If I tell you your model looks like a diecast, would it offend you?

[Dr. Cranky]

Well, here's another related comment to this question about diecasts.

I've had people ask me why I build models when I can clearly same my time and just buy and collect diecasts.

Questions like that have always made me think the person asking is from another planet.

[heatride]

Well with a clockmaking background and jewelry repair this might really sound weird but then again

maybe not . You can scatter a clock all over the house and I can pick up the parts and have it running

in about a hour maybe 2 . The reason being the parts are so precise like you folks are talking about. That

being said I like the plastic models because its so different . Its fun getting things that don't fit to fit. I admire

the quality of those high end kits but the plastic jobs are just a blast . And for the record I really don't see

were much of what I did comes into play with the models .

[Dr. Cranky]

Glenn, I like what you are saying and it's a good reminder as to why most of us don't end up ever building box stock. It's the variety and the surprises that I really crave in every styrene journey I embark upon.

[moparmagiclives]

Another Danbury model that will blow most plastic kits right out of the water:

Thats not real fair Harry, Mustangs wernt that nice from the factory...

[Harry P.]

Thats not real fair Harry, Mustangs wernt that nice from the factory...

Yeah, you're probably right!