[WWI] 1/35 or 1/32?

[Tom Mason]

Years ago Monogram came out with some 1/32 armour kits. They didn't catch 
on.
I don't think anyone mentioned that Airfix use to make an OT British tank in 
1/72.

T.O.M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Magnus Berggren" <carius at comhem.se>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [WWI] 1/35 or 1/32?


>I really don´t think that the few 1/35 ontopic subject would tip the 
>balance toward 1/35. Just the amount of figures in 54mm would easily make 
>it more easy to stay in 1/32.
> As I see it, the few acceptable on topic models 1/35 existing today, 
> wouldn´t rectify staying in the scale. Emhars models are not even close up 
> to todays standards, and then we basicly have Accurate Armours Whippet, 
> RPMs FT17 and Tauros A7. If Roden for example would make a good Mk.IV and 
> subvariants, they would already be dominating the field. A nice truck 
> added to this would be a welcome addition for 1/32 aircraft builders as 
> well as the 54mm figure, and the armour guys.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Diego Fernetti" <dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar>
> To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [WWI] 1/35 or 1/32?
>
>
>> Magnus le Provocateur á écrit:
>>> Now they have a chance to rectify the misstake that Tamiya was making, 
>>> and start over fresh with wwi-era viechles.
>>
>> Why, a mistake? Perhaps they wanted to make it in that slightly off 
>> scale.
>>
>>> After a long discussion with some friends, I see that there are positive 
>>> and negative sides of both scales. What do you think about it?
>>
>> 1/35 may compare with most of the armour and softskin models out there. 
>> The scale has become a market standard for vehicles and artillery kits. 
>> 1/32, however, has become unusual by this time, I guess that only older 
>> kits by Esci (that in the boxtops say 1/35) and Airfix. I think that this 
>> is a lost battle, Magnus.
>>
>>> And yes, even if you normaly just do 1/72 or 1/48, your opinion 
>>> matters....:-)
>>
>> Go figure!
>> D.
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