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Kitech?
Posted by senojrn on Thursday, September 3, 2009 9:20 AM
Anybody know much about the Kitech model company?  What is their quality like?  Is their kit scale pretty accurate?  I am specifically looking at the Kitech 1/48 Piper J-3 Cub, if anyone has any experience with that kit?  Thanks in advance for any and all input!
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Posted by simpilot34 on Thursday, September 3, 2009 9:47 AM
Well i have 4 1/72 kits of Kitech and must say they are not that bad as far as detail, but haven't built one or trial fitted any of them. I would say they are probably no worse than some Airfix kits, but that is just an assumption. HTHThumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by mkhoot on Thursday, September 3, 2009 10:13 AM
Most Kitech kits are bad copies of other peoples kit. I have not seen it but is probably a copy of the Hobbycraft kit. Mark
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Posted by Aaronw on Thursday, September 3, 2009 2:47 PM
I've thought about getting their H-21 mostly for completeness (I have the kits from Italeri and Hobbycraft) but also to see whose they copied or if they actually made their own.
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Posted by soulcrusher on Thursday, September 3, 2009 3:32 PM

Cheap poor quality Chinese knock-off's. That about sums it up.

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Posted by fox on Thursday, September 3, 2009 8:05 PM

Bought the 1/48 Spitfire XIV and the 1/800 Enterprise for about $8.00 each at a toy store in N.J. last year. They are not great kits but as others would say they are "average". Some parts fit OK but others need lots of work to fit. Details are so-so. Got a AM pit for the Spitfire in the hopes of making it look 1/2 decent. I bought them mainly to practice techniques on.

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Posted by dcaponeII on Thursday, September 3, 2009 8:14 PM
That's about the size of it.  I think KiTech is Mandarin for crap!!  I built an Su-27 that was a dog of a kit.
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Posted by Wirraway on Friday, September 4, 2009 12:06 AM
What you pay for is what you get.  They are 1/2 of what you would pay for Tamiya or Hasegawa.  I built one of their 1/48 F111 and I thought it was comparable to the 1/48 Academy kit.  Just throw the decals in the trash before you start.

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Posted by chris hall on Friday, September 4, 2009 7:18 AM

Zhengdefu's second label. And every Zhengdefu kit I've ever seen has been a PoS, and a rip-off of another firm's product. Cheap - but not that much cheaper than kits of similar subjects by Rog and Italeri, both reputable firms. Avoid.

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Friday, September 4, 2009 7:26 AM

 I bought some Kitech kits a few years ago and wasn't really that impressed with them .

The plastic was very grainy/pebbely and as others have said the decals are of very poor quality.

I built two F/A-18 Hornets , each kit gives you the option of a single or two seat fighter , but there is no canon port opening on top of the nose/fuselage section . So I built mine as adversary aircraft .

I also buit a AH-1Z Cobra prototype , it came out okay .

I have a F-16D in my stash to build . I also bought two EA-6B Prowlers but the canopy pieces were badly molded , so those two kits ended up in the spares box .

I doubt if I would buy any more , the Hornets looked like poor copies of what Italeri offer , the Prowlers were hasegawa Knock-off's and I think the Cobra is similar to what Hobbycraft offer .

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Posted by senojrn on Friday, September 4, 2009 2:38 PM
Wow! (This is the best response I've ever had to a post!)  Thanks for all the input!  I appreciate it alot. 
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