Help me pick out my first aircraft

[yak face]

Hi daniel , Alan has a strong case with the Revell Arado , its a stunning looking model when built and is very detailed with a lovely engine to show off too, plus its the steal of the century at the price they charge for it!! Another one to consider is Italeris new tool 1/48 Ju 87b , this too makes an impressive build and has a full engine/chin radiator to display with the covers off . hope this helps , cheers tony

[Guest]

Thanks for the tips Tony, will have a look at the italeri plane. The Arado does look good, I am still considering it.

[Guest]

This ended up being my first plane. Found it at the local store for almost no money and thought it looked cute hehe. But I will buy a more serious plane soon too.

[Alan 45]

I've looked at these kits mate I have an idea for a dio , a spit chasing a 109 over a field with smoke coming from the 109

Maybe you could do something similar , like it landing at an airfield it would present it much better and it's small size won't take up too much room

[Guest]

Sounds like a great idea, but I am afraid I am not skilled enough to create a good looking dio yet. One day maybe.

[Alan 45]

Sounds like a great idea, but I am afraid I am not skilled enough to create a good looking dio yet. One day maybe.

We all start somewhere , I've only been doing dios for a few months

For a landing dio all you need is a piece of lawn ( you can get this from any hobby shop ) and a piece of fine sand paper like wet and dry ( you can get this from b&q , cut two pieces of the lawn and put on a board any boars will do even cardboard , cut a piece of the sand paper and stick that down with PVA then put the pieces of lawn either side of the sand paper

To make the plane look like it's in the air just get some thin clear straws and glue one under each wing and one under the tail put that on the runway and hey presto you've made a dio of a plain coming into land

[Guest]

I would go for a 1/72 scale.

Why because they are completed in a short time realtive to a larger scale model.. Secondly you are learning about how to go about constructing a model aircraft & all the techniques that go with it. If like me you will make mistakes. In my opinion it is better to make mistakes on a simple model which is soon finished & you have a quick rudimentary idea of what is needed.

Then have a go at a 1/48 as you will have less chance of making a cock-up.

Laurie