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Balance.
Posted by Dolphin24 on Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:00 PM

I truly love this hobby when I find kits that have near-equal parts challenge, construction, painting, detail, and finishing. Lately I have been getting more and more challenging kits and after many days of building I get bored and the project goes on the shelf and I start a new one. I like my projects to take 1 to 3 weeks. From first glue to last varnish. My question is what are some higher quality kits that are challenging enough but not overly so buy will not take months to complete? I feel a bit stuck in between since tamiya kits are usually a bit on the easier side but the step ups are on the "months to compete" side. So my question is what are some specific kits that fit into my perfect scenario that you have done? My preference is 1/35 armor from any era but I am completely open to any military ground vehicles in any scale just no cars, ships, or air crafts lol.

 

Some of my own examples:

-Tamiya m1a2 operation Iraqi Freedom 1/35 ( it would have been perfect if it had an interior)

-Meng 6x6 cougar MRAP

 

 

 

Thanks in advance. I hope I made sense.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:48 PM

I find most 1/35 armor fits into your time scale, but I'm kinda fast when I concentrate on 1 kit.

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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  • From: On my kitchen counter top somewhere in central North Carolina.
Posted by disastermaster on Friday, October 30, 2015 1:23 AM

From MY point of view, (everone's different)

think of it as a great learning experience.         

                                 http://www.foundwoodcarvings.com/tutorial_images/Woodcarving%20Smiley.gif 

You really should build for quality, not quantity - you'll run out of room soon enough without plowing through 'em.

 https://i.imgur.com/LjRRaV1.png

 

 

 
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Posted by Dolphin24 on Friday, October 30, 2015 6:52 AM

it's not about quantity. It's about what I enjoy. 

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Posted by Moff on Friday, October 30, 2015 7:36 AM

This probably won't help you, but I always try to push through my builds whether I'm really enjoying them or not...I think it's a slippery slope to having a closet full of half built kits I'll never touch again. And usually the "modeler's block" goes away after a while. However, I notice that a lot of modelers do leave kits for a while, so I don't know.

"Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union." - Josef Stalin 

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Posted by Dolphin24 on Friday, October 30, 2015 7:41 AM

Moff

This probably won't help you, but I always try to push through my builds whether I'm really enjoying them or not...I think it's a slippery slope to having a closet full of half built kits I'll never touch again. And usually the "modeler's block" goes away after a while. However, I notice that a lot of modelers do leave kits for a while, so I don't know.

 

I try pushing through as much as I can but as soon as it becomes a chore as opposed to a challenge. This is a hobby not my job and how I chose to spend my spare time. I haven't been doing it too long but long enough were I know what I like and what I want.

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Friday, October 30, 2015 7:48 AM

Well, I'd figure most of the newer Tamiya kits would be good. And most of the Trumpeter and Hobbyboss kits I've built (sadly not that many though) have been shake the box kits. The Dragon Royal Tiger I built a few years ago was a quick clean build - I think it was one of their smart kits. I tend to bog down on AFV Club kits and some of the more detailed Dragon ones (not complaining, I love their stuff). 

For example the Trumpeter T-62 I'm working on now went together like silk, only issue is the fitting of about a half zillion ERA bricks on this version.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by Dolphin24 on Friday, October 30, 2015 7:52 AM

Gamera

Well, I'd figure most of the newer Tamiya kits would be good. And most of the Trumpeteer and Hobbyboss kits I've built (sadly not that many though) have been shake the box kits. The Dragon Royal Tiger I built a few years ago was a quick clean build - I think it was one of their smart kits. I tend to bog down on AFV Club kits and some of the more detailed Dragon ones (not complaining, I love their stuff). 

 

I'll definitely try a hobby boss kit. I just cracked open a zvezda t90 kit and it is daunting and find will tiny bitty pieces but as with most kits I start I look at it and say... I'm going to build you perfectly and stick with you till the end, let's see how I feel in a couple weeks lol!

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Friday, October 30, 2015 7:53 AM

Sounds cool! 

Oh by the way the last Hobbyboss tank I built was their T-26. It came with a bajillion tiny track links the size of a fly and two pins for each link to join them like a real tank. I just glued the whole thing together and slathered some 'mud' on to cover the mistakes. This kit I wouldn't recommend unless you have several bottles of pain-killers close at hand. Their bigger tanks shouldn't be an issue though.  

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Friday, October 30, 2015 8:30 AM

Dolphin24

 

 
Gamera

Well, I'd figure most of the newer Tamiya kits would be good. And most of the Trumpeteer and Hobbyboss kits I've built (sadly not that many though) have been shake the box kits. The Dragon Royal Tiger I built a few years ago was a quick clean build - I think it was one of their smart kits. I tend to bog down on AFV Club kits and some of the more detailed Dragon ones (not complaining, I love their stuff). 

 

 

 

I'll definitely try a hobby boss kit. I just cracked open a zvezda t90 kit and it is daunting and find will tiny bitty pieces but as with most kits I start I look at it and say... I'm going to build you perfectly and stick with you till the end, let's see how I feel in a couple weeks lol!

 

Daunting,you ought to see the Meng T-90 I just started.

Did read some good stuff about the Zvezda kit,except for that it sits too high

Enjoy

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  • From: Gothenburg
Posted by JohanT on Friday, October 30, 2015 11:56 AM

Hi,

If the price is part of the equation I would look at Zvezda.
The Zvezda T90 sits to high but that can be corrected.
Their T1 is a bit of a bummer since the turret needs some modification, have seen some heavy distortion and sink marks as well, my last copy was OK but better have a look at the plastic.

If quality goes before price look at MENG.

If you want a good balance, look at Trumpeter.

My favourit right now is the Revell 1/32 Fw 190 F8. It is a beauty of a kit!
Have 3 in the stash - all started :)
ROG have released a range of 1/35 kits that have recived good reviews as well.  

And by the way, I am not to worried about finnishing kits.
I have like 50 in varioes stages of completion right now, the oldest one started 15 years ago. From 1/72 to 1/24 and from Cars to Airliners.
If I am lucky I finnish 1 or 2 / Year and when I am done they go into the bin.
I am done, no need to waste space.
Then again I do not build for contest ore events, just for the fun of it :)

Best Regards and Good Luck
JT

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