Hasegawa 1/24 kits.

[Geno]

Hello guys, do any of you have any experience with their kits? Are they actually 1/24, and are they accurate representations? Do they go together well? Thanks.

[Zoom Zoom]

I believe they are accurate 1/24th scale, all the ones I've built have been excellent at least for the time period they were created. Their latest models in the past 5 years or so are rather amazing, they are truly the only company that is close to and in fact sometimes re-defining "Tamiya-like" which has been coined for far too many other Japanese/Asian kits that are not actually worthy of that moniker. 

What are the subjects you are interested in looking into further? That can help previous builders of them give an accurate assessment of the particular kit. My last Hasegawa build was an early '70's Nissan Skyline coupe and it was a spectacular kit to put together and nails the shapes/details quite well. They don't do many kits with full engine detail, but the hoods are usually separate and chassis/interior detail is pretty amazing. They seem to get better on each successive new tool. They have a new Toyota Soarer in development that spanks the old Tamiya kits.

My Skyline and Isuzu 117, both built OOB:

[Geno]

Thank you, I'm interested in the full size cars. The '66 Pontiac, Buick, and '65 Chevy.

[Ace-Garageguy]

5 minutes ago, Geno said:

Thank you, I'm interested in the full size cars. The '66 Pontiac, Buick, and '65 Chevy.

 

[Trainwreck]

10 hours ago, Geno said:

Hello guys, do any of you have any experience with their kits? Are they actually 1/24, and are they accurate representations? Do they go together well? Thanks.

I had the Chev., seemed a little small for 1/24th scale.

[Bills72sj]

2 hours ago, Geno said:

Thank you, I'm interested in the full size cars. The '66 Pontiac, Buick, and '65 Chevy.

I have built the '66 Bonneville. If you put in some effort, it turns out pretty nice. Keep in mind it is a curbside and the interior is lame.

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/176907-big-girls-1966-bonneville/#comment-2659123

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/187446-i-present-to-you-ruby-a-1966-pontiac-bonneville-with-a-356hp-421-tri-power-and-a-4-speed-in-testors-stop-light-red/#comment-2821067

 

[Andria H]

Gene, there's also a '66 Cadillac. Not a bad build especially if you can scare up a Jo-Han dashboard for it to make the interior look better.

[Geno]

Thank you all very much. Your responses have been trememdous.💯😊

[Zoom Zoom]

13 hours ago, Geno said:

Thank you, I'm interested in the full size cars. The '66 Pontiac, Buick, and '65 Chevy.

Those kits are a completely different animal than the recent subjects I showed, it's been decades since I bought one of the old-school American kits from them. Fairly accurate bodies that were copied from US kit manufacturers, but with generic interiors/chassis. IIRC Tamiya even had a '65 Chevy (or similar) in their lineup, 1/25th scale, I believe primarily for slot cars. They pretty much match (body dimensions) 1/25th scale. With some work you can get a really nice model out of them, depending on your own level of skill and desired results. I built the Pontiac years ago, used some AMT guts underneath, looks pretty okay next to an AMT kit (they have their own design issues) and have the Cadillac in my stash. I'm not averse to making something from it...I had the opportunity years ago to drive a friend's Dad's mint '65 or '66 Coupe DeVille, I'd build my kit to emulate that particular car, maroon with a black vinyl top and parchment interior, but might make add some modern flair to it. They're curbside kits. I love curbside kits. I'm a designer and I'd make a lousy mechanic 😆

I'd love it if Hasegawa took even one of those vintage models they cribbed nearly 60 years ago and went full-bore on making a modern kit to their new standards. Probably will never happen...and it might be a huge financial mistake on their part.  

[Zoom Zoom]

12 hours ago, Trainwreck said:

I had the Chev., seemed a little small for 1/24th scale.

It's 1/25th. All those Hasegawa American cars cribbed in the '60's were copied from American model kits. 

[Geno]

7 hours ago, Zoom Zoom said:

It's 1/25th. All those Hasegawa American cars cribbed in the '60's were copied from American model kits. 

I had my suspicion, that's why I thought I'd get your guys' opinions before I bought any. Again, thank you all.💯👍

[stitchdup]

The interiors on all of them are the same and not very nice really, as are the wheels. the body and chrome is good though