Seen this not so little puppy?

[Darren Howie]

Wow, I'm not generally a tank guy but a 1:18 TII would be pretty cool

Well there already is the rather awesome collection of Trumpeter stuff in 1/16th almost all of which are very nice. The King Tiger is a ripper and massive. Some great kits inc the MkIV and the humungous Jadgetiger all with full interiors.

1/18th is a strange scale for armor given the already large number of very nice stuff from a few manufacturers out and a long list of new stuff coming.

[ringleheim]

This relates to the thread I created about scale in the general section.

 

This kit (which is huge!) begs the question: what scale or size for a given subject is just right?  What is too big?  What is too small?

 

I have been working on a 1/16 scale Panzer IV from Trumpeter off and on for a year now.  At first I loved the huge scale and all the interior detail.  Now that the tank is approaching completion, I don't like it!  I find it to be somewhat toy like in size (not detail), and it kind of matches the scale a lot of toys were made in when I was a kid, like the huge original GI Joe Dolls or Barbie Doll stuff and what not.

 

I.E., for a WWII tank, I'd suggest 1/16 is "Wrong" and actually too big.  I find 1/35 often too small for armor however...

 

If I could make my own model of an Mi-24 (one of my all time favorite things), I don't think I'd go with 1/18!  It's just too damn big! When a model starts to get too big, it starts to look weird.  It loses the "small scale replica" effect, if anyone can relate to what I'm rambling on about.

 

This Mi-24 is interesting to me for this reason.  It pushes "scale" to the limit....and beyond.

 

Too big!

[Tony T]

 

I agree about super large kits entering the Tonka Toy class, but without the latter's sturdiness.

 

For me 1/32 is perfect for modern fighter/attack jets, twin props and maybe 1/24 is for single engine WW2 props.

 

1/48 is ideal for four-motors (but ill-served for British subjects, props and jets alike), and 1/72 for very large aircraft including airliners.

 

I've got out of the must-be-all-the-same-scale box and no longer do armour, but if I wanted to build creepy crawlies and choppers again it would be great if these were 1/24-1/25, like a lot of truck and car kits.

 

Tony

[wunwinglow]

I've become absolutist about scale. A major part of the collection in my head is to show the relative sizes and proportions between the machines depicted, and I find the mishmash effect of different scaled models alongside each other just way too jarring and distracting. I picked 1:32 primarily because of WNW being launched and it grew from there. I had lots of 48th kits so I can see the advantage of the smaller scales, but WNW ae not 1:48......

For me, there is far more to do already available, if new kits come along that fit my requirements fine, but outside 32, just can't be distracted.

Edited September 23, 2017 by wunwinglow