Hi Everyone,
Here is my review of another rare Samurai kit by Seil in 90 mm
white metal. A mounted Samurai with Strong Bow.
Details of the releases:
Title: Samurai with Strong Bow, 13th Century A.D.
Manufacturer: Seil Models Co., Ltd.
Scale: 90mm (1:20)
Sculptor: Figure sculpted: by Kim Dong-uk, Horse sculpted:
by Zlobov Sergey
Historical point of view supervised by: Dr. Mitsuo Kure
Material & no. of pieces: 81 white meat parts, 1 resin
base, 6 etching parts, 1 photo-etched name plate, 2 pieces of wire and some
strings.
Box art painted by: Kim
Man Jin
Cast by: ?
Order from: Historex Agents many
years ago.
The Seil Samurai with Strong Bow was purchased from Historex Agents when
it was first released by Seil in 2007. The kit comes in a sturdy black rectangular
cardboard box with parts housed in between thick pieces of dark grey foam and
with some other parts in sealed plastic bags. A superbly sculpted figure kit by
Kim Dong UK and a horse sculpted
by Zlobov Sergey and from a historical point of view this figure was supervised by Dr. Mitsuo Kure, of a 90 mm mounted Samurai warrior figure kit in the 13th
century during the invasion of Japan
by the Korean and Mongol allied forces. He is wearing his O-yoroi armour (大鎧), carrying his tachi sword.
He is turning upon his mount, while in full gallop, to fire a shot
from his bow towards his enemy.
Here are the cast parts.
Parts View
Head and Kabuto Helmet View
Upper, Lower Body, Arms and Legs View
Horse and Sealed Parts View
Name Plate and Base View
Assembly, Painting and Historical Guide
Final thoughts:
The Seil mounted Samurai with strong bow is a
magnificent kit. It is beautifully sculpted with loads of detail and well
researched parts where the historical point of view for this figure kit was
supervised by Dr. Mitsuo Kure. The horse is a Japanese pony sized horse for the
period. The metal castings are sharp, crisp and clean. The white metal is of
superior quality with lots of delicate parts. The overall quality is exquisite.
The kit was listed as 90mm, but it looks small to me, more likely to be a
little bigger than 80mm. An superb kit for the advanced modeller. Outstanding engineering
involved to minimize join lines and mold lines and minimal seam lines to
remove. Highly recommended.
Seil had also released the horse as a single figure,
which I have in my grey army. I am going to use the horse for my future project,
a mounted Tome Gozen.
About Dr. Mitsuo Kure: author of several Samurai books, he
reconstructed full-size samurai armour and started what is now one of the
premier re-enactment groups in Japan.
His group is currently one of the leading organizers of samurai battle
re-enactments in Japan.
My Rating Summary:
