What model manufacturers should i stay away from??

[CRX_SOON]

After reading a good deal of the posts i have realized that Tamiya is a prefered brand. Are there any other companies that make good kits??

[primera man]

Tamiya are by far the best.

Fujimi are meant to be good but i had a bad run with the one i done which i hope was just a one off.

Most kits from Japan are not to bad. They are a lot better then most.

Revell/airfix has to be one of the worse. The end resuilts can be good but it takes a lot of extra work to get them looking good.

If your just starting out, get a nice basic Tamiya kit to get you on the way

[CRX_SOON]

so i geuss i should hold off on getting this NSX-R
http://www2.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?TAM24126

[primera man]

Originally posted by CRX_SOON
so i geuss i should hold off on getting this NSX-R
http://www2.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?TAM24126

Go for that.......would be nice to do

[CRX_SOON]

as a first model? I am going to hit up my local hobby store tommorrow and see what they have. I really don't wanna have to order somthing from accross the pond.
I live in California by the way.

[kris]

I would maybe say get pick up a few Revelle kits first. Yeah the quality can't compare to a Tamiya, but the price is alot better than a Tamiya. Here they run $9 - $12 for pretty much any kit. I have done four Revelles, and still have a untouched Tamiya kit here, and I will probably do a few more before I move on. I want to make sure I know a little bit about what I am doing first, before I move on to the Tamiya. From the looks of it, the Tamiya seems to have about double the parts of the Revelle, and the quality is noticably better.

[Mikke]

I have bought a couple of Revell-Monogram kits and I'm SOOO disappointed...

'53 Corvette: huge amounts of flash and about 1.5 mm high mold lines.. Rear of the body looks like it has melted a bit... can't fix it without heating it and then trying to get it right... I'll probably never start this kit...

'69 Pontiac GTO Judge: quality is much better than Vette but the instructions are almost unreadable. Also, no paint codes of any kind, just name, for example 'Light Blue'. Okay.. how do I mix Pontiac engine Light Blue..

Generally the painting instructions leave a lot to desire... could someone tell me what color is the engine bay of '53 Vette, since there's not a clue in the instructions

Btw, the comments are for the Monogram kits, Revell-Germany kits aren't nearly as bad (the ones I've seen, anyway)

[Jay!]

Originally posted by CRX_SOON
I live in California by the way.

Where in California? I know a bunch of shops in the SoCal area.

I concur with the "buy a cheap practice kit" method. Pick up a dumb kit at WalMart for $5-10 and then you won't worry about wrecking it.

Also, I have the NSX-R kit, but I haven't built it yet. However, it's almost exactly the same as the regular NSX kit, which I just finished. The differences on the NSX-R are: racing seats, different sterring column, extra piece to hide the radio & a/c, different engine cover with mesh window, no foglights & special Enkei wheels. You can read more about my NSX here.

[CRX_SOON]

in a little town called Vista in North County. Its on the 78

oh and if you need help with your photography i am majoring in it at Palomar Junior College and can help ya understand it better. god knows you and rest of the guys are going to return the favor 10 fold.

If your interested take a look at my photopoint account
its not working right now but it should be back up sometime today.

[hakka]

Originally posted by Mikke
I have bought a couple of Revell-Monogram kits and I'm SOOO disappointed...

... could someone tell me what color is the engine bay of '53 Vette, since there's not a clue in the instructions

Btw, the comments are for the Monogram kits, Revell-Germany kits aren't nearly as bad (the ones I've seen, anyway)

I've seen several '53 bays, all of them are black. I've got pictures (but not a scanner) if you need me to tell you what any of the other colors are.

[hakka]

jay...it will let me go to the edit post sreen, but when I click save changes, it won't change the attachment I accidentaly used a thumbnail, so here is the bigger one...I have more of the interior, if you need them, PM me

[Jay!]

Originally posted by CRX_SOON
in a little town called Vista in North County. Its on the 78

Dude! I am literally right up the street from you (if you call the I-15 a street! ) Well, a little ways up the street.

Still, it's a bit far for my hobby shops to help you much. Look up Hobby People, I think they may have a store down there somewhere...

Originally posted by CRX_SOON
oh and if you need help with your photography i am majoring in it at Palomar Junior College and can help ya understand it better. god knows you and rest of the guys are going to return the favor 10 fold.

Thanks you're not the only one who's offered. One of these days, I'll get everything set up, and just let you guys tell me what to dial up and hat buttons to push! :hehe:

[Guiddy]

There will be quite a bit of masking on the NSX, I believe there is a bit of work in painting the roof! But it's a nice kit, and I can't make a kit unless I am enthused about it! Hence I see a problem with the Revell practice kit!
You want to enjoy your first build, not have fit/construction problems!
Just don't expect too much of your first build, just enjoy it!

[modelfan1]

the type of cars you want to build will decide who's kits you build
I don't think Tamiya makes any street rods or muscle cars. As for the flash on the '53 Corvette it's a 25 year old casting !
I'd much rather build an AMT or Revell/ Monogram or Polar Lights or
Lindberg because of the subject matter they offer is more to my liking !

[Jay!]

Originally posted by modelfan1
I don't think Tamiya makes any street rods or muscle cars.

Not unless you count recent Ford Mustangs as muscle cars!

You can make any kit look good, some will just take longer and require more work.