Are the AFV Club kits any good?

[ALPHA]

Good Morning,
I'm watching an AFV 1/35 Stuart M5 on Ebay and would like to build it to see how the main sections of the vehicle assemble. It looks like a really thorough Kit. I would add different tracks since I don't want to glue them on in one configuration. Research tanks are a great idea before attempting a 1/16 or larger build in RC. Any company that makes a good 1/35 kit of what I am trying to build gets a Kudo from me. ;o)
regards,
Painless

Yup...I agree Painless....Several companies now include PE and workable tracks...the trend of detailed glue on tracks is slowly fading away....I think it's because there are more and more 1/35th scale modellers motorizing and RCing them
I am like you...not a "Brand"snob at all...I look at the features of a model...then decide what's best....a lot of times AFV just isn't the practical buy for me...did buy a set of their after market rubber tracks...they are ok....a little trick to install them though...you have to pre stretch them before they fit..

Good luck with your purchase on EBAY


ALPHA

[billpe]

Externally...AFV kits are basically the same as any other brand...what AFV does is ...they include interiors ...which doesn't necessarily make them better IMO...as you can in most cases get better results by adding on conversion kits ....and as I said before...they have lousy tracks ...So add on to the already high price tag of an AFV kit...the price of a good set of tracks

ALPHA

Well no, actually you're completely wrong on several accounts, probably because you admittedly don't own any. I have several without interiors (Centurion 5 for instance) and several with one strip rubber tracks. And no, not all are the same externally. I'm not even sure where to start on this but it's a ludicrous statement. You'd get ripped to shreds making a comment like that on somewhere like armorama.

Then IMO...you get "ripped off" buying these AFV kits ...THAT'S the reason I don't own any

ALPHA

PS. The only person that would rip me apart for giving an opinion is a "brand Snob" who thinks paying more actually get's you something better ..because a great modeller should be able to build any brand...and do...because AMV just doesn't make that many
Armorama???????????????????? ...like I care

No, you'd get ripped apart because of preposterous statements like all brands are the same which blatantly isn't true. That site specialises in scale model kits and many review and do comprehensive build threads on them to contrast and compare. It's not about paying more or paying less. It's not about snobbery or elitism. Neither is it about anyone's personal abilities as a modeller. It's about giving accurate advice on a topic, something where your short on the former but more than happy to hand out the latter.

[ALPHA]

No, you'd get ripped apart because of preposterous statements like all brands are the same which blatantly isn't true. That site specialises in scale model kits and many review and do comprehensive build threads on them to contrast and compare. It's not about paying more or paying less. It's not about snobbery or elitism. Neither is it about anyone's personal abilities as a modeller. It's about giving accurate advice on a topic, something where your short on the former but more than happy to hand out the latter.

U SO FUNNY


ALPHA

[tomhugill]

It's about giving accurate advice on a topic, something where your short on the former but more than happy to hand out the latter.

It's not the first time and I'm sure it won't be the last this happens on here....

[billpe]

It won't be long before we get another thread suggesting that indoor wall emulsion paint is used or something to that effect.

[tomhugill]

It won't be long before we get another thread suggesting that indoor wall emulsion paint is used or something to that effect.

As long as we avoid Lipo chargers....

[ALPHA]

ROTFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U 2 SO FUNNY


ALPHA

[ALPHA]

ADDED NOTE: I promise ...I will never by AFV anything...their tracks are terrible...and by the way their models are being pimped....they must be just as bad ...not to mention...they don't make anything I would want to buy anyway

ALPHA

[tomhugill]

ROTFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U 2 SO FUNNY


ALPHA

Your responses are slipping Alpha.

[tomhugill]

Edit double post