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                        Is this a bad thing?

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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Is this a bad thing?
                        Posted by lizardqing on Friday, October 10, 2003 4:07 PM
                        Well I just got back from taking advantage of Hobby Lobby's 50% off coupon. Got a pretty good loot and actually got a stockpile started. My wife though immediately laid claim to the amphibious jeep and U.S. half track. I think I have craeted a monster. Don't know if I should be happy she wants to them or depressed that I don't get to. Of coarse it does give me a reason to get them again. Well at least I still have the ones she did'nt want to do. She does keep on me about wanting to do a big tank. Any suggestions on which one would be good for someone that has not been building for to long so I can quite that bug in my ear?
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Friday, October 10, 2003 4:21 PM
                        What scale tank does she want to build?
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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Friday, October 10, 2003 4:26 PM
                        Chris, to answer the question in your subject line: NO! This is NOT a bad thing. I would be so tickled pink if my wife was the least bit interested in modeling. I would be thrilled. I'd gladly buy her any kit, if she'd work on it. Be happy! Describe "big tank". You mean 1/35, 1/16, or what? If 1/35th, I'd go with one of the newer Tamiya Tigers. I don't think there's another kit out there that goes together as well as they do, and they have good detail to boot. If your talking 1/16 big, the other guys will have to answer that.

                        Great going getting your wife in on it!!

                        Bill
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 10, 2003 4:55 PM
                        If you really want a good tank, here's my humble recommendations:

                        1/35: Tamiya M1A1 w/ Mine Plow
                        Academy Tiger 1 Early Production w/ Interior

                        1/16: No contest. Tamiya King Tiger

                        All good kits, all fairly large. M1A1 would probably be the easiest, but the Academy rivals the King Tiger for sheer amount of parts and time in building. You've been warned...

                        demono69
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                        okieboy
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by okieboy on Friday, October 10, 2003 5:06 PM
                        Man, that's so perfect it's scary. I mean, that's almost on the same scale as your
                        wife coming home and saying "Honey, I think we should have a threesome with
                        that supermodel you're always drooling over!" Geez! As for a specific vehicle, I'd
                        suggest something in 1/35 and not too complicated. (I wouldn't get her something with an interior, as that may frustrate her.) But you know her best, and she may actually like that challenge! You lucky dog.

                        Roy
                        "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm." George Orwell
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Friday, October 10, 2003 5:10 PM
                        Oh yea 1/35. Don't have room right now for those as it is let alone one twice it's size. I think she just wants to do something impressive. I should be posting our first "head to head" build later this evening. Nothing big but sort of interesting.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Friday, October 10, 2003 5:16 PM
                        Tell her she's already doing impressive things! Her 105 is impressive, her wanting to do models is impressive, her wanting to do a "big" tank is impressive. And I don't get impressed easily, I mean, I'm one of the guys that told Ike where to get his potatos!!

                        Bill
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Friday, October 10, 2003 6:07 PM
                        Personally I think this is great ... it would sure make planning vacations a lot easier .... honey, which armour museum do you want to see this year.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Friday, October 10, 2003 6:15 PM
                        You left her speechless Bill (don't let her know, but thanks)

                        Robert- I think she would still argue for a spa or cruise.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Friday, October 10, 2003 6:40 PM
                        Chris, I said it in your other thread, but I'll say it again, your a lucky guy. Give her whatever her little heart desires. You have something truely rare I'm sure within this hobby. All my wife wants to do is B-I-N-G-O. Totally addicted. Her mother is worse. Disapprove [V]

                        "It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

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                         Eric 

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                        erush
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: USA, GA
                        Posted by erush on Friday, October 10, 2003 6:47 PM
                        Chris, what do you mean...is this a bad thing...SMACK ...you got it made!!! Quit yer whinin and get building on those kits, both of you!! Big Smile [:D]

                        Eric
                        Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning. "Friendly fire...isn't"
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 10, 2003 7:26 PM
                        I think its a great thing too! "LMAO at the threesome remark" For her first, I would suggest something simple. Like the M1 . Not only would it be fun, theyre pretty nice kits (Tamiya) and not that many difficult parts. And with all the action seen currently with the M1, it could be quite neat for her. My "future wife" is getting interested in building, but she wants to do the War Hammer stough, which is cool too. The ones she saw at the HobbyTown contest really got her interested, we'll see how long that lasts. I think it would be a neat thing though to see a couple , like yourselves do a joint kit , like a 1/16 Tiger, something to have enough to do for the both.
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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Friday, October 10, 2003 7:34 PM
                        BAD THING? That should be the best thing that could ever happen to a modelling husband. Now you don't need to do a lot of convincing when you want to buy a kit because she will fully dig the cravings.

