Intermediate model buying tips

     For intermediates, you can build just about anything from a plastic kit.  I don't have much to say in this section, just a little.  You should look into other brands now.  Revell/Monogram are still good, but you should be able to get better stuff than that.  Hasegawa is a good brand.  It offers many models.  I have built 2 Hasegawa models.  One was ok, the other one was great.   Of the two I built though, they didn't seem to have tons of detail.  Both were is very small scales, so I could be mistaken.  Hasegawa models have recessed panel lines.

     Supposedly the best brand is Tamiya.  Sometimes a few of the parts in Tamiya kits are metal.  I have never built one before, but I have one on order now.  I'll do a review when I get it.

     One of the most important things that I think of when I buy a model now is it's panel lines.  If it doesn't have recessed panel lines.  Don't get it.  It may even be a quality kit, but if it doesn't have recessed panel lines, forget it.  Redoing panel lines and putting on decals is a nightmare on models without recessed panel lines.

Paints:  I really don't have to much experience with paints.  The type I use is Model Master.   These paints are good, although they need to be stired up a lot.  The Model Master spray cans work well, they dry really good.  I wouldn't recomend yellow though.   I have had some problems with the yellow spray.

"Polly S" paints (made byFloquill) are very good. There is a wide range of colors, and they are watersoluable. The original colors were made for railroad scale modelling,  there also now some paint for military modelling.

Sorry, I don't have much on this.  If you have some reviews on models you have built.  Send them to me and I'll put them up.