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Not so much thread mentioning how addicted I am but more what I have done since starting this game.

I have been playing for a couple of years and am certainly addicted. WITP is my one vice, luckily Wife (Mark 2) lets me indulge, at least most of the time.

While I have always had an interest in wargming WW2 my reading as been sparce, especially in regards to the Pacific. I now have a small but growing library of books and DVD’s. Playing the game and cruising these threads has given my a new insight into the war.

It is my latest purchase that shows I must be going mad. Corgi have released a model series called Warbirds. I have purchased a model of a Kittyhawk IA as flown by Les Jackson. I also purchased a A6M5 as flown by Sabaro Sakai.

Corgi’s website advises “Corgi Warbirds Series 2 is THE Iconic World War II Aircraft assortment, and a perfect starting point for any youngster’s collection.”

I am of course 40 years old. A second youth perhaps. Would it be foolish of me to mention I intend to collect the lot. I did purchase a model kit of a Corsair and a Spitfire but these eyes are not what they used to be so I am going to turn to the premade models.

People a lot older than you collect and build plastic models.  The plastic model business has become quite sophisticated.  Most modelers have a huge collection of unbuilt models.  Mine is around 400.  Almost all WW II subjects.

Die cast has also become popular among those who want the display pieces without having to build them.  Corgi is one of the makers in that market, but there are several others now too.

Bill

One of the fun things about being an adult (with a reasonably paying job), is that we can often afford to indulge in those "childhood fantasies" of getting the entire WW2 model collection with the "wouldn't it be awesome" paint to go with it.
 
It doesn't really matter we're never going to have time to actually put those models together, because we will "someday" [8|].
 
But yes, it's nice to be able to indulge and "collect the whole set" of whatevers.
 
-F-

I have most of the Europa series (for those of you that dont know what that is, it is WWII in Europe at the Bn, rgt, and div scale - 20 miles to a hex from Murmansk to south of Suez, from Lisbon to the Urals). I layed the maps out once, and it literally papered my floor with it. It started coming out in '73. Always said "someday" on that also

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Feinder

One of the fun things about being an adult (with a reasonably paying job), is that we can often afford to indulge in those "childhood fantasies" of getting the entire WW2 model collection with the "wouldn't it be awesome" paint to go with it.

It doesn't really matter we're never going to have time to actually put those models together, because we will "someday" [8|].

But yes, it's nice to be able to indulge and "collect the whole set" of whatevers.

-F-

I have Tirpitz 1:400 sitting in a box for 20 years waiting to be assembled... I will do it some day... [8D]

But I do have around 50+ diorama (i.e. plastic models assembled and painted by me) in 1:48 scale (WWI, jets) and in 1:72 scale (WWI, WWII) and ships 1:350, 1:400 scale sitting behind glass and regularly dusted off... [:)]


Leo "Apollo11"

I am painting and assembling 1:1200 Napoleonic ships, 1:2000 Napoleonics and 1:2400 WWII naval miniatures. It's great fun.

I bet those 1:1200 ratlines are a royal b1tch![;)]

Probably easier to do than the 1:1200 rats... [:D]

[:D][:D]we do crack ourselves up, don't we?

Hey Yamato
 
JF Dunnigan said in S&T that getting a game out and studying it was using it the same as playing it was, and to include that time in the S&T feedback responses. Consistently with his view that the games were an extension of the reading to help understand the history.
 
So you have played it.[8D]

just by wonder how long on average does it take yall to assemble one of these models?

When I was a youth, I built my plane and ship models with firecrackers inside them. Once I got tired of looking at the display, outside to the sandbox we went. I'd pour a little extra testor's glue on them, soak some paper airplanes in kerosene, light them amd have them crash kamikaze style into the model being sacrificed... It was a very satisfying method of culling the collection...

Hey! I'm 40 and my wife still accuses me of being a little kid [:D]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Feinder

One of the fun things about being an adult (with a reasonably paying job), is that we can often afford to indulge in those "childhood fantasies" of getting the entire WW2 model collection with the "wouldn't it be awesome" paint to go with it.

It doesn't really matter we're never going to have time to actually put those models together, because we will "someday" [8|].

But yes, it's nice to be able to indulge and "collect the whole set" of whatevers.

-F-

I have Tirpitz 1:400 sitting in a box for 20 years waiting to be assembled... I will do it some day... [8D]

But I do have around 50+ diorama (i.e. plastic models assembled and painted by me) in 1:48 scale (WWI, jets) and in 1:72 scale (WWI, WWII) and ships 1:350, 1:400 scale sitting behind glass and regularly dusted off... [:)]


Leo "Apollo11"

I have a 1:1 1858 Model .577 British Enfield Rifled Musket. It is loads of fun, until I wake up with a very sore shoulder.
[:'(]

ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

Hey! I'm 40 and my wife still accuses me of being a little kid [:D]

Actually, in my book that's not an accusation - it's a compliment ![8D]

" I have a 1:1 1858 Model .577 British Enfield Rifled Musket. It is loads of fun, until I wake up with a very sore shoulder."

Hey, AU, are you a member of the NSSA, or a re-enactor?

ORIGINAL: bobogoboom

just by wonder how long on average does it take yall to assemble one of these models?

Depends a lot on the model and what you want to do with it. A single engine WW II 1/48 scale plane can be done in about 12 hours of work if you do a reasonable job, paint with the airbrush, etc. And the kit doesn't have severe problems that need correcting.

Most of the modern kits fit together far better than the old ones and have a lot more detail. They benefit from CAD design processes and new high pressure molds. Some people still want to guild the lily and will spend two to three times the original cost of the kit in aftermarket parts. Some older kits need them, since they are a bit sparse in detail, but the newer kits rarely need much in the way of extras.

I put together a 1/700 submarine for a retired sailor friend and that probably only took me about 8 hours of total work, including setting up the air brush in the garage, dragging out the air compressor, etc. I hadn't built anything in a while and everything was put away.

Bill

The monetary cost of models today is horrendous, but it forces one to take more care of his collection, and for true grognards to appreciate them.

Long live Revell...Monogram...Airfix...Palmer...Tyco...Hawk...Renwal...FROG...Aurora...Tamiya........Hasegawa...Heller....AHM...Pyro...etc.

ORIGINAL: bobogoboom

just by wonder how long on average does it take yall to assemble one of these models?

for a paperboat that took 2 min



ok that "sucksatable" i go out !

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: m10bob

The monetary cost of models today is horrendous, but it forces one to take more care of his collection, and for true grognards to appreciate them.

Long live Revell...Monogram...Airfix...Palmer...Tyco...Hawk...Renwal...FROG...Aurora...Tamiya........Hasegawa...Heller....AHM...Pyro...etc.

You think they are more expensive now than what they wre 10-20 years ago?

BTW, I loved Hasegawa... they had best molds 20 years ago IIRC....


Leo "Apollo11"