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What is your favorite subject catagory?
Posted by modelcrazy on Monday, June 18, 2018 1:59 PM

My interests move from one category to the next frequently which can be frustrating at times. I may be in the middle of an airplane or armor build and lose interest in the subject and get an urge to build Sci-Fi or ships. This may last a month or a year, then I'll lose interest in one of those categoies again and switch back to aircraft or whatever.

So, I have been wondering, does anyone else suffer from this affliction?

Also, what is your favorite category?

Mine are (typically). Of course, this is today mind you.

1. Ships

2. Planes

3. Armor

4. Sci-Fi

5. Figures (Busts, Supper Heros, Gundum, etc.)

Steve

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, June 18, 2018 2:03 PM

Ships

Aircraft

Autos and bikes

Armor

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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Posted by keavdog on Monday, June 18, 2018 2:04 PM

I definitly suffer from this - my order is the following

  • 1 Planes
  • 2 Cars/Motorcycles
  • 3 Figures - not lately though

Thanks,

John

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Posted by patrick206 on Monday, June 18, 2018 2:24 PM

Helicopters

WWII, Korean and Viet Nam war fighters

WWII Bombers

A few airliners

Thirties and Forties classics, like the Stearman, Stinson, Tiger Moth and Norseman, etc.

Patrick

 

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Posted by littletimmy on Monday, June 18, 2018 2:48 PM

If I were to put them into Favorite to less favorite...

1 : WWII German Submarine's

2: Automobile's , including trucks. Any vehicle made before 1979.

3: WWI aircraft

4: ship's in general ( Preffer WWII but any ship will do ... including sail's )

5: WWII aircraft. I'm split right down the middle concerning   Axis  OR  Allied

6: Figure's  Just about anything I can find, I build. ( Mostly your D&D type stuff.)

7: Armor. This is at the bottom of my list because there are so few Tank's that I like. but when I do build them..... It's usually more than one at a time.

8:Space / Science Fiction. Once in a "Blue Moon " I will assemble something "Not Of This World".

The above list can / will change ... depending on what time of day it is ...

EDIT: I totally forgot, HO (1/87) scale train's. For this list just insert Train's inbetween each catagory. I build train's all the time, so maybe they should be #1

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Posted by goldhammer on Monday, June 18, 2018 2:57 PM

US WWII and US 'Nam aircraft - 1/32 & 1/48.  The bigger aircraft I can handle in 1/72.

WWII warships, prefer US, but will dabble in German and Japanese if the fancy strikes me.  1/144 & 1/350.

Have some armor, spread out over different eras.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Monday, June 18, 2018 3:50 PM

Oh my gosh I forgot about cars! SurpriseEmbarrassed

I'll have to put them after aircraft.

Thanks for the responses guys.

Steve

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, June 18, 2018 4:02 PM

Aaron/ Liz: what about you two?

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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Posted by fox on Monday, June 18, 2018 4:42 PM

#1 WWI & WWII planes

#2 Sailing ships

#3 ANYTHING & EVERYTHING else.

Jim  Captain

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Posted by Tojo72 on Monday, June 18, 2018 4:57 PM

Armor 1/35 +1/48

Aircraft 1/48

Ships 1/350

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Posted by Real G on Monday, June 18, 2018 5:03 PM

Odd anime robots/machines

Odd airplanes

Odd armor

Odd submarines

Odd cars

And odd models in general.  Stick out tongue

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Posted by modelcrazy on Monday, June 18, 2018 5:16 PM

Real G

Odd anime robots/machines

Odd airplanes

Odd armor

Odd submarines

Odd cars

And odd models in general.  Stick out tongue

 

You crack me up G!

Steve

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Monday, June 18, 2018 5:41 PM

Definitely aircraft first...

Armor second...

Ships are a very close third.

 

Chad

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On deck: Who knows!

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Posted by Griffin25 on Monday, June 18, 2018 6:06 PM

1/35 figures and vingnettes/dioramas. With figures and a piece of Armor or something else to look at. I like eclectic subjects.  

 

 

Griffin

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Posted by PFJN on Monday, June 18, 2018 6:16 PM

Hi,

For me, mostly ships, and some cars, though I used to do some airplanes as well.

Right now, I am especially interested in commercial ships, smaller ships, pre-dreadnaught era ships and 1940 to mid 1950s cars and trucks. Smile

Pat

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, June 18, 2018 6:17 PM

I bounce back and forth as well. But I tend to stick primarily with armor, aircraft, and figures, so it’s more between eras than the kit types. So I vary my kits between:

WWII

Cold War

Vietnam

Korea

Arab/Israeli Wars

Gulf Wars

”other” wars, incidents, interventions, etc.

and the occasional dabble in ships, sci fi, and real space.

 

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N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by crown r n7 on Monday, June 18, 2018 6:37 PM

Wow! What an interesting subject. For me it’s all I like to build,paint and weather. I guess my inspiration is the movies for example the beast,I look in  my stash oh a t-55 and I start on it. Airplanes ,cars, ships , science fiction,monsters I love it all. I’m still a 58 year old kit at heart And yes there all at the top.

