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1/6 scale Modelling ??? or just playing with dolls !

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1/6 scale Modelling ??? or just playing with dolls !
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 2:02 AM
it's funny , ive been modelling since i was about 5 and put my first Aurora dino kit together (with my moms help ) as i moved on i ran the gamit of kits ,armor , aircraft , cars , even the little metal dragon stuff , but now ive found myself doing some of the most challenging modelling of my life , but i find when i post in forums like this one , guys like me are not really taking very seriously , i would like to know why ???

just to give you an idea ,until recently , there were no commercialy avalible kits in 1/6 , some small company's and groups were making some vehicles , but they were quite $$$$$ and not always the best looking pieces .

now as the hobby grows , a large number of cottage business are popping up , making some amazing product , much is cast in resin , an art all on its own , and you talk about detail , in 1/6 scale you can have more detail then you can imagine , allot of guys scratchbuild the majority of there vehicles , thats serious modelling , but since it's associated with G.Ijoe sized action figures , the wonderful work going on out there gets vastly overlooked , i feel its too bad , it's a great hobby ,with a good fellowship of collectors who get together and assemble huge dioramas , just for fun !
sorry for the rant , im just tired of being labeled a dolly man !Big Smile [:D]





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Posted by KJ200 on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 2:27 AM
Panzerwek, I wouldn't call you a dolly man!

After all your likely to try and run me down with a 1/6 tank or something, so that is a risk I'm not going to take.

There was a similar stigma around large scale railway modeling in the UK, but that has since diminshed to the point where scales like 1/12 are making an amzing come back.

Karl

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Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 5:14 AM
There's a stigma?
I think they're cooler than all get-out!

I think your rant is a bit unfounded: I've never heard a single derogatory comment about 1/6 modeling. (Well, besides the cost!)
Most of what I hear is words of praise and amazement!
~Brian
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Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 7:49 AM
Around here, even though it is a big city, I do not see many examples of large scale models, and I think that has a lot to do with the incredible amount of both time and resources (read: money) to make one of these spectacular models. However, I find it strange that ANY modeler would comment anything otherwise. After all, we can ALL be considered children for partaking in this dangerous game Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by scottrc on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 8:08 AM
Make it fire 12 ga shotgun shells, then see you will call you a "Dolly Man".
Big Smile [:D]

Other than RC airplanes and cars, I havn't seen to much in 1/6.

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Posted by leemitcheltree on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 9:46 AM
They certainly have a great big helping of the "WOW" factor, don't they? [:0] Bloody impressive, I think.
Man, you could cram some serious detail into those things!! So much easier (and harder!) to build than 1/35.......
Plus the added advantage of working in braille scale! No offense intended there.
How many actual operating features do you make on your models?

Cheers, LeeTree
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 9:48 AM
LOL, you guys are funny , thanks for the encouragement , i dont at this time need to arm my tanks , however ive seen some guys do it !
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Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 10:29 AM
Come to think of it, the largest model tank I've ever seen in person is the 1/10 Leopard 2A5 in the Tamiya Head Office lobby! It's pretty big.
I can only imagine how impressive the 1/6 stuff must be.
~Brian
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Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 11:00 AM
I can't recall ever seeing a post on these Forums belitteling any scale of choice, from teeny to huge, but guess I could have missed one. Is your mild rant directed at something that occured on FSM ? Great looking models BTW.

Regards, Rick
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 1:35 PM
yes there was a comment here a long time ago , dont take me too seriously , i dont , im just having fun , i will use any excuse to post photo's and promote the hobby Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 1:40 PM
here's a quote from an old thread i started
QUOTE: I guess I'm still from Missouri on these things. Maybe it's the GI Joes, but I'm having a hard time taking them seriously.


ive run into the same thing on other modeling boards too.Shock [:O]
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Posted by wildwilliam on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 1:56 PM
well, you have 'shown me' ! (Missouri reference)
cool factor is off the chart!
(unfortunately, so is the space needed!)

i am impressed.
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Posted by echolmberg on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 4:40 PM
Love your little dolls, Panzer!

LOL! I am SOOO kidding, Panzer! I build all AC but I would so love it if they came out with more large scale models. I'm right with ya on that one. I'd probably only have room for one or two at the most but, man! it would be so worth it!

Best wishes,

Eric

PS. I had a bunch of GI Joe action figures when I was a kid. Action figures, I said, not dolls. :)

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Posted by wbill76 on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 7:12 PM
I've only seen a few examples of 1/6 but they have been extremly impressive. One day I might be able to branch out into that area but the size and cost are prohibitive. My hat's off to those who work in that media as I've always been in awe of what they can achieve with it. Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 7:56 PM
Where do you park such huge kits? I think like most, bigger the better. Dragon makes some impressive figures and I wish they had them when I was younger.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 8:59 PM
here's the majority of my collection .





And my Sherman after defecting to the Russians !!







i also have a Jagdtiger thats being slowly rebuilt !
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Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 10:13 PM
Man are you kidding me? That is a mini-army! Love the cammo on the 232.

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 Eric 

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Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 10:20 PM
Give me all of those and let them call me "dolly man" for as long and as often as they want. LOL.

Those are huge and amazing!

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 11:38 PM
Panzerwerk,
Thats incredible stuff. I bet you get a good audience gathering when you bring stuff out on the yard.

