BRM Poll - April Issue - kitbuilding

[M.I.B]

As I can't solder well, and can't seem to improve, brass kits will be a no-no to me.

 

So as an earlier poster replied, this poll would look very different for me:

 

Loco Kits:   NEVER

 

Carriage Kits: I put brass sides onto RTR and then detail.   No full brass builds.

 

Wagon/van kits:  Yes I make half a dozen a year (and always finish them).  Plastic and 3D  printed.

[tonilmslnwr]

I model the LMS from 1923-1935 with a leaning to the LNWR engines and rolling stock, as there is very little in the way of RTR for this period I rely heavily on kits and I get a great deal of satisfaction building and then seeing an engine run. LIving in Australia I would give my eye teeth to have access to the kits Tony Wright is describing, for me the biggest issue is that some of the smaller suppliers have not embraced 21st century technology - internet, PayPal etc.  - scratchbuilding is still a dark art for me but I keep trying.

[M.I.B]

Agree on your comment anbout internet and Paypal.

 

Website does not have to be flashy and fantastically intereative.  But it does need to be a shop window capable of communicating outside UK business hours.

[Quarryscapes]

I always have a kit on the go, very few finished ones though. Really need to get a few more progressed into the finished camp though rather than in progress. 

[Newfish]

I think Wagon kit building is one of the best parts of the hobby for me. You can personalize your own kit builds and there is scope with detailing. However with the way RTR models are advancing so that its now more viable to modify and personalize the RTR items. Still there will always be kits around for those items that aren't available in RTR yet.. and also the modeller who will build everything... 

 

Jaymes

[Pint of Adnams]

Poll question not constructed well enough to provide for differing responses according to scale; 4mm = RTR, 7mm = kits, always something on the go and one occasionally even finished...

[Removed a/c]

All my stuff for now is RTR, I do make buildings (scalescenes and some plastic kits) Living overseas, it just isn't convenient (for me anyway). Trying to get paint, decals, other bits and bobs, ordering from different websites or there isn't one at all, time differences.