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Zoukei-Mura: Diorama bases
betheyn
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Posted: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 - 01:05 PM UTC


Zoukei-mura have sent us details of their line of pre-painted diorama bases.

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Scrodes
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Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 12:12 AM UTC
Sign me right up. Finally a base that isn't just printed on paper.
bill_c
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Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 12:54 AM UTC
I'd like to see them up close & personal. Could solve a myriad of questions. Marsden Matting is soooo expensive to do in 1/32nd scale from PE.
JPTRR
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Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 06:55 AM UTC
Look promising
greif8
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Posted: Sunday, March 13, 2016 - 06:18 PM UTC
The bases look pretty nice in the photos. However, I prefer to make my own as I enjoy the process. Also AMS would probably prevent me from leaving well enough alone with a finished base defeating the time saving purpose of buying one.
Joel_W
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Posted: Sunday, March 13, 2016 - 08:27 PM UTC
If it's from ZM, then you know that the overall quality is 1st rate. I would have jumped on one of these bases if they made the wooden carrier deck in 1/48 scale.
Joel
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Posted: Monday, March 14, 2016 - 01:44 AM UTC
Hi there

I suppose every idea has to wait its time... too bad for Mark 58, who produced really affordable and superb PSP (and other) bases years ago, but have since folded... Of course, they didn't have the market presence of Z-M.

https://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/review/4128

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Monday, March 14, 2016 - 01:55 AM UTC
I have one of the ZM armour bases and they seem to be very robust while at the same time light.
BlackWidow
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Posted: Monday, March 14, 2016 - 02:06 AM UTC
There's not much to see on that photo but theses bases remind me strongly of Mark 58's great bases, as Rowan already mentioned. Too bad, that Marc has stopped producing his some years ago because he didn't get enough customers to be profitable .... I'm so happy to have about 20 of them and would have bought some more. I believe ZM's bases can't reach the quality of Marc's "heart and soul made" bases but they are made for mass production. That's the difference.

Torsten
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