20 questions for modellers

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You asked for it!

Year-1954

First Kit-Comet D.C.6-B wooden airliner

Last Kit- Revell’s Firefighter

Current-Sd.Kfz>-7( Bandai1/48)

Most Proud Of- Revell Offshore Oil Rig

Most Hated-Palmer-Buick Le-sabre

Most favorite-Perkasa Patrol Boat by Tamiya? Original Issue

Most memorable? M.P.C.1/24 Scale “General” Locomotive!

Most Finished- Probably about a thousand? Given up on 40

Backlogged- Over two Hundred

Favorite Genre- Working Vessels (Tankers,Tugs,Container Ships etc)

Least Liked -R.R.Scenery

No Interest, But enjoy? Dios

Favorite Step-Last stroke of paint from a brush.

Most hated? Decalling !

Most used Color-Waterline Red (M.M.Rust)

Least Used Color-Gloss Anything

Favorite Tool-X-ActoKnife

Least Used-Fold-Mate P.E.Tool

Would Love to Own- 3-D Printer

How often do I model?-Just about every day even if only for an hour or so.

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I’ve been pondering this subject for a few days.

Year started. 1959

Fist kit Strombecker USS Ruderrow Destoyer Escort.

Last kit Tamiya 1/35 Panther Aust G Last production

Current 1/48 Tamiya Firefly (tank)

Most proud of. Too many to list. I have almost every thing that Tamiya, Revell, Monogram, Italerei, Academy, Tasca, DML (Dragon), made. Many Hasegawa, ESCI and many others. Some a few times.

Most Hated. None, I like them all. At the moment

Most Favorite. Let me get back to you… Okay a kit I remember as not too great to do is the original NCC 1701 USS Enerprise.by AMT. Bad fit. You can see this model on the original Star Trek episode “The Doomsday Machine”. It becomes the USS Constellation.

Most memorable. Revell Large scale USS Constitution. Yes I built it 1967, but I loved the rigging I did on it. I weathered the deck, painted the crew, etc. It didn’t survive when I moved to an apartment in 1973.

Most Finished. 1000+ could be more

Backlogged. 1500.

Favorite Genra. 1/35 Armor. All types, all nations.

Least Liked. Cars

No interest. Cars

Favorite Step Painting, air brushing.

Most hated, disliked. Painting A/C canopies

Most used color. Toss up between German Dark Grey, German Dunkle Gelb, or Olive Drab.l

Least used. Metalic car colors

Favorite tool. Airbrush

Least used tool. Scale ruler

Would love to own. More shelf space

How often do I model. Everyday, 2 hours more or less.

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Year you started building-Built some as a kid, early 1970’s

First kit built-As an adult 1/350 Titanic

Last kit built-1/350 Titanic

Current project-1/350 Lusitania

Kit you’re most proud of-Titanic, it’s the only one lol

Kit you hated the most-Same as above, Minicraft Titanic, junky parts

Favourite kit you ever built-Current one

Most memorable kit you ever built-N/A

How many kits have you finished and how many have you given up on/shelved for another time-Built one, shelved none

How many kits do you have in the backlog (estimate)-2

Favourite genre-Ocean Liners

Least liked genre-Sci-Fi

Genre you have no interest in building but enjoy looking at-Sailboats

Favourite step in a project-Research

Most hated step in a project-Brush painting, followed closely by photo etch

Most used paint colour-Flat white

Least used paint colour-many

Favourite tool-Airbrush, Compressor, Foredom tool

Least used tool on your hobby desk-Styrene saw

Tool you wish you owned-Lathe/Mill

How often do you get to model and where do you do it?-Daily, kitchen counter for now

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Man this topic took off like wild fire. Time to do it myself.

Year you started building

Some time in the early 90s

First kit built

A box of Games Workshop Space Marines where I glued the guns on backwards.

Last kit built

A Star wars diorama with battle droids from Fantasy flight games.

Current project

Deqoo LBX from Bandai. Doing it as a police anti-riot robot.

