neverwalkalone
Recruit
- 4
- Oct 1, 2009
and its probably a post with the eternal question for modellers,
who produces the best kits? (sorry if this has been asked a million times before but as i said this is my first post, i havent looked around much yet)
ive been building model aircraft kits since i was a kid, on and off for years at at a time, when i get the feeling and my wallet allows me. havent built one for a few years now and never bothered with adding details and doing my own thing with it, making it look better than the basic model the instructions tell you to build. just built what was there.
i recently went to an airshow for the first time (amazing expereince, and i know its not the subject of this website, but the eurofighter blew me away) and its got me into aircraft again, my thing is mostly WW2 aircraft, spitfire, hurricane, Lancaster Bomber etc, being British (english) thats the thing i want to concentrate on mostly, i might throw in a few allies aircraft and maybe one or two flown by the enemy.
but i want to do it properly this time and make them look as good as they can look, and wondered if it matters which 'brand' i buy? ive always bought Airfix kits as they seem to be the easiest to find,I think i have a case of 'stick with what you are used to' but wonder if thats a bad thing. but something tells me they arent the best?, i could be wrong, but if not then which is?
also, last time i built a model i remember buying a few accessories to aid the building, other than paints and brushes and glue, having read a short book on the subject. but thats all gone from my memory now, so what should i buy?
also also, is there a website anywhere that takes you through the model building process or any good books?
help would be appreciated
who produces the best kits? (sorry if this has been asked a million times before but as i said this is my first post, i havent looked around much yet)
ive been building model aircraft kits since i was a kid, on and off for years at at a time, when i get the feeling and my wallet allows me. havent built one for a few years now and never bothered with adding details and doing my own thing with it, making it look better than the basic model the instructions tell you to build. just built what was there.
i recently went to an airshow for the first time (amazing expereince, and i know its not the subject of this website, but the eurofighter blew me away) and its got me into aircraft again, my thing is mostly WW2 aircraft, spitfire, hurricane, Lancaster Bomber etc, being British (english) thats the thing i want to concentrate on mostly, i might throw in a few allies aircraft and maybe one or two flown by the enemy.
but i want to do it properly this time and make them look as good as they can look, and wondered if it matters which 'brand' i buy? ive always bought Airfix kits as they seem to be the easiest to find,I think i have a case of 'stick with what you are used to' but wonder if thats a bad thing. but something tells me they arent the best?, i could be wrong, but if not then which is?
also, last time i built a model i remember buying a few accessories to aid the building, other than paints and brushes and glue, having read a short book on the subject. but thats all gone from my memory now, so what should i buy?
also also, is there a website anywhere that takes you through the model building process or any good books?
help would be appreciated