Wednesday, 3 January 2018

TT Combat Warehouse Boxes Review

Itching to do something hobby related I have added to my ever growing terrain mountain as I wanted some scatter terrain that I could use across all the games I play be it Fantasy or Sci Fi. So it was off to Ebay and TTCombat had the perfect solution Warehouse boxes.




With TT Combat they make great kits at good prices. This kit should make 8 single boxes 4 double boxes and 4 large boxes. There are no instructions but a quick visit to their website and a pdf instruction manual is there waiting.

Once opened you are presented with one board of MDF for the boxes and cardboard cut outs for the front of the boxes. This is the same card stock you find at the back of note pads.



The boxes cut out nice and easy from the MDF board with a hobby knife which I would suggest to use so you don't rip any of the wood edging away.


In a short time with the aid of PVA glue the boxes start to come together quickly.


Now this is the first stage as you don't add the lids to these boxes until later so it gives you the option to have these open so you can use the to put objective markers in them if you want.

Once you have made the sides the instructions tell you to start to cut out the card wraps for the out side of the boxes. Now I did make a mistake on these as its not very clear which section is for one box. It also says to just wrap around and bend the card then glue.
I would advice to try and score the parts once you dry tested the card around the boxes as the card can easily snap and brake.


The Lids are the last part to add. Now the best way to do this is to sand the sides of the lids a bit first as the do not sink in and fit the box properly. Obviously don't do this if you want to be able to have the lids open.
I then stuck the card on the bottom of the boxes and then lined up the top section of card so it was in the centre of the box lid.
Once dry I then had to sand a bit more of the lids sides down so it would snugly fit to complete the box.

Here they are using a couple of different models to show the scale.





These boxes turned out pretty well and look like they will defnetky do the job.
I would say the cardboard details are not the easiest to use and they can brake easily and don't wrap around completely.
I would score the edges of the card to get a nice square corner.
For the price you can't argue with TT Combats products and with these boxes they looked fine unpainted and are ready to use.

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