I don’t know if that question have been asked before but I think it could be interesting to know in your opinion which kit is the best ever.
No matter if you like doing armor or ships or aircraft, which model did you like to most.
Personaly I like big scale models for the level of details. But you, which kit did you enjoyed the most and why?
Tell me which kit will be the next that I buy.
Man that is a tough one. If I had to narrow it down to one. I would have to pick a kit that is difficult to get. As it came out in the mid 80’s as far as I can tell.
It is a Hasagawa 1/32 OA-4 M Skyhawk High Grade Series No 6. Kit #ch006:4800.
Reason being is. It comes with white metal landing gear with separate pieces for the brake pads, rubber wheels and photo etch. Albeit the etch is thin aluminum. ( I think). Complete with a labeled cut out section on the instrution sheet for the seat harnesses. And all buckles needed for the office.
You actually have to cut the nose off the fusalage halves to put the blister nose on, plus part of the tail and fusalage to get the avionics hump. So there is a little bit of everything going on in this kit.
The detail on this kit is very good for it’s age. I know the made other kits in the High Grade Series, but being a jet junkie this was the only one in the only jet in the series I believe.
They are hard to find. If you can get your hands on one they are a blast to build and they look great when done.
A lot of people think the answer is difficult, or impossible to answer given that not everyone sees the same things in the same way. They’re wrong!
The best model kit ever is the next one you want, and don’t yet have. [:)]
best answer i have seen so far EVER.
Anything OTHER than Revell!!
(gee Wulf, tell us how you really feel about Revell)
I can assure you that I never expected to see a Revell kit in any favorite category!!!
These are poorly engineered model kits, unless someone else show me a good one.
I’ve been out of this hobby for a long time, but I recall building a 1/48 scale Monogram B-25- the one with the 75mm cannon in the nose. I don’t recall if the kit was the best produced- probably wasn’t- but I had more fun on that one than any other. I built it during summer break, spent a lot of time detailing it, and just generally had the most fun I’ve ever had with any kit. It was one of the few aircraft I built that I actually felt good enough about to enter in a contest at a local shop. Didn’t win anything, but I got some nice compliments, and the guy who ran the shop said “Good job kid”. Made my day. 
Since I’m new to modelling I haven’t come across so many kits yet.
Hasegawa makes nice models, they have a Zero here in Japan with lots of metal parts. It was quite expensive too, ~$60. Hasegawa is Japanese quality, not like the Tamiya crap.
Hi, Lars!
Yes, Hasegawa makes nice models, but the kit you’re talking about sounds like the Tamiya kit, a company that you apparently think is crap (an opinion I completely disagree with). To my knowledge, Hasegawa makes no Zero kit in the $60-dollar range (Tamiya does), and the 1/32 Tamiya Zero comes with loads of “metal parts.”
The 1/32 Tamiya Zero is so good, in fact, that some may consider it to be the “best kit ever.”
Are you sure you don’t have your companies mixed up?
By the way, those of you who dislike Revell should try building the 1/48 Rafale, or any number of their more recent releases. Excellent stuff.
Oh, and the best kits? The free ones, of course!
I’m waiting to receive my first aircraft model, it is the Academy 1/32 F/A-18 Hornet and I will be able to compare with what I call my best kit ever which is the Atomic city 1/12 Mercury spacecraft kit. That kit is awesome, outstanding details, decals are sharp, all parts fits perfectly and the result is a huge 6" wide by 24" high model. I enjoyed that model a lot and I recommand this kit to each of you, no matter if you usually build aircraft or armour or cars! You can see some pictures of it on the space forum.
I like what I have read so far about all those models you like or dislike, it is so subjective, that anyone can argue on each post but it will make a good “I gotta have this one” list at the end.
Thanks all!
The slightly crappier zero Tamiya made 1/48 was from 1973. And they still builds to be a nice A6M2 with two really nice figures. Their 1/32 zero is something i’d drool on if I hadn’t pulled myself out of the 1/32 aircraft catergory and getting those 1/32 F-14A and F-15C ready for sale soon.
That Hasegawa 1/8 Fokker Dr.I that I’ve got sitting in the box looks kinda nice. [;)]
All I know about the best kit is that I haven’t built it. [:D]
But of all the kits I have built, the best is problably Academy’s Roman Trimene. Simplistic, but my list of completed kits is rather short…
What is that?
A Trimene is an ancient Roman warship.
J-Hulk; you’re right, I have them mixed up. Sorry about that! I found it on Internet. [oops]
My bias towards Tamiya could be based on my childhood when Tamiya was most famous to me for their radiocontrolled cars. Those looked nice, but quality was aweful. I should give Tamiya another chance, the figures I built from them lately were quite nice.
for me the best kit has been the revell/monogram p-40b that i did for the hawk build. not because it was the best engineered but because i took the kit and scratchbuilt an engine compartment and pit. it was not the best built, it was not the best paint job. but to me it was the best kit so far. but i do have the 1/32 trump kit on the shelf waiting for me.
joe
Well it was Tamiya’s Tiger I Late, but after seeing Dragon’s new Tiger I, I’d say it’s got all the bells and whistles to be one of the best all-around armor build ups.
I’m impressed with everything I’ve seen from Dragon so far. Great details and not so much clean up needed on the parts.
imho it would be the kit you enjoyed building. and for me i think it was the Dragon 1/72 Leopard 2A6. well…i enjoyed it coz i spent a week copying the Strv 122 camo on it hehehe. now if only Dragon would come out with a 2A6 with alternate parts to build the Strv 122 then that for me would be the best so far