Kit you’re most proud of

HGUC 1/144 Zaku. It just turned out so damn well.

Kit you hated the most

RG Refined barzam conversion kit. It didn’t fit at all and the plastic felt cheap.

Favourite kit you ever built

HG Ginn from Gundam SEED. Love the design and the kit just works.

Most memorable kit you ever built

Resin kit of Eva 02 I’m still working on. It’s the size of a football.

How many kits have you finished and how many have you given up on/shelved for another time

Probably 20 kits I’ve finished to a degree I’m happy with. I’m not counting snapfits, just full paint jobs. I’ve given up on countless kits, I like experimenting and often find it doesn’t work out.

How many kits do you have in the backlog (estimate)

50 not including miniatures and board games I want to paint up

Favourite genre

Mecha.

Least liked genre

Boats

Genre you have no interest in building but enjoy looking at

Armour. Find the craftsmanship to be legendary but I struggle to build tanks myself.

Favourite step in a project

Decals. They’re simple and fun to apply.

Most hated step in a project

Seam filling. I need to improve my technique here. That’s my next experiment.

Most used paint colour

Vallejo’s iraqui sand or Camo black brown.

Least used paint colour

Anything by army painter that isn’t black. Poor coverage.

Favourite tool

Scalpel. I like scraping over sanding.

Least used tool on your hobby desk

Soldering iron. I need to learn to use it properly.

Tool you wish you owned

3D printer. So good for diorama details.

How often do you get to model and where do you do it?

At my desk and it varies greatly. Poor health can mean I don’t get to model at all for weeks or can spend a full day modeling no problem.

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Year you started building? Can’t remember but some time in the 70’s

First kit built? Can’t remember but probably one of the Lifelike/Lindberg 1/32 car kits from the local 5 & Dime (“Motts”)

Last kit built? The last one I finished was probably a 1/35 Bronco Hotchkiss H35/38

Current project? A 1/35 BA-6 Armored Car/Sci-Fi Death Ray conversion and a 1/35 Polish 7TP Tank from a company called Spojnia (I think)

Kit you’re most proud of? Probaly my 1/400 Eastern Express Pre-Dreadnaught Potempkin (it was my 1st kit that I did since restarting building a few years ago)

Kit you hated the most? Nothing recently, though when I was young I remember really messing up some 1/32 scale car (I think it may have been their 1936 Ford Roadster) - it wasn’t really the kit that was a problem I was just having a hard time and my brother and his freind kept pestering me. I think I ended up throwing it in the trash, but later dug it out and tried to repair it the best I could.

Favourite kit you ever built? Probably my 1/426 scale USS Arizona, when I was a kid. I think it was probably my first really big kit (at least it seemed big when I was younger)

Most memorable kit you ever built? I remember getting a 1/72 B-17 one year and a Revell/Monogram USS Constitution another time. I didn’t really do either of them justice but they were fun to work on and looked impresive to me when done (at least from a distance [:P])

How many kits have you finished and how many have you given up on/shelved for another time? Right now I have a handful of shelved stuff I think mostly because real life intervenes, or I hit a point where I’m not sure how to proceed.

How many kits do you have in the backlog (estimate)? Too many (Dozens)

Favourite genre? Probably ships, though I do have a several planes in my stash and lately I’ve been on a WWI/interwar/Early WWII armor kick

Least liked genre? Hard to say. I guess I never got into much Japanese Anime or Giant Robot stuff. Also, although I like SciFi in general, I never really got into building any Star Wars, Star Trek or Battle Star Gallactica stuff.

Genre you have no interest in building but enjoy looking at - Not sure

Favourite step in a project - Starting

Most hated step in a project - Finishing

Most used paint colour - Primer Gray and Primer White

Least used paint colour - Yellows and Oranges (I tend to have trouble with them)

Favourite tool - Exacto Saw

Least used tool on your hobby desk - Not Sure, maybe my tank track link aligner, but that may just be that I’ve only haad 1 kit to use it on so far.

