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Scale Choices
ClaytonFromEllijay
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Posted: Thursday, August 04, 2016 - 02:04 AM UTC
I'm getting back into the hobby after a 40-odd year interruption...Back then I built exclusively 1/48 aircraft and 1/35 vehicles (mostly because that was all that was available to a pre-internet teenage kid). I'd love to hear from folks that have opinions as to why they choose the scales they do; obviously selection, price, difficulty, space to display, etc. all figure in, but let's hear it!
j76lr
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Posted: Thursday, August 04, 2016 - 02:22 AM UTC

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I'm getting back into the hobby after a 40-odd year interruption...Back then I built exclusively 1/48 aircraft and 1/35 vehicles (mostly because that was all that was available to a pre-internet teenage kid). I'd love to hear from folks that have opinions as to why they choose the scales they do; obviously selection, price, difficulty, space to display, etc. all figure in, but let's hear it!


pretty much the same as you. feel better detail easier to work with . old hands tired eyes cant handle smaller scales.
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Posted: Thursday, August 04, 2016 - 02:32 AM UTC
I like 1/35 vehicles because they allow me to add details more easily than the smaller ones. And they look better
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Posted: Thursday, August 04, 2016 - 02:36 AM UTC

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I like 1/35 vehicles because they allow me to add details more easily than the smaller ones. And they look better


Agreed.
RLlockie
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Posted: Thursday, August 04, 2016 - 02:49 AM UTC
Tiny parts are tiny parts. I've never found that it made much difference what scale they are - the larger the scale, the more precise the detail needs to be for the same effect in my experience.
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Posted: Thursday, August 04, 2016 - 03:31 AM UTC
I enjoy 1/35 the best.
1/48 as a second choice,also for selection and space.
Airfix for example have a great selection of kits,but none in 1/35 all 1/48.I built their Merlin Helicopter which was very precise,but in 1/35 would be huge.
I have a Hind and a Chinook dio from a few years back that I still haven't finished for lack of room.

Tom
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