1/72

Welcome Robert . I build mostly 1/48 Aircraft, but enjoy doing a 1/72 model now & then.

Regards, Rick

I agree Robert. I've been saying that for awhile. In fact, I'd like to see a comprehensive article about weathering 1/72 scale Armor. There are pleny of books and articles on doing 1/35th scale Armor, but nothing on 1/72 scale stuff! I'd even be willing to read a two or three part article that has to be spread over several issues, as long as it's comprehensive!

I concur!
I'm too cheap and poor to buy them 1/35, and I wish the FSM would do something about it!

Visit http://www.ontheway.us/ and go the articles section. This site is devoted to only 1/72 scale armor and there is a comprehensive article on small scale construction, painting and weathering.

Very informative website that has links to other 1/72 scale armor websites, manufacturers, and kit reviews.

WOW! that's a cool site!

STUPID QUESTION ALERT! what scale is most popular for armor, 1/72 or 1/35? Isn't 1/72 scale really small for armor? I apologize in advance for my ignorance

1/35 scale is the most popular scale for armor followed by 1/72 scale. 1/72 scale and 1/76 scale (often referred to as "Braille Scale") is very well detailed depending on age of the kit and manufacturer.

That scale lends itself to large scale dioramas that would be impossible to replicate in 1/35 scale unless you dedicated your garage to the dio. The scale is popular with wargamers, again because of the size.

Previously, wargaming armor was very simple and robust due to the fact that they were constantly handled. Scale modelers used the wargame armor to kit bash with regullar models to get a greater variety of more detailed scale models.

The 1/72 scale modelers and 1/72 scale wargamers have started to combine. Italeri has released several kits that include simplified parts for wargamers as well as detailed parts for modelers. The first two kits in this series are the DUKW amphibious cargo truck and the M8 armored car. Two very nice kits that have optional simplified (one piece) suspension or regular detailed suspension.

Here is a picture of the photo etch I use with the 1/72 scale armor I build. Note the penny in the photo:

I didn't even think of the diorama factor. A garage sized diorama would be awsome though. What is wargaming? It sounds interesting. Thanks for your wonderful explanation!

Some people like to recreate battles on large tables that have terrain, buildings, forest, etc. replicated in small scale. They play out these battles (like Battle of the Bulge of D-Day) using 1/76, 1/72 or HO scale armor and soldiers. Some people have entire basements devoted to wargaming.

So is it a re-enactment of real divisional movements? It would make a really cool war game. A friend could bring over a force, then use dice or something and "battle" each other. It sounds like a lot of fun. I had a buddy in highschool(4 years ago) who did something similar, but he would set his pieces, take a picture, then move the pieces a little more. It would end up being a 15 minute movie of a battle. I wish I could do stuff like that. It was awsome.

When I was a kid, my friends Emmanuel, Jason and I used to wargame our model collections using rules and ROE's taken from the old game "Twilight 2000" and modified from Dungeons and Dragons. We had some incredible battles! Man I miss that!

Ah, Twilight 2000. Now that's a game I've not thought about since college (12 yrs ago). What a great (and incredibly complex) game that was. Seemed character creation took up more time than actual playing, since people were KIA way too often.

I even bought a scenerio for the game that involved the capture or kill of a new raidcal leader in Charles Town, West Virginia. One of the guys I played with was Roy Trask. I'd never heard of the last name, Trask. But a non-player character in the scenerio was named, Reverend Trask. Stranger still, we all lived in WV, and was attending Marshall University in Huntington...though far from Charles Town.

I'm rambling now, I can tell...

Wish I could see 1:72!! My old eye's can just make out the 1:35th scale...Next I'll be building 1:6th LOL"RC"

QUOTE: Originally posted by Duke Maddog When I was a kid, my friends Emmanuel, Jason and I used to wargame our model collections using rules and ROE's taken from the old game "Twilight 2000" and modified from Dungeons and Dragons. We had some incredible battles! Man I miss that!

Armorama has had on going "Twilight 2000" (T2K) group builds for several years. Participants make up all sorts of storylines to go with their "what if" contraptions. Very interesting models come out of those T2K GBs.

Sweet! I'll have to go check that out. I can imagine what cool things have been built.

1/72 is very popular for us condo dwellers as well.

I build many 1/72 kits. The detail is great, they're cheap, and easy to scratch build interiors in them (quickly, that is). I just love them!

FYI, the 1/72 scale armor builder's number 1 reference site, On The Way, is back online. It has a new address though. The ".us" address I listed above is no longer valid. The new url for On The Way is: http://www.ontheway.org.uk

QUOTE: Originally posted by stukabomb88 I build many 1/72 kits. The detail is great, they're cheap, and easy to scratch build interiors in them (quickly, that is). I just love them!

i agree with you stuka 99.99999 % except on the building of the int i build 1/72 all the time but find 1/35 easier on the int building

I build 1/72 aircraft almost exclusively. Adding fine detail to the larger scales is comparitively easy to 1/72. I reeeeeaaly wish that I would see more info & tips on this stuff, or even better yet, a dedicated forum. Any leads for 1/72 aircraft forums?