Scale Choice

1/48 scale because my eyes aren't as strong as they used to be. LOL! However, when it comes to bombers, I'll only do them in 1/72 scale due to space limitations.

I build armour in 35th scale and aicraft in 48th scale.  I have done so for decades, l have been building models since 1959 with out stopping.  I like it so much.

Doug

I have many ships in 1/350 and 1/700 th as well.

I agree with Blacksheep, 1/48 works good for fighters with a P-51 being about 8'' long and a f-14 about 16'' long. Where you start getting into space problems is things like a B-17 at about 20'' long. I switch over to 1/72 when doing things like a B-52 at 27'' long and a B-36 at 38'' wingspan. Still big. Hope this helps!

Max

Big surface ships in 1/350, aircraft in 1/32 and sometimed in 1/48.  My 10 non-articulated thumbs don't do well with small parts.  Sarting to foray into a couple of 1/35 armour builds, but the hands are not happy and neither are the eyes when I have to search for a part the got launched into never-never land.

My language tends to revert to that of a 30+ year Master Chief, and I wasn't Navy, but Air Force.

For aircraft, primarily 72nd scale. Less space, more choice both for the kits and the accesories. I build diorama's so that add's to the size of the build which means they will often take up as much space as the same kit in 48th. Plus its what i have always done and i see no reason to change.

Armour, 1/35th. Mostly the same reasons.

I do have a small select collection of 32nd just because i wanted a few kits in a larger scale.

ClaytonFromEllijay

.... obviously selection, price, difficulty, space to display, etc. all figure in, but let's hear it!

 

1/72 (primarily)...for those very reasons.

I'm asking because I just visited my local Modeling store and picked up a few 1/72 armor pieces just to try them...a Master Box 1/72 Mark II Male among them, easy fast build, very good detail, price is great, but I guess it's missing something...size? LOL...

fermis

 

 

ClaytonFromEllijay

.... obviously selection, price, difficulty, space to display, etc. all figure in, but let's hear it!

 

 

 

 

1/72 (primarily)...for those very reasons.

 

Fermis is a God when it comes to 1/72 scale. * hands him a tall glass of  cherry coke and rum *

Mostly 1:72nd, variety of reasons.

1. Space is not an issue, nearly all are given away, but I find a certain challenge in the smaller scale.

2. They appear more as a model to me, the really large scales seem to overwhelm with shear dominance.

3. So many kits and subject types are available in 72nd. My working life was about travel, I found such a choice of hobby shops in foreign lands, finding obscure kit subjects and bringing them home, meant more small ones could be brought back.

4. Seems to me that considerably more in accessories and decals are available.

5. I'm 75, my vision is more challenged, yes, but multiple sets of glasses and Optivisor strengths take care of that.

At times I will build a 1/48th if requested, but not at all often. Guess I'm in the 1:72nd rut, but happy with it.

Patrick 

Though I love to do 1:32 aircraft due to the detail I can cram in, I have run out of display space in my home.  Same problem with 1:350 ships.

Plus my nearly eight decades of living means I have problems with fingers handling fine detail.  But I believe in the "use it or loose it" theory.

So, for those two reasons, I am moving to 1:72 aircraft and 1:700 ships.  BTW, I have always been able to buy stronger reading glasses and better, brighter bench lights to solve age-related vision problems, so that is not my issue.

For me 1/72 scale, for cost and selection, they use way less paint (cost).

All my aircraft models are 1/48.  My OCD demands that they all be the same scale when displayed.  In fact, one reason I got back into models was to compare different planes, even from different eras of flight.   Having the scale models was a handy way to do this.  I have completed a couple 1/35 tanks over the years, and probably will do others.  I've recently bought a few 1/24 auto models for a bit of variety.

Gary

I like 1/48 aircraft because they seem to give the best compromise between detail and size. But, I say seem, because lately, I've seen some 1/72 aircraft that are extremely detailed. As detailed as quarter scale aircraft. But, like Tex, I like to keep everything the same scale for comparison reasons. I also like 1/35 scale armor, and 1/350 scale ships.

I'm like most of the folks above concentrating on 1/48 aircraft and 1/35 military vehicles (armor & softskins) for the past nearly 30 years. Before that I built in all scales, but I decided to standardize for the reason of having the types in the same scale for uniformity and comparison reasons. Had I started modeling in the past few years, I would have also selected 1/48 for vehicles as well for a true constant scale. But the selection of modern stuff is too limited for my tastes, and I am not starting over again. 1/35 does offer a much wider selection for the armor builder. I also like 1/350 ships (but the larger types do take up a good bit of dispaly space and cost a small fortune) and occasionally dabble in 1/32 aircraft. I like real space and sci fi subjects as well, but those fields do not allow you to be picky on scale as subject matter is limited.

Two major adjustments I noticed with 1/72 scale armor, they demand more skills to paint them faithfully! Tiny details really matter...also, you can sure buy a lot more of them for the $$...I'm guessing a 5-2 ratio! Means a lot to those on fixed incomes!

I prefer 1/32 because my eyes are shot.

I own mostly 1/48 kits and I like the scale, but even at 1/48 some of the finer detail can be a strain on my eyes.

As far as storage? I'll just hang them from the ceilng in my 2 spare rooms if i run out of shelf space. i dont build enough kits to worry about that though.

I started the hobby with a 1/700 ship. Started with a 1/72 kit my brother bought, and Ive stuck with the same scales for both subjects (I do build 1/72 armor although I started out with 1/35).

Ive tried a couple of times to shift to 1/48 for aircraft, but since this is a scale hobby I found myself gravitating back to 1/72. 

These days, like many have posted, I have space constraints (so I particularly love Navy/Marine aircraft --- folding wings and rotors), so 1/72 and 1/700 just got a boost in terms of justification.

1/144 and 1/72 (1/72 varies though, as long as it can fit on my shelf, i'll build it)