I love making things

Welcome to the Forums!

Welcome to the forums!  

Welcome to the Forums! Glad to have you aboard.

Jim  

Welcome. This is a place with a lot of helpful folks.

What you love will be up to you, gained through trying different things. Be sure to try a wide range of subjects. Cars, airplanes, armor, sci-fi, Gundam, whatever. Liking what you end up with is important.

As for challenge, it's overcoming obstacles. A lot of modelers, myself included, find beating an old AMT muscle car kit into shape, or a Hawk airplane kit from the 50's, is the true test of skill.

Welcome aboard.

Bish

Welcome aboard.

 

Your friend, Toshi & Ezra

Funny,i saw the title about "love making" and said to myself,"i wonder where this is going".

But then I got it.  Welcome to the forim.

Sorry, I never pay attention to skill levels on kits. They are just kits with instructions to follow.  Anyone can glue plastic parts together with instructions even in the most challenging models.

The real skill is in the techniques you learn and use to make that model look good to you, or a judge if you are into competitions. Skills that help make it more fun are learning or maybe even finding a new weathering technique. Airbrushing is quite the challenge if you haven't ventured into that. Some people use aftermarket parts and not only more detail is added but then it adds more of a challenge to paint the detail. You have to find a way to make every model an adventure for you.

Once you glue that plastic together it's a blank canvas and that's when you really start to use your skills to make it what you want it to be.

Tickmagnet

Sorry, I never pay attention to skill levels on kits. They are just kits with instructions to follow.  Anyone can glue plastic parts together with instructions even in the most challenging models.

The real skill is in the techniques you learn and use to make that model look good to you, or a judge if you are into competitions. Skills that help make it more fun are learning or maybe even finding a new weathering technique. Airbrushing is quite the challenge if you haven't ventured into that. Some people use aftermarket parts and not only more detail is added but then it adds more of a challenge to paint the detail. You have to find a way to make every model an adventure for you.

Once you glue that plastic together it's a blank canvas and that's when you really start to use your skills to make it what you want it to be.

I second that.  Don't pay too much attention to the skill levels, but build what you like, the way you like.  Welcome to the forums, Darth!  I look forward to seeing what you build, regardless of what the manufacturer says the "skill level" is.

Best regards,

Brad

GMorrison

Welcome. This is a place with a lot of helpful folks.

What you love will be up to you, gained through trying different things. Be sure to try a wide range of subjects. Cars, airplanes, armor, sci-fi, Gundam, whatever. Liking what you end up with is important.

As for challenge, it's overcoming obstacles. A lot of modelers, myself included, find beating an old AMT muscle car kit into shape, or a Hawk airplane kit from the 50's, is the true test of skill.

 

 

I guess when i say challengei mean,  i just hate those models that like hey i glued together 4 parts im done!