speedgraflex wrote:
Torben, often I wish you built 1/32 aircraft. Some day I would like to ask why specific scales are chosen... but it was brought to my attention that a chosen scale for a modeler is not simply an honorific but a singularity. One might as well blame a compass for pointing north as question a chosen scale. I do feel there are exceptions (or I’m following a long, lonely road), but I find 1/32 to be comfortable for me but not always as full of component choices as 1/48... and what about 1/24? There’s definitely a large scale movement afoot with cars. I wonder if aircraft will be next? Your banker sounds a smart man to me!
I'm an aircraft builder in first place and I'm very much tempted by the big scale. When I came back to the hobby I played around with a bunch of kits in all kind of scales. When I made the decision that I want to step into that modeling thing on
a higher level I had a vision of building a collection of model airplanes in one scale. I wanted them to be compareble to each other, because one thing that fascinates me about planes is there variability in size.
So I did a lot of research. Which scale has the most diversity and the most esoteric, fancy stuff? 1/72, for sure. Which scale offers the most potential in details and overall realizm? 1/32 and bigger, we know that. And then there's the scale that's, in my opinion, the compromise between the advantages of the before mentioned scales. So I started my first
serious build and my collection in 1/48. Eight years since then and I'm perfectly okay with it. How I quench my thirst for bigger parts, more details? I switched to armor in 1/35 and try out new techniques on that field. It's a way that works for me but of course it hurts sometimes. Especially when I take a look at those WnW kits that are blinkin' at me like a styrene made Gal Gadot. But hey, I'm a tough guy -lol!
Bruce, to answer your flattering knocks on my wip-doors lately: I'm back on the bench after a summer of nearly no bench time at all and there will be updates
SOON
