Gen: What are your building preferences?

I`ve always liked 1/72 all my modelling life, But lately I`ve startedto do a couple of 1/48 Aircraft, The Academy Hunter I did was the first time I used resin because of the woeful cockpit provided, This has definitely given me a taste for it and would love to do more, However I am still sticking to

1/72-1/76 armour because I just enjoy it, I also flirt with 1/700 ship kits as well, Lately though I have had an itch to go back to 1/24 Car kits but obviously cost is a major factor, Oh and I like to do Motorcycle kits too and I am looking to the new Italeri 1/12 kits as well, This modelling thing tends to take over your life does`nt it? Not that I`m complaining of course! Darren

1/72 mainly WW2, some postwar RAF

1/76 BR 1970/80s

1/72 planes. I tried 1/48 a couple of times but it's too big for me.

I build mainly modern russian jets, but I also like the Century Series (I love the F-106): I think they all share the same "raw" beauty. But sometimes I model something completely different. For example I just took an Avro Vulcan.

I love resin. I even cast custom parts sometimes (so I need only to scratchbuild one master instead of multiple parts).

you name it I build it all scales Planes 1/48 up to 1/24 armour 1/35 Ships

Really? Are we talking injected plastic or resin?

Lots of both. Take a look at

, especially the links page.

You're probably right. I gave him a link to

to get him started.

Still wish Tom Young would chime in with the actual numbers.

As one of the few Car Guys here, it's mostly 1/24 & 1/25. I'm not a 'Scale Bigot'. I've built cars from 1/43 to 1/12 and everything in between (1/32, 1/28, 1/26, 1/20, 1/16). A handful of big scale WWI aircraft (1/28) and motorcycles (1/20, 1/12, 1/9, 1/8) are sitting there 'waiting', too.

This is why I do so many scales. For my *American cars* subjects (Ford, Mopar, & AMC '60s muscle cars, 'Dark Side' pre-1971 NASCARs & Mustang road race subjects), 1/24 & 1/25 covers it. However, for my beloved BMWs, I've gotta have all those other scales as well as the occasional Fokker DVII or FW-190G and a couple of sidecar R-75/5 bikes. I *ride* Hondas, so I've got a couple of those, too. Then, there are the 'other' European cars I like - Audi, Porsche, old Benzes, and some old Jaguars, all pretty much 1/24. There's a few themes here; just don't ask for an explanation. Call me 'eclectic, but directed'.

It's a bit annoying, but the better the manufacturer, the nicer the work. In cars, Modelhaus is hard to beat for quality, but even there, the 'mastered' works may take some 'tweaking' to get right, compared to the 'copied' stuff from old promos, etc. I have a self-imposed limit of $50 for all kits except for cars I've *owned*, so that keeps me from Fisher Model & Pattern's reputedly great race cars but not from Modelhaus' $75 '61 DeSoto. ;^)

Is *anyone* here 'normal'? I'd be surprised.

-- C.R. Krieger (Been there, built that)

Huh? What? I was asleep. What did I miss?

Tom

A question was asked about the number of armor in subjects in 1/72 vs 1/35 scale. The sense was there are lots of 1/72 scale kits......

Oh.

Well I can't help with 1/35, but there are currently 3,644 vehicle kits/models in 1/72-1/76 scale listed in the ESM 72 database. This represents military and civilian subjects in all mediums from injection molded and cast metal to cast resin and paper card.

Because of the sometimes lengthy descriptions and the amount of available page space ESM 72 has only illustrated 463 vehicle models and kits to date. We have begun adding extra pages in order to provide more illustrations.

As always, subscription information on request.

Tom

I dearly wish I could find more than the usual suspects (ex. Dr I and Sopwith

-whatever-). Trying to find any of the Italian bombers (in 1/72) has proven impossible for me to date. Although, I confess, I haven't exactly devoted myself to the hunt, just casual.

I know the resin is good stuff for detail. But I just purely hate those THINK sprues and trying to detach fine/small parts like machine guns. Even pretty solid things like wheels seem brittle (I'm used to being able to use my cutters/knife and moving right along).

I'm debating whether or not to get another subscription. I like 1-2 articles per edition, but so much of it is just not helpful to me. Very frustrating.

Well, maybe we are, and maybe we aren't .

Just don't insult me by calling me the normal one ;-)

Ok then we'll call you Abby, Abby Normal. ;)

Eyegor aka Bill Banaszak, MFE

That's just my nickname...call me Hans Delbrook :-D