rtfoe
SMF Supporter
Hi Steve, I've not done many Tamiya 1/48 kits, in fact this is only my second kit. But like you say they are good kits with very nice detail. As for not taking off I find it strange. With most aircraft kits being 1/72, 1/48, 1/32. id have thought that 1/48 trucks tanks and the like would lend themselves perfectly for the aircraft for diorama's.
Hi Ian, BTW the build is going great guns. The Tamiya 1/48 version is much better looking than my Italeri 1/35 even with brass Oerlikons.
I guess it's the price tag...even in the Far East it's equivalent to some 1/35 kits. Another reason is the subjects they started off with were armored vehicals rather than the field vehicals associated with aircraft installations. Improved 1/48 figures...thats a vacuum that needs filling.
Cheers,
Richard