Which model would you choose with closed eyes ?

KALFAKIS, Welcome to the Forum. My vote is for Tamiya, thier kits seem to just fall together. However I do like Revell-Monogram and Revell Germany, they are good kits and more affordable for my budget.

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You know what, this is actually a really good poll. I can bet you right now that Tamiya will win hands down. I guess most people here have the money for it. I personally don't. I like Tamiya well enough, but hands down, it's Trumpeter all the way. First, they have been getting better and better, and their recent subjects in 1/35 armour (the Faun, SA-2) have been spectacular, as well as their more mainstream ones (I have their Abrams, Chally 2, T-72, IS-3M, a bunch of other ones). They're far from perfect kits, but I just love 'em, and their price makes me buy two Trumpeter kits for the price of one Tamiya.

Welcome to the forums. I've bought all but one of those brands soley on the subject matter.

tamiya hands down revell never again , the tammy kits are a dream and on a personal note fgr2 please mr tamiya

I choose Dragon. For my genre, WWII armor, I prefer indi tracks to rubberband, I think DML's detail work is as good if not better than Tamiya lately, and and it will probably be 10% - 20% cheaper to boot.

Yeah, looks like Tamiya is really starting to fall behind in the Armour department.

Dragon! Cheaper and good kits.

I choose Tamiya based on past experiance, really gotta build a new Dragon kit.

in a/c i believe hasegawa is still the best. but trump is gaining.

joe

This is a real good poll.

Some considerations would be cost versus quality. A superior modler would want a superior kit. A modler like me, fair, would let Revell/Monogram be the one of choice. But to answer your question as a what if, I must say Tamiya all the way.

Richard

I'd actually go with academy. (I like interiors with my armor) I'd go with dragon over tamiya just because of price.


(I voted dragon)

Welcome to FSM KALFAKIS.

I chose Tamiya ..... though some other companies are starting to give them a run, they still have the best engineered kits going IMO.

Enjoy the forums !!!!!

I went with Tamiya, but it would be close with Dragon and Academy. There isn't that much difference with their new kits. Price would be an issue in reality though.

Welcome!

you should take your results and e-mail them to each of the choices.

I went with Tamiya simply because they are who I have the most nice experiences with. I have just recently built a few from others and they are a close second.

I haven't tried kits from all of the companies listed in the poll, so my vote is a little skewed.

However, I've never had a bad Tamiya kit. They were all top notch, even though they were a bit more expensive than the rest.

I do have a few kits from companies I've never tried (like Italieri and Hasegawa) that I look forward to build.

Nat

Back in the dim dark days all I ever modelled were Tamiya and I guess my preference stays with them. I have never built a Trumpeter or Hasegawa kit so I cannot comment on them but I have done a few Academy and they seem quite good but still not up to the standard of Tamiya. It's just a shame that there is not much on the horizon in the way of new releases from Tamiya in the next year though!

Thanks for the poll KALFAKIS, I found it interesting. Oh, and welcome to the Forums!

Bob

I picked Hasegawa because I personaly think they put out a more realistic kit. Tamiya kits are very good but I think they go a little heavy on the engraved panel lines, distracting from a true scale appearance. I really don't buy that many kits from companies on the list because of the subject matter I like best, 1/72 experimental fighters. Too bad Sword wasn't on the list, I'd have picked them.

I voted for Trumpeter cos I'm more of a 'salt dog'; but for aircraft, it would be either Tamiya or Hasegawa, but I would pick Tamiya cos I've done more of them.

I prefer cars and planes, and I've tried most manufacturers in 35 years of modeling - and I've found that every Tamiya kit I've opened has never (not once) been found to be defective, short shot, poor fit etc etc.........always perfect fit and accurate (looking) profiles. Good enough for me.
Bloody expensive, though........

Absolutely Tamiya.

This is a no-brainer. Tamiya

However, Hasawega are very good, and Trumpeter is starting to emerge as a real contender, esp with all the new kits.

Tamiya hands down.

QUOTE: A superior modler would want a superior kit

Not neccessarily true. Shep Paine created many outstanding models out of the Monogram kits.

My dear fellow modellers,
I see that most of you believe that TAMIYA it is the brand, most to be trusted blindly.
We cannot overlook many excellent models of HASEGAWA, Revel and Monogram, that both play big role in the history of plastic modelling and their philosophy is also true modelling.

Please allow me not to say the name of my most preferable brand.
Something anyhow, I can say as my opinion, it is that precision and scholastic detail it is appreciated but not all the way the most important. I find much more important the “journey” we take, into building a certain kit.

It is like a well-known Greek poem, said: it is not that important to arrive to ITHACA than the journey on the way to ITHACA (the Homeric Odyssey would never have been known if the Ulysses journey was only a few days long and very dull).
Some times perfection is a heavy load on the building bench. The “modelling journey” must be cool and pleasant, with nice and relaxed moment, admiring what we can do with our creativity and ideas, always with modesty and sharing what we love with the other fellow modellers.

That is why I love building models and I am happy to be with modellers.
They know what I know, they feel what I feel, … we understand each other, we share the same experiences.
Some times I feel regret for the people buying ready built models, like the die casts. They miss the journey, the feeling ……
Living in the age of fast food anyhow, unfortunately fast entertainment had to happen too!

So after all, I would choose blindly the brand that would take me to a pleasant journey, from the moment I look to it’s nice box art, the tidy and well arranged contence, the good assembly instructions, the good and trouble free fit of parts, the clever brake down of the model in parts, and the excellent scale appearance of the finished model.

Now, you may know, what I would blindly trust ……..

Happy modelling, wherever you are my friends!!
Costas Kalfakis
From Athens Greece

please forgive me if my knowledge of English is not very good.

Costas, welcome to the asylum. And your English is much better than my Greek.

I look for quality and detail first, and price second. If there are two kits identical in quality, I'll buy the cheaper one, but I'm afraid some of the manufacturers on that list leave a lot to be desired. To be honest these days there is no excuse for any major manufacturer producing an inaccurate or ill fitting kit

ACADEMY model co.......

This is actually tough. I chose Tamiya for their detail and overall fit. However, Dragon is better in value, price and lately, number of new subjects.