Pup7309 668 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Hi following on from the 1/32 discussion. Is there a kit or kits that stand out for you...? Link to post Share on other sites
mozart 13,295 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I used to like the old Classic Airframes kits, certainly not “shake n bake” but their Anson and Battle with some tweaking were very satisfying models to build. scvrobeson and RadBaron 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Heilig 15,668 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Any of the newer Tamiya stuff. Their engineering is essentially perfect. If something doesn't fit, it's because you didn't do it right. LSP_K2, mpk and Pup7309 3 Link to post Share on other sites
scvrobeson 3,714 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 The Tamiya F4U kits were an absolute dream to build. Matt Bstarr3, Pup7309 and mpk 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Bstarr3 1,317 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Tamiya P-47, bubbletop or razorback, Eduard Spit MkVIII, heard great things about Eduard P-51 but haven't built one Pup7309 and mpk 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 7,989 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Way back when (1978) I was 12 years old I built the Monogram 109E. It will always be my favorite. Pup7309 and mpk 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Mike 5,465 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Monogram F9f Panther for the Centennial of Naval Aviation, Coronado, Ca. Pup7309 and mpk 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Uncarina 6,120 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 AMK MiG-31. Following a Tamiya F-14, it was clearly the better of the two in fit, engineering, and detail. Followed by the GWH SU-35, also better. Cheers, Tom Pup7309 and mpk 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mpk 9,529 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Hasegawa J2M3 Raiden. It was perfect. Aichi B7A2 Grace. Again a perfect kit. Tamiya Spitfire Mk.V. Pro-modeller PBY Catalina. I donated it to the museum at the Shrine of remembrance in Sydney. Accurate miniatures A-36 Apache. Tamiya Bf-109 E3. Tamiya P51-D. Hasegawa Me-109G2. My 1st kit as an adult. JG 54 Hanns Philip winter camouflage. Gazzas, Pup7309 and Uncarina 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown 161 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Tamiya He 162. One of the best fitting kits I’ve ever built. The old Monogram F-100D is probably my all time favorite. I like the type and the kit isn’t too difficult to build. I also had a ball wrestling with the Czech Models F3D Skyknight. Ben Pup7309 1 Link to post Share on other sites
John1 4,031 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 My favorite build was converting the 48th scale Kinetic S-2 Tracker into a US-2B utility version. Lots of work shortening the fuselage, adding new engine nacelles, adding vector resin engines, carving out windows on the starboard side, opening cockpit escape hatches, etc, etc. That being said, the real joy was the process of learning more about this aircraft and recording all of the details on my build log. The real "176" crashed in 1978, in a nearby town from where I lived, while returning to the now defunct NAS South Weymouth, MA with a failed engine. A few miles from base, the remaining engine also failed. The pilots deliberately put it down into woods to avoid a nearby ball field and apartment buildings. Both pilots died in the crash. There was no info out there on this crash. I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request, received the full crash report from the Navy. The actual crash report was fascinating. Flying Magazine picked up my summary of the crash and did an article on it. Along the way, the son of one of the deceased pilots saw my blog and contacted me. The crash info I put up on the blog was significantly different than what the Navy had told his family after the mishap. I ended up meeting with him, his mom and brother. The model is now in his home in a display case. All in all, the entire process took a couple of years but it was well worth it. Dragon, Pup7309, Jennings Heilig and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Uncarina 6,120 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 That's amazing John! Cheers, Tom Pup7309 and John1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Oldbaldguy 646 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Hunh. I don’t think I have any 1/48 favorites. Pup7309 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon 1,315 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 AFV Club F-5E, Hasegawa F-104, & Hasegawa F-1. Have the Tamiya F-14 & AMK MiG-31 in the stash. Pup7309 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bob MDC 668 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 TriMaster Fw 190A-R8 Rammjager really nice kit to build, a couple of reviewers did not like it but !! That was in the day that if it was more that 0.50mm out in length or wingspan the kit was "unbuildable Pup7309 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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