I’ve completed 5 Warhammer models
I’ve built 5 Aircraft:
An Italeri V-22, a russian Berkut, a JU-288, an F-16 slightly modified to represent anAFTI with front canards, and a F-51D Mustang.
Two Tanks both perhaps to much work for my ability: a german anti-aircraft tank and a modern APC
In the past, I built all the american battleships and a couple carriers.
And a variety of other things, Mecha, Saturn V, Shuttle and a few cars.
My LHS has a limited selection and I am at a loss for what do do next.
This is sort of a broadened version of a question I asked in the Armor section on First Tank.
I just want peoples suggestions
I have tried narrowing my focus before. That got me into a whole lot of $$trouble$$
I walked into the LHS saying 'no ships, no planes, no armor, no mecha.
As I have said I have built several Warhammer products before spending too much.
I imagine many have ‘walked in my shoes’ before, so suggest away!
Try a Polar Lights Star Trek kit. Neat little kits and people are having a ball building them as intended or kit bashing them into another class of Starship all together! [;)]
You’ve sure got a broad range under your belt there! There aren’t many avenues you haven’t gone down. If it’s been a while since you’ve done a ship, let me recommend the Tamiya destroyer USS Fletcher in 1/350 scale. Affordably priced and a great kit.
Or depending on your budget, why not try a sailing ship? My dad swears by them (and occasionally at them[:D]) but he really enjoys them. Good luck with your decision.
Paul
Whatever you decise, always try to extend yourself a little (push the envelope) - that way you’ll always end up getting a little better every time. And every model will be better than the last.
Nice words, but I have found that “pushing myself” usually ends up in a junk model. My ideas are bigger than my ability. (sort of like my eyes are bigger than my stomache).
I think the best I will do is “push the wet tissue envelope” (very, very lightly).
You have much more experience with differing things than I do myself, so I’m not much help. However, I really enjoy armour, as I tend to get a longer life out of modelling it. I STRONGLY suggest the Tamiya t-34 kit, as I’ve known a lot of people to use that kit as a stepping stone for getting back into the hobby. Definitely a nice little kit, not difficult to build or paint at all.
Good luck with your search. Doesn’t really matter what you build, as long as you’re building!
Thanks for all the input. But as the Armor people will be happy to hear, the “Dark Side” drew me back in [:D]
I just want to say that Tanks are EXPENSIVE. I had seen the Leopard 2 A5 and I thought it was cool looking. (not sure about the tri-color scheme though)
There was a Tamiya version $50 and an Italeri version $25 (gee, I wonder which one I got). I would have bought the Tamiya knowing it would have plenty of detail, but I didn’t want to spend $50.
Good choice to stay with armour. It is good that you have tried such a variety of different subjects. I tried planes, ships, sci-fi, cars…the lot; but I just can’t get inspired to do anything but armour now.
Italeri are really good value here in Oz too, as are Academy. Sometimes Tamiya are worth the extra, but quite often the half price kit isn’t half the quality, and can be fun to fix it’s minor flaws. Good luck with the Leopard, you know all the good folks over at the darkside will look after you!
zokissima – do you happen to know the kit number for that particular Tamiya T-34? I’d love to try an armor piece and that sounds like a good one to start with. It looks like Tamiya released a couple different versions of the T-34. I’m not sure how similar they are.
Hey why dont you give a monogram bomber a try, they are easy to build, that is if you have built alot of them as I have, and are realitivly inexpensive, and if you build them right you can end up with an award winning model like me, with only the addition of a little scratch building, or alot, depends on what you definition of alot or a little is, but anyways just try one
I would recomend the B-25J as a starter kit, iyts cheap, has good detail, and the only dissapointing part I found with it is the fit with the nose section, but even a one eyed mokey with a cut up hand could fix that. But whatever you choose, just give Monogram a try.
How about some scratchbuilding a subject , whatever it may be. This will get you into some research and materials search, but the end result would be a confidence builder.
Or you can scratchbuild Sci-fi or fantasy subject matter in which anything goes!
