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I think we all have to adjust to buying almost everything online. I'm lucky to have one of the best hobby shops in the U.S. only 15 miles from me. But the prices are outrageous. Tamiya 23ml jars are $1.75 more per jar than Scale Hobbyist.
I buy everything from Scale Hobbyist. Lowest prices anywhere and exceptional service.
I have the Hobby Boss 1/35th M1070 with trailer, but I'm saving it until I retire. It's an unbelievable kit.
Hey do they have any airplane kits that's in a 1/35 scale? I've never seen or put one together. I'd like to try one. All I have is a hobby lobby that's close. No other hobby shop. It really sux cause everything I want I have to order. It'd be great if I could buy a kit or most of my supplies without having to pay shipping. But I guess that a small town for ya.
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plasticjunkie Rob Gronovius plasticjunkie Silver They are better than Revell or matchbox. The newer Matchbox releases have come a long way and have some nice details. Some Revell/Monograms are real jewels that need some polishing and others are not so good. As with most models the skill of the builder makes it or breaks it. I forgot who built one of the older ancient Monogram dive bombers here a while back and his skill and attention to detail turned it into an awesome model. The Matchbox brand is really dead and just the name used by Revell of Germany. So any "new" Matchbox kit is just made by someone else and the Matchbox name stuck on the box. Revell does their own kits and also reboxes other companies' kits as well so a lot of their quality is all over the board. Many old 1/76 scale Matchbox armor kits are reboxed in Revell of Germany boxes. I meant to say Airfix, my bad Rob. Their new releases are quite nice.
Rob Gronovius plasticjunkie Silver They are better than Revell or matchbox. The newer Matchbox releases have come a long way and have some nice details. Some Revell/Monograms are real jewels that need some polishing and others are not so good. As with most models the skill of the builder makes it or breaks it. I forgot who built one of the older ancient Monogram dive bombers here a while back and his skill and attention to detail turned it into an awesome model. The Matchbox brand is really dead and just the name used by Revell of Germany. So any "new" Matchbox kit is just made by someone else and the Matchbox name stuck on the box. Revell does their own kits and also reboxes other companies' kits as well so a lot of their quality is all over the board. Many old 1/76 scale Matchbox armor kits are reboxed in Revell of Germany boxes.
plasticjunkie Silver They are better than Revell or matchbox. The newer Matchbox releases have come a long way and have some nice details. Some Revell/Monograms are real jewels that need some polishing and others are not so good. As with most models the skill of the builder makes it or breaks it. I forgot who built one of the older ancient Monogram dive bombers here a while back and his skill and attention to detail turned it into an awesome model.
Silver They are better than Revell or matchbox.
They are better than Revell or matchbox.
The newer Matchbox releases have come a long way and have some nice details. Some Revell/Monograms are real jewels that need some polishing and others are not so good. As with most models the skill of the builder makes it or breaks it. I forgot who built one of the older ancient Monogram dive bombers here a while back and his skill and attention to detail turned it into an awesome model.
The Matchbox brand is really dead and just the name used by Revell of Germany. So any "new" Matchbox kit is just made by someone else and the Matchbox name stuck on the box. Revell does their own kits and also reboxes other companies' kits as well so a lot of their quality is all over the board. Many old 1/76 scale Matchbox armor kits are reboxed in Revell of Germany boxes.
I meant to say Airfix, my bad Rob. Their new releases are quite nice.
On the other hand, it's always good to check Scalemates. Airfix is reissuing old stuff in the new "red" boxes as well.
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I recently built the 1/350 USS Virginia Submarine from Hobby Boss. Decent kit, Very simplified. Actually came with decent decals and PE parts.
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Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!
GMorrison Hobby Boss is just another company.
Hobby Boss is just another company.
Revell started making plastic scale models in about 1950, although they had been making injection molded plastic stuff for awhile before. "Revell" was a snipe at their competitor in the ladies makeup compact market- "Revlon".
Hobby Boss, which is a Trumpeter brand in turn owned by Yatal Electronics, has been around since the late 80's.
Yes, better than Matchbox (Doh!).
Revell; arguable on a kit by kit basis.
Matchbox is a historic company. Kind of like Airfix or Frog or Plasticart.
I build kits picked for the subject. Find another Stranraer? Matchbox is it.
Hobby Boss announces their Bounty, Charles W. Morgan. Cutty Sark, Kearsarge? Not in my lifetime.
I like HB kits. They do a lot of modern PLA stuff and a bunch of early Soviet armor that few others do. Whatever RR stuff Trumpeter does in 1/35, HB will put out in 1/72. They are so close you could probably build a 1/72 using the 1/35 instructions. For examle a BR-52 2-10-0 loccomotive steam cylinder might have 9 pieces in 1/35 and 3 in 1/72.
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Tanker - Builder Now; Talking about Matchbox. They did come up wtih decent but simple stuff some years back. My question is Why? did they have to mold the things in more than one color? Plus,the panel lines on some were more like ditches than panel lines, Eh?
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Talking about Matchbox. They did come up wtih decent but simple stuff some years back. My question is Why? did they have to mold the things in more than one color?
Plus,the panel lines on some were more like ditches than panel lines, Eh?
You're talking about a company whose primary product are diecast metal wheeled vehicles that required thick coats of paint to endure rough handling by children. That is why they had entrenched panel lines.
