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Garage Kit - anyone heard of them?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:11 pm
by RangerNeil
Looking on the Scalemates site for aftermarket bits for MPC's 1/48 Eagle Transporter I saw this:
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/garage- ... r--1319661
Apparently made by a company called "Garage Kits". Can't find them anywhere on the web and the kits cockpit consists of the bulkhead with two astronauts glued to it. Light on detail is an understatement!! So I'd really like to track one of these cockpit interiors down.
If anyone can point me in their direction it would be much appreciated!!

Re: Garage Kit - anyone heard of them?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:41 pm
by BigWall
I thought that a garage kit was exactly that, a kit made by an individual in their "garage", low production run usually limited by how many copies they can make before the molds go to crap. Adam Savage has shown some very cool ones on his YouTube channel.
Re: Garage Kit - anyone heard of them?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 3:14 pm
by Garion77
I think big wall is right. My brother used to buy resin Star Wars kits that were awesome from guys like this. Usually they do it for a while then disappears. or like one my brother knew, they get a letter asking them to stop or else... because of licensing.
Re: Garage Kit - anyone heard of them?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:31 pm
by Casper
Original term for kits (kit bashed) built in your garage on a budget, never heard of a specific company with that name selling kits

but you can buy garage kits online. Fantasy Realms do some great busts.
http://fantasyrealms.uk/
Resin Kit do some incredible work
http://www.resin-kit.com/
http://www.antsnest.net/Garage.php
Re: Garage Kit - anyone heard of them?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:41 pm
by RangerNeil
Cheers guys.
Scalemates page just says "Garage Kit" in the manufacturer field so I just assumed that was the name of the company making it. Kind of like Celebrity Castings made the pod interior. Looks like I may to have give up on this one as most of these independent manufacturers are figures and busts. Found one firm doing bits other than that but primarily they cater for the Star Trek market.
A shame as the photos on Scalemate look really good.

Re: Garage Kit - anyone heard of them?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:48 pm
by Casper
I really like that, looks very detailed.
Have you tried
https://www.shapeways.com/
Re: Garage Kit - anyone heard of them?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:50 pm
by Casper
Re: Garage Kit - anyone heard of them?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:01 pm
by RangerNeil
Thanks for the link Casper.

There's a couple of cockpit sections there - back wall and front consoles but none that I've seen so far with the side consoles too but I will keep looking. There's 10K results to get through.


Re: Garage Kit - anyone heard of them?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:07 pm
by Casper
RangerNeil wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:01 pm
Thanks for the link Casper.

There's a couple of cockpit sections there - back wall and front consoles but none that I've seen so far with the side consoles too but I will keep looking. There's 10K results to get through.


I know ,sorry

If you put UK it reduces the count to 8000

just kidding
bit expensive
