a question about your future.......................

fightnjoe

Member since
September 2011

a question about your future.......................

Posted by fightnjoe on Friday, January 7, 2005 12:35 PM

i am not someone who has a unlimited amount of kits................i have less than thirty unbuilt kits. but i was thinking about them and what kits i am looking forward to working on in 2005. so the question i have for you....................

what kit(s) in your stash ....................not kits you want to buy.................are you looking forward to the most?

for me there are two. the academy tiger I with full interior and the 1/700 uss arizona. strange from an a/c builder. those are the two i look forward to the most. the tiger will be a challenge to superdetail and the arizona will be a tough one in other ways.

so tell me how about you? which kit or kits are you looking forward to building in 2005?

joe

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rjkplasticmod

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February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Friday, January 7, 2005 12:58 PM

I never plan very far in advance, other than for Group Builds, so I can't say for sure. Every kit I buy, I plan on building, but it takes a lot less time to buy than build & I have a backlog of about 260 1/48 & 150 or so 1/72 AC. Probably the one I'll build when the current bunch is off the bench is the Classic Air Frames 1/48 Boston Paul Defiant, as I don't have a Defiant in my built up WW2 collection.

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Friday, January 7, 2005 1:53 PM

I only have 5 kits in my stash and one in the postman's hands. A product of the fact that I only returned to the hobby a short while ago, not because of suprhuman will power. For me its a toss up between the new Hasegawa He 111 H-6 or Revell's Ju 290. I'll probably do the He 111 first because It's for the BofB GB.

Dave

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 7, 2005 2:09 PM

I would have to say the AMT 1/72 XB-70 Valkrie (it is one of those limited edition ones from a few years back)
The XB-70 was such a cool looking plane and idea, too bad it never went into production and even more that one of the two built was lost.

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scottrc

Member since
December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Friday, January 7, 2005 2:16 PM

I can't decide, I have plenty of kits in the closet, just some require a "few" extra bucks to finish.

1/350 Arizona as of 1938 (needs about $40 in PE)
1/350 Franklin converted to a Korean War Oriskany (Needs about $200 in additional material and PE including a couple of quarts of Crown Royal)

1/96 Constitution converted to her 1812 appearance (Better add a few more quarts of CR to this project) Since it is a challenge to find infomation on the accurate colors.

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Friday, January 7, 2005 6:12 PM

Well my DML Elefant is one of my oldest unbuilt kits, but will start her up in the Elefant G.B.in March. My other has to be the Academy Hellcat. Had a chance or two to start it, but I wanted to finish other builds first.

Eric

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Friday, January 7, 2005 7:15 PM

I have only one unbuilt kit...the "Mayflower". The one that seems to have always eluded completion. He-he-he.

No stash to really speak of.

SO my future depends on what I will see from the LHS that will capture my imagination and most of all...fit my budget...

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Friday, January 7, 2005 8:03 PM

I looking forward to building my Spad S.A.4 and my Hansa Brandenburg D.I. I’m really looking forward to building both kits this year, especially Spad which I know will be tough.

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fightnjoe

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September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Friday, January 7, 2005 8:32 PM

scott the 1/350 arizona would be a great build to see.

joe

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Copterguy

Member since
November 2003
From: Ontario, Canada

Posted by Copterguy on Friday, January 7, 2005 8:51 PM

Only a few kits in the stash, but most eager to start Tamiya's Abrams and Hummer with tow. Probably the hummer - it actually looks like a more challenging build than the abrams. Anyone done this kit yet?

Jim Smile [:)]

Current Projects: Tamiya M1A2 Tamiya LRDG Chevrolet CWT 30

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pingtang

Member since
April 2003
From: NSW, Australia

Posted by pingtang on Friday, January 7, 2005 8:55 PM

Well, I only have 4 kits in my collection, plus two that I'm building at the moment. I'd have to say that the one I'm looking forward to building most is the Accurate miniatures SBD-3 Dauntless that I picked up during the week. Then there's the trumpeter 1/48 P-40B and Tamiya's 1/12 Yamaha YZR-M1 and Academy 1/400 Titanic.

-Daniel

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Friday, January 7, 2005 11:30 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Dwight Ta-ala

I have only one unbuilt kit...the "Mayflower". The one that seems to have always eluded completion. He-he-he.

