Why I enjoy the "old" kits.

[blackbetty]

i love them. if they dont look the oart...hey, its just an old revell dog

loved to build these:

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=48020&hl=

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=16171&hl=

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=22222&hl=

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=16392&hl=

[pennausamike]

....Well.....Not me.... I hate them .....ALL!!!!.....

 

And yet, you're building/ have built a couple of them?

(Very impressively, too.)

 

I love the old Revell 32nd scale kits and I still feel the Monogram P-51D is the most P-51D-looking kit out there.

One of the things I love and appreciate most about them is,

THEY CAME WITH INFLIGHT AIRCREW!

And yes, I am rather shouting, there.

I currently have two B-25's, a B-17 and an He-111 (among many others) that I want to build in flight.

On just those four models alone, I'm missing 23 crewmen!

With aftermarket figures costing ten to twenty dollars each, aircrew that I got included in the old kits,

are now an expense that can exceed the price of the airplane to stick them in.

Having grown up on the old kits, this current state of the hobby sticks in my craw,

even as I am (mostly) enjoying the explosion of great 32nd scale kits to add to my collection.

 

Like the OP, nostalgia is a part of my enjoyment,

and I'm even comfortable with the fact that my skills aren't much better than they ever were,

and my eyesight is continually getting worse.

 

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=50674&hl=

 

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=50705&hl=

 

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=50734&hl=

 

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=50801&hl=

 

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=50848&hl=

 

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=50890&hl=

 

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=50908&hl=

 

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=2182&hl=

Edited June 6, 2016 by pennausamike

[cbk57]

I like any well built model.  I built many of the old kits as a kid, however their is no nostalgia factor for me when it comes to my buying and building of plastic models.  So I respect those that like the old stuff but it is not for me.  The only exception I can really think of for myself  are the old Tamiya F1 kits.  Many of their 1/12 kits hold up to the latest being done today.  Especially those from about 1973 foreword.  Since Tamiya did not get into 1/32 until the F-14, you can't really compare Tamiya to other vintage makers in the 1/32 aircraft world. 

[Shawn M]

love old Revell kits

 

1967 boxing Spitfire

 

 

80's Revel Germany reboxing 'Dora

 

 

60's boxing Corsair

 

 

 

still to be built:

Typhoon

Stuka

Phantom Mustang

Tony

Thunderbolt

[LSP_K2]

still to be built:

Typhoon

Stuka

Phantom Mustang

Tony

Thunderbolt

 

Excellent choice.

[Shawn M]

forgot I have the p-40 as well in the stash

[Phartycr0c]

Who says the olde Revell Kits are rubbish? 

 

 

Ive built the beaufighter Tomcat F15 C Eagle and the Stuka as a kid, loved them although now the later kits have come on line, they really are showing their age. 

 

PS just got hold of a P38.... Yay

[Shawn M]

as much as I want to do a p-38 in 1/32, the 1/48 revell one damn near killed me so I wont touch it.

[Lee White]

Yup, I still love those old kits- I also like the build mentality that existed back then- Build it, enjoy it, display it, don't worry if that particular plane didn't display "those markings until 1944, while your paint job is from 1943" or whatever. Build it to smile, not to swear. 

[Artful69]

Who says the olde Revell Kits are rubbish? 

 

 

 

 

Well HE doesn't look particularly happy ... maybe he's annoyed with the Bf.110C fit issues as well??

 

Rog

[MikeC]

I have to confess the F4U tempts me - I built it in my teens, and it was an imposing model size-wise.  Hopefuly I can make a better job of it now than I did then.  Also I'll feel a bit easier about clipping the wings for the FAA version than I would about cutting an expensive Tamiya kit: if I make a mess of it, it won't be so much money down the drain.

 

[Edit - why do I always spot the typos after hitting "Post", never before? ]

Edited June 15, 2016 by MikeC

[Cees Broere]

I like the older kits because you can do so much with them, although some aftermarket would be nice for most of them. They are cheap, not complicated (I do not like the übercomplicated kits of today) and you can use them as a great canvas for improvement. The Beaufighter gave me many hours of enjoyment.

Come on Derek, finish those fantastic detailsets.

Cees

[thierry laurent]

If you like creating your own details but do not want to take the vac or scratchbuilding route, they are a perfect solution as most of them have accurate general shapes and dimensions. They are surely not worse with regard to those aspects than many kits we got from China for the last twenty years.

 

If you are ready to scribe some panel lines and rely on some aftermarket items and/or some old school scratchbuilding, you will not be disappointed. You may even be surprised realizing that assembly is far more easy than the one of some far more recent kits!

 

However, if your main pleasure is painting/weathering and you don't like investing too much time in assembly/detailing/correcting kits, forget them! Hasegawa or even the more complex Tamiya kits are a far better choice for "assemblers". The seventies kits world war 2 planes were generally more accurate than the jets. Nonetheless, come are actual dogs and should be avoided, the Revell Me109G or Hasegawa Me109E being good examples of models asking for a ton of work.

 

Last, even if the list is progressively shrinking, you still have no other choice for some topics: Oscar, Mirage IIE, Harrier GR.1, MiG-29A & B, Gripen, Beaufighter, Me 110G or car door Typhoon being some obvious examples...

[Shawn M]

the 110 kit...oy

[Big Texan]

I love the old kits. For most of the kits, there are aftermarket sets, both resin and PE, to dress these venerable birds up. I love these kits because there is nostalgia with them, but also for the price. Yes, Trumpeter, Hasegawa, Tamiya, make nice kits. But a lot of them are over engineered and they cost a lot of bucks! The old Revell kits don't fit well, and some actually do fit well, heavy on the raised rivets, lack detail, but all of this can be remedied. You can detail the tar out of them as I've seen some modelers do with tremendous results, and I've seen them with limited detailing that turn out very nice. I'd like to see the lot of them reproduced! Maybe the molds updated to eliminate the flash, etc.  Maybe even detail them a bit better. Better wheels, pits, and engraved lines. They still would be a lot of bang for the buck!

 

Yes, I'm still planning to do the Revell Zero. I have all that I need in aftermarket stuff, stuff from other manufactured kits like Tamiya, decals, etc. A lot of this gained by the kind donation from a number of you guys. The biggest score was the Tamiya pit that was kindly donated, and getting the right hand wall and some other parts from Tamiya itself! Got a kiddo that just graduated High School with about every honor there is, and getting ready for college. So, when things simmer down, I'm going to start this beast of old Nippon!  Meanwhile, been getting ready for the project after the Zero, the Car Door Typhoon! In the process of acquiring what I need for it. So, that's the game plan.

 

I hope my Zero turns out as good as Kev's! Yep, I will take pics of the build, which will be a first for me.