Need some advice on a possible new business venture...
Folks, I've been thinking about starting a venture hand-painting Ground Targets for the Aerodrome Community, and I need some advice.
First, what are the usual preferred scales? I'm thinking WWII should use a smaller scale than WWI, and that we want a smaller scale for ground targets than planes to simulate altitude. David Manley suggested a couple 1/600 lines to look into... considerations here are widespread distribution and regular availability--much as I love Pit-Road 1/700 buildings (their U-boat pen BEGS to go into a Dambuster-type scenario) and planes they're right nasty buggers to lay hands on with any kind of reliability. :(
Second, for things like tanks and AFV's... better to base them individually, as sections or complete platoons? My main thinking here is to start by developing a standard catalog that can be knocked out on demand and I can crank out a few dozen at a time to maintain ready stock.
So let's open up a discussion, that I might distill into a series of polls later. If you're a 3d ground-target user, what would you like to see in a possible Aerodrome Accessories-exclusive line of them?
For The Record, I don't even know if I have the skill to attempt this, but a big part of my thinking here is to use your input to guide my selection of pre-production samples--and I'm thinking about suggesting some of the samples be raffled off, with a stipulation that the winners write a review of their prizes.