preference poll: curbside or engine detail?

[Midnight Racer]

I prefer with engine detail because your able to modify the engine.

[GT-Alex]

If the engine is there it's a pleasure to detail it but if there's not and i like the car it doesn't matter.

[EMAXX]

I like building them with the engines. The engine for me is one of the funest parts of putting a car together.

[vwman]

To me it doesent matter if there is no engine but engine-detailed model is better.

[86_SR5]

When I buy a car I like and find out it has no engine, like my R34, it kills me a little inside to see that tamiya doesn't have enough nuts to make all their models with engines. Buying curbside is okay for lowriders with working motors and such, but seriously, why waste time producing models without motors? Tamiya should put motors in all their models, and I bet their purchase rate would rise, not just tamiya, but fujimi, revell, aoshima and all the others. We need more engines!

[ratdat]

I like to see engines in models. Not only that but full suspension detail without things like exhausts etc moulded into the chassis. I like to build a miniature car that can be examined closely to see the detail rather than something that looks good on the top only.

It's a real bummer for me then that most of the cars I find interesting come as motorized kerbside kits! I guess the one advantage of a kerbside is it takes much less time to build and the assembly is far simpler without having to worry about hinged parts or getting decent gaps on opening hoods etc. That said i still would rather have an engine

At the moment I'm kind of happy to do a few kerbsides to feel like I'm making some progress while I spend forever fabricating and detailing my Auster model

[anodize7]

Originally Posted by ales

Well, I didn't vote as neither of the choices mirror my preferences. I don't have preferences! If I like a particular model/car, I'll build it. If it has nice engine detail - that's a welcome bonus. But if not - oh well!

yep.....

[blueboost]

LOL... the threads back from the dead

[Zcaithaca]

the engine for me is the funnest part!!

If i like the subject matter, i will build it regardless if its curbside or engine detailed. to me fit quality is the most important! theres nothing worse when building a kit and it just doesnt line up right.