Hi guys,
I’ve been doing a lot of models now and I just want to know what do you think is the best airplane model there is.[:)]
That all depends on the scale, Alex.
For 1/32, my vote goes for the Trumpeter A-10A Series. Great kits.
For 1/48, Tamiya He-219A UHU or the ProModeler Me 410. Both are great kits with incredible detail.
For 1/72, I can’t give you anything, as I don’t build that scale.
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I’ve gotta cast my vote for Accurate Miniatures. I guess I’d pick their SBD series or B-25 series. Simply no finer product exists. The price is acceptable, fit is never a problem, the level of detail is very high, and they go together fairly easily for complex kits.
I’ll take an Accurate Miniatures kit any day over Tamiya or Hasegawa.
Somewhere between the one I am finishing and the one I’m about to start. Not having the capital or the time to buy and build each one as it comes off the line I have to settle for the ones that tickle my fancy and pocket book at the same time.
Talk about loaded questions! I don’t think you can really declare a specific kit to be the best. It all depends upon the individual, as evidenced by the responses above and most any response you may get to this question. I think you’d have to go for “which is the best manufacturer”, and even then it’s subjective.
Some of the better manufacturers are Tamiya and Hasegawa. Accurate Miniatures, too , produce fine kits and rank up there with the best. But they aren’t as golden as some would have you believe; they have their fair share of problems, especially the B-25’s.
Some of the later Revellogram kits are really nice as well, and are under-rated by many.
I wrote a rather lengthy evaluation of most of the aircraft kit manufacturers out there sometime back in another thread, here’s a link if you care to read a novel! [:p]
Fade to Black…
1/48 Tamiya Spitfires for me, so far.
Easily the best model kit I have ever built is the Eduard P-39. It’s also the most expensive 1/48th scale but well worth it.
I’d have to say the 1/72 line of WWII aircraft kits from Adademy. They have great detail and nearly perfect fit. i love those kits. i’ve already built three of them
hmmm . . . best aircraft kit - thats a tough one. I pretty much stick with WWII a/c but I do love post-wwii & modern subjects as well. & it depends how picky you get - do u count helo, single or multi jet, prop, bomber, fighter, etc. & depends what scale you want! There’s a lot of kits, but from what I’ve heard & read:
Tamiya - 1/48 F4F Wildcat & F4U Corsair (& you can now add 1/48 P-47 Thunderbolt)
Accurate Miniatures - 1/48 TBM Avenger
of course updating these kits with cockpit replacements (but the Tamiyas are acceptable OOB) is essential if you’re picky. I’ve got the Tamiya kits I’ve listed, but am looking into the AM! [2c]
Academy’s 1/32 F-18 is supposed to be pretty good and Revell’s 1/32 Hawker Hunter is a great kit.
The best aircraft kit is the one that gives you the most pleasure building it, whatever it may be [:D]
I know it’s not an aircraft really but the FineMolds X-Wing is amazingly well engineered. Great, sharp detail and I just tossed a bottle of glue in the air with the shrink-wrapped kit and it fell back into my hands perfectly built with no seams. Wow! Hasegawa’s 1/72 Wildcat was almost there and Tamiya’s F4U-1D just a hair below that.
The Hasagawa 1/32 are one the best of the kits on the market…They are cheap($32-40 American dollars.) Compared Tamiya and Academy… Ive done these kits (Fw 109 D-9, Bf109 G-6. BTW you can make it a G-2,4,5,!!! ) And Ive got a K-4 and a new Fw190 A-8. There just in pile[:D][:I] They are crisp and every parts are perfect!
As for absolute “best” its quite subjective. Every kit has its deficiencies no matter how well reputed the manufacturer is. It really comes down to how hard you’re willing to penalize, in your mind, a kit for its shortcomings.
For me , some real standouts are:
ICM’s 1/48 Spitfire series. Usually you have to go aftermarket to find a lot of the details these kits have in them and the price is really decent for what you get.
Tamiya’s 1/48 MiG-15 is also a real treat. My only complaint (and a minor one at that) is that the red on the decal sheet was way too dark, almost burgundy, but there was enough aftermarket decal sheets made for it to offset that little issue.
Hmm do you mean best as in detail? Or best as in ease of build? I do only 1/48 and mostly ww2 so my “list” might not even match your interest. Im not sure if there is a best model plane but there are certainly some very good ones!
Tamiya’s Wildcat is amazing.
AM Avengers, dauntless and allison mustangs are just well… Yeah in my book they own.
Hasegawa F6F Hellcat is very nice.
Academy P-47’s make good models too.
But this list is by far not complete nor do I intend it to be to attempt to list all the great kits here would be absurd and still opinion only but hey its all in fun.
Can’t argue with that.
Larger Scale Accurate Mini SBDs
1/72 Any of the Tamiya Warbird Series The new P 47 is incredable.
I’ve only built old Revell-Monogram kits in 1/48 scale, and the few other kits I’ve seen from Tamiya are a much better quality.
However, I do love the old 1/48 A-4 from Hobbycraft.
Tamiya, Tamiya, Tamiya, dod I say Tamiya? They provide great detail, instructions and go together very well. Even an idiot can end up with a great buily SOB. My second is accurate, even greater detail but very very tricky in my opinion. The interiors are wonderful but putting the fuselage halves together can result in loss of hair and periodic heart palpitations. That is my opinion./
tamiya phantoms in 1/32