21st Century Kits-Opinions/Reviews Please

I have a couple of these, the BF-109F2/F4 and a Macchi 202, I think the other one is.

These are kinda more like toys than models.  The surface detail is not the best, obviously.  Even the texture of the surface on my 109 is uneven.  Some areas are smooth, but random others are kind of grainy.  This one uses three small screws to help hold the fuselage halves together, three more screws to hold the lower wing section on, and then you have little plastic plugs that go over the screw holes.  

I remember reading a build article on the Stuka, and the most glaring error was that the shape of the canopies was way off, in particular the rear gunner's section.  i bought these for $9 a piece some time ago, and at that price you cannot go wrong.  If nothing else, they make excellent models to test new ideas out on, without wasting $$$ on a more expensive kit.

qmiester

I have the Stuka, the FW 190A, 2 BF109Fs, a BF109G and a BF109K

 

Model builders in my area must have scoured the Walmarts for 21st Century kits as it was rare when I did find the kits on the shelves.

Are these even still available.  At what they were selling these kits for, I thought for sure that they would have gone out of business.

I got the Corsair and Zero a few years ago when Walmart had them.  I could not believe what I got for $10.  The Corsair was fantastic except for the landing gear.  I had to replace the struts with aftermarket.  The Zero was a pleasure to build except my decals fell apart into millions of pieces so I had to print a new set myself.  Again for $10, I was really impressed.  

I have the Stuka, the FW 190A, 2 BF109Fs, a BF109G and a BF109K

I agree.

Decals are fantastic !

Kits are worth buying just for the decals and build into decent representations- especially compared to kits costing 3x the price.

I have the STUKA, Macchi 202 and Bf-109 kits.

Wish I had purchased more of 'em.

The new FSM forum software now permits looking up the 21st century kit builds posted on this website.

Check 'em out.

As far as I am concerned, they weren't that bad especially for the price (not in the Tamigawa class). The decals were nothing short of fantastic (I knew guys who would buy a kit for the decals alone  for their Tamigawa and then part out or junk the kit).  Ilve got six in the stash and the biggest problem on most of them is the dihedral (or lack thereof).  It's too bad that 21s century went out of business several years ago.