                        Now, get up and get that Tamiya M4A3 105 that you have been wanting to buy a couple of days ago. I bet she wouldn't mind. Just buy here a Panther G or Tiger I.

                        LOL.

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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Friday, October 10, 2003 7:41 PM
                        Yea I know her building ain't the bad thing. Just a wild thought about seeing a kit for a while wanting to build it , get it home and before you get in the door your wife has it spread out across the table thinking of where to start. Guess her sudden joy of building caught me off guard, well looks like the hobby budget gets to grow.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Friday, October 10, 2003 8:11 PM
                        There goes the hobby budget. LOL.

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                        wildwilliam
                        • Member since
                          December 2009
                        • From: West Grove, PA
                        Posted by wildwilliam on Saturday, October 11, 2003 5:48 PM
                        Chris,
                        i can hear it now:
                        "did you use up all the CA !?!?"
                        "why aren't the new blades where i left them?"
                        "that's MY kit! build your own !!"
                        Smile [:)]Big Smile [:D]Tongue [:P]
                        i did hear you saying something abt propellant in the other thread (beautiful artillery, btw!).
                        now that you are a two modeler family, you had better start looking for a compressor! Big Smile [:D]
                        congratulations. and enjoy it!
                        ed.
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Saturday, October 11, 2003 6:14 PM
                        The compressor is hopefully goingto be around soon. Just with the kits laying around right now would cost as much in propellent as a compressor would. Yea I've already been accused of useing to much glue. That's alright though went a got 6 tubes today so she should be happy now.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 11, 2003 6:37 PM
                        The Wife builds mainly sports cars that she likes. (Mustangs, Stealth) I build mainly Military Aircraft and Hummers. Besides I need extra hands ever now and then.
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                        gregers
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: UK
                        Posted by gregers on Saturday, October 11, 2003 6:54 PM
                        Just choose the BIGGEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE kit that you want and suggest that you buy two of them and that way you can "show her" whilst you build your own, as good an excuse as any to get the kit that you want without her moaning about the price, LoL. Greg
                        Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 13, 2003 1:34 PM
                        Chris,

                        Yes indeed, you have it made, she's a keeper!Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D] My wife doesn't make models, but she's painted the stars on a Stuart and driven a few tanks and half tracks, so that's pretty cool too, eh?
                        Wants to model a BIG tank? The Tiger would be great, but it's beyond my price range... How 'bout finding a 1/25 scale Tamiya Centurion with a complete interior on evilbay or in a hobby shop, I think it's OOP, but who knows. I tend to lose track of that stuff. Also, might be able to pick up the old Tamiya Tiger I (again with an interior). If she gets the Centurion, then that's a good excuse to go to a museum for some research, Knox has a NICE one.
                        So, enjoy a wife who likes to glue stuff together and have fun!!!

                        You got it made in d'shade!Cool [8D]

                        Ron.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 13, 2003 1:46 PM
                        I talked to my wife again about getting into building models. I had purchased the Revell 1/32 X-1, but she said that it was "too complicated" for her. How much simpler can you get? This thing only has about 50 pieces to it! I even said that I would do the painting. Lost cause, I guess.

                        Chris, take all of our advice. Buy her some kits and be happy. She's a rare find.

                        demono69
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Monday, October 13, 2003 3:04 PM
                        Yea I think I'll keep her around. She's putting them together like mad all of a sudden. She allready finished the amphibious jeep I got Fri. did a pretty good job and dived right into the halftrack. I think I may get her an abram to do while I buiild the leopard i picked up, from the looks of that it's going be quite a kit to do, can't wait.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        beav
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Monday, October 13, 2003 6:07 PM
                        I think, that the best thing that you could do, is after you finish these models, she will be begging to go to the hobby shop, and you go ahead and take her along-let her pick her own champion, instead of us (modelers who are currently attached by the hip to the hobby) who are about anywhere from 1 to 10000 miles away. Get a MAUS though for yourself if she chooses an american heavy tank

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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