KIT MAKER COMPARISONS

Plus, one would only have to take a look at Mr. Jackson's company,  The Vintage Aviator,  to see which era of aviation his passion is truly directed at.  Before WnW came along, there was Academy and Roden if you wanted a large scale bipe from that era, and while good kits those are, WnW has raised that bar a mile higher.

Wow Falcon - what gives? Your first post you say Tamiya and Hasegawa are the worst and Revell is the best. Now you come back and say Tamiya dn Hasegawa  are good quality kits and you now avoid Revell.

I think Falcon was being a wiseguy early on... shades of somebody else who used to run amuck here...

Revell also did a handful of large scale WWI aircraft in 1/28 scale way back when. But I don't recall those being issued since the 70s. At least by Revell USA.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

Wow Falcon - what gives? Your first post you say Tamiya and Hasegawa are the worst and Revell is the best. Now you come back and say Tamiya dn Hasegawa  are good quality kits and you now avoid Revell.

Very few manufacturers make only bad or only good kits. Most have a good kit in their line.

Stik

ROG re released the 1/28 DR1 and the Spad. These actually build up as decent models with lots of scratch building and help from Tom's Model Works PE sets still available at shows. The Spad needs more work to get it to look good. I built the tripe a while back and did a ton of scratch building on it. FSM purchased my article but has yet to publish it. The decals are from an old IPMS Convention sheet they did for the 1/28 Spad, Camel, and DR1.

I'm getting that feeling stik. Thanks.

I've done various kit brands through the years depending on the subject. I mainly like to shoot for Tamiya, Hasegawa, and other a couple other brand kits for aircraft. I've done some mid-range kits such as Fujimi (not sure if they still exist since I returned to the hobby) with surprising results. This year, I can't wait to build Hobby Boss brand. My goal is to try Eduard kit or two as well. Should be interesting builds no doubt. During the 70s, Revell and Monogram were my kits of choice for aircraft and armour.

The one and only Hobby Boss kit I've built was the 1/48 MiG-17F.  It wasn't all that impressive fit-wise.  Might just be an anomaly however.

Gary

PJ, that is beautiful indeed. Remembering those old Revell 1/28 scales sent me off on a tangent last night and I went hunting for the "Great Waldo Pepper" kit online, then had to lookup the movie as well... I had not thought of those things in decades. Now I want to see if I can watch it again.

Thanks stik, glad you like my tripe. I also have the Camel in the stash which will make a nice build. The Great Waldo Pepper with Robert Redford, now that's one great movie!