Im acturally a little new to armor modeling. I started with a 1/48 Tiger I early, from Tamiya, back when there was only 4 or 5 vehicles in that series. Now there a lot more and plus it matches most popular airplane models.
Aircraft 1/72 and armour in 1/72 (although because of my age ) most of my armour is actually 1/76 - I must admit that this new-fangled scale of 1/72 for armour fits better with aircraft (and is therefore more logical for wargaming) but having two kits of the same tank in different scales on the table makes for a weird sight...
In reality, so is most of mine, even though the kit says '1/72' I have Tiger Is and Panthers that are noticeably smaller than Shermans!
Ricky wrote And we have guys who managed to get hold of some now-rare Roco/ Mintanks vehicles in 1/87. And they put them on the wargames table alomgside their 72-scale armour. Ever seen a tank troop made up of the same tank in THREE different scales? Sort of spoils the effect PS there are rumours that Revell are going to re-release the old Matchbox Comet kit - which will mean more 76 scale armour but at better prices than Revell (they're not really "wargaming" kits - too fiddly on the track assembly, and a bit too pricey for hacking about) - and the Comet is a useful chassis for cutting and chopping for own-design AFVs as well. Can't wait.
I seem to remember that one of the great virtues of the old Matchbox kits was that the tracks held themselves together with glue. Whereas, at least with me, putting together an Airfix kit tended to become a bit X-rated with the amount of swearing it caused.
Gluing tracks? GLUING TRACKS? Aaargh. I used to use a mini-stapler (two staples per track, one each side of the connecting pin), or sew them them together using invisible thread. I always found that gluing them on messed up the paint work on the wheels or didn't stick properly if the there wasn't enough glue to hold them together.
I actually used to use the method outlined in the instructions - melt the ends together (with my dad's soldering iron). This was great fun when I was 10. Mind you, my dad usually had to re-do them for me... Now I tend to either melt or staple (sometimes both)
there you go! I totally agree. And what's more, 1/72 does allow quite nice detail but not so much as 1/35 does. So you get nice pretty detailed models, but they demand little space.
What scale do you use, when you're able to sew the together?? Just curious! Btw, 1/87 scale is thesame used by model train producers and is therefore a very nice scale when one has a modeltrain diorama.
