Ryan Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 Do you guys get hung up on sticking with one scale? For example the new Tamiya P-38 looks really nice, but I find myself resisting because its not 1/32. 6
HubertB Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 Nope. An old faithful in this field ... 1/32 only for aircrafts. Not even considering this abomination of 1/35. And that makes a sizeable stash already Hubert 5
The Dude Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 Nope, I build in other scales too. My main scales are 1/32 and 1/48. I have done a few model cars in 1/12 and 1/20 and even a couple of 1/72 AC and 1/144 airliners. 1/48 was my main scales for years just because the stuff i liked wasn't available in 1/32. I built all the big stuff (revell, matchbox, MPC, Airfix etc.) but there wasn't much of it back in the day. Once trumpeter started cranking out good subject matter in 1/32 and that scale became popular in the early 2000's is when I transition to mainly 1/32. People bash trumpeter but I credit them on getting the 1/32 stuff into the mainstream. 6
BlrwestSiR Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 Depends on the subject matter for me. Most sci-fi fighter kits are 1/72 so I don't have much choice there. At least they're in a constant scale. Sci-fi capital ships are all over the map. Bandai's Death Star is 1/2700000 for example but they have the Millennium Falcon available in 1/350, 1/144 and 1/72 so naturally I have all three sizes. Aircraft I pretty much stick to 1/32. My boys are happy to pillage the smaller scale kits I still have. Cars, I've got some 1/24 but have a bunch of 1/12 kits. Carl 6
Ryan Posted October 17, 2019 Author Posted October 17, 2019 I was influenced by the aviation artist Ray Waddey, who was a member of our club. he must have had built every 1/72nd kit out there! So most of my early work was in 72nd, I wanted to do the same...... 3
Vandy1 VX-4 Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 For me I build every scale and subject!!!!!! Thou Aircraft I prefer 1/32. But if it's not available Some times we have to go down a scale or two But for the Tamiya P-38 F-G does not come in 1/32, so I have ordered a 1/48th and will build four or more as it looks to be a great kit. Also a favorite of my dad and me. I live an hour away from the old Lockheed plant. The local airport was a P-38 base to. Hope that helps with your thoughts! 4
harv Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 3 hours ago, HubertB said: Nope. An old faithful in this field ... 1/32 only for aircrafts. Not even considering this abomination of 1/35. And that makes a sizeable stash already Hubert Yep. Me too........harv 3
Ryan Posted October 17, 2019 Author Posted October 17, 2019 Sometimes I would just like to spray a featureless 1/72 Hasegawa cockpit and slap a decal on the ip panel and close it up! In the spirit of filling the model case. 3
crazypoet Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 I prefer larger scales, mostly because I don’t have the digital finesse to bring out some of the details I like at smaller scales On the other hand, there are some subjects that either won’t ever appear in 1/32 (B-52? B-36? Pan Am Clipper?) or are prohibitively expensive (the HpH 1/32 PBY comes to mind here) and then there are the 1/200 ships and 1/35 gunboats... So as much as I’d prefer to stay with 1/32, I can’t ... 5
Bomber_County Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 Ryan, I’m not that fussy, 1/32,1/35, 1/48 but doubt if the eyes would tolerate 1/72 now. Saying that I did a HP42 years ago and would to do another one. Saying that I also dabble in 00 ( 1/76 ish ) railways ............is that to much information......... 5
Wumm Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 Yes. All aircraft are in 1/32nd scale. Haven't had anything smaller since the 1980's. 4
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted October 17, 2019 Administrators Posted October 17, 2019 I'm mostly 1/32 scale throughout on aircraft. However, I have some exceptions. I've taken to doing modern Russian jets in 1/48, simply because of space considerations and subject availability. I may follow suit with bit US jets as well. Big transports are generally in 1/72. By big transports I mean IL76, An124, C130, An12, An22, etc.. If something I love is not available in 1/32, I'll generally build it in the largest available scale. That means 1/48 Beaver, Otter, Norseman, Caribou, etc. 4
1to1scale Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 I’m 1/35 or larger only, no other reason than my bifocals only correct so much. I keep praying for a 1/32 Mig-25. 4
[CAT]CplSlade Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 All of my aircraft are 1/32. All of my armor, armored railcars, and sea vessels are 1/35. All of my Star Trek is 1/350 or 1/3700. All of my Star Wars is 1/72. All of my automobiles are 1/24. I do not expand outside those boundaries. 5
Sir Desmond Glazebrook Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 17 hours ago, Ryan said: Do you guys get hung up on sticking with one scale? For example the new Tamiya P-38 looks really nice, but I find myself resisting because its not 1/32. I refuse to ever be a slave, be it Govt, God or Scale! 1
Sir Desmond Glazebrook Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 6 hours ago, [CAT]CplSlade said: All of my Star Trek is 1/350 or 1/3700. Imagine building a 1/32 Enterprise. 1
HubertB Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Sir Desmond Glazebrook said: Imagine building a 1/32 Enterprise. Let's start with a 1:1 F-14 Hubert 7
DocRob Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 I'm not picky with the scale. For me it is about the 'WANT-factor'. If there is a kit which attracts my sensors, I add it to my stash, mostly with a more or less fixed idea of the finished build. Although I prefer 1/32, I'm not dogmatic about it. My size limit are twin engine planes in 1/32, so the announced B-17 in 1/48 scale is my go to option. I have lots of 1/48 planes and 1/35 armor and even a few 1/72 kits and Steam punk and Sci Fi stuff in 1/20 and 1/32, Cars in 1/24. About figures it has to be at least 1/48, better 1/32, 75mm or even some 1/10 busts. I have no fixed plan in buying stuff, like only allied planes in 1/32, I'm always in search of interesting subjects and love to be carried away by influences and ideas and sometimes influencers, like you . Cheers Rob 3
Sir Desmond Glazebrook Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 14 minutes ago, HubertB said: Let's start with a 1:1 F-14 Hubert Brilliant! I always knew there was a reason I liked you! 2
[CAT]CplSlade Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 2 hours ago, HubertB said: Let's start with a 1:1 F-14 Hubert I was under the impression none of us here were real modelers and didn't know the first thing about building anything since this site isn't devoted to 1:1. 2
Members Mikester Posted October 18, 2019 Members Posted October 18, 2019 2 hours ago, HubertB said: Let's start with a 1:1 F-14 Hubert Post of the year! 4
Members Mikester Posted October 18, 2019 Members Posted October 18, 2019 I'm strictly 1/32 for aircraft and 1/35 for armor. I still have several 1/72 (Ju 88 SM 79) kits in the stash that I toy with building but they just seem so darn small. 3
Old Dog Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 I don't let scale be a deciding factor, I decided to switch most of my single engine fighters to 1/32 several years ago, I don't have the display space for anything larger than small twins in this scale and there are a lot of Japanese single engine aircraft that just aren't available in 1/32. If its an aircraft I want in my collection I will build it regardless of scale as I'm too old to wait for it to appear in a different scale. I have built kits in 1/200, 1/144 and 1/72 as well as 1/48 and 1/32. Yes, at my age 1/200 is a challenge but if it's something you want you do what you gotta do. 4
HubertB Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 1/200 is a great scale for ships like batllewagons or liners ... Gotta love the presence of 3 to 6 feet ship model ! (And here again, Trumpeter seem to have understood if before any other manufacturer) Hubert 5
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