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I have a large stash of unfinished kits....200+ is large to me, anyway. And it's a rather eclectic stash as well. I have kits from just about every model category there is and they aren't stacked together in any kind of organized manner. I have an Aoshima Nissan 350Z kit sandwiched in between Revell USA's Mi-24 Hind and Monogram's F-4C Phantom. An old AMT Monte Carlo NASCAR kit from the 90's is trading paint with a War of the World's kit from Pegasus. There are muscle cars on top of Tiger tanks. A creature kit from the Alien movies shares space with a PV-1 Ventura. Aoshima's Airwolf kit sits alongside Academy's USS Oliver Hazard Perry Guided Missile Frigate. I'm sure by now you're getting a pretty good idea of how varied my stash is. As I'm glancing over the stacks of tanks on top of prop planes on top of spaceships on top of race cars I come across one particular model and I think to myself, "This has to be the most unusual model I have." It's Revell/Germany's Bucket Wheel Excavator.
I first came across this kit back in maybe '89 or '90. I found it at the local Walmart back before there were Super Walmarts. I had it for around ten years and actually started building it but eventually sold it because I didn't think I would ever get around to finishing it. At times since then I found myself thinking about that kit and regretted selling it because I thought I would never see another one again. Last year, while browsing the Squadron website for nothing in particular, I was blown away with surprise to find it had been re-released in a limited edition. I wasted no time in ordering it and a good thing too because shortly after that they had cleared it out of their stock.
Even though I haven't built it yet it is the Crown Jewel of my collection.
So, what is the most unusual model you own or have owned, either built or still in the box?
Current project(s): Hobby Boss: 1/72 F9F-2 Panther
Midwest Products: Skiff(wood model)
I looked around. The strangest thing in my stash is the Tamiya Brick wall.
-Tom
I have the brick wall, too. Why does a Pink Floyd song suddenly come to mind?
None really,now just a mix of armor,aircraft,and ships.When I was a kid,I had the Aurora Monsters,but that's it
Cool thread!
Wow, I can't even get into my collection---it's spread between 3 different houses right now for lack of space, but I would say that if I had to guess from memory, i would be the Polar Lights "Psycho House".
The other candidate would be the UPC "Roman Chariot" kit
Three different houses??? Holy cow! How many models do you have in your stash?? I thought having 104 in my stash was overdoing it! Heehee! Hey, wait a minute....... You own three houses? Cool!!
Devil Dawg
On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build
Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!
Doog, I think both of those are certainly unique kits. I've been tempted to buy the Psycho kit but haven't done it yet. And the Chariot is a new one to me. I've never heard of UPC. Is that an old or new kit?
Devil Dawg Three different houses??? Holy cow! How many models do you have in your stash?? I thought having 104 in my stash was overdoing it! Heehee! Hey, wait a minute....... You own three houses? Cool!!
JimNTENN Doog, I think both of those are certainly unique kits. I've been tempted to buy the Psycho kit but haven't done it yet. And the Chariot is a new one to me. I've never heard of UPC. Is that an old or new kit?
I thought it looked old but didn't know if maybe the box was made up to look that way.
Cool!
I have wanted that one for awhile .I have the " OffShore Oil Rig " but somewhere along the wayI lost my real prize which is the REVELL early release of a "Westinghouse Nuclear Reactor' . I can find the same thing in paper and it's the same scale too ! But it just isn't the same
The most 'unusual' model in my stash is probably Revell's Peterbilt Pumper. My wife got it for me the first Christmas we were married.
Greg H
"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell." Gen. Wm T. Sherman (11 April 1880, Columbus, Ohio)
Offshore oil rig and nuclear reactor? Now those are models you don't see everyday. And I've NEVER seen either one of them.
Is that Peterbilt Pumper still available?
Probably the oddest kit I have is the sand worm from the 1984 movie, Dune.
Not the most impressive, but unusual would be the "JGSDF Type 66 Anti Biological Maser Cannon" in 1/87, for some pest control of gigantic proportions.
The sand worm from Dune? This thread is getting interesting.
Haha, no, but it's from Toho films where the hapless ground forces do battle (or rather, get stomped as part of the script) against kings of monsters like Godzillas and the like.
More recently I bought the 1/700 Tomytech LC39 Space Shuttle Launching Pad. Pricy but men must never let go of the romance of space exploration!
Somebody else had recently started a thread like this and for that I posted my Testors Roswell UFO model kit.
Mine is still in the box. I look forward to building it someday. Might be a great opportunity to practice metal foil work, huh?
Bill.
On the bench: Lindberg 1/32 scale 1934 Ford Coupe and a few rescue projects.
In queue: Tamiya 1/35 Quad Tractor or a scratch build project.
JimNTENN The sand worm from Dune? This thread is getting interesting.
Revell did three model kits that tied into the Dune movie. The best of the three was the 1/72 Ornithopter they used to escape into the desert. They also did a sand crawler in a much larger scale, 1/25 or 1/32 if memory serves me. I've got them somewhere. The sand worm is a very small scale, but a very large worm and even comes with the little Freman figures to pose on top of the worm and the worm itself is molded on a sand base.
Below is a link to the box art of the kits.
http://www.arrakis.co.uk/colpage5.html
Foil would definitely look good on that UFO, Bill
My candidates for most unusual would be a wooden circus calliope and a Mercury/Atlas launch pad.
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I picked up two models this weekend
Both complete impulse buys at a show as I just liked the Steampunk look
Phil
"If anybody ever tells you anything about an aeroplane which is so bloody complicated you can't understand it, take it from me: it's all balls." R J Mitchell
Do any of you remember the models of scantily-clad ladies that used to appear in FSM? I think they were resin castings. Heck, they may still advertise those, I haven't looked at a new FSM mag in many years.
"All you mugs need to get busy building, and post pics!"
I definitely see steampunk in those, Phil. I really like the motorcycle...reminds me of Ghostrider.
There are some really cool kits being displayed here, many of which I've never heard of.
Subfixer, had that atlas launch pad when I was a kid. Haven't seen one in yrs!!!
anyone needing/wanting info about me contact me a richduddy@gmail.com. I only give info about myself on a need to know basis.
subfixer My candidates for most unusual would be a wooden circus calliope and a Mercury/Atlas launch pad.
moonbase alpha from the tv series space 1999 that i built in the late 70's or early 80's & still have it now. a 4ft tall by 5ft dia scratch built space station that i built when i was in high school in the late 70's for a sci-fi movie a bunch of us from 4 different high schools worked on. still have most of of it including the 2ft dia dome.
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