It seems to be a good day for Armor guys to venture into your realm, so here goes. About me, I hadn’t touched a model in 20 years till last Christmas; now the bug has bitten. I have done a couple Sci Fi kits, and a few Armor kits (both WWII and modern). I never thought I would want to do another aircraft till I saw this months TMMI (Tamiya Model Mag.)
The Pfalz D.IIIa from Eduard built by Kevin Kuster is a thing of beauty. While my skills are not quite up to that level yet, we can never grow without a challenge. I realized that these aircraft have a more direct tie to ‘Knights in Shining Armor’ then any Armored Cav. It wasn’t until this week, that I realized that was a motivating factor for me.
I see now that Eduard has several kits of WWI airframes, the armor models I have done either came with Photo-etch (Dragon) or had a ready available set from the same manufacture (Tamiya). So I have absolutely no experience with Eduard on any level.
I have spent enough time (and money) on this hobby this past year to quickly learn that you generally get what you pay for, so $35 - $ 45 for a kit that already has fun bits (photo-etch , superior decals, etc…) is expected. This brings me to my original question… Are the Eduard kits really as good as they look in their adverts ??
In a word Yes… They are the class of kit companys now. Their clean molds, Details and decals plus instructions etc are first class. I put them ahead of Tamiya.
My main interest is WW2 A/C and Ships. My friend bought Eduards Mirage IIIc, I have to admit that even though it’s not my prefered subject matter that kit has to be the best quater scale kit out there… I bought one just to have the kit…
What this company does to improve their line is amazing. They have retooled most of their earlier kits ( which weren’t too bad to begin with) and have gotten better with each new kit… I sound like a Eduard salesman but the facts are the facts, I say keep it up
all the more so since i haven’t seen any tamiya wwi a/c in any scale,
while eduard has them in both 1/48 & 1/72… by virtue of a ‘no-show’,
eduard wins hands down, lol !
the eduard wwi a/c i have built in 1/72 r excellent kits, w/ very good decal
sheets… profipack versions have extra decals, masks 4 painting & usually
a sheet of p/e parts included. eduard’s releases from now on will all b in
profipack style. well worth the asking price IMHO…
hth,
Welcome to the Aircraft Forum Shane. Enjoy your stay!
I think that the Eduard kits are some of the finest kits out there. The build really nice and when you add some of the details available you have a very nice kit.
Now, mind you, Roden kits are also excellant and can give eduard a run for thier money. Thier decals are horrible, but the plastic and the castings are comparable.
