Show us your armor collection!

well, here is my collection.

a lot of 1/72 stuff, mosty dragon but also some fujimi, italeri and revell. i have a lot of  1/72-1/76 armor ready, including a sherman dd, a comet and a churchill bridgelayer.  but i'm waiting for my custom decals to arrive so they are on the workbench but took a pic anyways (last pic). also some 1/35, tamiya and dragon.

I'm the same way.  At one point my models were in chronological order, but not any more.

Boy, looking at some of the older builds, it's been quite a journey! lol

TacoBuff wrote:

ls that a stuart i see tucked behind a vase in the second pic? since my collection has five stuarts in it, i'd love to see yours.

Yes, it's one of the very first models I ever built 6 years ago...nothing fancy to look at, the decals have peeled off and it has zero weathering...I keep it (and all of my models) to remind me of the journey.

ls that a stuart i see tucked behind a vase in the second pic?

since my collection has five stuarts in it, i'd love to see yours.

Here you go Jon, as promised.

Jon_a_its wrote:

nice work & neat case, where's it from? " ... A BR-52 pulling a Pz IV-E on a flat car along with a low-sided car with a Flak 38 and other gear as a small dio. I also have a 1/35 Leopopld sitting over my desk along with 11 other various vehicles sitting on the desk shelves as well... " any pics? otherwise it's just bragging?

Jon,

The case is from an online shop called Cases for Collectibles: http://www.casesforcollectibles.com/

As for the BR-52 dio and Leopold...will get a couple pics later today and post them up...just to maintain my credibility if nothing else!

Butz,

Yep, I have the old Airfix 1/24 scale Stuka, Spitfire Mk. 1, and ME-109 hanging from the cieling as a reminder of where I've come from. Sharp eye on recognizing the silhouette! What got me back into model building was playing WW2Online and I flew as well as drove...loved the ME-109 Emil for a lot of reasons and spent many an hour in them over the sunny skies of France in 1940. Was a decent Stuka and Spit pilot too since you could play both sides.

" ... A BR-52 pulling a Pz IV-E on a flat car along with a low-sided car with a Flak 38 and other gear as a small dio. I also have a 1/35 Leopopld sitting over my desk along with 11 other various vehicles sitting on the desk shelves as well... "

any pics? otherwise it's just bragging? 

Hermes -- I looked at your Krupp Protz and thought 'wow, look at that dust and the fraying of ther tarp, I wish I could do that!' Different eyes, different expectations...

TB379/Mike

I like the truck, a lot!

Tigertankman wrote:

jthurston, Simply amazing airbrushing on that tiger, I was wondering if you could give me a few pointers? At the moment I use a Passche double action....

Well thanks! Wow, well all I did was spray it in overall Tamiya dark yellow, and then spray squiggly lines all over it. This was actually my first paint job with my new Paasche double action (VL, I think?). So it was my first foray int he world of being able to control the paint flow with an airbrish.

Actually I think I left too much overspray in the brown color, but that can be fixed to an extent. I'm looking forward to having this one finished, I've been working on it for a long time.

~J

wbill76 wrote:

I've kept a spreadsheet tracking all of my builds since re-entering the hobby in 2002 and the total built kits (including some wingy thingies) stands at 94...so I'll only show the most recent stuff that's in the protective cases. I apologise for the difficult view/angle, but since the cases have a mirrored back, it was tough to get a good shot with the lighting and at least allow the items in the case to be seen vs. what's being reflected from the mirror. Not pictured but under its own case is a BR-52 pulling a Pz IV-E on a flat car along with a low-sided car with a Flak 38 and other gear as a small dio. I also have a 1/35 Leopopld sitting over my desk along with 11 other various vehicles sitting on the desk shelves as well.

Hey Bill,

 Nice collection my friend..!! By the way is that a shadow of a 109 flyin Top Cover?

Flaps up,

Mike

Rangers Lead The Way

Here is the one and only...so far.  Just finished it and I will take any opportunity to show it off.

Sorry to bring this back, but I've uploaded some of my better armor.

Thanks man, glad everyone has appreciated this topic so much.

And thanks to everyone who posted their amazing work here. And please, if you have not posted your collection, or even your only model, please feel free to do so. This is such a great way to demonstrate all the talent on this forum in one fell swoop and I'd like to keep it going!

-Alex

jthurston, Simply amazing airbrushing on that tiger, I was wondering if you could give me a few pointers? At the moment I use a Passche double action....

