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Looking for easy kits to practice with
Posted by Dropkick on Friday, February 6, 2015 10:26 AM
Hi All, I just completed, not painted yet, a MiG from Hobby Boss's EZ line. Turned out pretty good considering I hadn't done a model since I was 11. Is there another maker of easy kits to practice with? I'm looking to branch out into other models not just planes. Thanks for the input.
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Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, February 8, 2015 8:37 PM

Pegasus Hobbies makes some very simple new tooled kits.

 

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Posted by modelcrazy on Sunday, February 8, 2015 8:59 PM

Monogram make some fairly basic stuff in most genera's, and the best part, their fairly affordable.

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  • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
Posted by Devil Dawg on Sunday, February 8, 2015 9:05 PM

Ditto to what modelcrazy said. You can get Monogram & Revell kits at just about any Hobby Lobby and Michael's for about $17 each. Definitely worth the price to practice your skills on.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Sunday, February 8, 2015 9:35 PM

Plus, Michael's and Hobby Lobby usually have weekly mobile 40% discount coupons. Sometimes more.

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Posted by ajd3530 on Monday, February 9, 2015 12:09 AM
I 2nd stikpusher's suggestion on the Pegasus kits. You can look online and find them for under 10 bucks. They have a V-2 rocket, P-51B, Hurricane, Spit, Zero, FW 190, Bf 109 (both E and G models) and I believe they just came out with a Me 262 (those are all 1/48 mind you.) While the detail isn't as crisp as alot of higher end guys offerings, the fit is pretty dang good. Pretty good bang for your buck.

Shameless plug, but here is what one of the Pegasus kits can look like with just 2 days of work and a set of after market decals.


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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, February 9, 2015 8:42 AM

I would concur with the Revell/Monogram stuff.  Also, Hobby Boss makes a line of beginners kits that are worth looking at.  I think they call them Easy Build, and they are quite inexpensive.

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Posted by Jay Jay on Monday, February 9, 2015 9:57 AM

You may want to search Ebay for model kit lots.  When I first re-entered the hobby, I found a lot of 9 kits for $ 35.00 including shipping to practice on.( that's 3.88 per kit.)  Maybe not the easiest kits to build but certainly inexpensive.   As a bonus I was able to work on more techniques like seam and wing root filling etc.

 

 

 

 

 

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