I am not sure if i want to do something different and try 1/72 scale kits. I was wonderign what you had to say about themin apposed to 1/35. Also I am not sure if I even know how much more smaller they actually are, could you guys give me a number for length or send me a picture of one compared to 1/35. Thanks.
My personal opinion is that I like 1/35, because the parts are a bit larger to work with. There seems to me more after market parts as well. The larger the scale tends to have more detail. Some of our 1/72 specialists might disclaim my opinions which are just fine. They do a tremendous job on those braille kits. I/72 is about half the size of 1/35.
I persinally do not like 1/72 as I find them lacking in detail. However, I’m sure may 1/72 specialists would disagree with me, which is fine. I just do not have the patience (nor skill) to work with these tiny models. tigerman is right, they’re about half the size (a little smaller actually). So take an average 1/35, and cut in half ALL of it’s dimensions, so you ultimately get a model that is about 1/4 in actual size compared to the 1/35, so pretty small 
I like 1/35 because here in Manila, these are found most commonly. The details are also better than that of 1/72. However, I would like to build 1/72 armor in the future as I have already done some 1/72 planes.
I started building my armor in 1/72 scale. Its a good scale if you dont have a lot of space. For example a Hasegawa 1/72 M4 sherman is about 3.5 inches long compared to the 6.5 of a 1/35 Tamiya Sherman. The Hasegawa kits are old but simple to put together.There also cheap, around $6.00 They arent detail packed but are easy enoughIf your looking for a a good kit that takes less than a day to assemble try picking up one of the new DML 1/72 kits. Thier great little kits and have plently of detail. They go for around $.10.00 Pick one up and see if you like biulding in this small of scale.
Personally i like the small scale because they dont take up to much room and i can put 2 or three of them in a diorama for about the cost of 1 1/35 scale tank or truck…
Hope this helps
Matt[^][2c]
I just love doing 1/72 and puuting extra details, etc. on them. they are cheap, still got fairly good detail, and don’t take as long to do.
If you’ve been building 1/35 armor for a long time, doing the 72nd is something for a change & a challenge.
1/72 scale is to small for my tastes. I have trouble handling the 1/35th scale parts some times.
mark956
1/72 (and 1/76) are very interesting for many reasons, I think. One reason is space, or lack of… Even dioramas with buildings and several vehicles are still ‘manageable’. When you are using public transport to go to shows, having little models and therefore little boxes is better, WAY better. Also, display space is limited at home, and large scale models most often than not find themselves relegated in boxes in the loft…
Price can also be a reason, although I have to admit that a lot of braille scale kits are expensive, particularly if you venture into resin kits, but then a 1/35 resin kit by, say, Accurate Armour, is most often than not outside my ‘budget’. However, even with little money, you can model masterpieces from the Revell range, and even from Italeri/ESCI’s.
Choice is just about fantastic. Even only taking into account ‘traditional’ injected plastic kits, the choice is immense and still growing. Growing a lot. Add to that resin and metal kits, you can just about model anything that ever existed in those scales. Check the websites of companies such as Scale Link, Retromodels, SMA, Fine Scale Factory, SHQ, Millicast and MMS to nane but just a few!
Accessories and figures tended to be what let braille scale down, but things are changing and fast. Figures are now easy to find in resin and metal: again, check SHQ’s website…! But also find out about MIG, Millicast, SMA’s offerings. Tools and jerrycans, no problems anymore, Plenty to choose from. Decals, transfers, PE sets to update kits, PE sets for foliage, for balconies and gates to add to your dioramas: lots of them around now.
Good thing too, it’s also easy to find other vehicles to put alongside your AFVs at those scales; there are many companies (Matador, Scale Link to name but two) who have tons of buses, coaches, civilian trucks and cars to complete great looking, realistic dioramas.
Just do it (as they say!)
[#ditto]I like 1:35’s but the new 1:72’s are now packed with details almost like 1:35’s, I also agree that 1:72 has more dio potencial. I still do 1:35’s but soon I might convert to 1:72 space-space-space! is also an issue, as well as money sometimes![:o)][:)]
Note the piccy of my Revell Panzer IV here http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13165 . That was 8 euro´s (10 US) and all I did to it was remove a skirt panel and add zimmerite… Loadsa fun and the only Revell kits worth buying. However, I do prefer the 1:35 kits, because you don’t end up blind. The 72´s are great for chucking together and testing techniques.
I love 1/35th because of the greater detail and accesories, but can see the advantages of 1/72. Cost and size impact just about everyone! Two advantages to the smaller scale as far as dioramas are concerned: they are quite close to ho/oo scale railway products, which means access to a bewildering array of diorama accesories at a range of prices, and scale space, as in the smaller scale makes it a lot easier to show realistic distances and numbers, e.g. it would be a logistical nightmare to show an armoured column or a tank engagement in 1:35, yet it is much more possible an affordable to do it in 1:72. Imagine a Kusrk diorama! Hmmm… who made good kits again?[:P]
It looks like just about everything, on both sides, has been pretty well covered. I like 1/35, myself, for my main armor modeling efforts, but I really like getting my hands on 1/72, too. They go together much easier (for the most part) and look pretty cool when finished. I built and painted DML’s 1/72 Elefant in less than 8 hours, total. It took me longer than that just to do the tracks for my 1/35 Elefant. DML has some nice stuff out (if you can get around the errors in the instructions), Revell Germany has some neat kits, especially their Tiger’s, and Trumpeter is coming out with some very soon. I’ve got an ESCI and an Airfix kit, and am not impressed with either. I had MUCH trouble with the ESCI kits tracks. I’ve seen others on the forum tout how good the ESCI kits are, but I don’t care for them.
Anyway, the point is, I consider 1/72 kits a real nice break from the intensity of the 1/35 kits. They, to me, are very relaxing, and I can actually finish one in a reasonable amount of time. So, I like both scales. My thoughts are, if you find a kit in either scale that you like, go ahead and build it. My 2 cents.
A few months ago I picked up a little 1/72 T-28, VLS was having a sale of discontinued items, it cost about five bucks and came with PE fenders and other stuff. Made into a nice model. There are PE sets, resin, figures. If you’ve bilt a 1/72 aircraft you can for sure do a tank. As far as the actual building process goes you’re still going to do all those things one does to create a good model; seam lines, sanding, airbrushing. I don’t really see that much difference except for time and size.
G.L.
Thanks, hey can you send me the links to some of those websites, also where could I find if at all possible figures in 1/72
I think ABER should make some 1/72 scale detail kits so we could all shoot ourselves in the head trying to assemble them ! how about 1/72 tool racks alone [:D][B)]
If Aber did a 1/72 fret, it would probably be as big as their 1/35 frets, but with 2 to 4 times the items on it! Man, could you imagine those 3 piece clamps in 1/72??? Holy cow!
Bill
I build 1/72 scale armor too. I love it, although many times it leaves you with eye strains. Sacrifices. Any way, check out these two web sights. The first one is great. They are in Belgum. Thousands (literally) of 1/72 and 1/76 scale figs (the scales are interchangeable, 4 inch difference in real life). This place has almost everything. When you get there scroll down and click on 1/72
www.tracks-n-troops.com
The next place makes 1/76 scale resin models. All WWII. They make the best figures available.
www.milicast.com
Hope it helps.
you’ll find them all here:
http://www.theminiaturespage.com/man/?sort=s
That’s a link to the ‘S’ page where you can check Scale Link , SHQ and S&S for instance. But do check the other pages for the other manufacturers.
Thanks, I cant wait to try doing 72nd scale, I am yougn so hopefully I will ahve the eyes.