 

 

 Nick.

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 5:35 AM

1. 48th and 72nd aircraft

1.5  144th and 200th aircraft

2. Cars

 

That's it. Would love to try 32nd scale aircraft just don't have the funds or space

 

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 6:46 AM

I tend to flit between my main subjects types from build to build. And my favorites are pretty much fixed. But my order of prefreance would be.

1 Anything German, hard to chosse a favorite between aircraft and armour, i just happen to have more aircraft.

2 Other 1/72nd aircraft in this order

 Norfolk based

 Modern British

 Modern US

 Anything else

3. Sci-Fi

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 7:42 AM

Well , Let's See;

   1 -- Ships -anything that is bigger than 1/700 And all types , military and civilian .

   2 -- Planes , especially those that float .I don't care what country as long as it floats , as I said .

   3 --  Autos , all types , mainly the classic cars from the thirties .

   4  -- Tank ships .All types , from a Guiness Beer Tanker to a L.N.G. Mega Tanker

   5 -- Self propelled Guns , any country any scale .

   6 -- Staff Cars and lite skins any type . 

   7 -- Science Fiction , Submarines and Research Vessels .

   8 -- MasterBox or Verlinden Pretty Ladies , in 1/24 scale preferrably .

   9 -- Paper model Ships and planes , with the planes being large scale Civilian Transport types .

  10 -- LEGOS , all types and venue .

  Anything I can build a model out of , from a Beer can to a Pill bottle and everything in between . 

 OOPS ! ! I forgot one genre . Helicopters !! The odder or more different the better . I especially like Apaches , OH. 6 birds any configuration and the Larger helos  , All of them .

 Just got reminded about my Nemesis , Trains . Stuck there for a long time and do build and play with them in H.O.Scale !

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Posted by ikar01 on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 7:22 PM

Currently Ships, followed by:  Aircraft, currently looking for a Kaman H-43

                                            Science Fiction

                                            Armor, mostly U.S.A.F. 

                                            Figures, just starting to learn how

                                            Cars, a couple projects in mind

                                           

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Posted by littletimmy on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 7:24 PM

Tanker - Builder
 OOPS ! ! I forgot one genre . Helicopters !! The odder or more different the better . I especially like Apaches , OH. 6 birds any configuration and the Larger helos  , All of them .

You forgot Train's too. I know you build em.

( Your not the only one who "forgot" them... So did I. Had to go back and "edit" my list.)

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 8:37 AM

My ranking of categories varies all the time.  I think that means my favorites are pretty close in interest (aircraft, ships, racing cars) but I build other things too (a little bit of armor and artillery, occasionally dioramas, trucks, railroad things.

I once told people I would model anything that moved under its own power.  Then, in a catalog for book lovers, I found a kit for the Gutenberg printing press, ordered and built it.

I am highly susceptible to the media!  Regardless of what I am working on at the moment, if I read a good book on some subject, or see a movie or TV show on something, I am driven to model something related to it.  I guess this is the reason I have so many models in my stash, and so many models in my temporary (shelves of doom) area.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by modelcrazy on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 9:27 AM

Yeah Don, come to think of it I like trying, or at least thinking about, replicating sunken ships. I watch the new series "Drain the Ocean" on NatGeo and the last episode showcased sunken treasure. The wreck of the Atocha or HMS Edinburgh looked interesting.

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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Posted by Keyda81 on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 10:08 AM

Military aircraft is #1 for me.  Helicopters would have to be #2.  I did enjoy building a 1/12 model of my car, but it would really have to be something I cared about, I have purchased a motorcycle kit, but haven't gotten to it yet.  Again, it would have to be a bike I liked.  Not really into tanks, busts, figures, sci-fi stuff.  I guess I'm just fascinated with things that fly, lol.

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Posted by GMorrison on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 1:04 PM

There was a time when I lived and breathed model railroads. I still have all of my rolling stock in storage, thinking one day I might put it on display.

I gave it up when I no longer had adequate real estate.

 

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Posted by modelcrazy on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 1:34 PM

I use to have 2 plastic tubs full of N scale rolling stock and engines I collected throughout the years, but I finally realized I'll never have the room for a layout so I sold everything off.

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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Posted by crown r n7 on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 1:54 PM

Yup me too but my HO and slot car stuff are long gone

 

 

 Nick.

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Posted by scottrc on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 2:38 PM

Oh man,

I thought it was ships, then aircraft, and maybe cars, but then I built a tank and thought no, thats not it, but just today, I thought I saw a motorcycle GB offering and its caught my attention like a Great Dane seeing a squirrel.

No wonder I can't finish anything.  And don't get me started down the road with model trians, RC planes, or anything controlled by a radio for that matter, rockets, and sports cars.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Friday, June 22, 2018 9:53 AM

My stash is mostly military planes from WW1 to more modern and early jets. My armor is all WW2. So with that said I’m between armor and planes but more into planes, at least for now. Naval subjects are also interesting.

 

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