Flyhawk - best of the best?

[RogerF]

As a relative newcomer here and one still finding his feet, I would just like to put out a question for consideration.

I bought Flyhawk's 1/700 Bismarck with all the available Flyhawk trimmings such as wooden deck, paint masks and original Flyhawk stand. I'm now also the proud owner of their wonderful 1/700 versions of both HMS Hood and HMS Lance.

So, in total I now have 3 Flyhawk kits which to my eyes represent the closest thing to perfection that I have ever seen in over 60 years of (plastic) model building. However, on this forum I recently read an opinion with which I have a problem. The statement went something like this:  Flyhawk kits are good but not the best."

Unfortunately I can't remember exactly where I read this assertion or who made it and within what context, BUT I found myself shaking my head!

Was the poster right in his assertion, or is it just me that can't follow his logic through lack of in-depth knowledge of what is actually currently available out there?!

I don't doubt that there are kit manufacturers  who design and manufacture fabulous wooden ship kits or resin kits of which I have no knowledge, for example,  but does anybody else seriously believe that any current manufacturer of plastic ship kits - or kits of any other material for that matter, comes close to what Flyhawk achieves in 1/700 scale?

Just wondering!!!

Edited August 19, 2021 by RogerF
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[CDW]

I agree that Flyhawk is certainly the finest molded plastic kits in 1:700 scale I have ever seen. Are there others? Possibly, but I have not seen them.

[mikegr]

i agree too, however if someone was lived in Japan may have different opinion as there are brands for the domestic market and never exported.