bguyosti123
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I'm a fan of both star wars and star trek and am looking to get some advice on top 5 best kits for those two ip's and am a complete beginner thanks and be well
Looking for top 5 best beginner model kits
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foenetik
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Are you planning on just building or are you planning on painting (and possibly weathering)? Bandai kits are really nice but the plastic they use is not typical to most kits so it will behave differently with paints, sanding, glues, etc. If you plan to just build it then the Bandai is great for a beginner, it a snap kit and will get you used to how parts go together.
If you want to get into fully painting then using any reputable brand will work. As Jakko mentioned, the Revell Star Wars kits are pretty good.
I havent built any Star Trek but Polar Lights and AMT seem to be the two biggest brands.
If you want to get into fully painting then using any reputable brand will work. As Jakko mentioned, the Revell Star Wars kits are pretty good.
I havent built any Star Trek but Polar Lights and AMT seem to be the two biggest brands.
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Revell Star Wars kits can be almost, if not more expensive then Bandai kits, at least here in the US
For example, Revell had a snap 1/72 Y-Wing (not a Bandai or FM re-release). It was a decent enough kit, but had lots of simplified details. It had an MSRP of something like $35.
You could get the Bandai version for $38 and it was also a snap kit, but far superior in every way and insanely detailed
I think the Revell non-scale X-wing is something like $20 or so, but you can get a Bandai one for around $29 that is in a standard scale
I think as far as Star Wars kits, Bandai kits are the best deal for your money, assuming you can get kits when they are in stock at places like Target, Hobby Lobby, or Amazon etc.. vs buying out of stock kits at a premium from 3rd party sellers who treat them like they are made of gold
They are easy to put together but look much more advanced/detailed compared to a Revell kit of the same subject
i.e. you get a much more complex looking model that is actually not hard to assemble and you do not even need to glue anything
Revell also tend to flake out on some details and even basic shapes or have head scratching details they leave off or simplify in trying to save costs. They have gotten better though
like the guns on the Razor Crest for example. Revell just left a big gaping toy like hole instead of tooling a separate part for it o they could keep it as two halves with no add ons, where the one on the rights is the AMT version that has multiple parts to glue together
AMT has also re-entered the market. There kits are greatly improved compared to the older kit but even some of the older kits can be found cheap
AMT on the other hand requires gluing the parts which might be a bit more work for beginners
Now, probably not a popular opinion with modelers, but if you are more of a collector and not interested in investing time painting and assembling kits, but just want something that looks god on a shelf, the Jazzwares Micro-Galaxy collection has some great subjects that look as good or even better than any Revell kit.
Even if you are interested in painting, they are worth a look at as you can repaint them
For example, I recently picked up the U-Wing (this is not my pic though, but it is how it looks so...)
That right out of the box looks better, has better details, and is more accurate, and is even bigger and cheaper than the Revell pre-painted snap kit!
I picked the U-Wing up at target for $29, the Revell kit cost me $39
Not all the vehicles are as good though. I think the X-Wings and Y-Wings are pretty bad and toy like compared to available models kits, but other subjects like the imperial shuttle and AT-TE are again, more accurate, and just as big, or bigger as well as cheaper than actual model kits of it
Both are better than the Revell kits, and in the case of the Shuttle, the old AMT kit as well
For example, Revell had a snap 1/72 Y-Wing (not a Bandai or FM re-release). It was a decent enough kit, but had lots of simplified details. It had an MSRP of something like $35.
You could get the Bandai version for $38 and it was also a snap kit, but far superior in every way and insanely detailed
I think the Revell non-scale X-wing is something like $20 or so, but you can get a Bandai one for around $29 that is in a standard scale
I think as far as Star Wars kits, Bandai kits are the best deal for your money, assuming you can get kits when they are in stock at places like Target, Hobby Lobby, or Amazon etc.. vs buying out of stock kits at a premium from 3rd party sellers who treat them like they are made of gold
They are easy to put together but look much more advanced/detailed compared to a Revell kit of the same subject
i.e. you get a much more complex looking model that is actually not hard to assemble and you do not even need to glue anything
Revell also tend to flake out on some details and even basic shapes or have head scratching details they leave off or simplify in trying to save costs. They have gotten better though
like the guns on the Razor Crest for example. Revell just left a big gaping toy like hole instead of tooling a separate part for it o they could keep it as two halves with no add ons, where the one on the rights is the AMT version that has multiple parts to glue together
AMT has also re-entered the market. There kits are greatly improved compared to the older kit but even some of the older kits can be found cheap
AMT on the other hand requires gluing the parts which might be a bit more work for beginners
Now, probably not a popular opinion with modelers, but if you are more of a collector and not interested in investing time painting and assembling kits, but just want something that looks god on a shelf, the Jazzwares Micro-Galaxy collection has some great subjects that look as good or even better than any Revell kit.
Even if you are interested in painting, they are worth a look at as you can repaint them
For example, I recently picked up the U-Wing (this is not my pic though, but it is how it looks so...)
That right out of the box looks better, has better details, and is more accurate, and is even bigger and cheaper than the Revell pre-painted snap kit!
I picked the U-Wing up at target for $29, the Revell kit cost me $39
Not all the vehicles are as good though. I think the X-Wings and Y-Wings are pretty bad and toy like compared to available models kits, but other subjects like the imperial shuttle and AT-TE are again, more accurate, and just as big, or bigger as well as cheaper than actual model kits of it
Both are better than the Revell kits, and in the case of the Shuttle, the old AMT kit as well
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It's the other way around here in the EU. The Bandai 1:72 scale X-Wing kit costs around €45 (sold via Revell, but not as a rebox — just a Revell sticker on the box) while Revell's own 1:57 scale X-Wing is around €25. For an extreme example: both Revell and Bandai have a 1:72 Millennium Falcon, which cost €60 vs. €475! (Prices from Revell's web site, without accounting for the reduced prices it's currently showing for some kits.)
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HI WELL ive built the big polar lights 1/350 movie vershion of the enterprise an lit it up with lights an can honestly say it looks brillant an worth every penny but i had not built one before but must admit its not a begginers kit as its got loads of parts an took me well over a yr to build an got piks of it on its stand
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