Brands

Tamiya, although I'm building a lot of Dragon armour recently. I like Hasegawa 1/48th scale WW II aircrafts. Academy 1/72nd isn't bad. I think Trumpeter is way overrated.

QUOTE: Originally posted by ngc7293` I am just starting to hate Academy. I am finally finishing up an F-16 that has giving me problems since I started it. For example, the cockpit sat too high for the Canopy and there was no easy method for having the wheels up. I am tempted to start an F-16 collection just to see which Brand did it best.

Is this the F-16C kit from academy? I was given that kit for christmas and had the same problem... the seat and canopy issue frustrated me to no end... It still isn't built and i have no plans to finish it. Though, this is the first real problem i've gotten from one of their kits and i still like academy...

I haven't bought that much Tamiya stuff. Up till now anyways. Before, the kits I built were made by several manufacturers, and Tamiya being most expensive was thus most likel to be avoided by me :)
Lately it's pretty much all around with a majority going to Trumpeter.
Hehe cheers David Voss, I used to be into Games workshop a LOT! Alas, not anymore

Not even close ... Eduard rules...

I think I have only ever bought one Tamiya kit, and that was 18 years ago.

Since I got back into modelling last year the bulk of my purchases have been Revell Germany:

He177
Fw190
Ar555

all in 1/72

with a couple of reboxed Dragon kits, one from Italeri, Me262, and one from Revell Fw190D.

I keep looking at the Tamiya kits in my LHS, but can never bring myself to spend the extra £6, or $11 over the equivaent Revell kit.

I guess I'm just cheap!

Karl

Generally, Dragon has been issuing kits of the specific subject I am looking for at the time. However, Academy has gained an edge over Tamiya and Italeri regarding WWII armor in detail and quality.

QUOTE: Originally posted by ArmorMaster QUOTE: ...and Dragon make good models. -M1abramsRules Yep, all the way! QUOTE: Its too much an impact on my wallet to build too much Tamiya. -rrmmodeler Been there too. QUOTE: ...perhaps another $15-20 on the Dragon kit versus Tamiya. -tigerman Yep, noticed kits were not priced the same if you know what I mean.

The manufacturer isn't as important to me as the subject. Which means that I am picking up more and more Eastern European produced kits. Granted the detail isn't always the greatest and completing one involves a lot more work, but I'm not going to hold my breath in hopes Tamigawa will produce a 1/72 PT19, Martin Baltimore, Lockheed Orion or any WW l aircraft other than a Camel or an SE5 or Fokker D-7.

Plus IMHO Tamaigawa kits tend to be way overpriced.

In order - Accurate Miniatures, Tamiya and HAsegawa (or Hasegawa and Tamiya???) for aircraft - throw in Monogram Pro modeler reboxes of Hasegawa kits for measure...

not a big armor person buy DML has recently caught my fancy and I am awaiting the AFV Duster to try them out...

I use three criteria to choose a kit: Subject, Desire and Money. Not necessarily in that order...

I'm new to aircraft and have built Revell, Monogram, Revell/Monogram, Hobbycraft, Hasagawa and Tamiya. My LHS only stocks Dragon armor, so once I go down that path I'll give them a try. Right now Tamiya rules for quality, their kits are simply sweet.

For me, Tamiya and Hasegawa are best.