock Off

hello again,

finally managed start on this kit...


thus far i have completed the head and from what i can tell so far its good





.... and i mean if you arent really aware you would probably be fooled.... at least until you try to put two parts together...as usual *for most knock off china brand kits* the sprews arent really a perfect fit. some cuts at the fat sprews had to go



but even with that, im rather satisfied with this.


looks not half bad too



for the most part i think this kit would probably be able to hold on to its pants with out super glue... well thats what i can tell for now anyway

Thats the end of part two anyway. stopped to make dinner




yummy, Cintan Curry Noodles with some garlic,some nuggets, asam jawa and evaporated milk. Yummy

1st Review, Konsonsan Ez8 Knock Off

Hello from the land of the dead. im at starbucks Prangin Mall penang and im bored as shit here

i finally thought of something to update here. i will try to do reviews of Plastic Scale Model kits from now on. but first up is the world famous china knock offs.

If its there in the market China definitely has a version of it.


now lets take a look at the box art....
Pictures of the original were taken from hobby search


i dont know why but the knock offs box art looks much nicer to me... sorry bandai

Knock Off


Original




Knock Off











Original* i know you cant really see anything but you can more or less make an educated guess right?*




so now the original kit cost roughly 600 yen, makes it about RM24 or so. the knock off? it cost me 9.90 at a shop in prangin mall..... and it has 7 runners? including the PC part too.. and for the most part is looks almost the same. main difference is the main weapon :/




now here comes the icing on the cake.

the manual.... now the knock offs manual is rather detailed. Probably made in autocad, not too bad too











here's the original









seriously, its amazing

although both are quite similar the way the runners are plotted are quite different. the knock off has more parts but the original has less and most of the things are molded directly on to the kit * its like those recast resin kits you get from e2046.com* . instead of having to assemble all the decorative designs of the head myself. but hey i can really complain, saves me the hastle of actually masking those parts anyway >_>

over all the plastic quality is quite good, but as we all know often with these knock off there are some issues..... proportion, wont snap fit properly, takes more time, etc

That's all for now, a little later today i will see if i am able to snap fit this sucker, now for the moment take a look at the original kit that has been snap fitted here

http://reggiocomics.blogspot.com/2010/05/kit-review-bb009-shin-kosonsan-ez8-sd.html