Wow. I'm in awe of all of you guys! Tiking and White_R34, that's just fantastic work. Those HETTs especially (HEMMTs? I get them mixed up), are so realistic I'm smellin the cordite from the IEDs again.

So here's mine. I know the idea was to post pics of the stash all together, but like most I don't have them all in one place. And another disclaimer: This ain't gonna be anywhere near as good as a lot of the stuff already posted.

This was going to be my Australian Grant for the Aussie GB, but I still haven't finished it. Went ahead and gave it Brit markings though.

Small dio starring one of my more infamous 251's (some of you have seen it before, and helped me with the weathering a great deal). Verlinden base, Dragon & Tamiya figs.

same dio

Tamiya T34/85 with a CMK turret. Did this one for the Winter Warriors GB.

same tank

Italieri Carro Armato. Scratched the jerrycan rack on the side. Fruil tracks and sprockets, the rest is OOB. I was experimenting with different weathering ideas, as you can see -

Dragon 250, with complete interior detail by Lion Roar. Loved this one. Almost nothing is stock.

Just a few more...

Hree's one of those AFV Club kits I picked up in Taipei, done almost entirely OOB:

and here's another 251 (wrecked). This one has the entire Lion Roar interior detail also, and Fruil tracks (what's left of them):

Next up on the hit parade is my Dragon Jagdpanther. This was also started for a GB, but so far unfinished:

...and the one I'm working on now...

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And no stash collection would be complete without a pic of my 1:1 scale tank destroyer:

Tiking, Wow, amazing is what I see. I love the truck with all the gear and weapons on it, with the door open. Superb plumbing on the last one!

White_R34, Absolutely f***ing wonderful job on the Bradley and the Halftrack, everything else is top notch too, but those really caught my eye.

-Alex

Here's my work:

 German Pak 35/36 37mm AT Gun Tamiya

 German Sd.Kfz. 2 Kettenkraftrad Tamiya: Light Scratchbuilding here as well.

 German Sd.Kfz. 251/17 and AA Gun Tamiya & DML: The sides and gun stand were scratchbuilt.

 Soviet KT-40 Flying Tank concept: The glider was fully scratchbuilt and the tank is from RPM

 Soviet T-60 Light Tank RPM

 US M41 Walker Bulldog Tamiya this was my first true Armor build.

 IDF M151A1 Ford MUTT w/TOW Missile Launcher: I think it's my best for now. I did some light scratchbuilding here.

 US M2A2 Bradley IFV upgraded w/ERA & CITV unit Academy: The ERA was added to give it the look of the ones that are in Iraq right now. The Chassis,upper hull and turret were coverd with scratchbuilt ER Armor and one CITV camera. An Lots of PE as well.

Once I get and new projects done I will come back and update this. Oh and a big to every one all the work here is just stunning, I love all that modern armor.

Well, I guess I have to add my collection here again...;)

this is an excellent thread, it's great to see where some of started, and where we are now.  All this work is simply top notch.

And no, the sherman didn't take first (tho it's one of my better builds).  The small picture frame next to it has a Panzer III in white wash on it, and that took first.  There's pics of it somewhere in the bowels of the forums under "my first contest model" or some such thing.

Tigertankman, nice builds.

I just finished up the old Tamiya 251/1. So I thought I would add it to my collection now. That was a fun kit.

I drilled the MG barrels. This was the first time I've tried that and I think it turned out pretty well. I also made head light wires using copper wire.

Erik

Tacobuff, Great job on the sherman, a first place trophy eh? Man, I wish I could go to a hobby contest.

GA.modelmaker, Nifty looking m-60(?) AA gun conversion thingy. Never seen one of those before. I really like your M-107 as well.

Wing_Nut, Holy crap, someone please explain to me how you got that winter Panzer IV to look so amazing!

Geist, Wow I really like how that T-34 looks The Panzer IV and Tiger II are beautifully camoflauged as well.

-Alex

I'll join the game.

My first ever tank was Tamiya's Panzer II. I brushed painted it because I didn't know how to use my dad's airbrush.

I'm not sure what came next but I have a feeling it came in this order.

This was my second tank and first Dragon kit. I think I was afraid of it for over a year.

I built this Panther for a school project last winter.

Dragon StuG III A

This is the first kit I airbrushed all by myself. Then I covered it with white wash....

Wow, I just realized how dusty my shelves are. Going to clean those up.

Erik