Kits that scare the hell out of you.

peglegrc wrote:

("Well, I can't say much for being single,")  Ha,ha.. Thats because your a young Man Still..I see your from Indiana, you ever hear of Louie Meyer? He was the first 3 time winner of the Indie 500?...Louie sold his half of Meyer & Drake to I think I remember his partner's name was Dale, Dale Drake and moved to Indie to build the ford racing engines and parts for the Indie  Race Cars...He & Drake owned & built the Offenhouser racing engines here in So. Calif before Ford started winning the 500 all the time lol...His youngest Daughter Melaine "K" was my Wife for 5 years...Back in the early 60's.. August 18th 1961 we were married.....She was 16... I was 21.... And really stupid to have lost her......Sad I've missed her all these years.....But was married 5 more times after her....I never did get over her....I've gotten use to coming & going and enjoy being alone now that I'm a Old guy, but wish I could see and talk to her again... I know, I know, Off topic.... "Just remembering out loud" ha,ha.....Have a fun day Saturday, enjoy your Day!!                                                                                'RC"

I can't say that I have heard of them, but, being from Indiana, I don't get all that excited about the 500 like others do. To most around here its just a week you want to avoid the west side of Indy cause of the traffic. I will say you are most likely right, I am young and enjoy hanging out with my fiance, I'm sure in ten years its will be more like I enjoy spending time by myself, but I have to spend time with her Oh jeez, don't tell her I said that, she will hurt me...

The one I'm about to start. Scared I won't be able to make it look right!

Drew

Yann Solo wrote:

Unlike many of you, the more parts it has, the more fun I'll have.  Cause what I enjoy the most about modeling is the construction part.  I've built the Dragon's Tiger I late with its 1000 plus parts and I just loved the build.  It takes a while to get done but it is so rewarding with it is completed. If you're overwelmed by the nuber of parts, it probably means that the construction part of the hobby is not your favorite.

but Yann don't you feel (just a little) more pressure or (just a litlle )more stress because of the amount of pcs,  to do a better job on it than a model with just 88 pcs

Yann Solo wrote:

Unlike many of you, the more parts it has, the more fun I'll have.  Cause what I enjoy the most about modeling is the construction part.  I've built the Dragon's Tiger I late with its 1000 plus parts and I just loved the build.  It takes a while to get done but it is so rewarding with it is completed. If you're overwelmed by the nuber of parts, it probably means that the construction part of the hobby is not your favorite.

And a very good job on that build I might add!

Zip

Recently got back into modeling after 30-35 year absence. I`ve been buying kits to stash when I find them in my areas of interest. ( WWII USMC armor, Korean War U.N. Nations armor and Warsaw Pact armor in 1/35th scale)I went all the way and have my first airbrush so have been learning some new skills as well as reviving some old skills.

First kit back was an Italeri USMC Sherman- turned out just O.K., not really happy with the weathering I did.

Second was Tamiya North Korean T-34/85- really happy with it, overall finish and weathering big improvement over my first try.

Three is a Tamiya 2 1/2 ton GMC, looks super so far (I think) have to do a wash and light weathering tonight and it`ll be complete)

Have waiting in the wings a made by ICM URAL-4320 Russian heavy truck- opened the box a few times and looked and moved on to something else. It has more parts than the real truck, only lacks a wiring harness and fuel to drive it away when complete. Molded on 1/4" diameter spruce, lots of flash, tires are vinyl with an enormous mold seam around the entire diameter. Plastic is covered in some sort of oil. I have a good idea that the parts fit also may leave something to be desired-especially as compared to the Tamiya kits.

I really want to add this to my collection and plan on making each subassembly as a seperate model. I hope that treating it like that will nibble away at what looks like a very complicated kit. I think it will most certainly be a challenge.

I was out of modeling for some years when I went back to school to earn my bachelor's degree. I took a month off after graduation, and then went on to graduate school. During this time, the kits began to pile up, and the only time I had was to take out a kit and look over the parts. After graduation, I took out the kits and partially assembled them, but I came down with "panzerphobia" as well (must be spreading)! So, what did I do? I took out a couple of the Italeri panzerspahwagen and started on them. When I'm done, I'll go through some of my old Tamiya. Hey, none of these will be contest quality, so I don't care!

I think the problem here is that a) we're afraid of messing up on an expensive kit and b) we want to do well with the skills we currently have. Well, I'm in that camp, but as I am relearning how to model on older (read crummier) kits, I will have the skills necessary to build the fussier DML/Trumpeter/AFV Club kits.

Hope this helps!

Sounds like you need to give it a CSC bath and start over.....(Castrol Super Clean) Or if you cant find it anymore... Try the "Purple power".. Soak your model in it for a few hours or a day....Use a tooth brush and scrub the hard to get the paint off areas and then wash it again with the water and mild dish soap like you did before you painted it......When I got back to building I spent more time redoing them, than finishing them..Infact I have a Mack dump truck thats heading for the CSC swim meet Saturday morning...Thats the Good in messing up! You Can redo it and start all over agan using CSC or Purple Power.....You can even find old models at swap meets and soak them a day or so and have a brand new un painted model to paint with out haveing to build it ha,ha..

