Open Forum About Scale.
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:09 am
This weekend I am setting out to get a big hoard of XD. This will be cool almost as cool as the epic trip I took from driving to Virginia to New Orleans.
I was on the phone with the Hun stopping at every Wal-Mart in between. I was driving a Chevy full bed pick up and by the time I got home it was FULL.
Epic !!!!!!!!
Anyway what to do with all this stuff ? Fist thing that come to mind custom fodder.
I have made a few kits in the past simple add ons to full builds.
The simple stuff was affordable the larger builds kind of pricey. I can go on and on about defending the price of the full builds but you guys have heard it before.
There could be a compromise. Take for instance the German Sdkfz 250. Rommel's GRIEF. That kind of looks like a baby Sdkfz 251. BUT THE WHEELS ARE ALL WRONG. One of our talented builders has built one already . I forget who it was . It looked great !!
The major part of my T-34 build was the running gear. Wheels and tracks.
Now suppose I were to build and make the 250. If I just build the body and you guys were to cannibalize a Hanomag would this be good enough ?
I would say that the body only will be around $100. The full build $250. That is a big price difference. BUT THE WHEELS ARE WRONG.
The same thing could apply to the Indy cargo truck. Make that into a Sdkfz 7 or something close using the Hanomags running gear . Again the wheels would be wrong. But the Hanos are still kind of cheap.
The Sdkfz 7 is huge. That means expensive. I would say that a full build for that would be $300-$400
What if I were to just make the body $150 ?
And you guys just put the Hanos gear on. I could make a couple of wheels and track lengths to stretch the Hanos gear to make it work.
This semi scale or stand off scale could work on other subjects.
Crossing the line of scale to GI Joe for close enough.
I know a lot of you would want your customs to be 100% but what it were close ?
This would apply to armor only. It is hard to fudge on aircraft and make it look good.
I was on the phone with the Hun stopping at every Wal-Mart in between. I was driving a Chevy full bed pick up and by the time I got home it was FULL.
Epic !!!!!!!!
Anyway what to do with all this stuff ? Fist thing that come to mind custom fodder.
I have made a few kits in the past simple add ons to full builds.
The simple stuff was affordable the larger builds kind of pricey. I can go on and on about defending the price of the full builds but you guys have heard it before.
There could be a compromise. Take for instance the German Sdkfz 250. Rommel's GRIEF. That kind of looks like a baby Sdkfz 251. BUT THE WHEELS ARE ALL WRONG. One of our talented builders has built one already . I forget who it was . It looked great !!
The major part of my T-34 build was the running gear. Wheels and tracks.
Now suppose I were to build and make the 250. If I just build the body and you guys were to cannibalize a Hanomag would this be good enough ?
I would say that the body only will be around $100. The full build $250. That is a big price difference. BUT THE WHEELS ARE WRONG.
The same thing could apply to the Indy cargo truck. Make that into a Sdkfz 7 or something close using the Hanomags running gear . Again the wheels would be wrong. But the Hanos are still kind of cheap.
The Sdkfz 7 is huge. That means expensive. I would say that a full build for that would be $300-$400
What if I were to just make the body $150 ? And you guys just put the Hanos gear on. I could make a couple of wheels and track lengths to stretch the Hanos gear to make it work.
This semi scale or stand off scale could work on other subjects.
Crossing the line of scale to GI Joe for close enough.
I know a lot of you would want your customs to be 100% but what it were close ?
This would apply to armor only. It is hard to fudge on aircraft and make it look good.
