What's the point of 1/72

Have a look at the variety of subjects available in 1/72 and you can see why it's so popular..........there are things you can build that would never be built in 1/48 or larger - plus, can you imagine the tooling costs for Monogram (or Tamiya!!) to tool up for an ENTIRE 1/48 scale B-17 family (as per Academy) ???
Personally, I prefer 1/48 scale, but gaze wistfully at the variety of subjects on the 1/72 scale shelves that I know will never be molded in 1/48 scale.
Cheers
LeeTree

Why the heck not? It's a cool scale and very easy to figure out. One inch equals six feet. If you have figures with your model, it's very easy for somebody viewing the model to understand the true scale of the plane or tank, or whatever.

Of course, having a figure helps with any scale, but I, at least, find it easier to think of one inch being the height of a man than one inch being two-thirds the height of a man. :D

Anyway, there's some exceptionally well done models in all scales. I don't think there's any overall best scale, just the scale I like best for each kit.

Regards,

-Drew

I build both scales and they each offer their own challanges and rewards. Space is a primary consideration for me with 1/72, which is why it outnumbers the quarter-inch kits in my collection by about 8:1.

I have to say that I find some of this insulting. It takes more care to model and detail 1/72. Plus if you've seen some of the 1/72 models in some osprey books that are more detailed than most larger scale builds, you'd realize how easy you have it doing 1/48 or bigger. So please, no more "little scale" remarks.

The Japanese likes to miniaturize things. In Japan, resources are expensive, space are expensive, and people have small hands.

You just answered your own question. Size. It takes less space to display than the larger sizes. One hundred models of WW ll aircraft will take us much less space than one hundred of the same models in 1/48. Also for many years, the smaller kits had the only releases of many subjects.

I also build in 1/48 and 1/32 scale, but the smaller 1/72 scale subjects have their place in the industry also.