Italeri and Hobby 2000 kits
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A brief run down on Italeri and Hobby 2000 kits, also what I've been getting up to
I agree with you. I've building older kits from my child hood and like the unique challenges they offer you.
When i started in 2014 i had a stash of Tamiya I had acquired and nothing else. I ordered a few kits on ebay to test out other companies. I got the IV H from Italeri and III J initial from Dragon. I built the Italeri first and I actually really enjoyed it. The plastic was a bit soft and details could be muddy, but they tried to add things Tamiya did not. Dragon of course was super different than I was used to and I became an instant fanboy. But I liked that Italeri IV H, I think depending on the subject it's a solid choice. Since most kits require upgrades anyway, the less you pay for the base kit the better. As long as it's dimensionally sound.
The old Italeri M47 kit has to be one of their best, well detailed with separate molded periscope guards, and separate latches on the fender stowage boxes. I bought extra kits just for the periscope guards.
I've been building these plastic kits since I was a kid in the early 1960's. Then I don't think they were ever intended to be accurate scale models and were aimed at children and teenagers with an interest in making stuff. With the digital world I don't think the majority of kids are bothered about making stuff so these kits have now moved on to satisfy the more discerning modeler looking for accuracy and detail. There are some amazing things coming out with 3D printing now, so the hobby moves on a notch.
Modelling should be relaxing. I like your approach.
I appreciate your more relaxed approach. As you say its a hobby with many interpretations. Your approach makes model making approachable. Other channels, although superb, make it look daunting just with the back drop of paints, tools, kits etc. And thats not to say your kits are lacking in any way. They're superb.
I have some very cheap kits that look outstanding completed on my shelf.
I was thinking of buying they Italeri Panzerjaeger 1 kit but was 'humming and harring' . Having seen what you've said I've gone and ordered myself one plus some metal tracks from Masterclub MT . I've built several Italeri kits in the past , the last one being the Stag Hound which I really enjoyed the build and the painting and weathering. Thanks for posting another wonderful video look forward to the next one.
Great video! I didn’t know Hobby 2000 existed. As soon as I finished the video I was able to find the Arado on eBay here in the states for $36. I enjoyed your video very much and I will be subscribing. Thanks again!
I dig Italeri mainly for their... Italian planes. The prices have gone through the roof lately, but at least they usually include excellent decals by Cartograf.
Very interesting on the Hobby kits. I like it when they throw in a mask for the canopy. Hope you enjoy the build
Nice I just picked up 1/72 hobby 2000 p38 black lightning in my local hobby shop took my eye so a good Christmas box 👌
Made the Carro Armato M14/41 (6543) from Italeri and enjoyed it a lot.
Great update, thanks very much, totally agree about the "different" kind of joy in building and improving old kits. And there are so many out there, if one cares to search for them. It's like a kind of a treasure hunt, and they pop up and then disappear in the most unexpected places. By the way, the 1/48 Arado by Hobby 2000 is now at 31,75 € (!!!) on the MiG Jimenez AMMO website. 1/48 Stukas too at that price :-)
I really enjoyed your video on the kits, you have a down to earth approach to the hobby which in turn sets you aside from the others. Keep up the good work. Your weathering is very good, it takes patience and skill both of which you have. I myself need work on weathering . I can learn a lot from you . Thanks, The Baron.
I have the Italeri panzer 38t from my younger years. It's an old kit but has great details. Really need to build it one of these days. Thanks for the update. I have my eye on one of the Hobby 2000 Arado kits.
Can't remember the Italeri Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) kit, but back in the day I bought their 38(t) Hetzer shortly after it released. Only 1/35 "Hetzer" game in town then and state of the art, a reminder of how much things have changed.
I just picked up the Hobby. 2000 A-4B this week, and it is excellent. It should be, as the plastic is Fujimi’s lovely Skyhawk, with new decals and canopy masks.
Also recently picked up the Hobby 2000 reboxing of Fujimi's 1/72 A4-B/C. Old mold but still a good kit, Cartograf decals and had it shipped to US from EU for ~$25. Can't complain.
Only built an 1/48 italeri skyraider. Cockpit basic and empty but apart from that a great build. Decals superb, fit great and ended up very nice
Italeri did some really great kits way back in the late 70's early 80's .. Yes they had mistakes but with a few references you could make something really nice out of them .. Hey I built the Crusader kit and with a few little fixes and some good references I took it to the AMPS USA show and actually won a gold medal in the advanced group .. So it can be done .. Only thing is lately they seem to be asking Level one prices for mediocre kits here in North America .. As for your Tamiya kit and the figures .. If you want the G buy it .. I like the idea that between the F and G kits you can switch up the crew figures and make either in Europe of the African campaign .. I was thinking of doing the F in Africa ,so I'll just switch out the G crew...
There is never a bad kit but a lack of skill to pull them through. The only way we have to learn is through other people or by experience, the later called mistakes too. I love both new and old kits. The new one because of the level of detail and engineering and the old because it makes me practices my knowledge and to test new ones to make them justice.
