Just how many times have you built that same model? Why? Are you obsessive? Did you screw it up the first time? Do you think you can just do a better job if you build one more after that first test model? Are you building a sqadron of aircraft? Building a diorama…or just plan off kilter a little, and build the same model over and over?
I’m thinking I can do a better job on my 1/48 spitfire, and it was fun to build. But are’nt they all?
Cease
Hey Cease,
I’ve built a dozen CH-53s in /72. Four models were used on a ship dio, some were put in sqn. disply cases to compare Nato-to-Soviet acft, and a few were used in transfer/retirement plaques. I have another eighteen -53 kits spread out between /144,/72,and /48 scales solely for my own enjoyment now. The /144 scale helos are to used in a dio with a /144 c-130 to HONOR/NEVER FORGET three of my friends/sqn mates who never came back from the aborted ‘hostage rescue attempt’ (iran) of '80.
Sometimes I think there is something about the lines of an acft, just like the lines of your car (why did we buy it is the first place) that keeps drawing us back. I initially joined the service to be an electrician on the F-4 but was put into helos because of a higher mechanical score. I never tire of looking at F-4s, after doing some more helos I might start one of my eight F-4 kits.
Brian
Do 109’s count? If so, then my answer is ‘plenty’. [;)]
I built 3 Kingtigers.
Brian,
I thought when I posted this note that my intentions were inoscent enough, but after reading your post, I second guess that thought. Being a professional modeler, especially building retirement models for the military would be a great reason to build the same model dozens of times. Also, after mentioning the lost of your ship mates in the C-130, it proves modeling can be a cathartic experiance to help you heal from your loss. My appologies for any slight of intention that I may have impossed.
Best regards,
Cease
I’ve built the M-36 Jackson twice. the first time, I screwed up horribly. the second time… (it was a repair on the first one, not two seperate kits) I gave up.
I have several of everything! 6 Tomcats, 3 Blackhawks, 3 Super Hornets, 2 Legacy Hornets, the list goes on and on, the only thing I think I have one of is an old A-6 kit and a RM F-15 kit!
Hey Cease,
I think you started a great thread topic here. During Forum roaming I’ve noticed numerous modelers constructing another like plane/helo/tank. They might change from a(first) high to a (second) low vis paint and marking, a different series, diff theaters, or something as little as a antenna relocation. You’ve asked a great modelling/modeler question.
I thoroughly enjoyed building the models used for transfer/retirement plaques. I’m only a +/- 1 half(haha)decent modeler and learn something everyday here at FSM. Luckily, I had an OIC who allowed funds from our coffee mess to pay for models and supplies, I supplied the joy of building (of course, the look on the face of the plaque receiver was…priceless).
sorry, my -130 dio line should have gone somewhere else NOW… if you want a laugh and are in photobucket put in search… chrh53d…and see what a old fool trying scratchbuilding is doing to a poor defenseless Rv /48 CH-53D.
Yo,Brian
A couple of Revel’s 1/96 Constitutions and Cutty Sarks. I also have a Corsair addiction.
I’ve built 14 or 15 M151’s in various guises, from backdating to the original to arctic cab to a scrathbuilt ambulance conversion to the Israeli TOW support vehicle which was a virtual scratchbuilding project based on the AEF conversion. I have about a dozen M113 based vehicles including a conversion to the original TOW equipped vehicle, a conversion based on the TOW manual ilustrations. There are about a half dozem more in the stash.
can you say P-47.
Thad
I like buying kits that I had built as a kid over 30 years ago. Sometimes I build them straight out of box and other times I try to put an updated spin on them by either accurizing the kit or adding some sort of techniques and items that were not available to me as a kid.
I have never build the same model twice. There are so much different subject thet I would like to build them all. I can’t waste my time with building something twice[:P]
But I do have a few “doubles” in my stash, but of very different kits. Like the 1/72 Heller/SMER Hi-Tech Polikarpov I-153 and MPM (vacform) 1/48 I-153.
