Long live CBKs - although sometimes wouldn't it be nice if..

[JohnRatzenberger]

I'm with Ratch and others - I build the kit I think will best represent the particular subject as I want to do it.

[BWP]

I'm with Ratch and others - I build the kit I think will best represent the particular subject as I want to do it.

For myself I just build whatever I feel like building. I tend to acquire kits by subject and so for any particular subject (assuming that there is more than kit available!) I have a mix of older kits and newer ones, short-run kits, vacforms, whatever. I like comparing different kits of the same subject. Recently I've become more comfortable with the idea of building multiple kits at once so I think that's a good way to do comparisons. I have no preference for older vs. newer, but it has been just co-incidence that almost all of my builds so far have been older kits! I'm sure something new and glorious will turn up on the workbench at some point and hopefully I'll find it very relaxing.

[JohnRatzenberger]

....... Recently I've become more comfortable with the idea of building multiple kits at once ....

If you could bottle up a little of that, it would greatly help in clearing the backlog of part-starts on/around my bench ....

[Zee28]

I haven’t done one of my ‘discussion threads’ for a while now

No you haven't mate, and I've missed them, I really like these discussion threads!

I know we all love old kits

Yep!

But…Do you guys EVER feel the urge, just once in a while, to build something that actually fits?

Nope, I just buy more filler.

You know, one of those nice shiny modern things

Nope, I just buy more filler.

maybe even from (gasp) Japan?

Well their masking tape is quite good, but that's all I know about them....

Ever feel the need for modernity?

Nope. Classic status in a lot of things is just way cooler.

What would you rather drive on a sunny Sunday? A 2015 Ford Focus (which is a very capable car) OR Steve McQueen's classic 1968 Ford Mustang 390 GT from the movie Bullitt? No contest really....

Yes, you'll have no traction control, no ABS brakes, no modernity at all, but one accepts it's shortcomings due to it's cool classic status.

Just like I accept the CBK's 'issues'. I just buy more filler.

But I am joking. Seriously I guess it all comes down to what one wants from the hobby. My mine driver is nostalgia and sentiment. I want to build the kits I remember from my youth but try to do a better job of them, which naturally steers me towards Classic Kits.

I do have a couple of modern kits in the stash (new tool Airfix) but they don't inspire me quite so much so they tend to get pushed to the back. I'll get round to them some day......

Anyway, I gotta go now, I need to buy some more filler.

Zee

[Stuart]

My stash of Filler is almost as big as my stash of kits!

[rob_van_riel]

My stash of Filler is almost as big as my stash of kits!

Ah, but how many different kinds of filler have you got?

[ShaunW]

This is an interesting discussion Stuart. Despite the title adorning my signature bar, I don't just build classic kits and there are some really excellent new kits in the market place. Maybe it's me but, old or new, I've yet to build a kit that doesn't require any filler at all and I've yet to experience the elusive "shake and bake" kit. What I do enjoy about classic kits though is the challenge of trying to improve what is there using scratch building (although I have occasionally used aftermarket replacement parts such as resin cockpits, white metal seats etc etc) and I tend to treat classics as a blank canvas. If I can get a decent result using what is, by today's standards, a bit of a basic old kit then I get so much more satisfaction than getting the same result from an all singing and dancing new tool.

[Stuart]

My stash of Filler is almost as big as my stash of kits!

Ah, but how many different kinds of filler have you got?

5 - Humbrol, Revell, Tamiya, Sqn Green and perfect plastic putty!

[rob_van_riel]

5 - Humbrol, Revell, Tamiya, Sqn Green and perfect plastic putty!

Yup, that's a stash.

[Gadfly]

My 2c as the newbie..

I really enjoy building new tool or recent kits by the Japanese or Czech or whomever manufacturers.. It great to experience kits with a level of; engineering, fit and detail that is in reality quite mind blowing. Thats the contribution that 3D CAD CAM and EDM have made to the mould making process and hence to our hobby. It's totally possible to buy something build it OOB and have an exceptional model at the end of it. One that 10++ years ago you could achieve with Aftermarket bits + skill to wield them effectively, and 25 ++ years ago would have been the stuff of dreams.

That being said my stash which is relatively modest has amongst the; NT Airfix Hasegawa , Tamiya ,Sword and Eduard stuff a healthy number of 'classic' Airfix kits and a good jigger of Matchbox plastic and my beloved Heller kits... All of which I enjoy building and 'bringing up to date' with a variety of methods.

My take is if I enjoy building it then it's all good..

Cheers
GF

[splash]

My take is if I enjoy building it then it's all good..

I fully agree with that comment.