You probably have ignored it, because it doesn't have zimmerit and comes with no turrets and tracks

Eric

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 8, 2005 7:27 AM

tamiya 1/350th USS New Jersey. the biggest and hopefully the best from a mostly A/C modeller.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 8, 2005 7:32 AM

I never know what my next project is going to be until I get close to finishing the current one, then I usually have a pretty good idea what I'm going to build next, of course one trip to the hobby shop for something simple like paint can change all that.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 8, 2005 9:08 AM

I plan to build (finally) an academy B-17 and a finemold x-wing fighter. Its already been long overdue.

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upnorth

Member since
December 2002
From: Canada / Czech Republic

Posted by upnorth on Sunday, January 9, 2005 6:04 AM

I can safely say that they won't be completed in 2005 as they are back in a box in Canada, but the two kits I'm most looking forward to starting are my Classic Airframes 1/48 F-5A with some aftermarket Canadian decals, and my Tamyia 1/35 Chieftain 5 MBT.

Things I've got a start on and most want to finish are my Revell 1/32 MiG-21 MF with some aftermarket Czech AF markings I got for it (that one's been on and off the bench for 6 years now, lots of corrections) and my Airfix 1/48 Buccaneer which I will be doing as a hypothetical Canadian version, again, lots of correction work there.

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buff

Member since
December 2003
From: Montreal

Posted by buff on Sunday, January 9, 2005 8:46 AM

I'd have to say the Academy Tiger 1 Early with the interior. Can't wait to get going on it, but it may be awhile because I've got other things on the go.

On the bench: 1/32 Spit IXc

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diggeraone

Member since
July 2003
From: Ozarks of Arkansas

Posted by diggeraone on Sunday, January 9, 2005 9:09 AM

Well to answer this question is hard.With so many kits,I don't want to list them all but as for right now I guess I will start to finish the kits that I started on the road.
1.Shiden type 11 George
2.Hein Tony
3.Ju-88
These three I will finish up before I start anything else this year.May be I will start a ship after these three are done.All these aircraft are in 48 scale and my ships are in 350 scale.Digger

Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton

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rrmmodeler

Member since
February 2004
From: Humble

Posted by rrmmodeler on Sunday, January 9, 2005 6:28 PM

When I finish the two that I am working on right now I am going to start on the Revel 1/48 Bf-110G. Not sure if I will start the G2 or the G-4 first. After that it will be either a JU-88 or a Tamyia Gekko, or Hawsaga Spitfire IXc. A Tamyia P-47 might slip in there somewhere as well. Not sure....time will tell.

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overkillphil

Member since
October 2004
From: Northern Indiana

Posted by overkillphil on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:51 AM

I'm going to dust off an EF-111 kit that has been sitting around for years. It isn't a great kit but I need something to practice on so I can do justice to some of my more expensive kits.

my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35

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shroomy

Member since
October 2004
From: kent uk

Posted by shroomy on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:04 AM

tamiya famo and wespe :)

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seanrgb4

Member since
May 2004
From: UK er the 3rd world

Posted by seanrgb4 on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:51 PM

Wouldn't mind doing the trumpeter SU27

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 8:59 PM

That's the fun thing about the future, you never really know what's going to be available.

Personally I am looking forward to trying my hand at some scratch building. Maybe a build for an armor dio or something, but that wouldn't be until later this year. Kit wise I was going to see what kind of AP photos are out there to do some ODS Armor models. (And then try building a dio using that kit.)

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:07 AM

What future? Now that I am 55, I can't decide what I want to assemble. I'm still trying to find out where my [BLEEEP] discount is. LOL.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:09 AM

Got a few kits waiting for space on the table:
2x 1/24 Krauser Domani
3x 1/12 Powered Suit
1x 1/6 Nadeshiko from Intron Depot
1x 1/6 Lady Z
1x 1/12 Yamaha XV1600 Roadstar

Apart from that whatever falls out of the stash next time I rumage through it.

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qmiester

Member since
May 2003
From: Central USA

Posted by qmiester on Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:03 PM

My biggest problem isn't what to start, it's what to finish. I got into the nasty habit of buying a new model, opening the box and deciding I want to start on it NOW! I've pretty well worked that problem out but the upshot is I've got somewhere near 2 dozen models down there in various stages of construction, from a sub-assembly or two together to a couple of models that need one or two decals installed and the final coat of clear shot on. Oh well, I'll get it sorted out somehow.

Quincy

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