I would disagree with this. A customer is paying for the kit and as in any other business is entitled to receive a quality product for his money. The fact that in plastic modeling lots of issues can be fixed with skill and some extra work should not be used as an excuse for kit companies not to put enough effort in engineering and producing high quality product. We are not in sixties or seventies when this hobby was in its early years, today available molding technologies, CAD systems and available experience and know how in the field are so advanced that serious cases of bad fit or any need for heavy modification of the kit to achieve reasonable results are unacceptable and companies still producing such low quality kits have no business being on the market unless they are positioned as a low cost option.
@@dusanbolek8004 Damn right. Worse still, the bad kits are often in the 'beginner' level and a bad experience when starting a hobby can put people right off.
Another option for an Arado 234B is Hobby Craft Elite. It's an older kit from the 90s. It dose have photo etched and good cockpit details. Here in the states it cost about 30 dollars.
Yes,you are right,I have got one.Greetings from Hun.
I build lots of revell kits, usually 1/32….some of them need work. I finished the mosquito recently, it needed lots of work, but built into a reasonable representation of the type, at a cost of £25 and lots of fun in the process🙂
I'm building an old Revell 1/32 P-38. Total nightmare. But it did get stored in heat and cold.
Thanks for the video. Very good information. I have to admit I really like Italeri Opel trucks and maultiers. Yes they can be frustrating but I only built a dozen of them 😆
It really depends... Italeri's new(er) commercial truck kits are really nice, then again on the aircraft / armour side they re-issue a lot of ESCI stuff - some good, some not so good.
If you know the subject and the provenance of the kit (scalemates helps) then it's fine.
Prices are however on the rise throughout the industry so...
Ive done the hobby 2000 ta152 and he129 both were superb. Up next, stuka and arado 234, all in 1/48
I don't get kit snobs. Unless they are absolute howlers I'd rather spend money on more kits than expensive super detailed high quality kits. Each to their own though as you say! Not going to tell someone else how to enjoy their hobby. I've found Italeri great value and they often do a kit you can't find in other manufacturers. For instance I built their Carro Armato M14/41. Comes with 5 excellent figures from Masterbox too so you're ready for a little diorama. Will have to check out Hobby2000 too now!
Their Italian stuff, oh my god, I have a few coming shortly, would you agree that Brit and Italian tanks are misrepresented on YT modelling? I’m looking to change that! 😉
@@ChampionScaleModelling I just grabbed Tamiya's Carro Armato on eBay, noticed a few of them going for around £20. Quite a bargain considering it contains a metal barrel and a small bit of PE as standard! Looks a good kit from the box.
The internet has brought a lot of judgementality to plastic modelling. Not all who like detail are snobs though, and I say that without counting myself as among the excessive detail obsessed, particularly about internal stuff minuscule and unfriendly to older fingers and eyes which slows down the build exponentially and yet in the completed model is most frequently completely hidden or predominantly obscured. I do like surface detail, scale, proportion and line accuracy though. But I get those who want it all along with those who are happy with the meat 'n taters kits. For those wanting a build with all the goodies, IME it's usually the cheaper route to just to go with the more expensive kit option in the first place than buy the basic box and accessorise later.
Outstanding video and presentation.
Considering that this is a 1976 tooling with parts added on over the years, it is an amazing kit. I've built a number of Italeri kits over the years, and not one of them was what I would call "bad", certainly nowhere near as bad as the AMT Shelby GT-500 I have half-completed!
No kidding. I bought 2 of those amt kits. Got maybe half thru one and the other I used as parts for a kit bash.
Great video a lot of helpful info
"I'm about an hour away from finishing...woops nearly dropped it!" Story of my life...
Bought the Arado from my local model shop (Addlestone Models) bargain ! ………. Off the back of this
Great videos and tutorials keep em coming
Italeri panzer 1 B in 1/35 scale was such a nice model, it was my 6th (?) model and 2 years later, I still am happy with it. Cannot find it anywhere in Turkey anymore sadly, I'd love to build another one. I suppose I'll get the panzerjäger, it still has parts for the panzer 1, turret and all. Sadly I don't think you can build a panzer 1 from it, the hull seems to be modified.
Hobby 2000 has the only good 1:72 SBD mold right now, though it seems to be just as hard to get as it’s original release
Went and got that panzerjager, Lockdown 6.0, quite like the small panzerjagers. The Dragon one was really good.
Myself I tend to build what takes my fancy. For example up next will be an old airfix tsetse mosquito (mk 18) but also have the new tooled cosar from revell in the stash
Damn, those Hase2000 234 are reallly tempting. They cost about 30 EUR for me. Thx for the tip.
@Paddy’s Modelworld oh yes I recall having to leave the decals in the window because they were yellow. Without a southside window and in an area with a lack of sun it did take a while
For me, Italeri is a hit and miss. Some of their older kits are quiet bad and their details are soft sometime. But when I bought their 1:72nd scale - M48A2C - Kit No: 768 ........ it was outstanding !!!!! Beautifully detailed. Still, I love Itelari.