Two 1/700 WW II Victory cargo ships, one after the other, because I wanted to build one of the ship my Dad served on. After talking to him, I realized that the first model looked nothing like his ships, and wanted to get it right, so …
But that was an aberation, and the first Victory ship was more of a learning experience with resin kits and PE, and me getting back into modeling after a 30-year hiatus. Nope, I would never build the same kit twice … except for those two Williams Bros. Lockheed Electras for my Amelia Earhart diorama …
I’m of the same mind as Rob - I’ve built the Monogram P-40 twice (that I can remember - maybe a third as well) and I have another unbuilt kit. It was one of the first 3 kits I ever had, and I keep going back to it - I guess trying to recapture a little of my youth. My dad came home from work one day and put 3 boxes on the table - the Monogram 1/48 P-40, the Monogram 1/32 P-51D, and the Aurora (I think) 1/72 Huey Cobra. I forget if there was a specific occasion for this or not. He got them at Two Guys in Newark on his lunch break. (Anyone remember that store?) I built all of them without any paint and LOTS of glue - didn’t have any model cement so my father mixed up some epoxy. NEVER USE EPOXY FOR MODELS!!! Anyway, we built them and slapped the decals on - didn’t know how to do decals either, so we left them in the water until they slid off the paper. [#oops] If I only knew then…
That was around 1967 (guesstimate) - then around 1986 or so (still little to no building skills) I got another Monogram P-40 and decided that for variation’s sake I’d build it as a British version. So for some reason I gave it a brown-and-tan camouflage scheme on top and duck-egg blue underneath. And I painted the nose red, white and blue (3 different parts - the spinner and two separate nose pieces - made that almost mistake-free). Never got to the decal stage, though. I just found it gathering dust in the attic and brought it out - the wing assembly is close to falling off, since it was always a poor fit and I didn’t do putty or CA yet when I built it. So I’m duty-bound to get it right the third time. No idea yet, how I’m going to attack it this time, though. LOTS of patience at the very least. And I’ve been scouring eBay for another 1/32 P-51D so I can do that one right.
And then there’s the stash…at least 4 TBD Devastator kits - 2 1/72 Airfix and 2 1/48 Monogram. I’m not sure if I heard a rumor somewhere (here?) about a 1/32 Devastator kit due to release soon, but I’m all over it if it is true! Somewhere down the line the Devastator became my favorite aircraft. My fantasy sports teams are all named the Devastators (prophetically, they all seem to crash & burn too) - and I just plain fell in love with the aircraft, for some reason. To the extent that I’m afraid to try and build any so far, for fear that I’ll screw up and not do it justice.
At least you used water, in my first build I just cut the decals out and glued them on the model (with the backing paper!)[:I]
Remco,
Sorry - I couldn’t help laughing at what you said - but only because I know how that feels. I did a 1/32 Aurora B-25 with my dad shortly after the first kits I described above - this was my first attempt to use paints. Not only did I give the Mitchell a horrific Kelly Green upper surface paint job (and left the lower areas the original silverish plastic color) - I decided that the raised lines where the decals should go meant that I should paint the US insignia rather than use decals. I don’t think I need to say how well that went. It looked pretty good, though, compared to the completely opaque cockpit canopy I ended up with - we were still using epoxy. And we used LOTS of lead fishing weights in the nose to make sure she stood on all 3 wheels.
I’ve built the Tamiya 1:48 Corsair 4 times (2 F4U-1s, a -1A, and a -1D), and several other kits twice. Mostly, just because I like the kits or a/c so much.
i did 8 1/72 zeros all same model company
i got many many duplicates in my stash i build same model with diff color schemes all the time
BTW just to clarify you mean the same model as in the same exact thing from one company right------- not like 10 me109’s from 9 diff companies
I have done five 1940 Ford coupes. They were all done up as my grandfathers NASCAR racer and given to family members. Still have a sixth one to do, for myself.