Steve's Models

[Sailor Steve]

I spent most of the day out running errands, one of which was to buy some new sharpies for wing ribs. I did manage to get the ribs marked and the first coat of paint on.






I did find something really cool last night. There is a company called Wingnut Wings, who specialize in very highly detailed 1/32 scale World War 1 planes. Twice 1/72 is 1/36, so 1/32 is even larger. I've known about them for awhile and have not had any interest in building something that size, but now there is a company making laminated wood propellers for those kits. I'm still not planning to ever build one, but just the thought that someone wants to do something like that tickles me pink.

Wingnuts kits. Click on 'Customer Models' to see how detailed some of these big kits are.
http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/

And propellers from The Prop Shop. This review gives nice comparisons between the stock plastic kit props, which are very nice themselves, and the superlative wood props. Scroll down to see the author's fantastically detailed engine with the propeller test-fitted. It almost wants to make me build something that size just to see it.
http://scaleplasticandrail.com/kaboo...-the-prop-shop

How about 1/32 scale super-detailed rotary enginges?
http://www.taurusmodels.pl/

Oh! Did you know they now make a 1/32 scale B-17? Only three hundred dollars! Of course that's before you start buying all the detail sets.
http://www.scalespot.com/onthebench/b17g/build.htm

This is the reason I haven't purchased a Revell U-boat. I know I would have to buy all the photo-etch sets, all the torpedo-loading and posed crew sets, all the enterior sets and everything else to build the model I would want. Then it might take me the rest of my life to finish it.

I don't know if I want to do that or not.