What Are Your Modeling Interests?

Generally speaking I build either what catches my eye or stuff that has stuck in my mind from my youth. For example, after reading a book on WWII and seeing the well known picture of her crew abandoning ship, I'd always wanted to build a USS Lexington CV-2 so I was very happy when Trumpeter came out with their 1:350 kit. 

Others would include the F-4, F-106, F-14, F-15, F-16, and B-52, all favorite aircraft of mine. 

Stuff that's caught my eye; the ProModeler 1/48 F-86D because of the quality of the kit. A Tamiya T-Rex(cuz the Triceratops needs company!) Collectaire F-108 Rapier cuz it looked cool and only 500 made. (My biggest mistake so far).

AFV's are limited to a Tamiya M-1A1, a couple AFV HMTT's and a fuel truck to be done in 80's european camouflage. Not into WWII armor.

Ships: 1:350 scale except for a few icons(1:96 Cutty Sark). Got the usual Tamiya stash of battleships and Enterprise. Building up the Trumpeter stock. Interests: Battleships, specific aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers, destroyers. Would love to see a 1:350 scale pre war California BB and a post war injection molded USS Salem. Again, the cool factor rules.

Automotive: 18 wheelers and any car that catches my eye. Only a dozen in the stash and not likely to increase. 

Space: ZZZZZZZZZZ. 

Sci-fi: Limited to original BSG(one kit) and the Polar lights movie Enterprise. Have a Republic star destroyer from the Clone wars movie but it's probably gonna donate to a kitbash project. 

I used to build aircraft strictly in 1:48 (except for the B-52 and B-36 of course) but now I'm moving towards 1:72 for the space savings and because I don't have to detail so much. 

  My main interests are:   WWII planes (mainly mustangs and 109s)

                                      A new interest in helicopters (5 kits so far)

                                      A new interest in artillery (dont know where to start-so many kits)

                                      40k  ( marines and ad mech )

                                      Warmachine ( steampunk mayhem on the tabletop )

                                      Following WIPs of any modeling genre

I guess my interests are pretty diverse, too.

When I finish anything, I build mostly military subjects:  Airplanes in 1/48 and 1/72, though I have some 1/32s in the stash; ships, mostly USN, in 1/700, and various navies, in 1/1200; not much armor, this time around, though I built more of it when I was a kid, mostly Monogram's 1/32 series, reading Shep's excellent and inspiring "Tips on Building Dioramas".

But I also build sci-fi, specifically, Maschinen Krieger.  A buddy got me hooked on them, and now a sub-stash of the main stash contains about 30 MaK kits.

And I have a collection of resin anime girl kits, in 1/8 or 1/6 scale.

But I also cast and paint toy soldiers, mostly 54mm, and mostly Seven Years War or Imperial German Army.  In fact, it was through toy soldiers that I made the journey, after giving up building models when I graduated from high school, back to scale modeling about 10 years later.

I have also built one car, in that time, and have another one in the stash.  I'm not that much of a car fan, whether in kit form or in 1:1, but I also believe that a good modeler should be able to build a kit of any subject, whether he likes it or not, and I got those cars through our club raffle.  And they were fun, and I do have immense respect for the guys who achieve a showroom finish, or who are masters of the junkyard style of finish.   I can look at any build, and appreciate the work the modeler did.  None of this, "car guys vs armor guys vs airplane guys, etc, etc" for me.  We're all part of the same hobby.

CN Spots

Machines only.

Wings, wheels, tracks, rotors, impulse engines, whatever. I like em all.

 

Not a fan of modelling living (or once living) things.  Too many horror movies start out with things like that on a shelf.  An then, suddenly, there's one less of those things on a shelf.

 

Brrr.

 

That is funny, I've started on a kit of "the Alien" (from the movie Alien) and I had a similar thought (that would be creepy to see an empty spot where the model was). I saw that movie 36 years ago and it still gives me the willies. 

Machines only.

Wings, wheels, tracks, rotors, impulse engines, whatever. I like em all.

Not a fan of modelling living (or once living) things.  Too many horror movies start out with things like that on a shelf.  An then, suddenly, there's one less of those things on a shelf.

Brrr.

Primarily WWII US and UK armor and softskins in braille scale. PT Boats, but not done anything in that yet.

A few odds and ends, like the Airfix 1/32 Omnibus I'll start soon.

No dislikes, just no interest in anything else.

One general dislike, links to pics in forum threads, that don't work and all one sees is a silly pic of a kitten. But thats a different topic :)

Jim

1/48 & 1/72 Luftwaffe.  I'm a sucker for the oldies.

