are fujimi kits anygood?

Sounds good. I'm not sure how old these kits are. Hopefully I'll get them by the end of next week. Ebay has some really good deals on Fujimi car kits.

my experience with fujimi kits is pretty good.  someone before mentioned that the newer generation fujimi kits are better and i would have to agree with this.  there are usually fit problems with the doors on some of the older kits which is generally due to warping.  the detail, however, is fantastic.  actual springs for the shocks, working steering, the works.  if you can get one for a decent price i say go for it.  its nothing a good modeller can't handle and the end result if worth the hardships it took to get there.

LOL........
Dan, you make a good point........The Japanese CAN make reliable, well engineered cars.  I've got two 25 year old Hondas that are as reliable as the day they were made - maybe down a little on horsepower, but they NEVER fail to start, and never fail to get to the planned destination - all a quarter of a century after manufacture.  Can't complain about that.

I don;t anything about the Fujimi car-kits, but did I understand that your father called a Toyota a piece of crap ????
He probably never heard than that Toyota builds the most reliable cars in the world, I remember seeing an x-treme test with a Toyota 4x4 on the BBC once, very funny and impressive I must say, the things they did with that car...
- 1 buy an old beaten up toyota 4x4
- 2 let your wife/girlfrien/fiancee (who has no driving experience what so ever) drive it to thrue really, really narrow streets
- 3 drop a demolition ball (is this the right word for those heave steel balls they use to knock down walls ?) on it
- 4 park the car at low tide close to the sea and come and collect it the day after (you will need to klean the salt from the pistons and cilinders though)
- 5 put it on fire
- 6 drive the still smoking wreck on the podium in front of the public...

Well, is that a piece of crap I ask you ?     (well maybe it is after doing all that abuse, but it still runs...)

i guess I'll find out. I just ordered some off of ebay. can't wait!

Sorry to bump up such an old thread, but I'm looking at some Fujimi model car kits on line. My LHS have very little or no Fujimi kits. They have the usual Tamiya kits, but they don't have the model I want.
Do the 1/24 scale Fujimi car kits have detailed engines at all? Can't seem to find any info on that. I'm looking for Nissan Silvia kits and found several online, but I've never built a Fujimi kit before. TIA.

i would highly recomend ebay, its like a closeout hobby shop. they have about every model made. some people say its gonna rip you off, but as long as your smart, it will give you many great deals. as for the right hand drive, i think thats cool!

Sounds like a good deal. My Estima was $30 Canadian. I can pay almost that for some AMT stuff and still get two metal axles in the box. Oh yeah, some of the Japanese kits have right hand drive. I got that on a Honda racer, but I converted it to our left hand drive.

i would get the shop owner to open them up buy the local hobbytownusa has limited fujimi kits and they are out to rip people of ( 50$ there for a 15$ kit online ) plus i dont build the engines in my car, never look in the hood one i put in the plastic display box

I just bought a Fujimi Estima van - it's a curbside, but they forgot to mention it (in English?). It's not a problem, but I like to know what I'm getting. What's with all the Japanese writing and the lack of a real model photo(not a artsy painting) - makes you wonder what they're trying to hide. Inside the pieces are top quality with nice wheels and tires and a quality fit. If it's important to you, get the shopkeeper to open up the kit for you before shelling out twice the money for half the kit. I think we should make them shrinkwrap the kit before they put the top on, so you can open it up and see the parts without risking losing anything. I've seen it done before.

"Go and get a Fujimi kit - I believe you'll agree that they're worth the money." - sounds like a good plan!!!

Junior,
Generally, Fujimi kits are of a very high quality. Their cars (especially the Enthusiast Model range) take far more "finesse" to complete than would a Tamiya kit - but with Fujimi, you have the advantage of interesting subjects not covered by Tamiya.
The have a fantastic Porsche range - everything from the worlds fastest refrigerators (the 356 series) to modern Porsches. They also have a great series of Ferraris, some Lambos, a very nice Lancia Stratos, plus many others. Some are curbside, some are Enthusiast Models - which have full suspension and engine detail. I prefer those, but they take much more work - they don't "fall together" like a Tamiya kit, but all the bits fit very well and the bodies, glass, tires and other components all fit well and look correct in their shapes.
The last one I build was their Ferrari 288GTO - a truly fantastic kit of a beautiful car.
Go and get a Fujimi kit - I believe you'll agree that they're worth the money.

i dont mind an over simplified chassis, in my opinion, if you cant see it why build it!!!! as lond as the bodies are good, im good too.

I can only give my opinion on the enthusiast series, they have very good detail but can be somewhat fiddly to assemble. What I understand from discussions on other forums Fujimi's are very different depending on what series they are from. Many of them is oversimplified in the chassis but overall the bodies are very good. If you ask the same question on http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=927 you'll probably end up with more detailed answers as they are specialized in cars, cars, cars and some motorcycles. The only thing is that sometimes some of the guys are really hard on newbies for some reason!?

Good luck!
Niclas

I think it depends somewhat on the age of the kit. Tamiya's 2nd Generation RX-7 is pretty good, and is available in both hardtop and convertible form. I've built the hardtop and it looks great. It's the Turbo II kit, though. Anyway, the Fujimi kits that I have seen have been pretty nice, but again I think it just depends. Good luck w/ your build.

sounds good!

......dunno if this will help or not but, Fujimi's aircraft kits (1/72), decals and instructions are pretty good......

I've only build one Fuji,i kit of a Porsche 911 turbo and the results were fine.
The suspension detail was good and the panel fit and finsh were great.
The instructions were clear and the decals were good too.
Had no complaints personally.
Anyone else got any thoughts here?

Cheers, Pete.