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| Subject: | Let's be fair |  |
| Date: | Mar 20, 2008 |
| From: | James Wechsler | |
Roy,
Fair is fair. AFV Club's M36 Jackson, which is fairly new, is a real dog. And they too had ready access to accurate drawings. Their great new M5 Stuart kit still has no backs to the roadwheels. So not all is well their either.
So too for Dragon's original Panzer IVE, etc.
No doubt Academy has missed quite a bit lately as well. Not fixing the suspension error on the M3 Grant, when they already did so on the M7 Priest is simply inexcusable. Beyond lazy and they deserve to be beat up over it. They also missed on their M551 Sheridan since the hull is not correct (prototype I think). Their Sherman line is a mixed bag that actually can build up well as long as you're making several Shermans so you can mix and match.
But I've never agreed with the complaints about their M10 series especially since they do give you a rather complete interior. Same goes for their M18. By most accounts, it's a toss up between Academy and AFV Club on those kits. Same goes for their Tiger with the interior even though its getting a bit out of date by today's standards.
So I see their product line as a mixed bag but not much worse than what's being offered by other manufacturer's.
And if we're being really fair, you've got to beat up Tamiya for selling their ancient kits, often reboxed and combo packed with figures for full price. An unsuspecting modeler could easily buy one, having heard of Tamiya's reputation, and wonder what's going on. My first armor kit was Tamiya's ancient T-34/76 kit that I bought for full price at a hobby shop in 2002 without knowing the kit dated to the 1970s.
As I see it, all of the manufacturer's have a few gems and a few dogs in their product line right now. So it's really up to the modeler to do some research ahead of time.
Jim |
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 | More Respect to Academy! - Bojan Stula - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - Roy Chow - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - Juan Contreras - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Let's be fair - James Wechsler - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . I don;t know... - David Nickels - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I don;t know... - James Wechsler - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Top Dollar - David Nickels - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Top Dollar - Julian Marles - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . same thing - David Nickels - Mar 22, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: same thing - Julian Marles - Mar 22, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . In all fairness... - Herve Charbonneau - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: In all fairness... - James Wechsler - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - Laszlo Harsanyi - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - mark hall - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Sorry to disagree! - Herve Charbonneau - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Respect is EARNED not granted - David Nickels - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy!/ Don't agree - Marc Brandes - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Depends on what you want from a kit - Matt Roberts - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Depends on what you want from a kit - Laszlo Harsanyi - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Depends on what you want from a kit - Christopher C. Tew - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . Academy M3 Lee - good kit - Paul A. Owen - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Academy M3 Lee - good kit - Al Bowie - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Grant turret - Paul A. Owen - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Grant turret - Al Bowie - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Grant turret - Paul A. Owen - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Grant turret - Al Bowie - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Grant turret - Gerald Owens - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Grant turret - Laszlo Harsanyi - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - Bojan Stula - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - Gary Cooper - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . RE: No respect for Academy! - Andrew Herbert - Mar 23, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: No respect for Academy! - jose cesar - Mar 23, 2008 |
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