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Upscaling
Topic Started: Aug 25 2015, 03:02 PM (186 Views)
madnursegaz
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I've modelled in 1/72 most of my modelling life, with occasional builds in 1/48, 1/35,/1/32 and 1/24. Most of the models in the bigger scales have been AFVs or civilian road vehicles. The aeroplanes that are my main modelling interest have mostly been in 1/72,
but I think that's got to change. I'm getting older (61 at the last count!) and the old hands are getting shakier, and the eyesight
isn't what it was. I've thought long and hard about this, but the time has come to move to 1/48. This has implications on all sorts of levels: the kits are more expensive, so I'll have to buy fewer of them: the models are bigger, so displaying them will take up more room, and I'll have to seriously consider whether some models are TOO big in 1/48- a Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster will be out of the question, a Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell I recently "reduced to produce" after an accident was really too big for the shelves I have.
SWMBO and I have a joke about me "not buying 1/48 jets" and she does insist on buying me 1/72 helicopters (dunno why!) so I think I'll be going back to my modelling roots and building (sorry, Del!) World War II fighters in 1/48.
I have a stash that's mostly 1/72, but I do want to build some of it still (Airfix Valiant and Lanc B.II, Heller He112 and Fouga Magister,
KP Mig-17PF and Mig-19, Revell Tonka and Mi-26"Halo", Toko Il-2 and RP-63 Pinball among others) but a stash cull is imminent methinks!
Repairing models is what brought this on! Our living room is being redecorated, so the model shelves had to come down. 5 1/72 Tonkas were boxed up to await being reinstated when the decorating is finito. My 1/72 Tonkas are all special schemes, and they remained special even when SWMBO knocked the box off the top of the pile in the mancave! 1 unscathed, the other 4 with varying levels of damage, mostly to landing gear and underwing stores. The repairs have been difficult: P.02 may be beyond repair, and 45+06 (Eye of the Tiger) may have to be reconfigured into an "in-flight" model . . .
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LCDR Paul "Voodoo" Carter
I had to upgrade several years ago. I'm 48 and my eyesight and manual dexterity has slowly got worse with tiny parts., so I felt 1/48 was a good place to be. I now look at 1/72 kits and think how tiny they are.
Occasionally I will do one though, if it's not available in my preferred scale, but the choice is getting better and batter all the time.
The bad thing (other than space) is cost, but I do tend to scour shows for bargain (read "old") kits that I can upgrade.
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
strange how you perceive people on the internet.....ive always had an impression of you as someone under 40!! :whistle

i find that im looking at 1/48 aircraft more often, im finding my eyes struggle sometimes with 1/72 even with glasses on
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Lt Paddy 'Chancer' Boyle
Thats something I'm also considering, Gaz. But as you say, it all comes down to display space.

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Lt. Ken 'Albatros' Jeffrey
I tried that for exactly the same reason. 1/48 is a really nice size to work in, but then I discovered....detail. They put much more detail in and I was back to the can't see problem. I bought an opti-visor to help with that, best thing I ever done. Now I'm still doing 1/72. :grin:
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I moved to 1/48 ages ago but during the last Few years with the increase in the 1/32 ranges available it's now my scale of choice. I'm not really one for detail (seen or otherwise) but I do enjoy painting and weathering, the larger the scale the more relatively refined I can be with the airbrush.

Si.
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
I also moved to 1/48th ages ago and have just the one 1/72nd kit in the loft but I cannot see me (no pun intended) moving up to 1/32nd. I'm knocking 74 now and as you know by my sale list I won't build all I've got so tend now to stick to modern kits that don't need a lot of work. Other problems keep me at home most of the time and still enjoy building although things are slower now. I also have an opti-visor but find it gives me headaches so only use it for minute work.
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With 1/48 I try to pick my models more carefully now, to save space. F-104 Starfighters are narrow. Helicopters can be stored without their rotor blades on. I don't do much modelling without my magnifying goggles now!
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Lt John "bullet" Irwing
My preferred scale is now 1:48 for the same reasons, although perversely I do most of my modelling with my glasses off
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Johni044
Aug 26 2015, 08:28 AM
My preferred scale is now 1:48 for the same reasons, although perversely I do most of my modelling with my glasses off
I used to do my modeling with my glasses off. But my body over compensated for that and has change me from being short sighted to long sighted. So now I have to wear reading glasses to do my models.....
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LCDR Tony `Banana's` Clay
I`m finding the older I get, the more upscaling I do... :grin:
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madnursegaz
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Thanks for all your input, Guys. Maybe I'll try an Optivisor before upscaling. I'd considered one in the past to see if it helped with
very fine detail, but rejected the idea as somewhat pretentious! . . .
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
Nothing pretentious about Opti-visors, use what you have to to continue enjoying your hobby.

As a PS to my earlier post, sometimes I have to get SWMBO (where would we be without them?) to read small print on instructions because it's just a blur.
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LCDR Paul "Voodoo" Carter
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Aug 27 2015, 07:53 AM
Nothing pretentious about Opti-visors, use what you have to to continue enjoying your hobby.

As a PS to my earlier post, sometimes I have to get SWMBO (where would we be without them?) to read small print on instructions because it's just a blur.
I'm sorry Del....You've lost me there. "instructions"??? I don't understand. What does this mean? :whistle
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Lt. Ken 'Albatros' Jeffrey
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Aug 27 2015, 08:19 AM
Olde Farte
Aug 27 2015, 07:53 AM
Nothing pretentious about Opti-visors, use what you have to to continue enjoying your hobby.

As a PS to my earlier post, sometimes I have to get SWMBO (where would we be without them?) to read small print on instructions because it's just a blur.
I'm sorry Del....You've lost me there. "instructions"??? I don't understand. What does this mean? :whistle
I think it's that paper packing they put in the boxes to try and muffle the rattling noise when you try and sneak a kit into the house. :grin:
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