[WWI] 1/35 or 1/32?

[Magnus Berggren]

This would be the best for all of us 1/48 aircraft modelers, but the 
downside is the almost total lack of good figures.

/Magnus

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From: "Dave Calhoun" <davecww1 at cox.net>
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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:10 AM
Subject: Re: [WWI] 1/35 or 1/32?


and let's not forget the impressive line of 1/32 scale WW 2 armor kits done 
by Monogram in the 1970's - I grew up building these models that had the 
awesome building diorama tips done by Sheppard Payne!
But if Roden is planning on doing a new line of WW1 armor, instead of 
duplicating what Tauro, Emhar and RPM have done in 1/35 scale, why not go 
along with their previous line of aircraft and do some kits in the universal 
1/48 scale?  Tamiya has recently been doing tons of new WW@ figure & armor 
kits in 1/48, we need some good WW1 figures of infantry, ambuilances and 
armor in this scale!
Dave
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:13:01 -0300
From: "Diego Fernetti" <dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar>
Subject: Re: [WWI] 1/35 or 1/32?
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Magnus le Provocateur ? ?crit:
> 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.