A liitle help with a decision...

[Del640]

Hello Gang,

Wifey has told me she wants me to treat myself to a kit that is a stand out build, she thinks the challenge would be good for me.

So, in a nutshell can I draw on your learned experience on very good kits?

I'm steering towards aircraft , mainly WWII, but anything goes.

Price isn't an issue, but I'm not looking at a £200 odd price tag!!!

I know there are some gems out there so all ideas greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

Del

 

[rtfoe]

Del...lucky you. I think any Zoukei-Mura kit won't burst the budget and with full interior will be challenging.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Tim Marlow]

How about the Meng 1/32 Dr1 triplane? Can’t get much more iconic than the Red Baron, and it’s the nearest most of us will get to Wingnut Wings now they’ve gone.

 

[BarryW]

Del - If there was only one aircraft model I could build then it would have to be the best model kit produced by any company in any scale. For that there are two contenders, both Tamiya 1/32 scale, the Corsair (any of the three versions produced) or the Mosquito.

The other Tamiya 1/32 warbirds are not far behind and by that I mean any of the Mustang, Spitfire or Zero kits.

All the rest are 'also runs' but leading alternative would be the later Zoukei Mura kits. All in all though, on just about every measure the Tamiya 'superkits' beat them.

 

[Airborne01]

Barry W - I concur! (Particularly the Corsair---Oh, be still my fluttering heart!)

 

[Del640]

This, I am liking:

 

[Tim Marlow]

You’ll never get it to fly Del It will be a really cool build though.

 

[Del640]

I'm off to Biggin Hill on Sunday, get to sit in a spit.. won't be flying that either but I will be getting some bloody good detailed pics!

 

[Tim Marlow]

I am VERY jealous!

 

[BattleshipBob]

Ssooo jealous, enjoy!

Had the run of the BoB Lancaster a good few years back, fantastic day

 

[GerryW]

This, I am liking:View attachment 423797

If I remember right, there was a dio in an old Tamiya mag with one of these - always loved that pic.

 

[Jakko]

This, I am liking:View attachment 423797

That is a very good kit to build, but also quite complex, where it comes to the winches and things on the tractor. It is to the standards you can expect from Tamiya, so building it should not be any problem, and they really put the effort in because it was a “300th (?) kit in this range” special. It’s not without the typical Tamiya simplifications, but you can be sure you have an impressive model when it’s finished.