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ProfArturo wrote:
MSgtUSAFRet wrote:I look forward to seeing some of your posts! We need to get the 1400s going on this site!! :lol: :lol:
Is there a reason it's less popular than other scales? My TOS Enterprise turned up yesterday and it's even tinier than I expected so I guess that has something to do with it?

I'll get some pics of my other models up.

Thanks for the kind welcome everyone.
The larger ships require quite a bit of space. At one point there were dozens of garage kit 1/1400 models. They take a lot of resin or the skills to hollow cast. So very pricy.

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A poor attempt at poetry...

  • There was a man from Sussex,
    He found an old USS,
    First done as a boy,
    It looked like a toy,
    But now the model sucks-less!


Welcome aboard! And thanks for posting pics on your restoration effort - we all love eye-candy here (models, maybe cats, not so much the arm-candy)!
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Re: Hello from Sussex, England!

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Loving the poem! :lol:
Tesral wrote: The larger ships require quite a bit of space. At one point there were dozens of garage kit 1/1400 models. They take a lot of resin or the skills to hollow cast. So very pricy.

The gripping hand if you want to light something 1/1400 is your friend.
That makes sense for the larger models (my other half is constantly complaining about their size) but doesn't 1/2500 make sub 300m ships impossibly small? Or is that part of the skill ;)
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ProfArturo wrote:Loving the poem! :lol:
Tesral wrote: The larger ships require quite a bit of space. At one point there were dozens of garage kit 1/1400 models. They take a lot of resin or the skills to hollow cast. So very pricy.

The gripping hand if you want to light something 1/1400 is your friend.
That makes sense for the larger models (my other half is constantly complaining about their size) but doesn't 1/2500 make sub 300m ships impossibly small? Or is that part of the skill ;)
300m ships are about 12cm in 2500. It is a challenge but for those limited on space they can also be a good shelf filler.
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mophius wrote: 300m ships are about 12cm in 2500. It is a challenge but for those limited on space they can also be a good shelf filler.
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Are there ships there?!

:lol: :lol:

JK! To each his own!!

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ProfArturo wrote: That makes sense for the larger models (my other half is constantly complaining about their size) but doesn't 1/2500 make sub 300m ships impossibly small? Or is that part of the skill ;)
I have two Vulcan shuttles in 1/2500.
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MSgtUSAFRet wrote:
mophius wrote: 300m ships are about 12cm in 2500. It is a challenge but for those limited on space they can also be a good shelf filler.
20180327_124114.jpg

Are there ships there?!

:lol: :lol:

JK! To each his own!!

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Re: Hello from Sussex, England!

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Greyryder wrote:
MSgtUSAFRet wrote:
mophius wrote: 300m ships are about 12cm in 2500. It is a challenge but for those limited on space they can also be a good shelf filler.
20180327_124114.jpg

Are there ships there?!

:lol: :lol:

JK! To each his own!!

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