Thoughts on 1/144 scale.

[therapy]

I have only built this Revell landing ship in 1/144, but I do have a few larger planes in the stash. Perhaps we should have a 1/144 group build some time..



Nick

 

[spanner570]

Colin, I've built a few 1/144's of various sorts. There are plenty to choose from including some very nice commercial aircraft and most are excellent little kits......








I think Nick's idea is great, so how about jumping in the deep end and propose a 1/144 Group Build?

It would be good to see how many different types of kit the lads come up with. There is certainly a huge choice.

Just be very careful, there are some awful 1/144 stuff out there.....

Cheers.
Ron

 

[yak face]

I like the Harrier and the top gun type, it's name escapes me.

Well Revell do a lovely Harrier and their tomcat is supposed to be good as well ( chris has probably done one for his carrier so his view will be good ) heres the Harrier
Or if you fancy ww2 stuff then the snap together kits from Zvezda are a great intro - not many parts at all but very nicely detailed, you might have to get some better decals though as the ones included are very generic . For superbly detailed kits then Sweet do a good range of ww2 fighters , usually 2 kits in each box and a good selection of decal options , dont be fooled by the cartoon box art though , theyre fantastic little kits , hope this helps cheers tony

 

[ColinW]

There was a time I drooled over the 1/24 mosquito, and the Harrier from years ago even the spitfire recently. I once saw an attack chopper that size a long time ago that I would have loved.
Maybe one day I'll get one,though its way out of my skill to do a good job.
And now with space being limited I'm going down the opposite in size.
But the larger size still has a fascination to me.
It doesn't mean never again , but I'll try and resist for the time being.

 

[ColinW]

Ron
I do like ships too, but the modern planes are interesting to me at the moment in this small scale.
Tony
I do like that Harrier, and I've been browsing , probably wrongly, for 1/144 and can't seem to find that many.

 

[boatman]

Well Revell do a lovely Harrier and their tomcat is supposed to be good as well ( chris has probably done one for his carrier so his view will be good )
TONY W
QOUTE

YES MADE a whole sqr of F14 TOMCATS on my carrier an some with nav lights
an these are revel kits qiute detailed

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Well Revell do a lovely Harrier and their tomcat is supposed to be good as well ( chris has probably done one for his carrier so his view will be good )
TONY W
QOUTE

YES MADE a whole sqr of F14 TOMCATS on my carrier an some with nav lights
an these are revel kits qiute detailed
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There he goes again!

I feel... humbled?
I feel... Inadequate?
I feel, I REALLy should do some of the 1/144 Soviet 'planes I replaced all my larger scale kits with...
Like moulding an early canopy to do all the MiG-21 prototypes and variants...

Ooh, did someone suggest a 1/144 GB. Maybe I'll propose one in a couple of months time

 

[boatman]

Ooh, did someone suggest a 1/144 GB. Maybe I'll propose one in a couple of months time
steve the duck
qoute
AN I may even jion in on the g/b as be a rest from my big tomcat
chrisb

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Ron
I do like ships too, but the modern planes are interesting to me at the moment in this small scale.
Tony
I do like that Harrier, and I've been browsing , probably wrongly, for 1/144 and can't seem to find that many.

Check HERE
Scalemates is always a useful tool to check what's (or was) on the market.

 

[ColinW]

I left the model show disappointed as there were no 1/144 I was after.
So I got a couple off Amazon.

 

[ColinW]

I know,

 

[rtfoe]

Hi Colin, as mentioned in my earlier post about the possibilities with this scale...here's one I could never do with a 1/48 or even 72 scale...



Look forward to seeing your builds here and hope there will be a GB for this scale.

Cheers,
Richard aka Wabble

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Hmm, shouldn't the deck crew and tractor be 'speed streaky' too?

Now, I would NOT put that past Wabble's inestimable modelling skills...

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

After the GBs already listed, there was a Spanish Civil War GB mooted?
So, maybe around September time (My birthday!) I'll propose an all-genre 1/144 GB? Any pre-orders?

 

[ColinW]

Hi Colin, as mentioned in my earlier post about the possibilities with this scale...here's one I could never do with a 1/48 or even 72 scale...

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Look forward to seeing your builds here and hope there will be a GB for this scale.

Cheers,
Richard aka Wabble

Cracking , though I can only hope I get one finished and hopefully not too rough

 

[Lee Drennen]

Please do, I'd love to see it

Ok I found it in the original box I’ll try to this week

 

[Lee Drennen]

I'll propose an all-genre 1/144 GB?

That’s sounds great. Count me in

 

[rtfoe]

Hmm, shouldn't the deck crew and tractor be 'speed streaky' too?

Now, I would NOT put that past Wabble's inestimable modelling skills...

Those weren't speed streaks but tyre skids marks. The entire deck would have been blurred if I wanted the speed effect but good point.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Those weren't speed streaks but tyre skids marks. The entire deck would have been blurred if I wanted the speed effect but good point.

Cheers,
Wabble

Sorry, I thought it was like some of the 'streaky ground' display bases I've seen, which do capture a rather nice effect

Oops. Have I gone and set you a challenge now?

I should also have praised the elegent solution of the 'plane in flight with the catapult hook. No launch steam though!

 

[spanner570]

Why would there be launch steam when the aircraft has clearly just picked up an arresting cable?

Simple question from a thick old joiner.....