Airfix, Revell, etc
What do ya think ?
Zardos
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17 years ago
Best Kit Manufacturer ?
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17 years ago
If we're talking purely plastic kits, I'd have to say that Tamiya would have
to be right up there for car kits as well as others.
Trumpeter are starting to get a great name as well.
I love the old Fujimi enthusiast kits as well as the old accurate miniatures
car kits (they only made a few)
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17 years ago
Roden for subject matter, detail quality and a good yearly new release rate.
Tamiya for just plain great quality models.
Tom
Tamiya for just plain great quality models.
Tom
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17 years ago
Planet resin.
Best subject selection, beautiful quality. I have here a XF-91 Thunderceptor, and it's a beauty :-)
Wulf
Best subject selection, beautiful quality. I have here a XF-91 Thunderceptor, and it's a beauty :-)
Wulf
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17 years ago
revellogram,,,,,,,,,,,most bang for the buck! probably got more people started
in the hobby than all the rest put together!
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17 years ago
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17 years ago
Artiplast!
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17 years ago
And what lunatic asylum did you escape from?
*"Rainman" mode on*
Hasegawa...definitely Hasegawa...
*"Rainman" mode off*
Plenty of excellent subjects (if a bit on the pricey side); and, other than some of their earlier molds, excellent quality.
*"Rainman" mode on*
Hasegawa...definitely Hasegawa...
*"Rainman" mode off*
Plenty of excellent subjects (if a bit on the pricey side); and, other than some of their earlier molds, excellent quality.
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17 years ago
Accurate Miniatures brought me back into modelling. They have my vote.
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17 years ago
Fine Molds. Some of the best WW2 tanks made as well as superb Star Wars models.
Rob Gronovius Modern US armor at
Rob Gronovius Modern US armor at
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17 years ago
IMHO (in descending order):
Overall: Tamiya
Accurate Miniatures
Revellogram (Especially in the last couple of years)
Hasegawa
Academy
Airfix
Eduard (tied with Airfix)
Fujimi
Hobbycraft
Heller
ESCI
Italeri (tied with ESCI)
Just my $.02
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17 years ago
I don't really think it's that easy. Some manefacturers have strong sides in
one kind of kits and others excell in another line, byt also the age of the
moulds matters. Revell has some exelent new kits, while some of their older
oner are not quite as good, and so has Hasegawa and the others.
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17 years ago
Much appreciated, i was kind of looking for a list, guess i should
have said (sorry) :-|
Zardos
Zardos
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17 years ago
Merlin!
P.S. I have a thing for kits others hate,can you tell? :-D
P.S. I have a thing for kits others hate,can you tell? :-D
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17 years ago
Feh!
Merlin is too easy a choice--great subject matter and one step removed (in the wrong direction) from scratch-building. As in, use the kit (and maybe a few of the bits and decals) as inspiration--throw way the big pieces. For a realllly good kit, try Mach 2. Even at $70/pop, you get many, many, many hobby hours per money spent, because they too have great subject matter and abysmal production values, but the kits are bigger, just barely buildable, and (if you manage to finish one, or even if you don't), the stories you will have to tell! Compare with Tamiya: "I shook the box, opened it, put the finished model on the table, won first in category at the Nationals." Everyone else is already snoring.
Mark Schynert
Merlin is too easy a choice--great subject matter and one step removed (in the wrong direction) from scratch-building. As in, use the kit (and maybe a few of the bits and decals) as inspiration--throw way the big pieces. For a realllly good kit, try Mach 2. Even at $70/pop, you get many, many, many hobby hours per money spent, because they too have great subject matter and abysmal production values, but the kits are bigger, just barely buildable, and (if you manage to finish one, or even if you don't), the stories you will have to tell! Compare with Tamiya: "I shook the box, opened it, put the finished model on the table, won first in category at the Nationals." Everyone else is already snoring.
Mark Schynert
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17 years ago
never seen me build a Tamiya kit then! ;-)
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17 years ago
Merlin is for model-builder-geek-p_ssies!
VEEDAY!!!
VEEDAY!!!
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17 years ago
In no preferential order:
Poste Militaire Andrea Pegaso Warriors Shenandoah
Poste Militaire Andrea Pegaso Warriors Shenandoah
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17 years ago
Combat Models!
Built straight out of the box too...
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17 years ago
Ironically, my first vac-form that I *finished*, was the
Combat 1/72 ME-163A (ex-Airmodel?). Actually, one of the best
kits for an "introduction" to vac-forms.