New here, but not to the hobby

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

New here, but not to the hobby

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 25, 2006 9:33 PM

Hi all,

I'm new to FSM and the forums here. I've been doing some kind of modeling for a couple years now... lots of wargaming miniatures, some various mecha kits, and most recently I'm trying to get myself back into real world models... from the looks of it I'm gonna be a big Russian jet fighter fan and various WWII planes and armor. I'm going to be entering my very first contest on October 7th with any luck, and it'll also being my first time seeing real finished models by other people in person (yay me!)

I'm actually kind of wondering if you veteran guys could help me out... I'm looking for a couple of relatively painless but well detailed and fitting kits for me to work on that won't require much (if any) scratchbuilding/mods/thrid party add ons to complete and have look good when finished. Like I said above, Russian birds, and WWII German armor ideally... in either 1/72, 1/48, or1/32 (maybe.) What I'd really like to do is get more comforatable with some standard techniques and such on these different subjects (I'm a much better weather-er than I am good at laying down basecoats... comes from not having an airbrush.) My personal goal is to get comforatable enough with complex assemblies to get into some larger scale fighters and stuff (1/32 scale aircraft look awesome, but complex as hell.) I want to get my hands on the Academy 1/48 Sukhoi Su-27 and a good Junkers Ju-87 kit... and a couple of armor kits to fool around with, and maybe make a diorama or two.

Thanks for all your help, can't wait to get to know alot of you and stay here for a while!

Ben

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DrewH

Member since
May 2003
From: Abbotsford, B.C. Canada

Posted by DrewH on Monday, September 25, 2006 10:05 PM

Welcome Sign - Welcome [#welcome] Please post often and share your wisdom. Big Smile [:D]

Lots of help here the membership will offer. I learn stuff almost daily. Ask some questions and have some fun too. We're here for each other. Help where you can, we appreciate the input Thumbs Up [tup]

See ya around,

Drew

Take this plastic and model it!

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Monday, September 25, 2006 10:24 PM

Welcome!! We like to help when we can. I've got some Red Star fighters stashed but I can't say how they'd build up. I stick with 1/72 for MiGs.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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david

Member since
September 2006
From: ireland

Posted by david on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 2:46 AM

what ever you do don't do a starfighter I am building one now and it is hard

O and welcome to the forums, david

DAVID

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Dubau

Member since
March 2006
From: Boyertown, PA, USA

Posted by Dubau on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 6:35 AM

Sign - Welcome [#welcome] Home

Bud

" You've experienced a set back, and without set backs and learning how to fix them you'll never make the leap from kit builder to modeler "

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Bgrigg

Member since
May 2005
From: Left forever

Posted by Bgrigg on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:06 AM

to the forums! Pull up a keyboard and stay a while.

Asking for Painless, Well Detailed and Fitting is the Holy Grail of modeling! LOL You can get any two, but not all three!

Well, that's not exactly true, but it's close. Tamiya has great fit and is relatively painless, but isn't always the most detailed or accurate. Dragon is well detailed and fits, but sometimes causes great pain (especially trying to figure out their instructions!). I've not built up any MiGs yet, so can't comment on anybody's kit for those. You're pretty safe with Tamiya, Dragon and Hasegawa these days.

What I've found is that the kit itself is not the answer. The skills in your own hands is. Grab a kit and start building, work slowly and carefully, and do lots of research if accuracy is your bag and you'll do fine.

So long folks!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:42 AM

Haha, thanks. That's pretty much what I figured... fortunetaly accuracy is the least of my worries for now, because I'm not nearly knowledgeable enough aboutr the subjects to worry about miniscule details and what size the rivets on the side are ("They're molded as 5/8" bolt heads, but on the 1945 variant were actualy 5/16s" bolts...)

Thanks for the help... hopefuly I'll find some good kits at the get-together on the 7th.