Military Modeling - Does Anyone Do It?

**PanzerJaeger** · 07-06-2005, 03:28

Not sure if this is the right forum but..

I got into military modeling a few years ago and have found it extremely rewarding. When I say military modeling I mean buying a kit of plastic parts that you have to construct and paint. Its a great hobby for someone whose interested in military stuff but has a busy schedule. You can build parts of a particular kit and leave to do something else. There is a huge subculture with magazines, websites and all.

It can be very detailed and some people even take it to extremes.. ie, painting areas that will never be seen and shaving down tiny plastic parts that are a quarter of a quarter of a centimeter off scale - but thats fun for them!

Anyway, ive done ships and planes, but I mostly do German ww2 armor and accessories in 1/35 scale. I was wondering if anyone else did any kind of modeling?

Here are some pictures of models done by people with more skill than ill ever have.

And some people build environments for their kits.. which is a hobby in itself.

**TheSilverKnight** · 07-06-2005, 03:34

I collect 18th century wargaming figures, I still need to paint a lot of them tho...

**JAG** · 07-06-2005, 03:34

I do not do military modelling, but I do wargaming with figures and often at conventions and shows there is a lot of the military modelling guys down there, because there is clear cross over between the two hobbies.

A lot of skill is required and a lot of time and patience, for the last two it really doesn't appeal to me, plus I fail to see what benefit you really get out of it. Never the less a good model does look good.

**Papewaio** · 07-06-2005, 05:17

Games Workshop minatures (Citadel minis), Warhammer, 40k, Necromunda and of course Blood Bowl.

So I have painted everything from Wererats to Cheerleaders (with 1mm high heart tatoos on the cheek) to Terminators to Swooping Hawks.

Nothing from the real world though.

**Gregoshi** · 07-06-2005, 06:32

I did battleships a long time ago in my teenage years. In fact, I had a model of the Tirpitz that looked much like the second picture. Alas, they didn't survive after a few moves to new homes.

**edyzmedieval** · 07-06-2005, 08:36

Well,

when I was a little kid, I used to modell cars... From Bburago....

Now, I don't doit any more.... But this topic sparked my interest again... Osprey books are a good help..... German WWII units are my main focus now(tanks especially).....

**Sigurd** · 07-06-2005, 09:31

I used to do modeling when I was a kid. Mainly military airplanes in 1:72 scale. I remember using a heated needle to make bullet holes in the fuselage and sandpapering the wheel surface to get the “used look”…