Tamiya I-400 question

Yet another mystery solved ...

Thanks for the responses. So it is for stability on the shelf. That explains why the waterline kits always sank in the tub......eerr..ahh, I mean....Oh well!

I concur.  I like to add weight to all my models, it seems to give them a more 'solid' feel.  Of course if you drop them it also ensures more complete destruction!

Those weights are supplied with all the 1:700 waterline ship kits, be they from Fujimi, Aoshima or Skywave.  I wondered if they were meant to make the models 'sit' better on whatever surface they may be displayed.

Michael 

I think it's just to make the model more stable on the shelf and give it more "heft."  Some people seem to like the feeling of a model that has some weight to it.

I've wondered more than once how much those weights add to the expense of a kit.  (They surely add to the shipping weight of a carton full of such kits.)  Personally, I have to admit I do rather like the solid feel of such models - but, given the choice, I wouldn't pay any money for the weights.  There are too many easy - and free - ways to add "ballast" myself.