Tool you wish you owned - Don’t know, maybe a mini lathe or the tools to make my own decals or photo etch

How often do you get to model and where do you do it? - Right now its been very erratic. At first working from home left me with a little extra time, but lately work has been eating more and more into what would normally be my free time, so I have two kits in suspension for the last couple weeks right now.

Pat

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Year you started building

Approximately 1970 when I was 3-years-old

First kit built

Monogram P-40B Flying Tiger 1/48

Last kit built

Hobby Boss F-105D Thunderchief 1/48

Current project

Monogram F-106A Delta Dart 1/48

Kit you’re most proud of

Trumpeter SBD-3 Dauntless 1/32

Kit you hated the most

Guess I’ll go with an AMT-Ertl P-40E that I built a few years ago

Favourite kit you ever built

Kinda tough question, but I’ll go with the Tamiya F-4U Corsair, with the old MPC X-Wing that I built probably half a dozen times as a youngster a close second

Most memorable kit you ever built

Gotta say the Moebius Iron Man Mk. VI that I built around the time of the first Avengers movie that I lit up with LEDs for the eyes, chest ARC reactor thing, and the repulsors in his hands

How many kits have you finished and how many have you given up on/shelved for another time

Over the course of my building life from age 3 to now, a rough guess would be more than 1000. I gave up on 3 within the last 10 years (and when I say gave up, I mean I brought down Thor’s hammer on them).

How many kits do you have in the backlog (estimate)

In the stash? Roughly 150 - 200.

Favourite genre

WWII aircraft, any nationality

Least liked genre

Automotive subjects

Genre you have no interest in building but enjoy looking at

Ships (but have built two)

Favourite step in a project

On a WWII airplane, when I do the markings (decals or paint the markings with masks), that aircraft starts to look right

Most hated step in a project

Masking the really complex WWII canopy framing, as in on a Ju88

Most used paint colour

Gonna say Model Master Metalizer Aluminum

Least used paint colour

I have a bottle of Model Master Acryl Skin Tone that I rarely open

Favourite tool

I recently acquired a set of Pixnor precision tweezers, and my annoying habit of seeing tiny parts fly off to Never Never Land has just about gone hopefully forever

Least used tool on your hobby desk

A stand with a magnifying glass and a couple of alligator clips

Tool you wish you owned

Would love to get a miniature punch-and-die set

How often do you get to model and where do you do it?

Being unemployed has had its one benefit, which is ample time at the bench. I have a 3-car garage with one bay set up as my workshop, where I do modeling and wood working.

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Year you started building

Early in 1952 with a balsa model diorama of a destroyer refuelling fron a RFA tanker. I wanted to join the RFA

First kit built

A German Loco kit produced, I think, by Airfix.

Last kit built

1/90 scale RC tug.

Current project

Two on the go: Trumpeter 1/35 BR 86 Locomotive and Tamiya 1/350 HMS Hood

Kit you’re most proud of

A balsa and tissue glider that flew gorgeously out to sea from a cliff and crashed spectacularly!

Kit you hated the most

Tie between USS John Brown 1/350 liberty ship and Resin Shipyard HMCS Haida.

Favourite kit you ever built

Don’t have a favourite. A submarine kit I built is in a museum display.

Most memorable kit you ever built

Don’t have one.

How many kits have you finished and how many have you given up on/shelved for another time

No idea on how many but right now I have about 4 or 5 shelved.

How many kits do you have in the backlog (estimate)

Two for sure - two more basically incompete in detail (RC Ships)

Favourite genre

Ships

Least liked genre

Airplanes

Genre you have no interest in building but enjoy looking at

Airplanes

Favourite step in a project

Opening the box

Most hated step in abits left to do! project

When you are almost finished and have

Most used paint colour

Probably some shade of navy grey!

Least used paint colour

?

Favourite tool

My Micromark table saw.

Least used tool on your hobby desk

Extra Hands

Tool you wish you owned

None - I have them all!

How often do you get to model and where do you do it?

At home in my downstairs shipyard just about every day given the Covid situation!

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-Year you started building:

-First kit built:

1/35 Academy 35(t).

