Foxy1972 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) As the per title.... Has anyone ever bought and built one?... I bought a Honda cb400 super four from them and on opening the box I've never seen such poor quality in a kit.... Excessive flash everywhere, scratched and damaged parts... I took out the 2 halves of the petrol tank and tried fitting them together and when I say tried I mean tried... They didn't line up properly... There is a huge gap inbetween the 2 halves... So have I just been unlucky or is this the quality of their kits? Edited October 12, 2020 by Foxy1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I can't speak for their bike kits, but Aoshima's Countach is probably the best kit I've built. That said, they release a lot of kits from way back, at least as far as the '70's which, to be fair, they do say the kit may not be up to modern standards. Is this kit one of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazer Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Built a couple of Aoshima bikes & never had issues like that?🙄 maybe a bad batch or an old kit! mark d 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I've built a couple of their car kits and they're really nice. Good fit, straightforward assembly and look like what they are meant to be. Perhaps not quite as marvellous as Tamiya somehow, but I can't quite define what the difference is. But Aoshima's recent car kits are really nice quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy1972 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 3 hours ago, Spiny said: I can't speak for their bike kits, but Aoshima's Countach is probably the best kit I've built. That said, they release a lot of kits from way back, at least as far as the '70's which, to be fair, they do say the kit may not be up to modern standards. Is this kit one of those? The kit is of a 1992 model bike... So not from the 70's but couldn't say how old it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy1972 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 Thanks for the replies guys... On what has been said I'll have to give aoshima the benifit of the doubt and put it down to plain old bad luck... Which if I am honest is what I'd prefer to do as they have a lot of kits I'd like to build that no other company make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy37 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Ive built some Aoshima car kits and they went together very well . Sometimes felt the instructions were a bit vague though. Gary . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy1972 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Windy37 said: Ive built some Aoshima car kits and they went together very well . Sometimes felt the instructions were a bit vague though. Gary . Yes I've found the instructions to be very vague myself... I've made a start but it's slow going due to the instructions... They are the complete opposite of what I'm used to... And my knowledge and experience doesn't stretch to.... I know better I'll do it this way instead.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 22 hours ago, Foxy1972 said: Yes I've found the instructions to be very vague myself... I've made a start but it's slow going due to the instructions... They are the complete opposite of what I'm used to... And my knowledge and experience doesn't stretch to.... I know better I'll do it this way instead.. To be fair, "I know better, I'll do it this way instead" is often the prelude to some epic cockups! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 The Harley bike kits are a bit of a stretch as far as accuracy goes. Most of the Harleys are shovelheads and for the evolution engines they just plopped evo rocker box's on top of the shovel engine. lol No biggie Revell transformed shovels into knuckles for some of their 70's kits. Good decals though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy1972 Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 Finally finished my 4th model the Aoshima cb400 super four.. Although the kit was in poor condition its not turned out to bad... Its also my first time using detail up and PE parts.. That was a new challenge for and I've learnt to pay more attention.. I even built and fitted the front brake discs to the wheel before realising there was no pre drilled holes for the axel to go through... Decided to leave some parts off too such as the PE honda badges for fear of ruining the paint job... Anyway just thought I would share the result.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco F. Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 A real nice result, my congratulations, looks like an original. But it's a modern nacked bike, not compairable with old fashioned ones. Please don't mind it's just because I'm old and oldschool 🤗 When I was a youngster I rode a 62 speed twin and today there is a SR500 and a Sportster parking in my garage. But your built is great Marco F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy1972 Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 14 minutes ago, Marco F. said: A real nice result, my congratulations, looks like an original. But it's a modern nacked bike, not compairable with old fashioned ones. Please don't mind it's just because I'm old and oldschool 🤗 When I was a youngster I rode a 62 speed twin and today there is a SR500 and a Sportster parking in my garage. But your built is great Marco F Thank you... Its a model of the first big bike I owned after passing my test which is why i tried to be a little more meticulous with the build and why I changed the colour scheme slightly just to mimic what I owned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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