What's your favorite kit of all time?

For me, it would be a tie between the Tamiya P-47D T'bolts & the Accurate Miniatures TBF/M Avengers.  Both are excellent examples of state of the art kits.

Regards,  Rick

I cannot dissagree with Rick. Those 2 kits are on the top. I would only add that the AM SBD kits are also excellent.

Jerry

The AM B-25, SBD-3 and the Avenger are my favs so far.

Andy 

My most enjoyable build in the last couple of years was the Accurate Minatures P-51A. Good detail great fix nice panel lines and she went together without a hitch. I have not had that happen in a while mostly because I tend to build limited run kits alot like Classic Airframes and MPM. They are also nice but do take alot more work to asemble. I enjoyed the Mustang build so much I went a little overboard on the weathering! I guess I did not want it to end.

                                                          Soulcrusher

The Monogram 1/48 F-4J Mig Killer " Showtime 100", is my all time favorite kit! I never tire of building it. While it is a challenge to build and will certainly test a modelers skills it still ranks as No.1 with me. 

Air Master

I built an Accurate Miniatures P-51 kit around 1995. At that time, it was the highest quality aircraft model I had ever built and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

But one kit that will always have a spot in my heart is the old Monogram TBF Avenger. I built it as a kid and loved the folding wings, retractable landing gear and torpedo dropping action. I know it is more of a toy than a model by today's standards, but I have fond memories of that one.

I've been building models most of my life, and I've built probably all levels of quality at one time or another.  I did take some time away from the hobby during high school and college, but once I got my life on track, I re-discovered the hobby and found that kit quality had improved dramatically from when I left in the early '80s.

I've done some real fine Tamiya, Hasegawa and Accurate Miniatures kits, but for me my favorite comes down to childhood memories - Monogram kits from the '70s.  I've re-built most of them since rejoining the hobby, and my favorite would be the 1/48 P-40B and the 1/48 B-17G.  There was always a decent level of detail in these kits, and I always loved the movable features that most of these kits had.  Loved the folding wings of the US Navy fighters and the retractable undercarriage that most of the se kits had.

From a nostalgia standpoint, it would be the Monogram HU-16 Albatross from the late '50s, but from a quality/results standpoint, it is the Acc Min P-51A I just finished for the Secret Santa Group build, followed bay all my iother Acc Min kits!

Brian  

When I was first getting my feet wet in plastic modeling, there were 3 kits that provided me the ultimate in enjoyment in both construction and display. Being as long ago as they were, I do not recall the manufacturer, but they were all of dinosaur skeletons, a T-rex, a Brontosaurus, and a Stegosaurus. Regardless of the state of the art in today's tooling processes, I have yet to build a kit that captures the exhuberance I felt in building and displaying those three kits. If I ever saw one of them again, I'd snatch it up in a heartbeat, regardless of cost. Some things you just cannot put a price tag on.

Any of the three Tamiya 1/48 Spitfires woukd get my vote. Superb fit and detail.

Darren. 

soulcrusher wrote:

My most enjoyable build in the last couple of years was the Accurate Minatures P-51A. Good detail great fix nice panel lines and she went together without a hitch....I enjoyed the Mustang build so much I went a little overboard on the weathering! I guess I did not want it to end.

Aggieman wrote:

I've done some real fine Tamiya, Hasegawa and Accurate Miniatures kits, but for me my favorite comes down to childhood memories - Monogram kits from the '70s.  I've re-built most of them since rejoining the hobby, and my favorite would be the 1/48 P-40B and the 1/48 B-17G.

ruddratt wrote:

When I was first getting my feet wet in plastic modeling, there were 3 kits that provided me the ultimate in enjoyment in both construction and display. Being as long ago as they were, I do not recall the manufacturer, but they were all of dinosaur skeletons, a T-rex, a Brontosaurus, and a Stegosaurus. Regardless of the state of the art in today's tooling processes, I have yet to build a kit that captures the exhuberance I felt in building and displaying those three kits. If I ever saw one of them again, I'd snatch it up in a heartbeat, regardless of cost. Some things you just cannot put a price tag on.

bcamp1973 wrote:

ruddratt, i remember similar kits from my childhood. I think i built a T-Rex and Stegosaurus. Mine were wooden kits, but i was just a tyke and i think my eyes about popped out when i opened those boxes on Christmas :)

I know the feeling, Brian. The kits I did were styrene (I have seen the wooden ones you mention, and they are pretty cool too!), and I would give almost anything to be able to apply the techniques I've learned over the years on them now.

For me, I'd say the old venerable Monogram B-17G, it's was always fun to build. Have built them in both O.D. and aluminum paint schemes.

My favorite kit of all time, geez that's a though one.  For me it would have to be the Tamiya Spitfire because I love them and keep building them, closely followed by the Tamiya P-47 which is simply a beautiful kit that is a joy to build.

My favorite kit would have to be the Testor's/Italeri 1/72 scale SR-71.  It is not the greatest kit in the world for miniscule detail or a lot of it, but I still like the kit.  It goes together rather well and I consider it the most accurate Blackbird kit available.  It can be built as an A model operational bird or the B model trainer with the raised second cockpit.  It also includes decals and instructions to build the M-21 mother ship that launched the D-21 drone, but that plane was quite a bit different from the SR-71.

Darwin, O.F.

ill let you know when i finish one lol

Best one for me so far was the revell 1/72 f-14tomcat. Great first time build i reckon.