Go ahead and enjoy building and finishing your rare kits; unless, you can sell them for a profit (easier said than done). I find that some rare kits are typically older and do not have the quality of today’s kits.
When I was a kid, I attempted to build Monogram’s Wright Flyer. Total fail on my part. Could not get the struts to line up and did not have anything like a biplane jig to assist with mounting the top wing. I finally made another attempt earlier this year, some 40 years after my first failed effort, and this time I was successful.
The 1/350 USS Texas I did earlier this year was intimidating only for all the PE ladders and rails, but that turned out to be almost a piece of cake.
There are lots of parts in the Airfix 1/24 Typhoon, but there were more in the 1/24 Mosquito. The Typhoon won’t be a problem.
i also have the 1/72 Fine Molds Millennium Falcon, and while there are a lot of parts, where I would say I have some dread about it is my plan to light that bad boy up - engine, cockpit, running lights. I put some wheat lights in a Monogram Hu-16 I did; they work but are not bright at all. I had more success using LEDs to light up a Moebius Iron Man, but I’ve never tackled anything as big as the Falcon with lights. I will likely take a stab at the Revell Republic Cruiser, Fine Molds Slave 1 or Fine Molds Y-Wing before attempting the Falcon. In other words, I will work through smaller projects to build confidence before tackling something like the Falcon.
All the time. I have just recently started model building again after decades of hardly doing it at all. I have a few excellent unbuilt kits that I’m not wanting to attempt at this point, so I’m practicing on cheaper kits until I’m more confident about my skill level.
Old Airfix, Hasagawa and Monogram kits are good for practicing and trying out new techniques.
My current goal is the Revell 1/72 Schnellboot s-100 with all the available photo etched parts.
The Model Collect 1/72 T-14 Armata. The PE cage armour on the rear flanks consists of five vertical pieces and 18 horizontols ON EACH SIDE, with the top pieces bent in different places to form the outer frames. I’ve thought of a hundred ways this could go wrong (including a trip to the emergency ward to have it unglued from my fingers), and considering that I’ve never had much luck even with the PE brush guards on 1/72 Dragon Shermans and end up using the plastic parts, I’ve kept putting it off.
There are other things I don’t like about the kit: the unprimed white metal hull and the two piece barrel (their other kits have one-piece barrels with open bores). I’m seriously considering selling it, then getting the Zvezda kit, which does the cages in plastic (though probably a little thicker).
Hi;
To be honest with you,YES! there have some ship kits that I rather back off from. Why? Well they aren’t available in any scale now!
No. I can build them all. Sure, they can be a bit of a challenge to paint and assemble, but I have enough patience to do most anything. At least I think so. They no longer need to be “award winners”, anymore. That takes all the pressure off, and no one realy cares what they look like. Only me, and I just tolerate the final result. I’ve been doing this to long to go nuts on little errors.
Good points. I’m starting to lower the bar myself and have stopped comparing my models to the award winning stuff. I find my family and friends are more impressed with my work than I am.
My adult sons always ride me about my past self critiques, they’ll say things like “Dad, this looks like crap, his left eyebrow is slightly thicker than his right” or “no, that’s not the color of western Ukarainian mud.”
It’s all about how much we enjoy doing this.
LMAO! Sounds like they were raised well… or perhaps have seen a few too many re subtitled “Downfall” clips…
Thanks! and they do love those clips. They’re good men, but they are smart asses. My mom always hit them with the old ‘the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’ cliche.
10 yrs ago I bought Dragon’s 1/35 Tiger “3 in 1” , probably the hobby’s most complex plastic armor kit at the time. I opened it, saw the 1000+ parts and said, “Uh…later!”
Still sitting in the stash!! [:$]