Thoughts on new JR miniatures bldgs?

stevecolletti · Post by **stevecolletti** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 5:57 am

I bought one of each of the "new design, made with resin" JR buildings. The quality is a massive improvement over their previous stuff (which can be made to look decent, with a lot of work). With the exception of the office buildings and Factory not having any doors, they are actually very good. The new ruins are a big improvement, too.

Excellent
Timecast
Leva

Very good
GHQ
CinC
GameCraft
new JR miniatiure
RaySams

Good, with work
Action Terrain
Xmarx
Hovels

Acceptable, with work
old JR miniatures

Terrible
Irregular

stenna00 · Post by **stenna00** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:28 am

Try this site:

( SNIP -- sorry 'bout that, but our hosts ask that we not post webstore links in the forums. -MODERATOR Mk 1)

Its Chiltern Miniatures and they now sell the "Maimly Military and MBG Accessories" range of /1/300 resin buildings which includes a railway station, that looks like the one in these pictures.

Hope his helps those searching for good buidlings.

Mk 1 · Post by **Mk 1** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:23 am

Stenna:

I'm afraid I had to snip the webstore link out of your posting. It is OK to mention other manufacturers and discuss their products, but our hosts as GHQ have asked that forum members not post links to other companies' websites here in the forums.

stenna00 wrote: Its Chiltern Miniatures and they now sell the "Maimly Military and MBG Accessories" range of /1/300 resin buildings which includes a railway station, that looks like the one in these pictures.

Hope his helps those searching for good buidlings.

You are indeed correct, my train station seems to come from this producer. I also have several of their other buildings, including the Mosque, 2 Arab Buildings, Arab Village, 2 Tunisian Buildings, Terraced Townhouse, Church, and Radar Site. Yet I don't think I've ever bought from them. Must have gottem most of them through vendors at gaming cons, or through other third party vendors over the years.

All came out licely enough in my view.

(And again, sorry to have edited your posting. Nothing wrong with mentioning them, just please don't post direct links. Thanks...)

stevecolletti · Post by **stevecolletti** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:22 am

Glad to see Mainly Military still exists (though it looks like an abbreviated product line).
I'd rate their products as 'good with work'.

I really wish more structures were available.

Xveers · Post by **Xveers** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:43 am

Well, the guy Legions4hire on ebay happens to run a RL store out in Winnipeg, and it appears his website has updated enough to have a list of what he sells...

Which appears to be most of Leva's offerings. I won't post a link here since that would annoy the powers that be, but let me just say you want to google for "DB Miniatures" and then look for an address that starts with "members.shaw.ca"

Yeah, I'm being a bit snarky but Leva and GHQ compliment each other excellently, and from what I see there's next to no overlap in product.

stevecolletti · Post by **stevecolletti** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:49 am

Yeah, I'm being a bit snarky but Leva and GHQ compliment each other excellently, and from what I see there's next to no overlap in product.

Couldn't agree with you more, Xveers.

It's not like there is an excess of structures out there, already. And even if two or more manufacturers made a model of the same thing (say, a gas station) that each would be identical, unlike a military vehicle where the model is a miniature copy of a known historical piece of equipment..

Xveers · Post by **Xveers** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:18 am

Thread necromancy!

Anyhow, just got my shipment from LegionsIVHire and I am very happy with the quality. Definitely a worthy successor to Leva. Not everything is up and in production yet, apparently some of the molds are pretty beat up, so they aren't in production yet. But what they do have in production, is good quality.

Harlan · Post by **Harlan** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:27 am

I have attempted to web search Leva and am unable to find their website. Anyone know any good search perimeters?

stevecolletti · Post by **stevecolletti** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:34 am

I've bought mine from a painting service. Try searching on "DB Miniatures winnipeg" and look for a "miniatures painting servic

Xveers · Post by **Xveers** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:56 pm

Harlan wrote:I have attempted to web search Leva and am unable to find their website. Anyone know any good search perimeters?

google for "DB Miniatures" and then look for an address that starts with "members.shaw.ca" and try mixing in "LegionsIVHire" as well.

bejart7092 · Post by **bejart7092** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:30 pm

Evidently, Alain is back in business.

I received an e-mail from him 2 days ago with an updated price list.

Bill

bejart7092 · Post by **bejart7092** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:47 am

Alain is definitely back in business, and has given me permission to pass on his e-mail address should you want to contact him. He has no web site.

PM me and I'll give it to you.
Bill

stevecolletti · Post by **stevecolletti** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:37 am

Evidently, Alain is back in business. Very Happy I received an e-mail from him 2 days ago with an updated price list.

I got one, too, in answer to an email I sent him March 6, 2006!
Glad to hear it, though. This hobby can always use more structures.

HKurban · Post by **HKurban** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:39 am

I'm fairly new to the hobby... who is alain?

Thoughts on new JR miniatures bldgs?

Useful resin buildings

Re: Useful resin buildings

I found Leva