Do you build more than one catagory of models?

I build a little bit of everything....but mostly auto's.

Honestly....i could not imagine building only one subject area.....each area is challenging and fun....

Mostly aircraft in 1/48 and armor in 1/35. Have a couple of aircraft in 1/72 and 1/24. Figures in 1/35, 1/16.

Medicman71

I build airplanes!

WW2..... to be exact.

I do primarily  SHIPS in1/350  with the odd 1/700 and 1/87 thrown in .

The ARMOR can be counted on two hands ,mostly interesting liteskins and my " DICKER MAX "

The AIRCRAFT is mainly planes I grew up with except B-25 aircraft. In my heyday I owned one that flew.The family loved taking trips in it. AH, to be younger again!

CARS and TRUCKS are pretty much the same. Those I,ve owned holding first place. 

SCI-FI is very limited , only that I,ve again ,grown up with. Think PEGASUS "WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE the full ship and the P.E. of one under construction.

I don,t do figures.I do know the six step process talked about though.I like the LADIES , but ,my landlady doesn,t and she,s like family ,so I don,t

I wish I had time for more.I do train scaled ships-1/87 and 1/160 (HOand N scale)from scratch,mostly TANKERS.    

TANKERbuilder

I build mostly aircraft...slowly

But in my stash I have

Aircraft in 1/24, 1/32, 1/35, 1/48, 1/72, 1/144

Armor in 1/35, 1/48, 1/72

A couple of autos in 1/whatever scale they are

Some 1/35 figures

An ape-man bust that my daughter insisted I buy for her

And a ship that I couldn't pass up (on sale)

I will probably never get to them all but I am trying.

...yes...

I build airplanes!

I am primarily an aircraft modeller, most of my builds and stash are aircraft. However I do build other stuff, like sci fi (star wars, star trek), armor and Games Workshop figures. And last yeay I have even build my first car, an Heller 1/43 F-1 car.

Usually build:

• aircraft 1/72, 1/48
• occasional cars in 1/24? - gifts for others, never keep those ones.

Have built:

• a single 1/72 chopper (are helicopters separate from a/c?) last year
• a single Star Wars model 10(?) years ago
• 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 2 aircraft carriers and a Viking ship, at least 15-20 years ago, all heavy on glue & light on paint iirc!

in the stash:

• a 1/35 Jagdpanther, Kettenkrad and figures that I have diorama planned for... but little room to display it.
• Several more recent Star Wars kits and a Gundam suit of some kind

sgtsauer

I have in my stash the following catagories of models...

* armor
* aircraft
* ships
* sci-fi

Anyone else here buy multiple catagories of models? If so, what catagories?

yes, in order of activity:

aircraft 

sci-fi

helicopters

armor

Airliner/civilian

scratchbuild

ships

figures

autos

diorama

in some not posted works again ,but the stash cover all the section except for the space.

The rule is "build what want"

mitsdude

Hammer, I'd be interested in your method. I have a B-24 bomber crew I need to put in the "done" column!

 

Start a "Conversation" with me and I'll see what we can do, Dude...

I build mostly aircraft anything that flies.  A little intimidated by biplanes with the rigging but I'd be willing to try.

1/200

1/144

1/72

1/48

1/32 is just way to big don't have the room would love some for the detail but wouldn't know where to put it.

A few car kits maybe one every five years. 

I would be interested in some Star Wars but I would want everything as close tot the same scale as possible.

Hammer, I'd be interested in your method. I have a B-24 bomber crew I need to put in the "done" column!

Started with 1/72 wingy things

Then build a couple 1/24 wheely things

Then wandered into sci-fi

Stashed a couple 1/48 aircraft kits and built some

Then got addicted to 1/700 floaties

And many ships later, it's the occassional car/sci-fi/1/72 aircraft that serves as refresher builds.

Stash consists of about 50% ships, 20% sci-fi, 15% 1/72 aircrafts, 5% 1/48 aircrafts, 5% bikes & auto, and 5% misc that can't classify, like buildings, figures etc.

Only thing I don't do, and probably will not do, is armour.

1/48, 1/72 Military Aircraft

1/144 Airliners

1/35 Armor

1/24, 1/25 Auto

No sci-fi yet.  Planning on picking up a few Ma.K kits to give it a try.

Nice thread Sarge!

My stash (and interest) is really only:

- WWII Luftwaffe & US planes;

- Modern Jets (1970s to present); and

- WWII Armour.

