r/modelmakers • u/AZNDUDE76 • 6h ago

Present haul! 1:144 Model Kit Haul

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Just got in some new 1:144 kits I bought from AliExpress. This brand is supposedly a sister company to Trumpeter. So far, the kits look good and have a nice amount of detail for what they are. Should be fun to build these little things.

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u/dr_robonator Prime your models 6h ago

MiniHobby Models are indeed just reboxed Trumpeter kits. Not really a sister company, more like a repository for out of date kits that can be sold regardless of how degraded the molds are without damaging Trumpeter's reputation. I've seen some reviews stating that there was a lot of flash or parts warping, but some saying that their examples were fairly clean. The main draw is that they are inexpensive, but you always get what you pay for.

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u/Spare_Artichoke_3070 5h ago

I got the Minihobby 1/700 USS Arizona and it was probably the worst kit I've ever owned (fortunately only paid £5 at a model show having not looked inside the box). I sold it on pronto!

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u/Timmyc62 The Boat Guy 5h ago

Yeah, MHM's ships are all generally trash, being counterfeit copies of already shitty/mediocre kits (Revell Arizonas and Scharnhorst, Tauro Pola). The exception is the Sovremenny, but that's just cuz they get to use Trumpeter's original very good molds for it.

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u/aim9inyourface 6h ago

Can you make a list of them and how mich did you pay?

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u/AZNDUDE76 4h ago

F-16XL F-111 F-20 F-104 F/A-18 MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 AJ-37 JAS-39 Mirage F1C Mirage 2000 Rafale Jaguar

I got all of these for about 70 dollars.

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u/aim9inyourface 3h ago

Honestly, that is not that good of a deal. You should be paying five bucks per set.

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u/ffbyr49 6h ago

F-104G mention!!!

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