What to build next - help me decide!

Flakpanzer

I have to vote for the Firefly. You don't see many of those and I love that long 17 pdr.

Firefly.

Maybe seeing your progress will motivate me to pull the partially started one I have out of the stash and get busy on it.

RBaer

Firefly.

Maybe seeing your progress will motivate me to pull the partially started one I have out of the stash and get busy on it.

Saying that I've just remembered the Tamiya Willys Jeep which is several sub-assesblis at present!

I'd totally forgotten about that but it will have to wait - I feel like a more challenging build right now!

Ben

Ben:

FLAKPANZER 1A

SUPER nice kit, cool little machine, and maybe half-again as many parts as that Firefly, not including those really tiny-but-nice MagicTracks!  I admit I am partial to panzer I almost anything, but what would that possibly have to do with my vote?

DO put on a metal barrel with a proper little flash-hider, if you go this one!  It makes this great kit POP!

Bob

panzerbob01

Ben:

FLAKPANZER 1A

SUPER nice kit, cool little machine, and maybe half-again as many parts as that Firefly, not including those really tiny-but-nice MagicTracks!  I admit I am partial to panzer I almost anything, but what would that possibly have to do with my vote?

DO put on a metal barrel with a proper little flash-hider, if you go this one!  It makes this great kit POP!

Bob

THE FLAKPANZER IT IS!

Cheers guys!

Ben

Flakpanzer, dont see a lot of them very often.

Come on Ben, You can't build a *** tank during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee!  It has to be Her Father's Firefly!

I've built that kit and except for the original indie links it's a beut!

satch

wow the edited out a popular WWII term for Germans alluding to their love of sauerkraut.  Go figure...

Hinksy

panzerbob01:

Ben:

FLAKPANZER 1A

SUPER nice kit, cool little machine, and maybe half-again as many parts as that Firefly, not including those really tiny-but-nice MagicTracks!  I admit I am partial to panzer I almost anything, but what would that possibly have to do with my vote?

DO put on a metal barrel with a proper little flash-hider, if you go this one!  It makes this great kit POP!

Bob

 

THE FLAKPANZER IT IS!

Cheers guys!

Ben

Good call.

can't go wrong with Sherman or the Flak. but i'd like to see the sherman.

Clay

Bish

 

Hinksy:

 

 

panzerbob01:

Ben:

FLAKPANZER 1A

SUPER nice kit, cool little machine, and maybe half-again as many parts as that Firefly, not including those really tiny-but-nice MagicTracks!  I admit I am partial to panzer I almost anything, but what would that possibly have to do with my vote?

DO put on a metal barrel with a proper little flash-hider, if you go this one!  It makes this great kit POP!

Bob

 

 

THE FLAKPANZER IT IS!

Cheers guys!

Ben

 

 

Good call.

OK...

IF parts-count doesn't swing things (Flakie higher), nor size-on-the-shelf (Fly way bigger)... consider my favorite decision-making criterion... the sounds and monolog you get to make as you push the thing across the workbench!

Flakpanzer IA (Ingrid):  grrrrr - clatterclatterclatter - scrunch - clatterclatterclatter - squeak - clatter...  "ACHTUNG, Hans!"  - clatterclatter- "Halt Ingrid! Scnell! Ivan komm vom links! LINKS!" - clatterclat-SCRUNCH - "Feuer, Gunther, FEUER jetz!" - clink- Bam Ba-ba-ba-ba-bam - "***!  Gehen, Hans, GEHEN! Macht SCHELL!  Der verdammpte Russkie ... Er zurruck-kommen!" - grr-grrrrr clatterclatter - "SCHNELL, Hans, SCHNELL!" (Wrrrrrr RRRR -Ratatatatatatatatatat - ratata...) - "Geh -" -Wham!

Or something like that, with a Corporal Schultz type of accent.

FireFly:  RUMBLERUMBLERUMBLE - jangle - squeak - RUMBLERUMBLE - "Lads! Tiger ahead! There, right off to the right! SH*T!  He's on to us! SCOTTY! Get us off this damned road RIGHT NOW!" - RUUUUMBLERUMBLE scrunch clatter RUMBLERUMBLE Bang - "Corp! Load AP Smartly there, lad, smartly!" - (bang! clatter-SLAM) - "AP UP, Sah! " - "Scotty. Good place right here. STOP her NOW! - Guns! Get your Aim. Put it right at the base of his turret, if you would, please!" - lumlumlum whir-creak-grumble-clank- "Ready, SAH!" "Right-o.... SHOOT!" - BLAAM! - WHAAAM!  "RIGHT! Hole in one, boys! Hole in one! He's a deader and a right fine shot, there, guns!  OK, Scotty... Let's get us back up on the road, shall we?  Corp, you wouldn't mind doing up some tea now, would you? That's a lad!"

All this sort of stuff with, of course, some sort of Brit-sounding tones!

Decisions decisions decisions!

Bob

satch_ip

Come on Ben, You can't build a *** tank during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee!  It has to be Her Father's Firefly!

I've built that kit and except for the original indie links it's a beut!

satch

Ok,

Having looked through the last few threads, looked through both boxes and after reading the instructions - plus looking at the VAST amount of German armour in my cabinet:

I've changed my mind and am going to build the Sherman as it looks like one tasty build- like Satch says being the Jubilee and all it's perfect!

Andy also made me think about things. The Sherman it is but what a really hard decision!

It will make a nice change but don't forget - I've still got a half completed Willys MB Jeep to complete too but I think that will wait until after the Shermie!

Panzerbob - This kit has DS tracks (see the link to the DRagon site on my first post) and not indie links.

Thanks for your input guys!

Take care,

Ben

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