when I started modeling, it was tanks and planes. of course the usual took place, then got back into it. got better and better(to my pleasing)at armor and aircraft, learning photo-etch and resin, scratchbuilding… not over some very few years, I’ve learned how to build ships, submarines, and now venturing into cars. I had an ‘influence’ I guess to say, on trying these new realms. my question is: have you been stuck on a certain subject, and some ‘out-of-the-blue’ person says “why not try…” something different and apply those skills you know to something else… has this happened to you??
as you see Doc, same thing happened here. spaced it all out like we was talking, and there it is bunched all together 10-4!!
Started with planes,went to ships,and finally added armor,been sticking with these three over the years
I went in the opposite direction. My first few models were aircraft,then I started getting tanks, ships, cars, semi-trucks, engines, dinosaurs. I cut down to just ships and aircraft a few years ago, and then down to just aircraft (with a few ships)
I was an “any air force, any era” kind of guy,and had to cut down to a more narrow grouping to simplify things.
I do find myself letting “off topic” aircraft creep back into the collection, though,there is something about a Tiger Moth, or Typhoon, or even a US F-89 that calls to me at the shows and shops. And I have absolutely no idea why I have a Japanese Betty in the stash, other than Anne saw it cheap at a model contest.
Rex
Aircraft…then stockcars…than street cars…back to aircraft