Ease of assembly probably points to Tamiya, yes, though others aren’t far behind — Takom kits assemble very well too, as do modern Zvezda ones (not their reboxes of older kits), for example. OTOH, stay away from brands like Trumpeter (fit not so great, sometimes many small parts for no apparent reason), AFV Club (many small parts for detail reasons) or Gecko (as AFV Club, except the small parts also include a lot of etched brass), to name a few.
Good choice Meirion!
Doug and Merrion if you build aircraft you can build afvs tamiya are a good jumping in spot but don't offer any challenges if thats what you want from the hobby ,all the kit manufacturers suggested will give you a start but at the end of the day in Doug's case who was it thought they cold define something as not suitable for starters ,you build aircraft whats the difference you open the box examin the parts study the instructions and off you go using common sense most boxes say something like recommend for 14+ im sure we all went past that along time ago ,oooh it had some flash so what ,dont touch kits from trumpeter you might have a couple of fit issues so what ,dragon seem to have gone out of favour in the past year or so why because people doomed the company for their poor instructions?No such thing as a bad kit just some are better than others just crack on and enjoy your selves its gluing bits of plastic together there's a learning curve to all of it from start to painted finish just ride the curve. Dave
I hope that's not how it turns out for me!!!!
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