Easy way to find out the number of parts in a kit

Italeri kits are always a crap-shoot; some of their 1980s kits were awesome at the time, a lot of them were reboxed Japanese kits from the 1970s, but many of their current kits are mediocre at best (like their Leopard 2 series).

With a lot of US and western European kits, I'd look for the age & skill level on the box to get an idea of how many parts.

JayF

While I find Falcon's comment funny, I thought the number of parts is an indication of the complexity of the kit, and the level of detail.

I was checking some tanks, and maybe it's just me but I kinda would feel " robbed " if I pay a lot of money for a kit that doesn't have at least a certain amount of parts.

But like I said, maybe it's just me ...  

Not really. It could just mean that there are a lots of unused parts in the kit. Can we all say Dragon.

I feel a bit robbed when I spend a lot for a kit a good chunk of which is going into the spares box to sit there for years. I know the idea is that its cheaper to produce molds that cover different variants, but perhaps if they didn't try and produce a variant for every week of that types production, they could do a great kit at a cheaper price.

But of course, I still but them.

Personally, I don't take any notice of the parts count. Its the finished result of putting those parts together that counts.

And if it's a really good kit, and you shake it long enough, it will put itself together for you!

Falcon10275

usually I shake the box pretty hard,  its by far the best indicator of how many parts.  Sometimes the hobby hop owner tells me to stop, but I just buy som glue and paint and he leaves me alone

And if you shake it hard enough, you'll add to the parts count! 

While I find Falcon's comment funny, I thought the number of parts is an indication of the complexity of the kit, and the level of detail.

I was checking some tanks, and maybe it's just me but I kinda would feel " robbed " if I pay a lot of money for a kit that doesn't have at least a certain amount of parts.

But like I said, maybe it's just me ...  

The ones that do, lie. The ones that don't, tell the truth.

But seriously, whats the use of the information?About the only one I would see is that high count equals longer time to build, more stuff to lose, and probably not well thought out engineering.

Or not.

Manny, is that you? 

usually I shake the box pretty hard,  its by far the best indicator of how many parts.  Sometimes the hobby hop owner tells me to stop, but I just buy som glue and paint and he leaves me alone