# The Scale Modeling Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scale-modeling-thread/954812 "2021-11-23T16:02:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scale-modeling-thread/954812/29 "2024-05-30T07:49:36Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I loved building models as a kid/teenager/young adult and have decided to get back into it. As I love battleships, I have begun work on a 1/350 model of HMS Prince of Wales, the King George V class ship that met an unfortunate demise off the coast of Malaya in 1941. > > I decided to give this thing a shot without having an airbrush - I figured I’d invest in one if I wanted to stick with this hobby - and already wish I had one because I love this but, yeah, brush painting sucks. Painting is definitely not my strength, which is an obvious drawback because building a model is really not about gluing the parts together. It’s about painting them. > > I should have this thing done by Christmas. > > Who else builds or used to build models? I too built a King George V battleship. My model building was done in my youth. And I now remember that my USMC enlistment and career can be “blamed” on scale models. I was going to post it here but did not want to hijack the thread, so I started a new thread here: > **[The military. Did you join? Why or why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-military-did-you-join-why-or-why-not/1002246/38)** > > When growing up one never knows what external influences can randomly come along to pull you one way or the other. I did not come from a military family, and I also did not grow up with any desire to join. It wasn’t on my radar at all. I did not... > [@The military. Did you join? Why or why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-military-did-you-join-why-or-why-not/1002246/38): > > … on my commute there was a recruiting station on that corner and in the windows were brochures showing **the airplanes and ships I built as plastic scale models as a kid.** Cool pictures! Interested in those pictures, I stopped in to look … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scale-modeling-thread/954812)._