I’m burned out on 1/48 scale.
It’s strange. 1/48 is predominantly what I built as a kid. Of the thirty-two kits I’ve built since returning to the hobby around three years ago, seventeen of them – 53%.
But I’m tapped out on quarter scale.
It hit me as I was wrapping up assembly on Eduard’s beautiful new Spitfire(s).
Here’s the thing. They’re solid kits. But the whole time, I kept thinking “yeah, but they’re no 1/32 Tamiya Spit”.
I know, I know. That’s not really fair. I could count the number of kits that approach the bit Tamiya Spitires on one hand.
But fair or not, that’s what was in my head. If I really cared about what I was building, I’d do it up right with a 1/32 Tamiya Spit Mk.IX.
So I set the Spits aside to focus on Wingnut’s brilliant Sopwith Snipe. And when I rigged my last line and pronounced the biplane finished, I found that I just had zero desire to even contemplate 1/48.
Not sure where it goes from here. But look for the next several builds, at least, to be in scales that start with the number “3”.
Im right there with you Doogs
Had just finished a hasegawa 48 scale Hurricane. Enjoyed it, but as I contemplated the stash, with all those lovely wingnut kits and tamiya 32 kits. I thought “why am I still building 48 single engine fighters?”
I’v e[probably gone one step further than you and cleared my stash of ALL 48 scale single engine fighters, save for a couple of tamiya “sanity builds”
Must be a stage!!!
Good! Now I have a chance to place in the local contests in 1/48th aircraft. You smoke me every time!
I appreciate the sentiment, but where do you put all those 1/32 kits? I don’t have room for them.
I scored two big sliding-glass door display cabinets from a local Hallmark when they sold them. $300 for the set. So I’ve got plenty of room for all but the biggest kits like the HK B-25.
Lucky man!
My rule, which I will occasionally break, is that the kit has to be able to fit into my Ikea Billy display / bookshelves when finished. I’ve bought all the WnW kits that will fit, and have pre-ordered the new Tamiya Corsair (because with the wings folded…). So, I’ll have a mixed bag of scales, but a nice place to display them, dust-free. My stash, which is around 400 kits now, is about done. I really need to spend my money on other things, and get back to building. I agree with you that tastes change and refine, and can see a thinning out on the horizon.