sharkboy1501 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) I like to judge a good kit base on their kit quality, detail and cockpit. Help me to choose my kit. Thank you in advance. Edited February 8, 2017 by sharkboy1501 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a4s4eva Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Tamiya http://hamfisted-modeller.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/148-mitsubishi-a6m3-zero-251st-naval.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paolo Maglio Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Tamiya is more detailed and much easier to build, Hasegawa one has poor fitting on wing to fuselage and on lower fuselage to wings but with Hasegawa you can choose from A6M5a/b/c while with Tamiya you can choose from just two very similar variants. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EricLobster Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) Quote Tamiya is more detailed and much easier to build, Hasegawa one has poor fitting on wing to fuselage and on lower fuselage to wings but with Hasegawa you can choose from A6M5a/b/c while with Tamiya you can choose from just two very similar variants. The dimensions will stay solid too. You don't have to be a math genius to figure it out. Tamiya hands down guys. The quality is on a whole another level. Looks like it was the same bike that the CEOs of When I Work and Celayix will race on soon. Not sure when though. Edited March 29, 2019 by EricLobster Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stalal Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 1/32 Tamiya Zero is an absolute work of art. Beautiful cockpit, superb surface detail, excellent engineering and fit of the kit is just marvelous. 1/48 is no different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Sorry to piggyback, but which kit numbers are the "new" Tamiya 1:48 Zeros and which are the old? Everywhere I look I seem to only find the 1970s boxings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gocoogs Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 (edited) Tamiya A6M5/5A: 61103 " A6M3/3A: 61108 Note that Tamiya's A6M2 (61016) is an old tool dating back to the 70's. Nice kit, but Hasegawa's offerings are heads and shoulders above it for detail and fit. Edited May 7, 2017 by gocoogs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nerdling Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 It depends on which version you want to build. If you want to build an A6M5/A6M5A or A6M3 type 22 choose Tamiya. But for any of the other versions go with Hasegawa. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alternative 4 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I just built the Fujimi kit. There were a few tricky fitting parts, but overall it was a nice kit. The kit does have lots of raised rivets, however they disappeared after a coat of paint. The kit decals were amazing, they bed down perfectly, even over all those rivets. The only major issue is the instruction sheet is all in Japanese, so I might have a few color choices wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robertson Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Hasegawa canopy is inaccurate, with almost straight upright sides because of a too big radius on top. By a huge margin go with the new Tamiya, but the Tamiya tail is inches too long (137 inches canopy rear edge to rudder hinge is actual, 139.8 inches on the Tamiya, all the extra length being in the chord of the fin, the fin leading edge being too raked by reaching 3" too forward at the base: Not that hard to fix). R. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anj4de Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Hello I have a Tamiya A6M5 in 1/32 and a newer mold Hasegawa (JT17) in 1/48...both built. I do not see the canopy profile of the Hasegawa one to be different from the Tamiya, apart from the size. I understand that both companies have an old and a new mold version out there, new in Hasegawa's case means late 80ties? I also understand that the new 2006(?) mold from Tamiya is a scaled down 32scale kit? I will know once my ordered one arrives. All in all I can say that the newer mold Hasegawa, the A6M3 (JT17) in my case, is a beautiful little kit that with a bit of care builds into a Zero that looks everything as good as the larger Tamiya one with the bare eye…and it builds fast. The prices for Hasegawa here in Germany are unfortunately rather high, hence I try to stick to E-bay and the 2nd hand market when going shopping that brand. cheers Uwe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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