-Last kit built:

1/35 Tamiya Horch 1a.

-Current project:

1/35 Dragon initial Hummel.

-Kit you’re most proud of:

1/35 Academy Tiger I( plenty of inaccuracies but the paint job came out alright).

-Kit you hated the most:

The Italeri “General” Patton but I probably messed up.

-Favourite kit you ever built:

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger, everything fit together perfectly and had crisp detail.

-Most memorable kit you ever built:

Probably the Academy 35(t).

-How many kits have you finished and how many have you given up on/shelved for another time:

About 30-35 and 2 currently shelved.

-How many kits do you have in the backlog:

-Favourite genre:

WW2 German armour.

-Least liked genre:

Civil aircraft.

-Genre you have no interest in building but enjoy looking at:

Aircraft carriers and old cars.

-Favourite step in a project:

Weathering and recently scratchbuilding.

-Most hated step in a project:

Filling gaps.

-Most used paint colour:

Dark yellow.

-Least used paint colour:

Bright pink.

-Favourite tool:

Xuron sprue cutters.

-Least used tool on your hobby desk:

Styrene saw.

-Tool you wish you owned:

3D printer.

-How often do you get to model and where do you do it?

8-12 hours a week depending on work. I model in my shed at 2 desks.

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Too new to modelling to really justify this, but it seems like fun.

Year you started building

September 2019

First kit built

Tamiya Honda Ajinomoto (YouTube just made me want to start off with a superbike, so I chose the coolest looking one on the shelf).

Last kit built

Tamiya Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.D (my 2nd try)

Current project

Revell F1 BMW Sauber/Revell USS Arizona

Kit you’re most proud of

Tamiya Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.D (it’s the only model currently displayed).

Kit you hated the most

Tamiya Marder III (No problem with the kit per se, but I used it as an experiment to see if I could build the entire model AND THEN paint (which someone told me I could), and it turned out to be a disaster.

Favourite kit you ever built

Fujimi Ford GT40 MKII (Binned, but I just received my 2nd one. LOVE the look of this car!!)

Most memorable kit you ever built

Same

How many kits have you finished and how many have you given up on/shelved for another time

I’ve attemped about 6-7 kits. Gave one away (it looked terrible), displaying one currently, and binned the rest.

How many kits do you have in the backlog (estimate)

Three

Tamiya McLaren MP4/5 (big Senna fan!)

Tamiya F1 Ferrari F310b (Lesser Schumacher fan, but it was cheap!)

Fujimi Ford GT40 MKII

Favourite genre

Formula One cars. I love the hobby, but it would be such an honor to get paid to make them for others (not sure if I’ve said something sacrilegious, but that’s truly how I feel).

Least liked genre

Airplanes. They seem like the hardest models to get looking right.

Genre you have no interest in building but enjoy looking at

Models based on movie franchises.

Favourite step in a project

Cutting, sanding, glueing.

Most hated step in a project

Finishing. This is the part that separates the beginners from the moderates/pros.

Most used paint colour

Black

Least used paint colour

Probably yellow. My bottle is actually black since I use it to hold pieces for airbrusing.

Favourite tool

Airbrush is cool but it comes with a lot of cleaning, so I’m going to have to go with sander. It’s the calm before the storm. [:(((]

Least used tool on your hobby desk

Putty maybe. If you’re talking about actual tools: I don’t know.

Tool you wish you owned

Maybe a better airbrush someday, but for the moment I’d rather go through more models.

How often do you get to model and where do you do it?

About 4-5 hours a week, dining room table.

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1974

Yellow indy car

Shot down OH-6 loach diorama

1:350 Trumpeter Nimitz

1:32 F-14 Tomcat

1:48 B-29

Maybe 75% finished, 25% scrapped.

One in-work, none waiting

1:48 planes

Paper models

Wood ships

Gathering supplies, researching

Freehand Detail painting, suffer from CSS

MM36320

Light blue

Magnifying visor

Pin vise

Airbrush (in the works)

All afternoon (now) / dining room table