Small Scale Military Headquarters

For the last few months I've been following the whole JSI Tomcat story. Personally, I stick to 1:32 only, so the entire debacle has very little bearing on me, but never-the-less, I've been watching. I think we can all agree that weathering has certainly been a hot topic lately, and would likely stick out as the focal point of the entire Tomcat debut. That said, it's raised an issue that I've often thought about, so I thought I'd throw it out and see what everyone else thinks.

So, just how do you like your items weathered? I'll try to include options to the poll to cover all bases, but please feel free to comment here if you have any other thoughts.

MV

Nice poll.

I said Wensday.

But garlic fries are tempting.

Interesting. It certainly seems that the majority prefer little to no weathering. And of those that do prefer weathered pieces, it seems that the weathering can be minimal and still suffice. No one responded that they wanted damaged or abused pieces (are you listening FOV 1:32 Iraqi T-72 team?).

Myself? I've always felt that the pieces should be sold in a rather factory fresh state, well, maybe not fresh, but clean, complete, and unaltered. Like they would on any given Wednesday. If I decide that I want one weathered, I'll do it myself thanks. I've never been a fan of pieces that, due to weathering, are limited in their potential for display, ie; a winter whitewashed Sherman that can now never be used in the desert or on the beach, or a mud caked woodland camo M1A1 Abrams that would be hard pressed to appear in the desert... For those sort of things I prefer to add my own whitewash or weathering, preferably in a removable manner, so I can display the piece at another time in another fashion.

I'm surprised by the number that want them in a presentation like state. I wonder if this breaks down further between armor and aircraft guys? I feel that a fresh painted and shined up plane can certainly look good, but the same treatment on a tank looks odd. Certain planes are of course best done in this manner, Blue Angels and Thunderbirds come to mind. For some reason it seems almost wrong to clean up an A-10 (except for a fresh painted warthog mouth!).

In any case, thanks for the votes. I sure found it interesting, and by all means, feel free to add any thoughts on the subject.

MV

Dirty, smashed, bent, ect!

I want them to look as they would on any given Wednesday on whatever base they are normally stationed at.

I weathered them myself. And I repaint them too.

phil

Factory fresh for me.

Too many things can go wrong with attempts at weathering from the factory.

It is easy enough to do yourself.