"Full Experience" Kits/Manufacturers

Once upon a time, Tamiya set the standard for quality, accuracy and ease of building. And they still do really nice kits, but often, not the best one out there.

Google is your friend. Whip out the smart phone and Google whether or not the particular kit you are looking at is any good or if the price is right. Folks will drive an extra 10 miles to save a nickel on a gallon of gas (and what, save 50¢ on the fill up?), but won't bother to google the price of a kit to see if it's worth the money.

There are so many new companies that make very nice kits. Company A and Company B make versions of the same kit. One might be more accurate, but the other is cheaper and builds a little easier. It's up to you to determine which one you'd rather have.

I think that the biggest deciding factor is what is your preference is in kit subjects, and in what scale? Are you looking for 1/35 German armor? Cold War Soviet armor? 1/32 WWI aircraft? 1/48 Japanese aircraft? 1/72 Cold War aircraft? 1/350 modern warships? Each of those subject areas has their own dominant kit maker.

Sure, I can of course google "quality kits" and do some digging. And I do do this. And I agree with you on price. And specifically for this question, price is not really a factor in my mind.

In terms of subject, I am open to anything really. I find typically smaller scale kits don't come with the same level of padgentry and extras that a larger scale kit does.

There's something special about how companies will present certain kits. I'm just curious if anyone's come across any that have stood out for them.

Scalemates has reviews of the more popular kits