One aspect of 1/6 modeling is that it brings alot of women into modeling. I was talking to a babe who was a kinda softspoken and just sewing away busily by hand with her needle and I asked her "Whatcha makin?" Her reply rather matter-a-factly and with some pride was "A 1/6 scale leather bikini covered with individually linked chain mail" Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Blush [:I]Tongue [:P]

She was indeed putting the chain mail together link by link!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 11:56 PM
thats very cool !!! its hard to find reliable uni makers and people who can sew , the pays not great , and its allot of work to make scale clothing !

right now i have a guy working on some post war east germans in the first camo pattern used by them after the war "Blumentarn" it was used during the 50's and 60's , i plan on making 3 figures , i made the blumentarn pattern in paint on the computer , and sent the jpg to a friend who used his computer to print it on fabric , and another friend is making all the uni pieces using real pieces ive collected as a guide !
it can get expensive , thank god i have a understanding wife !!
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Posted by roadkill_275 on Thursday, August 5, 2004 12:11 AM
That is so cool. You've got a collection to be proud of there, that's for sure.
Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Thursday, August 5, 2004 4:04 AM
DUDE!!! I'm diggin' that Russkie Sherman! That's super-groovy...

Y'know, if I didn't already spend so much on the stuff that I do, I'd be collecting this stuff as well. And I'd probably be doing exactly what you and all the other 'dolly men' are doing...

Although, there was one fella at a local show who did some dios and had an unusual and interestingly high proportion of Barbie Dolls worked into them... that guy I'm not sure about... Wink [;)]


Fade to Black...
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Posted by wayne baker on Thursday, August 5, 2004 9:26 AM
It looks like "understanding wife" is a huge understatement. That's quite an impressive display.

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Posted by wildwilliam on Thursday, August 5, 2004 12:36 PM
Thanks for the look, Panzerwerk!
very impressive.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 5, 2004 4:33 PM
I used to have GI joes and Ultimate Soldiers and those things were a blast, my friends and I would make realyy corny cheesy movies with them, but with your collection you could takeover Paris
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 6, 2004 2:11 PM
Wow! Some -VERY- impressive models there. Did you scratchbuild them yourself?
I'd really like to see some more pics of your vehicle collection - maybe you should create
a "gallery" website showing your creations? Like the "Small-Scale AFV Museum" (http://www.msu.edu/user/storto/afv.htm) but
1/6 rather than 1/76!
You could do with a few more Allied vehicles, though - even if you're not much of an Allied AFV fan, those Tigers and Panthers need something to shoot at :)

I have also become interested in large-scale AFV modelling recently
(not 1/6th though, I just don't have the space :D !) - anything from 1/9 to
1/24. So far I've rebuilt a couple of 1/24 toys (a Sherman and M2 Bradley) and
have rebuilt them as scale models, and have recently bought a 1/9 SdKfz.222 and 1/12
M551 Sheridan to do the same. As you say, this sort of size of model gives huge potential
for "superdetailing".
I have also started scratchbuilding 1/24 WW2 AFVs with the intention of eventually building up a comprehensive
collection (like your one but rather smaller) but have put these to the side for the time being whilst I
concentrate on finishing the Bradley.

Of course I'll still be building 1/72 and 1/35 kits as well (and aircraft)!

I have occasionally tried scratchbuilding large-scale aeroplanes, however the much more
complex shapes of aircraft mean that this is MUCH harder than AFVs and even harder to get
good-looking results. I have built a 1/24 Bristol F.2B Fighter (WW1 2-seat biplane) which is quite impressive
but rather crude in parts, and converted a Guillows P-51D flying balsa model to a static scale
model (with plastic skinning). AFVs are much less frustrating and more enjoyable to scratchbuild though. The only
thing I can't get the hang of is tyres for wheeled vehicles. Other than casting them in resin, I can't think of an
effective way to produce these in large-scale models. Hence all my future 1/24 projects are tracked vehicles at the minute :)
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 6, 2004 2:39 PM
i started out scratch building , my first panther was scratch built and is now in a friends garage , i now have people make them for me , my specialty is resin casting , and i make molds and cast parts in 1/6 scale , time is the factor , i sell my parts so i spend a good portion of my time filling said orders .
thanks for all the great feedback , and there are a couple of sites dedicated to 1/6 ,
heres a few :
http://bigtanks.4t.com/
http://bigtanks2.4t.com/Index.htm

and the 2 biggest forums for the 1/6 community

http://p197.ezboard.com/bonesixthnet




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Posted by tigerman on Friday, August 6, 2004 2:45 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by panzerwerk

i started out scratch building , my first panther was scratch built and is now in a friends garage , i now have people make them for me , my specialty is resin casting , and i make molds and cast parts in 1/6 scale , time is the factor , i sell my parts so i spend a good portion of my time filling said orders .
thanks for all the great feedback , and there are a couple of sites dedicated to 1/6 ,
heres a few :
http://bigtanks.4t.com/
http://bigtanks2.4t.com/Index.htm

and the 2 biggest forums for the 1/6 community

http://p197.ezboard.com/bonesixthnet







AHA! A plug. LOL

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 6, 2004 5:20 PM
i did not mean it as a plug , there's no sales on the board , and i did not put links to my site's where i sell things , it was not a plug .
sorry you saw it that way .
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Posted by tigerman on Saturday, August 7, 2004 11:00 PM
Just teasing Panzerwork.

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 Eric 

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