And on the desk at the moment... In the red corner we have The Monogram 1/48th Mosquito, while in the blue corner it's the Airfix 1/48th BMkXVI/PRXVI.
Comparing like for like I've come up with the following;
The Monogram dates from around 1965, it's worst feature is the tail.
The Fin/rudder is way too tall, whereas the tailplane's are each around 4mm too short in span.
The engine nacelles seem too bulbous and though the wingspan looks about right, the distance from the fuselage to the nacelle is too short.
The interior seems to be rather basic too, though I haven't really gotten around to that bit yet.
The prop's look rather spindly and the rockets are trash!
All in all, a product of it's time. Built up it may not look too bad, but compared with a more modern model it's way out.
The Airfix BMkXVI box contains lots of extra bits, basically it's the old fighter issue with a new fuselage, upper wings & interior bits.
So lots of the spare parts will be donated to the Monogram kit.
I only started them yesterday, no doubt I'll find more to whinge about soon!
The new Airfix is an NF XXX, I've seen the box but thats all so far.
I'd say go for the Tamiya, it should be worth the extra money.
Pete