Going through a phase

Manstein's revenge

IM IN MY "NUDE CHICK" PHASE...

Prove it... 

IM IN MY "NUDE CHICK" PHASE...

I started strictly doing WWII aircraft, but then decided I needed a change of pace.  So, I added a few pieces of armor, a few modern jets and even a space shuttle.  I try to build one from each category, in rotation, to keep modeling boredom from setting in.

-Fred

I started doing aircraft as a teenage.

When I was in the Army I did a lot of Warsaw Pact armor since I was in intelligence and had TONS of reference materials (this was pre-Internet).

These days I'm still largely armor; but I'm not so much opposed to doing the occasional missile or aircraft.  In fact as soon as the Stryker MGS is done I'm going to motorize a 1/48 Tamiya Japanese Ki-84 "Frank" fighter.  That's gonna be my test case for motorizing a 1/48 B-29 modified into the soviet TU-4 later on in the year.

I'm a military modeler, so armor, aircraft, and figures are my mainstay, but I built a few cars back in the day, and during the time-frame where I was a gearhead, from about 14-16, I built LOTS of cars, and each one was gonna be "Mine", when I got my license...

Jet - I think we all have gone through some kind of building phase.  I started young with the Aurora model club, one kit a month for a year (man thats a while ago), they were mostly mixed kits.  Then went on to build ships only for a long time in my youth.  Then when I got back into modeling it was aircraft only, then armor.  you will eventually come full circle again and wind up building a car model again.  Heck If I could fine a decent model of a 69 Charger or a 66 Chevelle Id be building them now, then  cry at the fact I no longer own them and realizing what they are worth today.....

Now I try to complete an armor build then an aircraft.  I have a ship staring at me and Im sure I will tackle it soon enough.

Phases are good, keeps one on his toes using different modeling techniques.

Bob

I build armor, but keep going thru an aircraft phase. Recently I said I was going to put a freeze on armor and focused on planes. So I upped my stash to 10 planes and have yet to finish one. After going to a recent model show, I got bit by the armor bug again, and finished up a couple of WIP's. I still intend to finish those planes though.

macattack80

But I still like planes the best.

 

Jets are still my favorite.

jetmodeler

I remember when I first started modeling I only did cars. Then I did armour, then aircraft. And now I'm starting to do figures.

I seem to do the same thing.  I build a few planes then a few cars.  Then if I feel froggy I will build some armor.  But I still like planes the best.

You gonna change your screen name then?

When I started, I did aircraft - about midway through I was onto aircraft & now I do - yes, aircraft.

I have done cars, bikes, tanks, boats, even a hovercraft, but these have all been one or two, although I have done a few helicopters. It's not that I dont like other stuff, it's just that I love aircraft so much & there are so many to do. Although some day I would love to do a large jet carrier, like a 1/350 Enterprise or Nimitz class.

'full circle'

One day you will build a car again completing the cycle. I am doing the exact same thing in a more random style with a few kits on the go right now. 

'never say never''

Helping clean out the girlfriends place I found a Revell 1/570 scale Titanic kit! This for me will mark the full 360 degrees of my model building.