preference poll: curbside or engine detail?

[Honoturtle]

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!

Same here, but if I'm really into the car, and know there is a similar engine, but maybe not exact, I would go for the conversion!

[Focus2000]

If there were two kits of the same car at about the same price, one with engine, one without, then the engine wins every time. I don't mind curbside, but I like to mess about with the engines.

The Enzo kit I bought recently comes with an engine (as I'm sure you're all aware) and it's a work of art, even on it's own. Makes you wish Tamiya did more engines

[T\/\/iN-Tu|2Bo]

I have to agree with most of you that if you like a certain model you build it and if it has an engine or not, oh well But being a modeler I like to make it look like the 1:1 scale version. So I would like it if more model's came with an engine........MORE DETAIL Why do they make curbside models in the first place?? IMO it seems like you go through more trouble makin sure you don't get paint on the chasis while your tryin to paint the half an engine and transmission than it does to paint a whole engine and trans and drop it in But thats me

[Biting_Point]

IMO, Tamiya is improving on its kits a lot more than before..

Last time, Tamiya kits are mostly curbside.. but now.. since Enzo till now Williams FW24.. it has been improved to realistic assembling of the 1:1 car.. Rotating disc brake.. etc.. and for 1:12 bike, ever since ZX-12.. till now the newest RC211V..

we can see that Tamiya is trying to make its models like the real ones..

btw i am not sucking up to Tamiya because i am Asian, but thay really shown improvements and skills in their recent products..

for Tamiya..

[freakray]

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!

[primera man]

Doesn't worry me. I build a model because thats what i like at the time. If it has a engine its a bonus.

[malsheem]

Depends on the type of kit.

If it's a street car, I don't worry about the engine, since the car is focus. The engine just takes time away from the building of the car.

I've recently gotten the urge to build mid-engine Le Mans racers. On those I plan on spending a lot time with the engines, getting them as accurate as possible. On race cars like those, the engine is as important as the car.

[tonioseven]

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!

[blueboost]

thanks for the responses, guess I should have made a "either way is OK" option, but oh well....

I agree with you guys, I'm not going to pass on a kit that I know I would enjoy owning, but I'd much rather have engine display

[willimo]

Originally posted by Biting_Point
IMO, Tamiya is improving on its kits a lot more than before..

I would agree with you tonight, but not yesterday. It's pretty hit or miss, I think. Their Skyline R34 and S2000 kits are curbside, but the undercarriage and suspesnion detail is boss for them which almost makes up for them. I can get the Sakutsa white metal engine later for the S2000, which pleases me. The old NSX and Supra both have engines, and the R32 now that I think of it, which rocks. Those peices are beautiful, besides the wimpy trubo detail and the crummy engine mounts.

But the WRX and the3 350Z kit were total bummers. Curbside, poor undercarriange, almost no suspension detail... the even pulled the weak metal-rod-axle garbage like AMT. I opened the box and fumed for hours. I expect more from Tamiya, espescially at that price!

Don't get me wrong, Tamiya kits are pretty much definative and I swear by them. But every once in a while they put out a hurried, lackluster model that disappoints me. Fortunately, they make up for it with the rest of their gorgeous kits and decals.... so I'll just keep my trap shut and keep buying.

[Desi Z 07]

all i build is street cars... at least up until now i am... and as long as im still buildin street carz i could care less whether there is an engine or not... if therez an engine... great... but if im gonna cover it up ne wayz... den wutz da point?? but enginez can be fun sometimez too.. so i guess i could go either way... it dont matter

[Lan_evo]

I prefer engine

[Deejay360]

[Purpura Delujo]

If I find a musclecar model that doesn't have an engine I will be deeply offended and won't buy it at all. I'd send an email to the company complaining, but I'm too lazy. If a model is meant to be a display item I think people would be more attracted to it and would appreciate it more if it had an engine in there which had been painstakingly pieced together to make it look so neat.

[dag65]

details details details and more details< I usually spend more than the kit price on details like wiring, hose clamps and screw and bolt heads.