discussion What is your favourite scale to build in?

[pjgtech]

As above, little poll for you..... What is your favourite scale to build models in?
I started back into modelling using the cheap Airfix starter kits in 1:76/1:72 scale.
At first I thought bloody hell these are small! especially with the (tiny!) Willys jeep.
However, now after doing a few more, I actually quite like them.
But I think my favourite has to be 1:35 vehicles, not too big, not too small, just right....

 

[PaulTRose]

Cant vote cos its all of them

1/12 for bikes
1/24 (and weird 1/25 american scale) for cars
1/72 and 1/48 for planes
1/35 and braille scale for armour

 

[Tim Marlow]

Pretty much the same as Paul, except I’d swap 1/72 planes for 28mm figures…

 

[spanner570]

Same here Paul and Tim.
Any scale. Whatever takes my fancy.
Even 1/1200 ships!

 

[pjgtech]

Yeah, I was gonna add a few extra options, but it only limits you to 10 choices! Doh!

 

[Miko]

Almost exclusively 1/72, it makes up 95% of my stash

Miko (I'd've been surprised if 1/72 hadn't been the most popular)

 

[minitnkr]

1/87 almost exclusively. I have built in most other scales, but only in small (less than five) numbers

 

[pjgtech]

Cool, what type of models are in 1:87?

 

[Geoffers]

1/72 for me as I predominantly build aircraft.

I started with 1/48 aircraft when I returned to the hobby but don’t really have room for the larger aircraft so as I wanted all my builds to be the same scale switched to 1/72.

Geoff.

 

[boatman]

1/32 SCALE planes an 1/200 ships for me as with this scales the detail really shows up an you can do a lot with the model
chrisb

 

[BarryW]

1/32 aircraft. Best balance between size and detail. At this scale aircraft have real visual impact.

 

[minitnkr]

HO scale model railroading, WWII, postwar & modern US, German, Russian & British military vehicles/artillery & some US & German aircraft. 1/87 initially was for model railroading & wargaming, but popularity, due to low price and space demands along with availability of structure & scenery material, drove diorama modelers into the scene where makers expanded to meet demand. ROCO & Trident 1/87 were initial big names in the 1960s/70s for military stuff.

 

[pjgtech]

Cheers for that, you learn summit new every day....