PB,

The snap tites can make into a pretty good kit. I havn't tried the Bandi yet.

The Bandai kits are very nice. I find them at Hobby Lobby and using the 40% off coupon, they are reasonably priced. I've gotten the AT-ST, TIE Striker from Rogue One, TIE Interceptor.

Do not discount the snap together Revell kits. While the smaller ones with lights and sounds are very simple for kids, the larger ones are very nice. I picked up the 1/30 scale X-Wing (original style), Kylo Ren's shuttle and Poe's black Force Awakens X-Wing. They are good model kits, light years beyond the old MPC kits from the original movies.

I was always out off by the snap tite kits, but i have seen some very good models at the moment. Unfortunatly, with Fine Molds loseing their licence to build Star wars kits, Bandai are probably the best out there. But there are still plenty of the old AMT kits around if you look for them. The detail may not be as good as some of the more recent ones, but still nice kits and they do some subjects others have not yet.

If you check out the Star Wars Group Buld, you will get a god idea of some of whats out there.

Since you are looking to build quite a few kits I would go with Bandai. The kits are in common scale ( 1/144, 1/72, 1/48) so they will look right sitting next to each other. They build very well out of the box with no glue or paint or/and you can detail, paint, weather, add lights to whatever your skill allows. If you have a barnes & nobles you can stop by there, they usually have a basic out of box build on display that you can look at.

-Stephen

Yeah as the guys said the Bandai kits are amazing. I'm building their 1/72nd A-Wing and other than my stupid idea to cut up the kit to install lighting it's just incredible in the detail and ease of fit.

Gamera

Yeah as the guys said the Bandai kits are amazing. I'm building their 1/72nd A-Wing and other than my stupid idea to cut up the kit to install lighting it's just incredible in the detail and ease of fit.

 

I just finished up the Bandai first Order TIE Fighter the other day. And with the right painting plan you can put out a realistic kit. And from what I learned from my build I could apply to the First Order Special forces TIE Fighter once I buy one.

Thank you for all of the replys. If you have pictures of your completed models I would love to see them. 

Well, seeing as you asked, heres some of mine. Most of these are now out of production but you can still find some of them on e-bay and the like.

A couple of 18inch vinyl kits from Screamin.

This is a 72nd resin kit from Multi verse models. I really liked this and they have had some new releases this year.

A couple of AMT kits.

And another 72nd resin kit, this time from Retro SF.

Bish

Well, seeing as you asked, heres some of mine. Most of these are now out of production but you can still find some of them on e-bay and the like.

A couple of 18inch vinyl kits from Screamin.

This is a 72nd resin kit from Multi verse models. I really liked this and they have had some new releases this year.

A couple of AMT kits.

And another 72nd resin kit, this time from Retro SF.

 

I am in love with all of these. I can’t wait to get to that level!

Here is my Fourth Axis conversion for the old MPC TIE Interceptor. It is long out of production.

I would love to get hold of one of those TIE Crawler conversions.

Bish

I would love to get hold of one of those TIE Crawler conversions.

It was available for the blink of an eye around 2002. 
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/starwars/jl_tiec.htm

Almost 40 years ago I made a Darth Vader Tie fighter and installed firing lasers with a couple diodes and a 555 timer circuit. Was cool... Only photo I have is this one...

Bish

Well, seeing as you asked, heres some of mine. Most of these are now out of production but you can still find some of them on e-bay and the like.

A couple of 18inch vinyl kits from Screamin.