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good year for 1/32 scale modellers

Hi Troops:

I keep hearing comments about model building being an aging hobby in terms of it's members. Maybe that's why 1/32 and 1/24 scales are growing more popular, us old farts simply can't see the tiny parts in those 1/72 and 1/48 scale kits anymore. :-) Seriously, this has been a good year for 1/32 scale modellers. I have a

1/32 scale Dauntless on my shelf and this afternoon at the hobby shop I acquired a 1/32 scale Brewster Buffalo F2A-2 and a "High Tech" Polikarpov I-16 type 24. I also hear promises of a Grumman F4F-3 and a Douglas TBD out of China. Last year saw a Dewoitine 520 and a Macchi 200 and several German kits. Life is good!

Bill Shuey

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William H. Shuey
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where's my vulcan? (and the small fortune, new house and spray gun to paint it? a 1/48 wimpy does do a lot for me. can't wait to build it!

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e

Ah, but now they can make really tiny detail parts for those large models!

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. ;)

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Mad-Modeller

Yeah...TRumpeter's a got a slew of 'em I'm still waitin' on - that Night Attack AV8B, for instance.

...and I've still got my fingers crossed for them to do a Mig-23, Su-22, and P-61 in 1/32.

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Rufus

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Kev

Who makes the Buffalo?

William H. Shuey wrote:

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frank

A mummy Buffalo and a daddy Buffalo, who love each other very much...

Oh! Er... I see what you mean...

Special Hobby

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Enzo Matrix

I agree in part. As an older modeler, I find myself increasingly drawn to large scale models. While I can buy whatever power I need to "see" the parts, my fingers aren't as nimble any more :-)

However, I have also been retired for several years. While I am not poor, I don't have quite as much discrestionary income as when I was still working. Some of those new 1/32 scale kits are priced out of my price range now. Of course, I did all my scratch building in larger scale, and I suspect with model kits rising in price faster than inflation, I will be doing even more scratch building. Basswood is cheap!

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Don Stauffer in Minnesota

Special Hobby, kit #32010, 1/32 scale Brewster F2A-2 "Yellow Wings"

Bill Shuey

frank wrote:

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William H. Shuey

Special Hobby, kit #32010, 1/32 scale Brewster F2A-2 "Yellow Wings"

Bill Shuey

frank wrote:

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William H. Shuey

Special Hobby, kit #32010, 1/32 scale Brewster F2A-2 "Yellow Wings"

Bill Shuey

frank wrote:

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William H. Shuey

"Special Hobby", kit number 32010, Brewster F2A-2 "Yellow Wings"

Bill Shuey

frank wrote:

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William H. Shuey

I have always been interested in the big models. I guess that was the RC coming out in me. So how was Pit Con. Couldmn't come no money.

Dan Beavers

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Dan

Danny:

Sorry about the multiple posts above. Penncon was nice but smaller this year than I remember it being in previous years. Only spent about $60.

Bill Shuey

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William H. Shuey

"frank" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

I'd go for a 1/32 Hawker Hart anytime!!!

Dennis

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Mechanical Menace

I leave out most of the tiny parts these days, If I can't find them to put them on the model, I sure as hell won't be able to see them on the model.

I can cut out most of the decals too!

Craig

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crw59

A couple of years ago there was a startup outfit called "Silver Wings" models proposing to do a series of 1/24 scale kits of aircraft of the so called "golden age" period, 1920-1940. Their first announced project was to be a deHavilland DeH-9A. Apparently they found being an entrepreneur was much more complicated than they had anticipated as none of the kits ever showed up. Too bad!

Bill Shuey

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William H. Shuey

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