[Cardinal]

After additional (confused) reflection I thought I should perhaps restrict my 1/72 Dragon Armor to modern types and promptly went out and bought the Bradley with reactive armour . Although mostly plastic this is exceptional as regards detailing - it even has the tiniest set of hinges (?) I've ever seen that move if you position the gun (gently) slightly up or down ... seems fragile though, but there's no way I could have built one of these from a kitset. It will look good with the Corgi Blackhawk I've ordered .

[admin]

Originally Posted by Cardinal

I'm seriously considering giving up collecting 1/72 WWII armour entirely (particularly Dragon) in favour of Corgi 1/50 and the new HM 1/48 range . Although I've always enjoyed collecting Dragon Armor they just don't have the same impact as their Corgi 1/50 counterparts which have both 'heft' and 'quality'.

As much as I hate to admit it, the lack of metal in Dragon products has finally got to me and their products are reminding me more and more of fragile mass market toys ...

Heresy I know, but has anyone else reached this point in their collecting of the Dragon 'plastic-diecast' range?

(By the way, the straw that broke the camel's back was when I picked up my T34/84 by the turret, gently I may add, and the hand-rails promptly snapped off - to add insult to injury I then noticed that the barrel was curved like a banana when viewed from the top and required partial straightening with the aid of boiling water to soften the wonderful plastic .)

You know, I gave up on 1/72nd armor once....
It didn't seem to take.



All it took was this bad boy and I was right back in it.

[ZS-VAN]

Originally Posted by mikeb1958

Yes, I started with the Dragon Armour as well last year. Went from 0 to over 100 in a year!
Kinda like a ole Pacer, except that went only up to 60mph in a year.

Wicked mate. Your advantage is accessibility! I've got to get the stuff from the UK/US and the postage sucks.

[Cardinal]

Originally Posted by admin

You know, I gave up on 1/72nd armor once....
It didn't seem to take.



All it took was this bad boy and I was right back in it.

I think I'm facing the same dilemma ...

[ZS-VAN]

Originally Posted by Cardinal

I think I'm facing the same dilemma ...

Give in now mate! You know it's only a matter of time before you crack. Give in to the inevitable. Save yourself!!

[Cardinal]

Originally Posted by ZS-VAN

Give in now mate! You know it's only a matter of time before you crack. Give in to the inevitable. Save yourself!!

Beyond die-cast help I'm afraid and still suffering a "scale crisis". I have to cut back somewhere .

Although I've cut back on the 1/72 WWII aircraft I've left the window open for 1/72 WWII heavies ... some of those new WWII fighters are pretty tempting though but I'm keeping my WWII fighter aircraft focus on 1/48 & 1/32.

[FormerViperDriver]

Originally Posted by Cardinal

Beyond die-cast help I'm afraid and still suffering a "scale crisis". I have to cut back somewhere .

Although I've cut back on the 1/72 WWII aircraft I've left the window open for 1/72 WWII heavies ... some of those new WWII fighters are pretty tempting though but I'm keeping my WWII fighter aircraft focus on 1/48 & 1/32.

Cardinal,

Seems you and I are thinking along the same lines in the scale department. However, I must say that the majority opinion in this thread, that 1/72 is fast becoming THE scale for both aircraft and armor/military vehicles, is probably right. Overall, it's almost certainly the best compromise between space, price, quality, and variety. It may be the only scale where you can conceivably collect anything from WWI biplanes to WWII bombers and even modern bombers (if someone decided to make those in that scale some day), plus ground vehicles of all types, and figurines.

However, I have not jumped to that scale yet for armor and WWII fighters (with a few exceptions in case of the latter), for the same reasons you have mentioned. Not sure how long that will last (I do own quite a few 1/72 modern jets, and some of the larger WWII aircraft). A huge factor in my future decision will be the evolution of the HM 1/48 model line. I'm waiting to see how that goes. I'm not quite as concerned with space and price as some (although of course, they are factors); availability of certain types is the biggest single factor for me. There are things I want that are just not available yet, and may never be. So far, I've tended to fill in missing 1/50 or 1/48 types by going up in scale (1/35 and 1/32), but then space does become a real problem. Decisions. decisions...

FVD

[admin]

Originally Posted by FormerViperDriver

Cardinal,

Seems you and I are thinking along the same lines in the scale department. However, I must say that the majority opinion in this thread, that 1/72 is fast becoming THE scale for both aircraft and armor/military vehicles, is probably right. Overall, it's almost certainly the best compromise between space, price, quality, and variety. It may be the only scale where you can conceivably collect anything from WWI biplanes to WWII bombers and even modern bombers (if someone decided to make those in that scale some day), plus ground vehicles of all types, and figurines.

However, I have not jumped to that scale yet for armor and WWII fighters (with a few exceptions in case of the latter), for the same reasons you have mentioned. Not sure how long that will last (I do own quite a few 1/72 modern jets, and some of the larger WWII aircraft). A huge factor in my future decision will be the evolution of the HM 1/48 model line. I'm waiting to see how that goes. I'm not quite as concerned with space and price as some (although of course, they are factors); availability of certain types is the biggest single factor for me. There are things I want that are just not available yet, and may never be. So far, I've tended to fill in missing 1/50 or 1/48 types by going up in scale (1/35 and 1/32), but then space does become a real problem. Decisions. decisions...

FVD

You crazy one scalers will never typecast my collection!!

[Cardinal]

I'm seriously wavering ... Spent some time today fixing the hand rail on my Dragon T34/84 (Super Glue Gel required) and pondered the fact that it is a really good model as are most of the other Dragon 1/72s (as I mentioned previously, the Reactive Armour Bradley is spectacular as are the almost all-metal Challenger tanks )

I'm seriously eyeing out another Hummel which, if purchased, would mean that resistance was indeed futile, not to mention my clear lack of scale resolve ...

[Copland]

My final 2 cents. Buy whatever scale you want. I keep my diff. scales in diff. sections of my bookshelf. I just purchased the Dragon Tiger I, Eastern Front ($41.00), even though I only have 5 of the 1/32(35) scale tanks. Very nice model. While the majority of my purchases will be 1/72, I certainly will occasionly buy 1/144, and 1/32. I base my decision on what the model looks like and that intangible "feeling" about it. However, just to let you know, I am happily married.