I've only built one car - that was about 15 years ago and was a NASCAR.  Not really into automobiles, unless they're military versions (eg, i built a SAS Range Rover last year).

Also, no real interest in ships (they intimidate me) or sci-fi (except Star Wars - really want to build an AT-AT one day).

I have never built any armor but I have built lots of airplanes, NASCAR models, ships, and some science fiction kits. I like to build 1/48 scale airplanes but have also built other scales when a model wasn't available in 1/48 scale. I have also built a number of Batman models including figures and the stage coach kit like Don mentioned.

1/350 Ships, 1/72 aircraft, a few armor. One or two each Kustom Kars, 1/35 figgies. I do have a really slick 1/35 Italian MAS boat I need to make room for to start...

DURR

i build it all  cept figures    painting them  is too complex    with a thous. shades  and skin tones

Get with me back-channel and I'll show ya quick & easy figure painting and conversions for 1/48 and 1/35th scale figures... All that muckity-muck about needing fifteen different steps to paint a face is bull..

I can show you how I do a face in 6 steps that's mostly washes and dry-brushing, once the initial color is laid down and cured.....  Then the rest of the figure in 4 steps..

All the stuff that most figure-painters do is because they approach the job as a blank artist's canvas, and because they want to photograph it so that a 1 1/2" tall figure looks like he's 12" tall.. Which is fine, if that's your thing, but realistically, your eye can't focus on anything that closer than 4 inches away, and nobody but judges and other modelers bother trying to do that.....

You don't need to do that much work to get pretty proficient with figures for dioramas... Once you've done a few my way, then you can expand from there if you wish (but you don't have to to make really good figures for dioramas) and ...

Stage_Left

Yup-

Nothin' like variety

i build it all  cept figures    painting them  is too complex    with a thous. shades  and skin tones

Yup-

• 1/72 aircraft with a handful of 1/48 and 1/144 mixed in
• 1/35 and 1/72 armor
• NASCAR, NHRA drag racers, and Formula 1
• 1/24 and 1/25 civilian vehicles, mostly tractor-trailers and heavy equipment
• Star Wars and Star Trek
• Real space
• a few ships of various scales

Nothin' like variety

Summer? We still have snow mounds at least 4' high running along each side of the driveway from front to back, and the white stuff is on average 2' deep all across the property. Summer's gonna have to wait a while.

Hans von Hammer

 

now that summer is here in Minnesota

 

LOL.. Same here in Iowa.. But keep your eye peeled on that scud out west.. Gonna change things next week I'd venture, and remind us all it's still only March.. And it it might go out like a lion..

I've been watching that storm system.

Have had an unusual string of 80 + degree F days around Chicago area lately.

Storm due to hit us this week.

Illinois already hit by at least one tornado.

Don't want any more.

now that summer is here in Minnesota

LOL.. Same here in Iowa.. But keep your eye peeled on that scud out west.. Gonna change things next week I'd venture, and remind us all it's still only March.. And it it might go out like a lion..

I have models from every category, including real space, and a lot of stuff I have to enter in misc.  Weirdest model was a model of the Gutenberg printing press (yes, it was a kit).

Just finished Lindberg's Concord Stage Coach.  That, for a Lindberg model, is a very nice kit and turned out great!  I 'll post a picture soon, now that summer is here in Minnesota (I prefer sunlight for model photos).

1/35 WWII armor

1/32 WWII A/C and modern Soviet jets

and 1 random Aurora Planet of the Apes "Cornelius" figure that I've been reshelving over the years...

Yes, I'll build two or three peices of armor, then move on to ships, then move onto....

Space (real space): All scales

Armor: 1/35 (but I do have a few 1/72's  kicking about)

Planes: 1/48 & 1/72

Cars: 1/24

Ships: Mostly 1/700 but have other scales

Other oddball stuff such as Dr. Deadly and some larger scale figures.

Usually I'll work on one"major"  kit at a time and in between projects I'll do a weekend project kit or two such as the Flying Sub (the small version,) or The Lost In Space Robot (again the small one) etc etc...

Real space

Scifi/Fantasy/Horror- spaceships, vehicles, figures (everything!!)

TV/Movie related- vehicles, houses (lots of crossover with scifi)

Historic- Enola Gay, Titanic, Sherman tank, Panzer, Uboat, Stagecoach, Zepplin

Personal experience- cars, trucks, planes I've ridden in. (Still looking for a Mercury Bobcat wagon!)

Dioramas- incorporating all the above

It would be so easy to get big ino armor, planes, and ships. I have a hard enough time with the above.