favorite scale to model in

Since my return to the hobby I have focused mainly on military aircraft and for 1/32 scale does the trick although there are certain subjects that only come in 1/48 or 1/72 like bombers and such. So I guess what I am saying is I like a scale that provides a large enough representation of the subject ao alow the imagiation run wild with detailing and such.

I've built some 1/72 armor, bucause the DRagon kits are awesome, and pretty reasonable. Really, I build EVERYTHING though. In the stash, a U.S.S. forrestal, the Robot from Lost in space, The Chariot, Slave 1, Tiger 1, Sherman, Bradly... And that's just some of my stuff.

I build 1/35 scale figures and 1/72 scale armor, although I do sometimes do the 1/48 scale aircraft (WW2 only) every now and then.

Jim

My favorite one its the 1/24, but I have models form the 1/160 to the 1/9...

  Thanks again for all the feed back on this topic. It is interesting to hear the different reasons why people pick a certain scale to build in. 

For me the bigger the better...in my youth the best kits I built were the mpc 1:24 Stuka and P-51 and a 1:12 scale Corvette Stingray with real metal coil springs - amazingly realistic for the 70's.

Actually, my stash these days has: 1:32 for aircraft (even though I have plenty of 1:48 aircraft because of lack of variety in 1:32); 1:350 for ships; 1:35 for armor and 1:24/25 for autos.

The problem I have with most 1:48 aircraft is the lack of engine detail at least with most of the 1:48 kits in my stash.  Although, I bought a number of 1:32 Hasegawa Spitfires from ebay expecting to find engines and was very disapointed on delivery.

1:700 ships don't have realistic looking guns IMHO.

I like Tamiya's new trend toward making armor and aircraft in the same scale...I just wish that they had choosen 1:35 for that scale.

I know the larger scales prove to be a hassle in display, but currently I finish so few models that displaying them hasn't been an issue.

Just my take on things!