My modeling plans for the future...
Well, I've got a bunch of kits sitting around waiting to be built, so here's what I plan on doing with them:
Academy 1/48 MiG 21--currently in-progress, doing the "all-metal" build from that "how to use an airbrush" book. I've got the cockpit completed so far, but not installed into the fuselage yet.
Hasegawa YF-19, VF-1S--These valkyries are going to be box builds. Still not sure how to get that off-white color on the -19 with MM enamels.
Hasegawa 1/48 F8-E Crusader--Another box build, but with custom decals. Going for Shin Kazama's plane from "Area 88".
Bandai 1/100 Gundam RX-78-2--partially completed some time ago; I'l lbe stripping my old hand-painted job and finishing it with a custom scheme.
Revell 1/48 P-38J Lightning--I'll use this to get some practice modifying flawed models and parts, including scribing panel lines.
Testors 1/48 SR-71 Blackbird--More of the same; working on a flawed model of a subject I love.
Dragon 1/35 King Tiger--Mostly out of box, but I'll try my hand at some diorama building; armor seems to work best for this type of thing.
Revell 1/48 B1-B Lancer--I'll be using aftermarket parts to make the kit more accurate.
Italieri 1/48 F5-E Tiger II--Will convert this model to an F-20 Tigershark, also with custom colors and decals for the "Area 88" plane.
Tamiya 1/350 USS New Jersey--What I really want to do here is a modernized Missouri, but they are more or less the same ship and the Tamiya Missouri isn't modernized; I've got a kit of each and have other plans for the Missouri kit. But I'll use the Missouri's decals for this, and get some experience with photoetched parts.
Tamiya 1/350 USS Missouri--The big one for me; I'm going to convert the kit into the USS Montana, which was never built in real life, but almost was. I've seen line drawings for it, so I think it will be doable. Will build it as a WWII-era ship, with a camouflage scheme. I imagine I'll have to scratchbuild a number of parts, go aftermarket for others, and some photoetch parts.
So anyways, what do you people out there think of my modeling plans?