What's your favorite type of vehicle to model???

I like a lot of the light tanks but have yet to do one.Mostly any WWII armor I like so it is hard to narrow down to my Favorite.Digger

Toss up between a Tiger and Panther chassis. Anymore I prefer smaller such as the Marder or Panzer II or III series. A lot less painting and so on.

Oh, my so many kits to choose from! I am sure it will be a popular answer, butI have to go with the Tiger. It was the first armor kit I built (20 years ago as a kid) and it was the Tamiya Early that brought me back over to the dark side last year

I prefer APCs. I love M113s and Bradleys, Warriors and AAVPs. The reason, I like to super detail the interiors. I especially like the M113 series. I am currently working on an M7 B-FIST (Bradley Fires Integration Support Team) Vehicle. It has and is still coming on line to replace the M981 FIST-V for artillery support teams at the company level. I may even put a full engine on this one too.

Of course I love artillery pieces too. And large scale helos, and modern tanks, and military trucks, and Vietnam Riverine craft....

Early war light tanks. Lots of rivets and very mechanical looking.

I'm increasingly being drawn to artillery platforms...SP, towed, assault guns...not really sure why, but it's probably the detail and the more unusual nature vs. MBTs that gets me interested.

QUOTE: Originally posted by wbill76 I'm increasingly being drawn to artillery platforms...SP, towed, assault guns...not really sure why, but it's probably the detail and the more unusual nature vs. MBTs that gets me interested.

Ah ha! Another convert to the King Of Battle!!

I just finished a 1/72 KV-1b PST kit good subject, fun build, even got to use old scraps of PE to scratch build stuff. Link & length tracks. I am working on 1/35 T-34/85 right now. I tend to look for vehicles (and ships, and planes) that are different or somehow fire my immagination. I usually buy a book about the model, squadrons T=34 in action in this case and try to create it somewhere "in the ballpark" of acuracy/possibility. I'm also doing a ww2 german destroyer in 1/400 while building the two tanks. Can't say what;s next because I don;t know yet......onward through the fog.........
G.L.

I really kind of have an all around approach! certainly tanks top the list, but I also like building support vehicles, artillery, and most anything that has a military application as far as tracked and wheeled vehicles go. Haven't committed to any discipline. Enjoy it all. semper fi, mike

Anything weird and ugly. In particular multi-turreted tanks from the inter-war period...

Modern US armor is my area of interest right now. However I am sure that after I have been back in the land of the big PX for a while Im gonna try my hand at some WWII stuff. A half track would be fun to build I think. I definately want to get some arty pieces when I get home. We had some parked here for a short while, they looked pretty imposing in person.

Halftracks for me too, John, and I don't know why either!

Wheeled vehicles, from jeeps to trucks to armored cars to towed artillery pieces. Tires are easier than indy links. Although that Dragon Wagon and its 19 tires has been sitting on my shelf for way too long. It's scary.

Artillery.

I've been told it's because I have a bad case of "barrel envy".

Gip Winecoff

For me I would have to say that my favorite armor subject would have to be the same as my favorite subject for aircraft. And that would be anything German doing World War II. The germans had so many different versions of vehicle that the choice would be endless. My next favorite would be the M1 Abrams. Anyone know where I can find the first production M1. I am still to this day kicking myself in the rear for not picking it up when I was younger.

Anything WW2 will do for me. That's all I've built since starting up again at the beginning of the year, and that's all I have in my stash.

M48/60 series and the Abrams family. Probably because of my personal experience with them. Brings back good memories.

aircrafts and motorcycles.

Right now I'm looking into armor too.

Basically anything with mechanical engineering beauty and MUST uses an INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.

My bag at the moment is German wwII anything but I must admit to being drawn to Russan and U.S but I have a plan for doing them in the long term.

I'm really digging on WWII era halftracks, cargo vehicles and Armored personnel carriers of any time frame. I do, however have a taste for Anti-tank guns and Artillery.
Mostly SdKfz 250's and 251's. Not many tanks on my shelf. I plan on an M-3 soon and maybe a Iraq war Bradley by Christmas.
Ryan

Darn you subfixer, you stole mine kinda. I like armoured cars the most. Don't know why, I think it might be that I'm intimidated by the good people and their good models, but armored cars aren't done much I don't think. I got 3 kits of them right now.

I like to build anything Soviet/Russian. It can be a russian vehicle or something that was sold to one of their client states. I like the wide variety of markings/camo schemes that can be done to the vehicles. My favorite is the T-55.

Got some interesting stuff here. Glad to know I am not the only one who like half tracks of WWII (forgot to menchion WWII) mostly German. I Also like spg and towed guns and cargo trucks all of WWII. And after sume thinking, I think I figured out what I like about them,

Halftacks- All that neat interior stuff for free. And you can really super detail them by adding ammo boxes and tarps and stuff. And they are wheeled and tracked, so if I am ever wanting to build something with wheels and something with tracks, well there I go.
They can aslo have a trailer or towed gun attached or even an AA or AT gun on the back.
There is just so many options.
They are not the beasts of the army like the King Tiger, but they are an important part of the military for many purposes. AND... there is a lot of choices for them, Heck, dragon just came out with 2 new ones. and that Is Why I love WWII halftracks.

SP guns, Well, you get a tank chassis and a really detailed fighting compartement.
once again, its detail.

Towed guns, THey can go with the Halftracks!!!!! And they have the detail of the SP gus.
Dragons new PAK 40, here I come!!!

THose are the reasons I like these things. As you can tell, I didnt have a lot to do last night so I just thought... about this stuff.

ANYTHING FROM WWII

For me it would be anything tracked, half or full, although I've built a few planes and I am actually working on a car right now (there gos my rep!). Although not on the threads list I like figures too and I always try to include 1 or 2 with every project because the vehicles are nothing with out the crews and look rather barren to me without them.

If there's one category I crave more than any other, it would have to be recon vehicles from the North African campaign. Both sides used scout cars and radio vehicles with interesting field modifications in the desert conditions, and I find that fascinating.

The different types of recovery vehicals of any war or country. And my River boats from Nam Stephen

I Love building mostly tanks... in 1/72 scale!! I love taking them and adding scratch-built interiors. The smaller the model and detail, the better!

Anything WWII in 1/35th scale is hot on my list!