With my Chieftain about three quarters completed I am considering my next project. Originally I had planned to build three MBT's - Centurion, Chieftain and Challenger 1 - to show the post war evolution of the British MBT.

However now it is time to order my model I am undecided. Do I get Challenger and potentially another major conversion job, or do I desert AFV's and build a Gloster Meteor? I have not built an aircraft since 1966 and have never built in 1/48th.

Tell me what to do - politely!

Regards Dave

Stick with armor! You really don't want some wingy thing hanging around... do you?!

I second Kencelot, you don't want to go to the "dark side" of wingy thingys.

Go with the armor ... There are too many of those bird guys here now. They are even stealing good living armor guys as well .... dont fall under their spell.
Go with armor ...... you are young and have much to learn...... feel the force!! #:-)

Stick with the armor. If you screw something up you can always stick a jerry can over it. Try that with a wingy thingy. Trust me.

Shaun #:-)

Armor is always the choice!

Gunnie

Ahhhhh, Come on guys..... One short trip over to the "Dark Side" never hurt anyone.... #:-) Dave, stick with what you do best. Opps, did that come from me????? #:-) #:-) LOL


(++) Wings are forever (++)

Remember the Fall in the Garden of Eden with Eve! Watch them girls!

Gunnie

Hey Kiwi,

I have to stay with the Force. The tracked Force! (Sorry Laddy-builder).

If the erge is too great for a change, try a smaller (i.e., 1/72) scale or a Sci-Fi. hey, some of these Sci-Fi pieces are deffinately armor!

Dave

NO Dave don't do it!!!!!
Step away from the wingys. Tanks are your friends. They're saying you don't have to build them in order, or even all British makes. They don't care as long as you stick with their ground-pounding brethren.

Come on, your father used to fly the Meteor, right? So do one for 'ol Dad!!!

Build that Meteor. You know that you want to, you know how good it will feel. I can only reccomend that.

Actually why don't you build that, and then go back to armor when its done. Thats what I would do. I build my "wingy thingys" in the summer and armor in the fall.

Now go ahead sport, get out there and soar into the Meteor. All of New Zealand is behind you!

~Chip :-)

There's a lot of talk of the "dark force" here. That aside, FWIW, here's my experiences from switching "sides"/trying out new disciplines. When I got tired of superdetailing a/c I built my first armour some years ago (T-34.) For the first time modeling was fun again plus I a learned some new tricks, (using pastels etc) that came in handy for the a/c discipline. After that I tried some figgies. The knowledge derived from this is also helpful when it comes to a/c dios. Hell, I even done a couple of cars, even if I have absolutely (sp?) no interest in them in real life.

What I'm trying to say is "follow your heart". It's soo, very easy to forget what modeling ought to be about and that is IMO, to have fun.

Just the two cents of an fallen angel;)

EW

Dave,
First and formost, I am for the most part a tread-head, but every few years I'll get bitten by some little wingy thing and it can be a nice change of pace. I return to armor and I enjoy it even more. Now having said, that the Tamiya Challenger I Mk. 3 is a great kit, you could almost put some glue in the box shake it and it would go together. I built mine using a PE set but it would look good OOTB, no conversions needed.

My 2cents,
Mike

Do whatever sounds fun. If your a bit drained from your last project, with the conversions and all that stuff, do something that is just fun. I plan on building some aircraft in the future, just because there are some I love and won't to have on the shelf.




If this is true then you HAVE to build one!

hey, remember, kiwis cant fly!!! stick with amour

Thanks for the input chaps and chapesses!

For the record my father was an erk not a fly boy. But he was on the second ever RAF gas turbine course, I still have his handwritten - in wartime issue pencil - course notes! From Manston he went to Lubeck as the war was winding down which seems a pretty good way to fight a war - ie stay as far as possible from the enemy at all times.

Think I might go with the Meatbox and then maybe I will feel like tackling the Challenger.

Thanks again - regards Dave

The Tamiya Meteor is a very nice kit to build. It is very good for the 'peace of mind' to change types for awhile. After not building armor for the last couple of models, I now cannot wait to get back into it. Happy modelling!
capnjock

I'm going the other way,wingy things are beginning to annoy me.That said,"Don't drink and drive,take a spliff and fly"......

argggggg plane nooooooooooooooooooooooooo dont do it just think of all that sanding and rescribing panel lines it's just not worth it stick to tanks cause they can crush a plane (well when it's on the ground!) #:-)

I've been building one of those giant aircraft carriers after building 46 of those miniture buggers, I'll be glad to jump into an armor project again. Sometimes you gotta step away, that why when you come back it feels good