Try to stay in the 'Nam era and just after, prefer Phantoms in either 1/48 or 1/32, mostly the latter since I'm all thumbs.  Going to do a couple of Gatos as SS238 in dios with Mush's famous quote on a brass plate.  One for me and one for our local vet's home (1/144 and 1/350).  Thats where most of my 'Nam models will end up since they are starting to get those vets in now.

Will stray into semi's and some other vehicles once in awhile, will probably get a Merit CV-6 Enterprise to do this next spring.

I'm a dabbler, I'll build just about anything that catches my attention.

In particular I really like the colorful aircraft of the 1920s and 30s.

I like pioneering aircraft, so favor WW1 as well as jets and helicopters of the 1950s.

I prefer to build aircraft in 1/72 but will make the occassional exception.

Also build fire apparatus, the occassional police vehicle and a variety of trucks mostly in 1/24-25. I have little interest in actual auto racing, but I do kind of like race cars and in particular have a thing for models of rally cars.

I very rarely stray from 1/25th & 1/24th scale. My likes in order are:

Construction equipment

Agricultural equipment

dioramas

Trucks

Cars

other models in theses scales

I dislike things that need camo paint jobs

Carl

Thanks! 

UPDATE: I'm checking it right now, and this is amazing! Just an update to my interests, I'm adding mecha!

Moff

 

 

Real G

...and sci-fi with emphasis on Japanese robots.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you know any good mecha series that I could look into? I have this recurring fantasy that I'm going to buy Industria Meckanika's Wachtel, but so far it hasn't happened 

 

Moff, if you like steam punk mecha, Maschinen Krieger ZbV3000 is for you. Hasegawa and Wave make plastic kits, and there are other garage kit outfits that do resin stuff.

Hasegawa and Wave also do plastic Macross kits which bridge aircraft and sci-fi model genres in detail.

And then there is the million ton gorilla in the room - Bandai has an overwhelming selection of Gundam mobile suits, ships, and vehicles.

Have a look at Hobbylink Japan for the above. HTH

Haze gray and underway!

My interests are mostly US Navy subjects, CVs, CVN, and ship based aircraft and helos from the beginning of NAVAIR to present.  I include USMC a/c as well.  I've built square-rigged ship models (not for a very long time though) and an occasional DDG and CG.

Outside of the USN I've built US manned spacecraft and a starship Enterprise a time or two.

I've tried cars, but with so much flat, weathered-painted subjects, I find doing a "flawless gloss finish" a real challenge.

While I appreciate the particular skills involved, building AFVs just doesn't hold much interest for me.  I guess I'm just too navy for those.

tankerbuilder

Hi !

 I think Don Stauffer is the conmensurate modeler , I espied him with my " Ghost Drone " building a model of himself  , building a model ! LOL.LOL. No Really , Don , Like myself has opened his repetoirre a whole bunch . I now still prefer ships of the postwar era and any ship there isn't a model of in the civilian world .

 I have branched out into very old train engines ( the Trevithick and Rocket ) and a model of a very old Oscillating cylinder , paddle wheel , ship steam engine.

     The reason for the Civilian genre . I have worked on many so I could say " Been there done that and what I built IS correct mr. Judge !"

 

Ah yes, those Minicraft early locos!  Have built the Trevithick, and am looking for a good affordable Rocket.

Yes, I also build a lot of civilian stuff- ships and planes.  I like to build what I see around me, and I don't get on military bases much anymore, so I like to build what I see on local pea patch airports.  That was also my introduction to airplanes.  My dad flew from those pea patch fields, and while I did see a lot of war surplus planes - in fact, Dad bought a surplus Taylorcraft liason plane- most of what was around were Pipers, Cessnas, and Beechs.

My first love is ships, and the bigger the better.

During the past couple of years I've (mostly) been putting my hobby time into 1/200 WW2 era battleships. My current project is a 1/200 Nelson:

I also am a big fan of 1/72 WW2 submarines and to a lessor extent, 1/350 subjects.

Next on my list are 1/24 autos, mostly 4x4s and muscle cars.

I also like figures of fantasy and anime subjects (no, NOT the naughty ones! ) but I just don't have the skill and talent to paint them well so far.

When I was a teenager I was really into Star Trek models, 1/48 aircraft (especially American bombers) and 1/35 military but I haven't done one of those in over 20 years.

