Scale modelling

[Kulebron]

Has anyone assembled scaled models? How much time it takes? What do you do with them after?

Here's what my friend gave me as a birthday present. He's fond of modelling, buys scale models and builds the scenes for them, or buys such sets and glues them.

I wasn't doing this, but it's even more interesting. Non-experts hardly can make you a good gift in your field, but they can make great gifts in their fields.

Proton with Astra block (ISS I suppose)

[Capt. Hunt]

I do, depending on the complexity of the model, and how detailed you want to make it, these can take anywhere from hours to months to build. Rockets like this though are fairly simple, so it should be on the low end.

[Kryten]

Proton with Astra block (ISS I suppose)

It's a series of GSO comsats; that year would make it Astra 1H.

[Kulebron]

Ok, thanks!

[Capt. Hunt]

from the look of the parts, the payload doesn't really matter, it doesn't look like you can build it with the fairings open.

[RogueMason]

It's dependent on the complexity of the model and whether or not it needs glue and separate paints (models will typically need glue, though).

The USS Enterprise model I finished over a year ago took me a week to complete as it needed completely painting and glueing, plus decal work, which is horrendously fiddly. However, it came out well enough (not as professionally as shown on that site I linked) and I'm happy with it, sitting on one of my shelves. There are a few other models I've done that have taken anywhere from a couple of hours to a couple of days, including the HMS Bristol (Airfix, days), an Imperial Lambda class Shuttle from Star Wars (Revell, an hour or two IIRC) and a couple of aircraft, none of which I have any more but I believe were also Airfix.

All told, I don't have much experience with these things, but it is pretty fun, at least until you get glue on your fingers and it won't come off

[cantab]

Not something I ever really got into. I was (and still kindof am) more of a lego kid.