Au pas de Charge | 23 Sep 2018 12:33 p.m. PST |
Whether 1/76 or 1/72 do you prefer trucks for transport and towing to be made from plastic kits, resin or metal? All three? |
wrgmr1 | 23 Sep 2018 12:43 p.m. PST |
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Saber6 | 23 Sep 2018 12:52 p.m. PST |
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miniMo | 23 Sep 2018 1:37 p.m. PST |
Plastic is always the preference for any vehicles. |
14th NJ Vol | 23 Sep 2018 1:54 p.m. PST |
I have 1/100th scale in resin & printed plastic. Like either as trucks are necessary elements in a game. But are of secondary importance. Lots of need for trucks in a game = cheap as possible. |
wrgmr1 | 23 Sep 2018 2:10 p.m. PST |
Adding 1/72 as a preference. |
Au pas de Charge | 23 Sep 2018 2:33 p.m. PST |
Is it just expense? Or do you think one material looks better than the other? Also, do you think plastic or metal takes the paint (and keeps it) better? |
Zeelow | 23 Sep 2018 2:39 p.m. PST |
Plastic. IMHO, plastic looks better both as sculpts and painted. + I enjoy converting plastic models vs other types of production materials. |
Joes Shop | 23 Sep 2018 3:16 p.m. PST |
Plastic if available or resin as a second choice. |
Frederick | 23 Sep 2018 3:40 p.m. PST |
Plastic – easier to work with, way cheaper than metal and more durable than resin |
55th Division | 23 Sep 2018 3:53 p.m. PST |
3d printed this guy has some great models and you can scale the models to most wargame scales link |
wrgmr1 | 23 Sep 2018 4:51 p.m. PST |
They can all look good, depending on the painter. I've painted metal, plastic and resin 1/72 scale vehicles. They all take paint well with a primer coat. Metal is the most difficult to work with especially if the parts do not fit well, then filing and carving is necessary. Resin, again if it is not cast well will need a lot of carving or filling. In my experience, almost all the plastic kits I've assembled were well finished and easy to put together, especially the fast assembly kits. PSC, Armorfast etc. However, they still usually have more parts to assemble than metal or resin. |
Rich Bliss | 23 Sep 2018 6:44 p.m. PST |
Whatever Hot Wheels are made from. |
robert piepenbrink | 23 Sep 2018 6:48 p.m. PST |
Cheap. I might get fussy about AFVs--though I seldom do--but trucks are just transport. Wargamers can afford to be cavalier about things a general needs to worry over. |
Au pas de Charge | 23 Sep 2018 7:22 p.m. PST |
@Piepenbrink, Quite so. But, if cost weren't a factor? If modelling werent a factor, what trucks would you select? |
Herkybird | 23 Sep 2018 9:29 p.m. PST |
Plastic, both for weight and conversion/modification potential. |
Martin Rapier | 23 Sep 2018 11:24 p.m. PST |
Cheap, light, strong, easy to put together. But mostly cheap. In 20mm, Frontline resin trucks do the job nicely. |
dwight shrute | 24 Sep 2018 3:59 a.m. PST |
the pegasus fast builds are ideal , but only German and US so far |
wrgmr1 | 24 Sep 2018 10:02 a.m. PST |
Standard trucks for all nations, Bedford, Gaz, Ford, Chevrolet, CMP and Opel. |
robert piepenbrink | 24 Sep 2018 6:52 p.m. PST |
Hmm. If money weren't a factor, weight and survivability still would be, so probably plastic. N.B. This is based on the notion that being dropped is more common than being stepped on. Personally, I think I may have been stepped on more often than I've been dropped, but I believe it's different for my miniatures. I will confess I'm actually looking at paper transport vehicles for a current WW2 project--sacrificing everything for cheap. |
TunnelRat | 25 Sep 2018 1:54 a.m. PST |
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andysyk | 25 Sep 2018 7:03 a.m. PST |
Metal vehicles dont stand accidents very well. Plastic a bit better but small stuff breaks off. Had a box of 20mm vietnam vehicles that somebody dropped about 4 inches. The 3 metal jeeps seperated and wrecked athe 20 plastic kits_ knocking off all the Mgs crew etc |
d88mm1940 | 25 Sep 2018 4:30 p.m. PST |
Rubber. I'm always knocking stuff on the floor. |
Blacky750 | 28 Sep 2018 4:09 p.m. PST |
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PeterH | 28 Sep 2018 6:00 p.m. PST |
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Jeffers | 29 Sep 2018 12:15 p.m. PST |
Plastic or resin, cheap as possible but must look OK too. I want my cake… In my youth, I made a load out of scrap balsa wood and fun-size smartie boxes. |
donlowry | 01 Oct 2018 9:01 a.m. PST |
It's not the material that matters it's how many pieces (also accuracy, price, scale and stuff like that). |