Definitive Poll for the group build.

[John]

I've redone this poll to give it multiple choice options

Right Scale-modellers,we have spoke at great length on the first ever exciting group build,now is the time to decide which would suit you all personally,so please enter this poll and get voting now with your preferences,then we can all get building and have some fun soon as possible -1/ Which type of aircraft would you like to see as the subject of the group build ? Spitfire ?

2/ Focke Wulf 190 ?

3/ Which scale would you prefer ? 1=72nd ?

4/ 1=48th scale ?

5/ Would you prefer an imaginative 'What if' subject built from two kits of your own choice ?

6/ Would you prefer a 'Time Warp' subject,for example a contemporary jet aircraft done in say Luftwaffe colours ? once again kits of your own choice.

7/ Which timescale would you prefer to build the model ? 2 months ?

8/ 3 months ?

9/ Longer ?

Looking forward to a great first group build,the thing to keep in mind is that this is going to be a lot of fun with no personal pressure,and everyone will learn a lot for the next build.

[Guest]

1/2. Dont mind which, but just done some research on the Focker, and now i would rather do the Focker (soz, but I couldnt resist mentioning Focker 3 times without getting my reply deleted)

3/4. 1/48, coz bigger is better.

5. nope

6. "got to think of these models being left to our children, we dont want them thinking in fifty years time that their dad was a looney"

7/8/9. 3 months. I have other projects on the go, but as we all know..do a bit on one, then do a bit on the other saves you from getting bored.

So in short-

Focker - 1/48 - 3 months

I go with the majority vote though.

[Guest]

I am sure I am not the only one with many other committments that put restraints on available time and whilst three months may seem realistic at the beginning I am certain a number will either not be completed in time or members will have to rush the project to finish it.

[Guest]

1 to 48 spit please, need 3 months or longer... count me in, got to be in it to win it....

will probably need 6 months to complete it ! - or will get my 3 yr old to complete it for me !!!!

[Guest]

I have just voted in this poll, in essence for the FW190 in 1/48 scale. Despite the kind offer to get the kit at wholesale price, I 've already got one waiting in the box. (Doesn't matter if it's not Tamiya, does it?) However, I could live with another aircraft type.

[Guest]

fw190 in 48th for me too!

[Guest]

Spitfire for me

Hello all, I've cast my vote without reading the other replies first. 1/48th seems to be the prefferred scale, is it a case for discerning modellers wanting to escape the Airfix range? The timescale of 3 months + is probably quite realistic and I do not know if my painting skills will reach expectations.

I'll have to go search for one now.

cheers

Jim

[Guest]

1/48th seems to be the prefferred scale' date=' is it a case for discerning modellers wanting to escape the Airfix range? [/quote']MAYBE....LOOOL:smile11:

[wonwinglo]

I think the trend today is for larger scales anyway Jim,dont worry about your painting skills,entering in the spirit of modelling is far more important here.

e Remember very model that you build is one step towards perfection,the later however is never really achieved,just something to aim for.

[Guest]

e Remember very model that you build is one step towards perfection,the later however is never really achieved,just something to aim for.

So true, ive yet to meet a modeller which a kit they are acutally happy with!

[Guest]

i have had one!.....

the Tamiya Subaru Ipreza great british ralley (see galery)

not a single ill-fitting part, only the usual bits to trim, no dodgy decals, no release agent residue...nothing wrong what so ever!!!!

apart from i forgot to glue the driver in before i put the roof on (my fault not the models)

[Guest]

I think the point being made was not the fact that the kit itself is lacking in any way but that modellers are never happy with thier work and are always striving to make things better.

My current builds are all a result of experiments and developements of techniques and ideas and, as such with hindsight could always have been done a bit better.

In our attempts to achieve the perfect model we push ourselves constantly to improve our results but for me, as most of us I suspect, the perfect model that I am totally happy with continues to elude me.

[Guest]

words of wisdome there richard, i suppose your right.

although after completion you can always find things that you could have done better or improve on, i have found looking back on old models i have done i feel they are quite good.

i suppose when we do this though we take into fact that we were not as skilled when we made it!

[Guest]

Most of early models get used as target pratice for my airsoft team or on the display stands. (if you dont know what airsoft is, let me know).

I think the point being raised, like, richard says is that modellers are perfectionists really. I certainly have no models im 100% happy with!

As for ill fitting models and airfix, no comment ;-)

[Guest]

I guess, as I grew up on Airfix, I have rather a soft spot for them and they played a major part of my late childhood and teenage years.

Tamiya was a major revelation in my life as far as fit and detail went but, then again, they never made a model of an Old Bill Bus, a British railway engine, a Gloucester Galdiator, Julius Ceasar, the QE2, etc...etc...etc...!