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Posted by Jim Barton on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 6:09 PM
I still haven't finished my tornado chase vehicle. Another year, maybe?

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Posted by djmodels1999 on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 11:27 AM

Mmmm...  Quite a few things, as usual:

Azur's 1/72 Dewoitine D.371 (awaiting decals)

Azur's Breguet 27 (assembly)

1/72 diorama involving kids, stones and a Merkava...

1/72 patterns of a Char B1bis, of a Renault AMR 33 and of a M149A2C

1/76 patterns of a Panhard 165/175 TOE and of a Lorraine 37L

And waiting to jump on the table are, chiefly, a Dewoitine 510 (1/72 Heller) and a Blohm und Voss BV-141B (1/48 Historic)... 

 

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Posted by Hippy-Ed on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 11:03 AM
Well, I am nearing completion of my 1/25th '71 Ford MustangShock [:O] it's been in the works for 16 monthsAshamed [*^_^*] (off & on) just sprayed it Blue met. flakeThumbs Up [tup]
maybe now I'll get onto my  airfix 1/72 Vigilante that's sat partly assembled for 3 yrs.Black Eye [B)]

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Posted by Chatterer on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 10:53 AM
Tamiya M113 just cant get in the mood to paint wheels, Dragon KingTiger not in the mood to paint tools. Few 1/35 Dragon soldiers just burned out on painting gear and camo. And Dragon nightfighting Panther waiting for paint.
David
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Posted by DURR on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 10:21 AM

i always have 2,3 even 4 going at at time always the same type of model

right now i got an M60 blazer and a pzkw iv f1/f2 going

i build the wheels for one and while they dry the wheels for the other the turret for 1 then the other etc......

cars the eng for each and so forth

it makes the time watching the paint dry (or the glue )much more productive

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Posted by zeke_ on Friday, March 31, 2006 6:43 AM
i have a Trumpeter 1/72 scale S-Tank waiting around for 3 months for it's road wheels and tracks to be installed.
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Posted by jhande on Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:21 PM
So far I only have one, a 1970 Buick GSX by Revell/Monogram.

Now that I have an airbrush, I want to strip the paint off and airbrush it after I get some practice time in. Instead of using the body decal stripes I want to paint them on. Also I want to try a few other techniques on it that I don't have all the supplies for yet, such as - flocking for carpeting, seat belts and maybe... maybe opening the doors. So there my 3rd GSX sits half done waiting patiently.Sad [:(]

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Posted by TD4438 on Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:56 AM
 Rob Gronovius wrote:

Techmod T-50. I was building this for an online group build. I brought it in to my local club for show and tell when it was about 75% complete. I replaced the fenders and many parts with PE. An older modeler who had just returned to the hobby saw the unpainted kit and went to pick it up. He grabbed it rather roughly. The fenders broke off, the kit started to fall from his hands. He did one of those instinctive catches with his hands and totally wrecked it before it smashed to the floor. Didn't have the heart to try to rebuild it.

Zvezda T-60. Terrible kit, too many parts incompletely molded, along with the tracks. Good thing was that this kit was an early one that came from Soviet Russia. Inside the hull (was supported with a piece of styrofoam) was an actual Soviet Guards badge made of metal and colored enamel. Nice Cold War souvenir.

Did anyone have to rebuild the guy that wrecked it?I hope so.

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Posted by dkmacin on Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:49 AM
What Haven't I finished?
Ahhhh,. . .ummm, . . .everything?
I can only get to the bench rarely, and when I can I find that, while the mind is willing the hands decide not to work that day, so I give up in frustration.
Luckily I type 'hunt and peck' so I can still manage to "talk" on these forums, even if my hands refuse to cooperate!!
Right now on the bench, I have six. . .(6 ),  HH65 helicopters, three Matchbox kits and three Revell kits.
As others, I have more projects planned than I can get to. . .especially in light of the physical situation.

Don


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Posted by Rob Gronovius on Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:28 AM

Techmod T-50. I was building this for an online group build. I brought it in to my local club for show and tell when it was about 75% complete. I replaced the fenders and many parts with PE. An older modeler who had just returned to the hobby saw the unpainted kit and went to pick it up. He grabbed it rather roughly. The fenders broke off, the kit started to fall from his hands. He did one of those instinctive catches with his hands and totally wrecked it before it smashed to the floor. Didn't have the heart to try to rebuild it.

