What Did You Build in 2006? Here's Mine. WARNING! TONS of Pics

 Great year for you! Way to go. Hope the new year is as well or better for you, friend. Good photo's too!

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Goodness me, that's more models built in one year than I have in my stash!

Well done Duke, well done!

Great Post!

What scale are they all in? 1/144 ? 

Thanks -60! Glad you like them. The photos are courtesy of my 'new' Canon Powershot I got to replace the camea that was lost by DHL. It does take excellent photos!

LOL! Thanks Bill! I have three times that many more waiting to be built. I'll be interested to see how many of them I get done next year! 

Randie.... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to keep you up! 

Thanks for the compliments my friend

RonUSMC wrote:

Great Post!   What scale are they all in? 1/144 ?

No Ron, I never build that small. All the aircraft and armor is in 1/72 scale, except the P-51B 'Glamorous Glen'. That is the only 1/48th scale model in the post. The ships range from 1/450 to 1/700 scale. I've always maintained a consistent 1/72 scale in my aircraft and armor, except that one and it was a special case. Thanks for stopping in to see these. 

your a small-scale builder eh? :D

great job! you've had quite a year

now... all I did was... almost finish my F-16 cockpit (but I started on december teehee)

Holy smokes...!

Love the IMEX ships, which one was your favorite?

WOo......................................oOW! Thats a lot of building! Can you please tell me what kind of chair you have at your bench, cause it must be really comfy! You are good bro, I finished maybe 3 this year!!!

kp80 wrote:

Holy smokes...! Love the IMEX ships, which one was your favorite?

Thanks kp, I think the Tampa was my favorite IMEX ship. 

eizzle wrote:

WOo......................................oOW! Thats a lot of building! Can you please tell me what kind of chair you have at your bench, cause it must be really comfy! You are good bro, I finished maybe 3 this year!!!

The chair at my  bench is actually quite comfy. It is one of those $150.00 high-backed office chairs that execs use. I got it for $20.00 because of a couple of tears and a scuff or three.

Thanks for the compliment eizzle, and thanks to all who posted. Your comments are all very motivating. Merry Christmas all!

Thank you Darren. I appreciate the compliments.

That's why on another Forum I'm known as "Maddog Manufacturing"! LOL! Glad to see you stopped in to see these.

WOW!!! Do you have a bunch of elves helping out there in So Cal? The number alone is impressive itself and the quality just makes it that much more special an accomplishment.

For me, I completed a total of four this year. There were a couple more that got started and but back in the boxes but only four that made it to the shelf. Those were:

Tamiya 1025 Humvee

Tamiya M1A2 Abrams

Academy HTL-4 Copter

Academy M2A2 Bradley OIF

No pics unfortunately as building all those models just wore me out!

Thanks Sean! I can't wait to see the pics of your carrier "Seydlitz"! Glad you stopped in to see these.

CWalker, Thank you for the compliment. So far, the only ones working at my bench are me, myself, and I. After that, it gets very crowded! LOL!

Congrats on getting four done. It's all about whether you have fun and enjoy yourself, as apparently you have. I'd love to see pics once you've rested. Thanks again for posting.

Not yet. I do have a couple of plywood squares for building a diorama/photo base, I just haven't had the time to get it done. Hopefully sonn, although I have no idea where I'm going to put them.

Thanks for the compliments and thanks for stopping in to see these. 

Amazing Duke!

Thanks Dan! I'm so glad to see you stopped in to see these.

Now, where is that Revell Monogram Group Build? I may want to get into that one! Airfix, Italeri, now the Revell/Monogram, that will be cool! Next there should be a Dragon Group Build, a Matchbox Group Build, a Tamiya Group Build and a Trumpeter Group Build too so I can collect ALL the logos!

Duke,

Those are some impressive models. I like 1/72 scale as well, but will build other scales too.

Out of curiousity, how much time do you spend building each week? I've got a one-year-old son and I'm going to grad school in the evenings while working full-time. Sometimes I get a bunch of modeling done, and sometimes I don't sit down to model for weeks at a time. I probably averaged 5 hours per month last year.

Still, I feel pretty good about what I accomplished. I finished this kit:

Glencoe 1/74 (close enough to 1/72) Martin MB-2.

I'm just about done with a 1/72 scale Revell Yak-38 (the Soviet version of the Harrier).

And I spent a lot of time working on a semi-scratchbuild wooden ship project.

In my mind, the key is to keep working on projects until they are done and enjoy the process as I'm doing it. 

Regards, 

Thanks for the compliment Drew. I appreciate it and I'm glad to see you posting here.

I spend on average about  6 to 10 hours a week on the bench. Sometimes that means about 30 minutes on the bench before going to work, and another thirty minutes to an hour of building after work and before the wife gets home. On weekends while the wife is gone to work and I'm off, I'll put in  anywhere from 2 to 4 hours of time after the 'honeydos' are done.

You certainly are justified in feeling good about what you accomplished, theat Martin bomber is outstanding! Most incredible work Drew! As for me, the key is to keep working on something as well till it's done and I certainly enjoy doing my work as well. Keep building Drew, your work is outstanding and thanks again for posting!