Favorite kit brands?

DownTown Deco are slightly more advanced kits, however if you make the brick staining/painting hurdle, putting them together is a snap, and talk about eye candy!

There are a lot of different kits out there, and the assembly methods vary widely....I

buy what appeals to me in appearance...that is what is important. However, to get up

to speed, some of those cited above are easier to build than others.  But even the

assembled ones, including Plasticville,  can be repainted, modified, kitbashed, to make something unique to your tastes.

I really like Ameritown (the OGR buildings) but seldom build them exactly as instructed - I most bash/modify them.  they are exacellent both as bits built exactly as, or as fodder for bashing/making just store fronts, etc. 

I also have found some Lionel kits to be quite good, too. Again, maybe lightly bashing them/panting and added a bit of detail - they look like models, not toys.