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Originally Posted by Castout
Umm yeah space is a real issue too here. Though you are able to collect more types of model if you build them small there's a certain satisfaction from far larger model that you won't get from small ones.
Not only it's easier to get a good finish on them and more forgiving, they are far more detailed and make great display for the guests to wow over  . Of course you won't be able to build them in numbers but you probably don't need to. For bigger models only build those that you like very much. Some kind of a sentimental object to ponder and be fascinated over a long time or the rest of your life. Something that you'll like forever. Something that gives you joy every time you look at it. To be honest smaller projects would give smaller joy to and may fade over time but if you have one or 2 or 3 really good really big ones they'll probably give you joy for the rest of your life.  |
There are really only one or two I would like to build at a larger scale, the Kilo and the new GUPPY kit I saw for sale in Japan. But the GUPPY kit I would want only because there isn't one in 1/700 scale.
The small ones I got now do sort of have sentimentalness to me, thats why I bought them first I guess. The Kilo and Akula I have driven in DW and SC for ages, and the Type 42 because the Falklands War is a hobby of mine.
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Customization is another such that the model will definitely be unique if you build them, the only one in the whole world. You can only do so much on small ones. 
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I've tried to customize my models a little. Like the sonars on the Russian boats, I painted them gray so they stand out. The real boats don't really have that but I like that it makes that detail stand out on my models.
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And you tend to protect the bigger models or ones that you put much work on as well preserving them to last. I've built quite a few 1:35 tanks myself and everyone of them now is broken one way or another by somebody in the household by accident. Except for the one I put inside a display case. Knowing that would happen I decided to put that big Type VII in the case as soon as I could. Dust is another reason.
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Oh there are many model I made as a kid that are now broken and long gone.
The one I really miss now was my model of the
Red October.