The kits were in multi colors so there was no "need" to paint the model after construction. I know many of my early model kits were not painted, just assembled and decals stuck on the unpainted plastic.
I eventually graduated to painting headlights silver and road wheels black.
The Matchbox kits of the 1970s are akin to the prepainted snap together kits of today.
Back in the day (guessing between 1976-1980), I think I bought and built every 1/76th scale Matchbox armor kit and a couple of their airplane kits.
I don't think that's generally true. As was mentioned earlier in this thread, it really depends on the particular kit we're talking about.
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got to say , my last couple of kits have been hobbyboss , cannot complain at all .
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Tanker - BuilderTalking about Matchbox. They did come up wtih decent but simple stuff some years back. My question is Why? did they have to mold the things in more than one color? Plus,the panel lines on some were more like ditches than panel lines, Eh?
The target market was beginners/kids who wanted to bash the things together in a minimum amount of time. That was the reasoning behind the multi-coloured mouldings, so theycould be built without painting and resembled (sometimes just barely) the colours of the actual subject. They were also moulded using a very hard, very sturdy formulation of styrene so they could be played with roughly.
Later kits toward the end, like the PB4Y Privateer had much finer raised panel lines and better detail, but overall, still fell behind the standards of the time.
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Now that's a nice natural Metal Finish. Looks like she's flown a few missions.
the Baron Nice NMF, Johnny!
Nice NMF, Johnny!
Your comments and questions are always welcome.
My Hobby Boss P-38 was called "Easy Assembly". However, it builds into a nice looking model without a lot of fuss or drama.
Most of the points on Italeri kits have been covered. They have a LOT of other folks molds nowadays, so your best bet is to research whatever kit that you are interested in. Some of their older kits have held up pretty well over the years. Personally in general I really like their own moldings of kits. Especially their 1/35 armor. Their 1/35 figures, not so much.
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Srpuln10 Does anybody have any input on Italeri kits? I've put together a command post and two small ammo trailers. Neither was a high piece count so not a whole lot to judge on.
Does anybody have any input on Italeri kits? I've put together a command post and two small ammo trailers. Neither was a high piece count so not a whole lot to judge on.
My introduction to Italeri was when the partnered with Revell to market Italeri kits here in the US. I like their diorama accessory pieces, and their figure sets filled a niche at that time, for those of us who hadn't learned of Verlinden. If you've ever seen Shep Paine's Elefant diorama, of the tank run out of gas looking for help from a horse-drawn wagon, I think he used Italeri figures as a starting point, and the wagon, too.
I've also got some of their 1/72 aircraft kits, that aren't bad. As someone else noted, their Italian subjects are particulary good.
It really depends on the kit. Italeri is an old company, and in addition to pure Italeri kits their catalog includes old Esci kits as well as reboxed Tamiya and Revell Germany kits, possibly also some Hasegawa, Airfix and others so it can be a real crap shoot what is in the box.
In my opinion Italeri really shines when it comes to Italian subjects and helicopters.
Hobby Boss is ok, they have good and bad kits like everybody else (even Tamiya has some less than steller kits, usually quite old).
Their EZ kits are quite simplified (and inexpensive), but not bad if you want something quick to build or the subject doesn't have many options. I built their Mig-3 because at the time (and possibly still) it was the best representation of that fighter in 1/72. Sitting on the shelf next to other models you would never know it only had something like 10 parts.
I also built their Sikorsky CH-34, the Italeri kit is better, but the HB isn't bad. I bought it because at the time Italeri was only offering the V-leg variant, and HB had the bent leg version. Not at all a bad kit, and it went together well. Overall the detail is better on the Italeri kit, it seems kind of soft on the HB. Again sitting on a shelf with the rest it the differences are not highly noticable.
I also have their Mil Mi-4 (early Soviet helicopter). I haven't built it yet but the level of detail looks to be much better than their CH-34. Another subject where there are not a lot of options out there.
Scale Hobbyist and Sprue Bros. are IMO very good sites to buy from specially if you want FAST service then Sprue Bros. is the one. Squadron is VERY slow and hit and miss with stock.
As far as HB is concerned, do a Google search for reviews on the particular model, and this goes with any model since as mentioned some are good and others not so good.
I've ordered several times from Scalehobbiest. Never an issue and usually ships in stock stuff in a day or two. Have two orders with them right now, one on Monday and the other this morning, both set to ship tomorrow (Wed.).
I mostly order from hobbylinc. But I've ordered a couple of kits from scale hobbyist.com. I love hobbylinc I've never had a problem with them. I've been looking at a kit for a bit. Just wondering what the company is like. I've found some Vallejo paint from scale hobbyist that hobbylinc didn't have. As I was kicking around on the site I found a kit that caught my eye. German WW2 1/35 kit. As I said from my first post I don't have a hobby shop other than hobby lobby. Which doesn't carry a heck of a lot. I've only done tamiya and one afv. I'm putting together a Zvezda 251/1 personal carrier. Dragon and master box miniatures. I've got my wife ordering me a kit from dragon. Either a panther or stug. Tamiya kits do just fall together but I'm just wanna try another company. Don't wanna be a one trick pony so to speak. Tks guys for all the info. The help y'all have given me in the past has been nothing short of miraculous thanks.
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