Zvezda T-60. Terrible kit, too many parts incompletely molded, along with the tracks. Good thing was that this kit was an early one that came from Soviet Russia. Inside the hull (was supported with a piece of styrofoam) was an actual Soviet Guards badge made of metal and colored enamel. Nice Cold War souvenir.

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Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:41 AM

I have got 4 kits which I started but then put away.  I don't exactly know why that is.But I think because I started them during transition periods, for instance changing from brush painting to airbrush painting.

The build quality of these kits is way below my current standard so I don't know if I will ever finish them.

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Posted by wibhi2 on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:59 PM
I have quite a few.....
My worst nightmare was the FM Halifax. I was actually getting close to finishing it when it attempted suicide

have a tamiya M-16 halftrack that needs weathering and some other stuff hanging from it
Revell's AH-1G
Monogram's F-100D converted to a C
Hasegawa's F-15
2 Monogram/revell AV-8B's
1 Monogram AV-8A
1/72 Dragon King Tiger II (henschel turret)
A bunch of ordenance and pylons for someone elses Tamiya F-16CJ
A revell CH-53




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Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:06 PM
After about 7 months of apathy and many other events, I cleaned my workbench off and am starting to get the bug again. I'm ready to tackle my new tracks for Dragon's 1/35 Elefant which stymied me last summer. Then a  bit of weathering and I should be done. Then I'm thinking of finishing my M1 or possibly my first real attempt at a plane, my Hasegawa Zero. Decisions, decisions......

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Posted by Yann Solo on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:09 PM

I have a Cutaway Millenium falcon kit that I built about 10 years ago and I never painted it!!!!

I think I will practice airbrushing and weathering techniques on it before I receive my Academy 1/32 F/A-18C Hornet. I think it's agreat model to practice all this.

I've forgot that kit, thanks for recalling me this.

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Posted by Bgrigg on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:49 PM
With me it's more like:

"What? Haven't you finished?" Sad [:(]

So long folks!

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Posted by Hippy-Ed on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:11 AM
Laugh [(-D] the question ought to be what have you finished for me at leastBlush [:I]
I have several  projects on the bench  & in boxes that I've started but have yet to completeDisapprove [V]
1/48 B-17G
1/72 A-6A (Fujimi)
1/2500 3-pc Enterprise set (AMT) B,C & E
1/72 A3D (Hasegawa)
1/72 RA-5C (Airfix)

Just to name a fewSad [:(]

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Posted by LemonJello on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:55 AM

I am so guilty of this.  I have currently the following "in progress" kits:

1/35 Dragon Wagon - paint, weather and final assembly, I don't know why I stopped on this one.  Need to get it done soon.

1/35 Panzer III (I think?) - it was going to go on the dragon wagon, just need to finish painting and weather it.  First (and maybe only) German tank I'll make. 

1/35 M2 Bradley - lost a set of road wheels moving from Oki, it's been sitting ever since.

1/35 5-ton Guntruck - first real scratchbuild attempt, need to finish painting and assembly of the fighting compartment on the bed.  Just kinda lost interest for a while.

1/48 AV-22 - my "Spectre Osprey" - this one I have to scratch the big guns I want it to carry, got distracted by the next project, but this is the one I'll do next when I get home.

1/48 - Tiltrotor escort - major kitbash of a 1/48 Mohawk and a 1/72 Opsrey.  I'd say it's about 60% done.  Major assemblies (fuselage, wings and engines, landing gear) are done.  Par429 sent me some Hellfires to hang on it, and I need to add a cannon as well, but it will be the first I do when I get the chance.

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Posted by Foster7155 on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:29 AM

I'm an "old school" modeler and only have one model on the work bench "in work" at a time. When it's done, I'll start a new one.

Trust me...you're definitely not alone! I know several modelers who have 10, 15, or 20 kits all started, but unfinished.

Robert Foster

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What Haven't You Finished?
Posted by TD4438 on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:31 AM

What's on your workbench that you haven't quite finished?I have a Shuttle Tyderium that I took a break from because it is such a huge job trying to weather it.

I also have a 1/35 Polish 7TP tank that I want to airbrush.I don't have one of those.Yet!

I broke the vinyl tracks on an M3 Grant.Haven't touched it since.

Incredibly,in between these semi-builds,I have actually finished quite a few kits.

Anyone else here do this,or is it just me?

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