Well since we're tossin' this about...
Another ranking from Chuckie:
1) Tamiya (no-brainer; we'll just let those '95 Mustangs slide)
2) Hasegawa (only one to come consistently close)
3) Revell/Monogram (best of the US, inspiration to Mr Tamiya)
4) Aoshima (not as good as Fujimi's best, but certainly not as bad as their worst)
5) Fujimi (if only there weren't so much mediocrity leavening the excellence; Rosso offered a glimpse of what might have been)
6) Italeri (bikes are cool; wanna start showing cars that kind of love again?)
7) Trumpeter (brilliant, but a little flawed yet)
8) Polar Lights (to come so far in such a short time and get shot down again)
9) AMT/ERTL (if this company were still as it was in 2000, it would be a different game entirely)
The best of the dead:
1) Pocher D'Italia (not always accurate; certainly not easy - but try to find a more imposing finished piece)
2) Gunze Sangyo (too bad them hi-tech kits were so marginal)
3) MPC (frequently outdid their overrated AMT counterparts)
4) IMC (set the '60's standard for working features)
5) Lindberg (at least they got the '53 Ford off before they croaked; yeah, they're still doing dancing lo-riders - you call that living?)
