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01-19-2009, 12:09 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk
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| model kits which brand to buy ???? Having only recently started building model kits i am wondering who makes the best kits for someone like me who is just improving their skills, but wants a fair degree of detail and accuracy for their money ? Are there any brands to avoid or less well know brands that are producing great kits ? I'm mostly thinking WW2 era a/c
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01-19-2009, 12:39 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland
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| I'm in the same seat Karl, mate... I quite like the Hasegawa and Tamiya kits, haven't tried any Eduard yet, but looking at what's in the boxes, like their "Weekend" packaging, I'm sure that they're worth a shot as well. Then of course you have Accurate Miniatures, Roden, Revell, Monogram, Academy, Italeri.... Many of these swap molds between each other, like you can find Accurate Miniatures B-25's and their IL-2's in Italeri boxing, Revell/Monogram's P-38F I think is an "old" Hasegawa kit...  almost forgot Dragon!  I think that you can safely try any of these above, none of them have resin or white metal in them like Classic Airframe, Czech Model and a few others... Then you also have plenty of eastern brands like Mirage, just to mention one, which is a good (right Wojtek), gives you a reason to brush up on your Polish! I'm sure that the lads will put a few words in here....but Hasegawa and Tamiya are two safe cards... I'm talking 1/48 now of course!  Edit: You also have ICM, Smer, Alanger, Fujimi....
__________________  JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"  Last edited by Lucky13; 01-19-2009 at 12:50 PM. |
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01-19-2009, 12:47 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx
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| In my limited experience, Tamiya and Hasagawa have the best quality, but typically, they are more expensive. Italeri are also nice quality.
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01-19-2009, 12:48 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Yeovil, Somerset
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| As just found out, even within a make, Academy for example , one kit can be great another poor and require far more work and alteration to make it good. I recon best way is to pick a model and then ask the forum before you buy it! Unless like me you have a back log of kits already bought and are working through them!
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01-19-2009, 12:57 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk
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| great stuff guy's I sort of knew about Tamiya and Hasagawa and i've built a few Revell and Academy kits in 1/72 scale, but whilst trawling through online stores saw a lot of other brands, Dragon, Eduard to name a few and know nothing about them, terry has told me Italeri are good and as most of the 1/48 kits i'm now looking at are much of the same price give or take a couple of quid i just want to avoid the turkey's
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01-19-2009, 12:57 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas
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| I love Tamyia and Dragon for my AFV building but Hasegawa is my favorite for warbirds. Great detail and instructions. I am interested in Accurate Minitures. |
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01-19-2009, 01:06 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland
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| One thing that I every so often do is visit these sites, should make you aware of the "turkeys".... Hyperscale Reviews Index Modeling Madness Kit Review Index
__________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" |
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01-19-2009, 01:10 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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 | My list of best brands in order: Hasegawa Tamiya Revell I've heard Italeri are good too, but I haven't really bought any.
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01-19-2009, 01:18 PM
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| Siggy Master   Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland
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Italeri is the last one.Their models are different in quality.They are oversized very often and look as not finish or finished hurriedly.There are many mistakes made to the moulds.Tha main plus of these kits is that they are easy available in all the world.
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01-19-2009, 01:21 PM
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| aka Dickcheese  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Only build 1/72nd and have only recently got back into it. The Academy models appear to be the best deal for the money. Cheep and nice detail/accuracy. Hasegawa is expensive (about twice as expensive around here), but if money is no object they are very nice. I have bought only one Promodeler kit. And it was priced like Hasegawa, but the detail was extraordinary. In fact, I've never seen a nicer 1/72nd kit. But not sure if that is the norm however. Can go wrong with Italeri either.
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01-19-2009, 01:27 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland
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 http://www.accurate-miniatures.com/
__________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" | |
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01-19-2009, 01:32 PM
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| Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland
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| So they have returned !!! I didn't know.
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01-19-2009, 01:54 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Emerald Isle
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| Not one person has mentioned Airfix, Terry's a big fan of them I hear.
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01-19-2009, 02:01 PM
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__________________ "We're not easily frightened. Also we know how hard it is for an army to cross the Channel — the last little corporal to try it came a cropper. So don't threaten or dictate to us until you're marching up Whitehall! ...and even then we won't listen!" quote from B.O.B movie | |
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01-19-2009, 02:08 PM
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