I am doing modelling for 45 years now,
good to know which brand you trust more,
the ONE you prefer actually more
[#welcome][#welcome] KALFAKIS, Welcome to the Forum. My vote is for Tamiya, thier kits seem to just fall together. However I do like Revell-Monogram and Revell Germany, they are good kits and more affordable for my budget.
[#welcome] to the FSM forum.
You know what, this is actually a really good poll. I can bet you right now that Tamiya will win hands down. I guess most people here have the money for it. I personally don’t. I like Tamiya well enough, but hands down, it’s Trumpeter all the way. First, they have been getting better and better, and their recent subjects in 1/35 armour (the Faun, SA-2) have been spectacular, as well as their more mainstream ones (I have their Abrams, Chally 2, T-72, IS-3M, a bunch of other ones). They’re far from perfect kits, but I just love 'em, and their price makes me buy two Trumpeter kits for the price of one Tamiya.
Welcome to the forums. I’ve bought all but one of those brands soley on the subject matter.
tamiya hands down revell never again , the tammy kits are a dream and on a personal note fgr2 please mr tamiya
I choose Dragon. For my genre, WWII armor, I prefer indi tracks to rubberband, I think DML’s detail work is as good if not better than Tamiya lately, and and it will probably be 10% - 20% cheaper to boot.
Yeah, looks like Tamiya is really starting to fall behind in the Armour department.
Dragon! Cheaper and good kits.
I choose Tamiya based on past experiance, really gotta build a new Dragon kit.
in a/c i believe hasegawa is still the best. but trump is gaining.
joe
This is a real good poll.
Some considerations would be cost versus quality. A superior modler would want a superior kit. A modler like me, fair, would let Revell/Monogram be the one of choice. But to answer your question as a what if, I must say Tamiya all the way.
Richard
I’d actually go with academy. (I like interiors with my armor) I’d go with dragon over tamiya just because of price.
(I voted dragon)
Welcome to FSM KALFAKIS.
I chose Tamiya … though some other companies are starting to give them a run, they still have the best engineered kits going IMO.
Enjoy the forums !!!
I went with Tamiya, but it would be close with Dragon and Academy. There isn’t that much difference with their new kits. Price would be an issue in reality though.
Welcome!
you should take your results and e-mail them to each of the choices.
I went with Tamiya simply because they are who I have the most nice experiences with. I have just recently built a few from others and they are a close second.
I haven’t tried kits from all of the companies listed in the poll, so my vote is a little skewed.
However, I’ve never had a bad Tamiya kit. They were all top notch, even though they were a bit more expensive than the rest.
I do have a few kits from companies I’ve never tried (like Italieri and Hasegawa) that I look forward to build.
Nat
Back in the dim dark days all I ever modelled were Tamiya and I guess my preference stays with them. I have never built a Trumpeter or Hasegawa kit so I cannot comment on them but I have done a few Academy and they seem quite good but still not up to the standard of Tamiya. It’s just a shame that there is not much on the horizon in the way of new releases from Tamiya in the next year though!
Thanks for the poll KALFAKIS, I found it interesting. Oh, and welcome to the Forums!
Bob
I picked Hasegawa because I personaly think they put out a more realistic kit. Tamiya kits are very good but I think they go a little heavy on the engraved panel lines, distracting from a true scale appearance. I really don’t buy that many kits from companies on the list because of the subject matter I like best, 1/72 experimental fighters. Too bad Sword wasn’t on the list, I’d have picked them.[;)]
I voted for Trumpeter cos I’m more of a ‘salt dog’; but for aircraft, it would be either Tamiya or Hasegawa, but I would pick Tamiya cos I’ve done more of them.