Hello,
I would like to introduce you to a new project.
My crafting area is under the roof and it is unbearably hot there at the moment. I tried to use the kitchen table, but that is very impractical. You need a lot of things to build a 1/72 model like this. And I don't feel like putting everything there for a few minutes of crafting, only to put it away again.
So I looked for a mini project that I could basically build out of a box on the kitchen table and that doesn't require 100 different tools etc.
And because I just love building, painting and collecting military vehicles, I'm going to get a few mini vehicles in the wargaming style.
I chose 1/144 as the scale. That is big enough that I can still paint details and recognize the different vehicle variants. That's something I find difficult with smaller scales. I also have access to a very large collection of 3D files that can be scaled to 1/144 and still look good. The other more common scales (1/100, 1/72, 1/56) are too big to finish lots of vehicles quickly.
I'm not actually really a wargamer - I do have a few books on the subject because I've always found it fascinating, but I live in the middle of nowhere and simply don't have any playmates. Maybe I'll manage to get my children interested in it at some point. So at the moment, the playability of the models or troop lists are not a criterion, so I can build across all eras and nations - just as I feel like it.
Here in this thread I'd like to show you some progress, maybe explain a few things or just get some new motivation. I hope you like mini models and that the whole thing doesn't get too boring for you.
Best regards,
Andreas
For the start a few Victrix Mini-Tanks that I purchased.
And a few 3d printed Swedish vehicles (from the 1980's and brand new "Mjölners".
I would like to introduce you to a new project.
My crafting area is under the roof and it is unbearably hot there at the moment. I tried to use the kitchen table, but that is very impractical. You need a lot of things to build a 1/72 model like this. And I don't feel like putting everything there for a few minutes of crafting, only to put it away again.
So I looked for a mini project that I could basically build out of a box on the kitchen table and that doesn't require 100 different tools etc.
And because I just love building, painting and collecting military vehicles, I'm going to get a few mini vehicles in the wargaming style.
I chose 1/144 as the scale. That is big enough that I can still paint details and recognize the different vehicle variants. That's something I find difficult with smaller scales. I also have access to a very large collection of 3D files that can be scaled to 1/144 and still look good. The other more common scales (1/100, 1/72, 1/56) are too big to finish lots of vehicles quickly.
I'm not actually really a wargamer - I do have a few books on the subject because I've always found it fascinating, but I live in the middle of nowhere and simply don't have any playmates. Maybe I'll manage to get my children interested in it at some point. So at the moment, the playability of the models or troop lists are not a criterion, so I can build across all eras and nations - just as I feel like it.
Here in this thread I'd like to show you some progress, maybe explain a few things or just get some new motivation. I hope you like mini models and that the whole thing doesn't get too boring for you.
Best regards,
Andreas
For the start a few Victrix Mini-Tanks that I purchased.
And a few 3d printed Swedish vehicles (from the 1980's and brand new "Mjölners".