They make kits that no one else does. I like the old ones. Can’t say much for the figures!!
Italeri for me have always been a great source of kits the bigger companies didn't/wouldn't make. Kits like the RSO with Pak40 and I believe that Italeri are still the only ones that have produced that kit. Sure the details can be a bit hit and miss, but nothing some modelling skills, time and scratch building can't remedy or AM parts if you want to splurge a bit more cash on their models.
I'm currently working on their mid-production Tiger I and it's an OK kit. Sure there are better ones and the fit is a bit dodgy in places, but it's not that bad in general.
Im building the same kit right now, but it is some annoying bad fit in the kit. But still really nice kit and Panzerjager 1 is my favourite tank.
I remember being 7 and getting my first Revell, Monogram, Italeri kits and realizing they were crap compared to Tamiya. I was 7.
Revell and Italeri newer kits are on Tamiya level right now but they where not back then.
Age 7 is a good age to start the hobby, as I did like yourself.
But realize that with the exception of their P-61 Black Widow, the old Revell and Monogram kits that put the older Aurora and Lindberg kits to shame were available in mom and pop stores years before Tamiya was in the business of static scale model plastic kits and long before you were out of your diapers.
But still, they still provide a very cost effective platform for various after-market cockpit, wheel-well, and engine details. And being in standard scales, your options are wide-open when it comes to after-market decals.
Now if you have the balls, and you want truly finely detailed kits, try the Trumpeter or GWH in 1/32 scale as I have. But except for the F4F Wildcat, since they are molded out of soft plastic, don't forget to buy the after-market metal landing gears.
I agree with you, Italeri are hit and miss,just depends on the kit...
How much is the Hobby 2000 repop of the 1/48 Ju 87D-3 in the UK? They've arrived in AU, but I was gobsmacked (unimpressed) at the local price here given what they are. We can buy latest release 1/48 Eduard Profipacks for significantly less, and even an Eduard Limited Edition like the 1/48 Adlertag Bf 110C or D with resin, colour PE, masks and 12 marking option decals inc. extensive stencils for around the same price. Unsure if our local single line import (?) distro price gouging or the street price is similarly ridiculous in the UK.
I know it is not in any company's interest but it is a shame one cannot buy basic plastic shells and plastic adaption kits so that one could build any panzer iv one liked. It might take a bit of skill to adapt the shell but, isn't that part of the fun?
£25 for a 4 inch tank ? god almighty, things have changed since I was a kid.
What was the after market cockpit detail kit that you bought please.
The Eduard set for the Hasegawa Arado 234
btw anybody knows what kits the 1/35 Armour kits by Hobby 2000 are based on? I have seen a T-55 and a ZSU-55-2 so far. Any ideas? Or views about their quality?
Takom, one of them I believe has a new sprue to make it in the the box variant
@@ChampionScaleModelling, Many thanks, I just found and watched the Flory review (October 2000) of the ZSU. So these seem like great value for 1/35 kits too.
Most Italeri kits are excellent, but the decals included with them suck big time: they either never come off the decal sheet or they disintegrate as they come off the decal sheet.
Not recently, the decals are Cartograph printed. If you have any trouble with decals get some Testors decal bonder, it's easy to use being a spray can. One thin coat straight onto the sheet before use. Once fully dry,trim the decals close and apply as normal. Also works with older brittle sheets( more than one coat is needed) because it replaces the original ink sealant clear coating. Also use decal softener and or setter(I personally use Tamiya Mark Fit and Mr Hobby- Mister Mark Setter
Mr Mark Softer) they will adhere better and mould into panel lines for the painted on look. Be careful though some decals react badly ( ink running, chemical reaction with the original bonder), trial and error is needed.
For me the Italeri decals went on ok but after a few years the adhesive or the carrier film went brown. Really put me off them for a long time.
Does Hobby 2000 have a fb page? Cant seem to find them
hobby2000.pl/index.php - there is a non-working FB flyout though.
They're largely importer for several brands for Eastern Europe.
I got the Dragon Pz I and it's truly a miserable kit, like they deliberately tried to get the highest possible parts count out of the smallest possible tank.
Italeri are a bit all over the place. Hit 'n miss. To me they fall into the Revell, Airfix mainstream market category. Repops, a few pearls, mainly mediocrity and just plain dreadful which should have been retired long ago.
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Got there ah6a and it’s crap.
Japanese decals are in general not great.
Italeri and revell i avoid them like the Plague. No go models.
I like revell but italeri I avoid like the plague too
I've actually never built a Revell kit but was looking at a Revell flying fortress. Immense value at £20 and seen a number of good reviews online. Could be a diamond amonst the rough?
@@huwtindall7096 I have made revells b17 kit twice absolutely great kit
Yeah, had the kit and it’s awesome looking, think Plasmo has a build
Italeri is better than revell, lol!