Favorite project

Wow. It's really neat to see that the models that mean the most are the ones built for others, especially veterans. I've not had the privilege to do so, but I see why they mean so much. Cool stories. :)

 Favourite aircraft to build would be the AMT P-40N, minus the lack of Eduard canopy masks...

 Favourite ship would be the Aoshima Myoko in 1/350, or Hasegawa Gambier Bay.

 Gaston

My most favorite build was a M4A3 (105mm) Howitzer tank.  I met a WWII vet at my lhs and we got to talking about his service.  I asked him if he'd be willing to talk at the local model club about his experiences and he agreed.  I got his phone number and between that time and when he spoke, I picked his brain on his tank.  With the info I got from our conversations, I built the tank he was in during the BoB in Luxembourg with the 10th Armored Div, 11th Tank Bn, C Co.  I presented it to him after he spoke to us as a token of my appreciation.

My favorite project is usually the one I am working on at the moment, unless I have been working on it too long, and then it drops to the bottom of the list :-)

Any of the Wingnut kits I've built.  They are bar none the most enjoyable models I've ever put glue and paint to.  The most rewarding will always be the 1/196 Constitution I built for my dad about 25 years ago.  He still displays it proudly.

I have to second the Accurate Miniatures Avenger kit. Not only was it fun, but I got to build it for a retired WW2 Naval aviator to replicate one that he flew. I built another one for me a year or so later. He passed away a little over a year and a half ago; he was one of the finest Christian gentleman I've had the pleasure to know.

One of the first of the modern tooled kits I built in the 1980s was the Testors/Italeri 1/35 scale Willys Jeep. I built it in the regular, ambulance and SAS versions. Every now and then I see the kit on eBay for $5 or so and I grab one and chuck it together. It is a fun OOB build.

Can I name 2?

I have a 1/350 USS Mobile Bay (Cruiser) that I had in my office.  I'm a navy helo guy by trade so the running joke became that I built a 1/350 helo and needed somewhere to park it.

My other is my current project.  I'm working on 3 1/48 revell F/A-18C's from the squadron my dad commanded several years ago.  I have the CAG bird, the CO's bird, and another.  I've got the weapons done and I'm on the weathering stage.  I still need to attach the pylons, landing gear, insert the pilots and build the base for it with ground crew, but I can't wait to give it to my dad.  

Groot

For the longest time it was the Accurate Miniatures Avenger for me.  Loved that kit.  Still do.  But lately my favorite projects have been anything Eduard.  I just finished my 2nd 109 and am working on a pair of their Spitfires.  Just wonderful kits that are so much fun to build.  I have 3 of their MiG-21s tempting me from the shelf that I really want to start.  

Mine was a build a long time ago. My cousin and I each got the Renwall Visible Engine kit. This was when Renwall was still in business, and the engines were based on the Big Block Dodge engine. At 1/4 scale, they were designed to operate a lot of the internal parts. When we each got our's done, we set them up to run them, mine ran as long as the batteries held up for the Electric motor that turned them. Rocky's started to turn, then some forces on the pistons caused it to pop the cylinder banks loose and the engine seized up. (Revell makes them with a hand crank now, with the batteries only for the ignition bulbs)

I kept my engine, running it once in a while, until the sun in the back window of our station wagon warped it when I was 12.

I am like an engine builder that became a watch maker,,,,,,I get my pleasure from some very tiny airplane parts, compared to that engine model.

Rex

I have been working on a 1/48 Monogram P-47D Bubbletop on an off for the last year between other builds. It's being built for a friend of ours who flew them in WWII. He is always invited to our club meetings and we are always inviting him and his wife out for dinner and other events. He is in his 90s but sharp as a tack. When he comes to the meetings, all the guys want to do is listen to him talk about his time in the service. When I can get a word in, I've been getting all the details I can about his P-47 so I can build the model like his plane. It looks like I will have it finished later this year in time for PennCon. I plan to have Joe autograph the wing. IF it wins anything, I plan to give it to Joe with the plane.

I had some problems building it but was happy to work them out. Adding more detail to the pit was a big step up for me, but it's coming along nicely.Never done a NMF before so this will also be a first. I think it's turning out pretty well and I'm proud of the work I've done on it. It's actually been fun doing this build for someone like Joe.

Jim