As for stuff I'm not interested in... I doubt I'd ever build a racecar of any kind or classic monster movie figures. I don't think I'll be doing any aircraft, armor or scif-fi anytime in the near future either, though I enjoy looking at other modeler's works for just about any subject!

I enjoy building ships of all sizes and purpose. There's something oddly satisfying, knowing this craft weighs tons, yet it will float. It's like a magic trick of some sort.

It's kind of ironic that watercraft is what I enjoy building most, because I have a fear of 'big water'. As long as I can see land, I'm ok. Once we lose sight of land, I panic. I'm a poor swimmer, so if the vessel sinks, and I can see land, I'll still drown, but at least I know I'm swimming in the right direction.

But I digress...

As far as what I don't enjoy building, I'd have to say aircraft. It's not really that I don't like building them, it's just their size can be a problem for me.

Real G

...and sci-fi with emphasis on Japanese robots.  

 

Do you know any good mecha series that I could look into? I have this recurring fantasy that I'm going to buy Industria Meckanika's Wachtel, but so far it hasn't happened 

I like interesting/unusual aircraft, MBTs from all eras, the occasional odd sub, and sci-fi with emphasis on Japanese robots.  I "like" 1970-1980 era Formula-1 cars, but so far have not been able to get a good gloss finish.

Stuff I don't like include "historically significant things that won the war, so they are thus proclaimed by experts as more deserving to be kitted as tiny plastic models over any other subject, blah-blah-blah", and anything "itasha" (those Japanese anime girlie-covered cars, planes, tanks, ships, robots, etc.).  Sorry.  Haters gonna hate.

I have tried almost every type of model, with the exception of hot rods and those "Pirates of the Caribbean" action kits.  I thought the pirate kits were neat but just never got around to buying one.

I'm glad everyone's interested in this thread, keep 'em coming!

I build 1/48 aircraft from any era really.  I used to alternate, modern/classic prop, but lately, all I've finished have been 1950s jets!  I have finished two 1/35 tanks over the years and found that to be a lot of fun too and somewhat easier, imho, than aircraft.  But for aircraft, only 1/48 for me...OCD and all that.

Gary

Hi !

 I think Don Stauffer is the conmensurate modeler , I espied him with my " Ghost Drone " building a model of himself  , building a model ! LOL.LOL. No Really , Don , Like myself has opened his repetoirre a whole bunch . I now still prefer ships of the postwar era and any ship there isn't a model of in the civilian world .

 I have branched out into very old train engines ( the Trevithick and Rocket ) and a model of a very old Oscillating cylinder , paddle wheel , ship steam engine.

     The reason for the Civilian genre . I have worked on many so I could say " Been there done that and what I built IS correct mr. Judge !"

My favourite is 1/48 aircraft.  But I force myself to build other scales as well as ships or land vehicles to have some varity.

Cat Daddy

Your kit interests parallel mine. Presently I'm reading about the Spanish Civil War so I want to dive into some kits from that conflict.

 

 And this Republican Schneider is VERY cool: 

I can't really think of anything I don't like, just subjects I'll probably never build. Those are ships because of the multitude of teeny, tiny parts and cars because of the high gloss sheen needed for them to look good. In my stash I have WWII Axis and Allied armor and aircraft, modern armor, Star Trek, superheroes, monsters and TV characters.

Mainly 1/35 armor, US, UK, IDF

Military aircraft, mainly 1/32 cold war era

A few ships, mainly WWI.

Likes:

1/48 scale aircraft, WWI, WWII, and modern, etc...

1/35 Armor, WWI, WWII and modern, etc...

1/350 Ships, WWI, WWII amd modern, etc...

Scifi and real space, etc...

Cars and motorcycles, etc...

Figures, etc...

Dislikes:

None, always open minded for something different. Even different scales.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

I'll build anything that piques my interest and give me a sense of challenge. 

 

What I hate:

Clothing & shoe shopping with my wife and stupid people.

Your kit interests parallel mine. Presently I'm reading about the Spanish Civil War so I want to dive into some kits from that conflict.

As for clothing and shoe shopping, all I can say is, books are your friend. Most places have a nice chair/couch for husbands. My girlfriend sews and I know the location of every stool and seat in Downtown LA's fabric district.

And as for stupid people, yup, those aren't on my like list either.

Mostly 1/32scale ww2 fighter's, bombers ..wishlist. ...hmmm...1/32scale Do.17..in any variation. ..Henschel Hs 129B2...early version of the P-38 lighting none supercharged. .so so many others too much to list ..all .Japanese bombers too ..