DLD Unsolicited Testimonial

Gents and Ladies, 

Just a brief unsolicited review of the Civet grav-
tank in 25-28mm and a comment or two on 
DLD (David L Dunn Productions). 

The Civet:
A nice model kit. I call it a model kit, even 
though it is in resin, because of the large 
number of parts. If you like detail, it is a great 
kit. Unlike its 15mm counterpart with 15-20 
parts, it has ... a lot more! But the instructions 
are clear (pictorial as well as textual) and the 
model looks to require little or no cleanup. 
David has obviously done a lot of work ahead 
of shipping time. 

The casting of the tank is excellent, and there 
are no visible areas of flash from moulding on 
mine. I don't think I'll have to touch it with a file, 
or if so it will be very, very minimal. 

The sculpting is good, and the tank compares 
sizewise to the GZG Goliath (or Gladiator, I 
always get those confused). The tank should 
look very good next to true-25mm figures, and 
just a bit smaller next to the 28mm steroid-
enhanced variety. It has way more detail than 
its GZG counterpart, due to coming in many 
parts, and uses a slightly lighter (though 
apparently sturdy and capable of taking good 
detail) resin.	

The tank also comes with a base, and is from 
two (or more) sided moulds - it does not have 
a bubbly pour side like the GZG GEVs. 

The tank is packed in foam (pieces protected 
well) and then when David shipped to me, he 
used lots of peanuts around the tank's box 
(inside a larger box) so it was well packed. In 
that shipment, I got two 25-28mm Civets 
(already have 5 or 6 Kamodos waiting for me 
in USA at Fort Sarno), a 15mm Kamodo HFS, 4 
15mm Kamodo APC, and 2 15mm Civets. (The 
15mm kits are destined for Xmas gifts.... makes 
me wish I'd started playing in 15mm though... 
but too much invested in 25mm now!). 

Anyway, turn around time was fast (except for 
Canada Post...) and service was friendly despite 
the business of the holiday season. David and 
Lisa are pretty cool folks to deal with. 

I've always been happy with my service from 
Jon, from KR, from Nic, from Tony, from the 
guys at Ainsty, and now you can add David 
from DLD to that list. These are all folks I have 
no problem linking to or spreading the good 
news about. 

Now David, if I can only convince you to make a 
grav APC in the same style as the Civet.... and 
I'll volunteer to order at least 4 if they are half 
decent looking..... <hint hint>

Anyway, the Civet and the Kamodo are great 
kits, if not the cheapest. But for the price, you 
get very good value, quite awesome detail, and 
casting that rivals Armorcast's best in quality. 
Well worth your business. 

I got a digital cam for Xmas, and once I have 
my Civets built and painted, you can bet there 
will be pix made available to all. (Damn, might 
have to break down and buy that airbrush 
now...)

Tomb Raider
Apostle of 25mm, the One True Scale (*VBG!*)  
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Thomas Barclay
Instructor, CST 6304 (TCP/IP programming for the Internet)
kaladorn@fox.nstn.ca 
http://fox.nstn.ca/~kaladorn/CST6304
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