OT: For the scale modelers out there ...

[Codex]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Interesting to note the welcome return of the 'in flight' stand!

One of the things that annoys me about UK aircraft modelling is that they're all modelled on the ground.

If you tried to enter a competition with a model on a stand, you'd get laughed at.

One of those stupid unwritten rules.

Bloody IPMS!

Yeah I was a member of IPMS for a while. Every Tuesday night would turn up to the meetings and we'd discuss everything under the sun about what’s happening in the modelling world except on how to build great looking models.

Don't get me wrong they’re a great bunch of guys and wealth of info, but the meetings were too much about the decline of the brick's and mortar retailers, competition rules and how much someone had spent on after market detail kits. Very little was actually about building techniques and ideas.

To me it is an elitist club.

Bloody hell, that was fast. There was a very big gap between the Zero and the Spit. I did the Zero, the Spit is in progress (stalled actually). Think I'll give the Mustang a miss, but a 109 or 190 will be snapped up so fast they'll smoke.

[DB605]

Originally Posted by Langnasen

Think I'll give the Mustang a miss, but a 109 or 190 will be snapped up so fast they'll smoke.

+1, although one P-51 would look good along with the many 109's on the table...

[whatnot]

My lack of patience and steady hands don't make me much of a model builder, but I sure would like scale ww2 planes to toy around with. Do you know if there's any manufacturer that sells high detail planes as they do cars for example with a metal finish etc.

My son once got a plastic P-38 with three propellers which made me want to sue the toy company.

[Codex]

Well Hobby Link Japan have just announced a Luftwaffe Sale, heaps of Luftwaffe kits going cheap.

I can't help myself just bought:

1/48 Dornier Do335A w/Kettenkraftrad
Luftwaffe Interceptor Set
1/48 Heinkel He219 A-7 Uhu

$10,000 yen ~ $115 AUS delivered

Still trying to hunt down a 1/48 Me-140

[Khamsin]

Originally Posted by Codex

Still trying to hunt down a 1/48 Me-140

Dont you mean the Me-410?

[Romanator21]

My lack of patience and steady hands don't make me much of a model builder, but I sure would like scale ww2 planes to toy around with. Do you know if there's any manufacturer that sells high detail planes as they do cars for example with a metal finish etc.

My son once got a plastic P-38 with three propellers which made me want to sue the toy company.

I don't know exactly what you're looking for in terms of detail or accuracy (a p-38 without 3 engines? ), but you can certainly purchase pre-built or nearly pre-built models.

I got 2 of these as a gift:

http://www.flyingmule.com/products/IX-DDIJ023

21st century toys make cool displays too. I got a 1/18th FW-190 D-9 from a friend, but they have quite varied subjects. All you have to do is attach the wings:

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/pr..._21c_tbf.shtml

But you should seriously try your hand at modeling. Even if the result isn't "award-winning" it is fun to do. 1/72 is my favorite scale because I can display many on a shelf, and I don't have to worry too much about detail (In fact, I find panel lines are too large for the scale, so I fill them in or scrape them off).

This was my last project, but I'm working on others:


That kit cost me less than $10, for a few weeks of fun. Good return on the investment

This one's a little bigger, in 1/48th


Maybe my favorite kit. Less than $13, mixed all colors by hand using primary colors, first time using sand-paper, scratch-building a landing light and cockpit, masking canopy frames (one by one), and other techniques. I had tons of fun with this and I would do it ten times again.


So get out there and build some models!