{"id":296,"date":"2020-03-08T13:39:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T11:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=296"},"modified":"2020-03-08T13:39:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T11:39:15","slug":"wargamer-or-model-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"Wargamer or Model maker?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2019 marked my return to scale model building. Though I built several Revell<\/em>, Trumpeter<\/em> and other kits in recent years, it was always with wargaming on my mind, usually tanks in 20mm scale for Coldwar gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017 I met an experienced scale modeller whom I showed some of my wargaming stuff and he asked me to take part in a scale modelling exhibition in our vicinity (Maple Leaf, Br\u00fchl) to present some of my minis and models. On the one hand, I didn’t feel well with the idea. Scale modelling and building for wargames are truly two different disciplines. While wargamers usually want to put up a big army quickly, commited scale modellers put much effort into details („No, no, these oil stains are too far away from the exhaust pipe!“) On the other hand, I couldn’t get the idea off my mind.
The release of MiG Alley<\/em>!, the expansion for Warlord Games<\/em>‚ Blood Red Skies<\/em> last year, put a new light on this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-86 Sabre vs. MiG 15. The iconic jet fighter duel during the Korean War.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This was my plan: Bring some tabletop wargaming to a scale model exhibition and invite people to play MiG Alley<\/em>! there. At the same time I wanted to present a MiG-15 and F-86 in scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MiG Alley<\/em>! contains two metal MiG-15s and F-86s each. Scale is 1\/200th.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But time told me another story and I just couldn’t finish my projects. Anyway, as I was told, the interest in wargames at scale modelling events is usually rather low. So I presented an Airfix<\/em> MiG-15 in 1\/72th there and that was it. Next time I also might have finished the F-86. ;-(<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Airfix<\/em> 1\/72 MiG-15 with one of its 1\/200 counterpart. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I was a kid I built a lot of scale models but never put much effort into painting them. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun with the hobby and some of the old models still exist… back in the darkness of some dusty cupboards. And that’s the problem with scale models: After building you can do nothing with them, except displaying. Ok, one or two of them went boom with a cracker… but those were the days. I guess this is why scale modelling is rather unpopular among young people nowadays. In wargaming displaying gets a meaning. The true fun starts with playing and testing your models against opponents. As for me, circumstamces brought me back to scale modelling and I have plans for the future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2019 marked my return to scale model building. Though I built several Revell, Trumpeter and other kits in recent years, it was always with wargaming on my mind, usually tanks in 20mm scale for Coldwar gaming. In 2017 I met an experienced scale modeller whom I showed some of my wargaming stuff and he asked me to take part in a scale modelling exhibition in our vicinity (Maple Leaf, Br\u00fchl) to present some of my minis and models. On the…<\/p>\n

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