[WWI] 1/72 WWI Vacuform kit inquiry

[Nigel Rayner]

Robert wrote:

>As you already know, I am a newbie here, and model kits in general. I
>started into the hobby painting flats (which I still love 

Great hobby. I'm a figure painter myself, haven't tried flats yet tho.

>I jumped too quickly into the kits, and ended up buying 1/32 scale. which I
>quickly learned I did not care for, after looking at a 1/72 kit <lol>. So,
>I sold or traded those few 1/32 items, and now have about 20, 1/72 kits and
>some detail sets.

Wise idea - 1/72 is the scale of true genius, closely followed by 1/144.
 
>I do not have a major investment in them; I believe I have paid on average
>$6.00 per kit, and I have examples from Eduard, Toko, Flashback, Roden, and
>Pegasus. Here is my problem though. these kits are fine, and I am generally
>happy with them, but my favorite part is building. and I am very interested
>in vacuform kits, because these seem to me to be the best of both worlds
>with lots of building involved. 

I'll make an alternative suggestion here. I've never built a vacform but I
have several in the stack. There is certainly a lot of effort in vacs but it
is mainly sanding and cutting rather than building. If you like
scratchbuilding, vacs are the way to go, but here's what I would suggest -
get some high quality resin kits. The level of detail is stunning and they
are far more challenging to build than injection moulded kits. You can also
get some amazing (and obscure) subjects. They aren't cheap, but if you are
into producing high quality, highly detailed jewels of models then they are
the way to go. Razor sharp trailing edges, more detailed than any vac or
injection moulded kit and challenging to build because they are limited run.
Check out the ranges by Choroszy Modelbud in particular, also Czechmaster
and Ardpol.

I'm sure you'll enjoy vacs but I think resin kits will give you much more of
the building pleasure you seek. They aren't cheap though.

Cheers,

Nigel