  Have fun......."RC"

("Well, I can't say much for being single,")  Ha,ha.. Thats because your a young Man Still..I see your from Indiana, you ever hear of Louie Meyer? He was the first 3 time winner of the Indie 500?...Louie sold his half of Meyer & Drake to I think I remember his partner's name was Dale, Dale Drake and moved to Indie to build the ford racing engines and parts for the Indie  Race Cars...He & Drake owned & built the Offenhouser racing engines here in So. Calif before Ford started winning the 500 all the time lol...His youngest Daughter Melaine "K" was my Wife for 5 years...Back in the early 60's.. August 18th 1961 we were married.....She was 16... I was 21.... And really stupid to have lost her......Sad I've missed her all these years.....But was married 5 more times after her....I never did get over her....I've gotten use to coming & going and enjoy being alone now that I'm a Old guy, but wish I could see and talk to her again... I know, I know, Off topic.... "Just remembering out loud" ha,ha.....Have a fun day Saturday, enjoy your Day!!

                                                                               'RC"

peglegrc wrote:

Hi..Happy Birthday to you too....I think I'm going to take me out to dinner, have a Steak...And a Drink! I'm tired of cooking for me... ha,ha....Ive bought myself 11 new Armor models, The last one being the Dragon Wagon, also the Wrecker, the tank recovery vehicle, two Artillery tractors, three Vulcan PC's, the M-548 Gun Truck...The M-977 and M978 Oshkosh HEMTT...and last but not least the MAN 10t. mlgl 8X8 German truck with crane!... Its Good to be single! ha,ha.....Ive got enough to work on now or just look at the pieces... ha,ha...Its fun either way!   What are you plaining to do for your B-Day "RC"?

Well, I can't say much for being single, but it is good to have a fiance that doesn't get on me to much about my hobbies

I am taking the little lady, mom, dad, and daughter to the airshow over here. They are supposed to have a few military jets, and a lot of older ones. I've been once, it was pretty neat. I was quite happy they were having it on my B'day, that, and it won't be 90 some degrees outside I think I might have to go for a steak dinner to, that sounds mighty tasty, thanks for the idea Pegleg!

Agamemnon wrote:

I think the "doing justice" part is a significant portion of it, too, as is being something of a miser and possessing a penchant for personal finance planning. I don't want to "ruin" any kits by too much fumble-fingered snorfing.

"don't want to "ruin" any kits by too much fumble-fingered snorfing.

What a Great Word:....fumble-fingered & "Snorfing"... Me too!....I don't want to do That Either! I guess thats the reason I just like to Look at some of my Bigger Intimidating Kit's and enjoy the model as it is in the Box!....

                                                          "RC"

scottrc wrote:

For me, Trumpeter kits kinda give me the chills when I start one.  They got great subjects and detail, but some of the fit and engineering of the moldings is enough to drive me a little batty.

I think the "doing justice" part is a significant portion of it, too, as is being something of a miser and possessing a penchant for personal finance planning. I don't want to "ruin" any kits by too much fumble-fingered snorfing.

To that end, I'm going to go and buy something "easy" to practice some more with today, maybe a Tamiya 1:48 Tiger.

Hi..Happy Birthday to you too....I think I'm going to take me out to dinner, have a Steak...And a Drink! I'm tired of cooking for me... ha,ha....Ive bought myself 11 new Armor models, The last one being the Dragon Wagon, also the Wrecker, the tank recovery vehicle, two Artillery tractors, three Vulcan PC's, the M-548 Gun Truck...The M-977 and M978 Oshkosh HEMTT...and last but not least the MAN 10t. mlgl 8X8 German truck with crane!... Its Good to be single! ha,ha.....Ive got enough to work on now or just look at the pieces... ha,ha...Its fun either way! 

 What are you plaining to do for your B-Day

"RC"?

 Me too.....Ive got some Armor Kits with 800+ pieces, and bought the aftermarket kit's for them with from 175 to 300+ More Pieces!....I love these models, and once a month I bring one or two of them down off the top of the shelf of my work bench, open both model & aftermarket box's or packet's Ive placed inside the model's box and take each tree out and just look and admire all the wonderful pieces.... I'm in here for about two hours, just looking at the instructions, reading, matching the part's #'s on each tree to the instruction book of 20 or more pages, Looking at the decal's, rolling the real rubber tires in my fingers, or fitting the plastic tires/wheels together,Wishing they were real rubber too! With what it Cost they should be Real Rubber! Ha,ha.... Then I put everything back in its box and back up on the shelf...

 I figure when I'm a little Older I'll give them a try!......I'll be 67 this Friday the 15th of Sept...I'm just to Young to be working on those complicated models yet!!.........Take a look to the left, that's my work bench.. Their stacked up to the overhead work light!   ha,ha...

                                                                    "RC"