Random thought – Model Kit Choices

I read this blog called Model kit choice, have we become too spoiled?  In it, the author says that we have never had more releases out there, but a small segment of the modeling community seems to think it’s not enough.,  In particularly they wonder why certain topics like German Tiger tanks and Spitfires instead of something that they want to see released.  The simplest answer is that these companies are in business. To stay in business they have to make kits that people will by.  The market has proven that certain kits will always sell in greater numbers. We are truly in a golden age of the hobby, where there is more selection then ever before. In the end, if you don’t like something that a company has produced, then don’t buy it and move on.  I’d rather be building than ranting on message boards.    

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Aftermarket is optional

I recently received an order from Hannants models mainly consisting of a set of vinyl tank tracks for my Dragon 1/35 Sherman Firefly as well as a few Yahu photoetch cockpit panels for a variety of RAF Spitfires and Mosquitos in both 72nd and 48th scale. From some modelers, the idea of getting a vinyl track set instead of using individual links is a copout. Similarly, the idea of just getting photo etch for a cockpit panel instead of all the bell and whistles one can get is a wasted opportunity. To that, I say “nonsense”. How much detail and accuracy is up to the individual modeler.  You are building for your own enjoyment.  If you want to enter a contest and you feel the aftermarket items are necessary then that would be a different story.  You are building for you. In the case of the tank tracks, I had…

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