Ship Model Kit
Manufacturer Survey
How readers of Ships in Scale rate the kit manufacturers they have actually built. Each respondent rated only their own makers, so sample sizes vary line by line.
Overall Rating is the mean of a manufacturer’s six category scores — materials, instructions, parts fit, historical accuracy, value and availability — on a 1–5 scale.
- Respondents
- Makers rated
- Kit ratings
- Average rating
The fleet
Overall Rating, rankedOverall Rating plotted as deviation from the all-maker average. Bars right of the line sit above it; bars left sit below. Only makers with 10 or more ratings are shown by default. Select a maker for its category breakdown.
Where the ratings split
Six dimensionsThe six category scores that make up the Overall Rating, across every maker with 10 or more ratings. This is the industry-level picture.
The one thing readers would change
Single choice · 94 answered · 3 wrote in another answer
Industry average by dimension
All makers, 10+ ratings, weighted by n
Widest spread between makers
Best and worst mean score on each dimension
Who answered
Respondent profileYears building
Single choice
Skill level
Self-assessed
Kits completed
Lifetime
What they build
Select all that apply
Scales built
Select all that apply
Location
Single choice
How they buy
Spend, cadence, channelBudget per kit
Typical single purchase
Kits bought per year
Single choice
Where they buy
Select all that apply
What drives the choice
Ranked 1–3, weighted 3/2/1
Aftermarket upgrades
Photo-etch, brass, rigging
Subscriber status
Single choice
Budget by skill level
Respondent counts — spend climbs with experience