I am finishing up an old AIrfix kit and have started another to work on while out on the road which is an older MPM kit. Both of these kits provide plenty of opportunity to add details as neither have much of them. All that to ask this: Would you rather work on a kit that has all the details already or one that has few and you have to build them or get AM sets? Which is more enjoyable to you?
I have really enjoyed making the details of these two kits and find myself leaning to home made.
Cheers,
Eric
I like adding a few bits here and there of my own making to improve a kit it seems more satisfying.
What’s best?
Difficult question, for me it depends on the kit and the mood I’m in.
Sometimes I want a quick build, sometimes a difficult build that takes ages.
I like a combination of both, I like kits with plenty of detail and also love adding AM detail as well. Sometimes there can be huge satisfaction in being able to do some scratchbuilding as well. The nice thing about scratchbuilding is it requires of us to improve our skills all the time.
I’m with Harrowbeer. Detailed kits that have scope for more are my holy grail, although I just seem to want to build subjects where my only choice is pig-awful kits that require a lot of work. Usually a re-scribe, lots of AM or scratch built details, and terrible fit. Either that, or they’re only available as vacforms, which seems to be my lot at the moment!
flippersdad;
Well if you have to, I’d go with the aftermarket first because someone else did all the research, but if there is nothing out there then I’ll be the one to rely on my scratch building technics, researching the subject and if all else fails make it up to look good, like the old AMT’s A-20 Havoc, there is no detail in the bomb bays, but you get this rectangle with 4 250 lbs bombs to work with