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    August 2013
  • From: Michigan
Posted by Straycat1911 on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 8:45 PM

cbaltrin

Monogram F-14A--hands down...

 

Just what have you been smoking? 

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    January 2015
Posted by TheMongoose on Friday, August 19, 2022 11:42 PM

Wow bit of a tossup for me between Revell's 1/32 Hawker Hunter and Tamiya's 1/48   P-38 lightning. I think it's the hunter though because I'm building the P 38 now and it's fresh on my mind so that's probably why I'm fighting it out.

In the pattern: Scale Shipyard's 1/48 Balao Class Sub! leaning out the list...NOT! Ha, added to it again - Viper MkVii, 1/32 THUD & F-15J plus a weekend madness build!

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    August 2021
Posted by lurch on Friday, August 19, 2022 9:26 PM

Nice slot car track Eugene. What scale is that? I am guessing 1/24 scale. 

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    May 2022
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Friday, August 19, 2022 4:51 PM

Yep!so pesky;

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    May 2011
  • From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Posted by Real G on Friday, August 19, 2022 4:06 PM

Eugene Rowe

The ion cannon didn't help!

 

Nah, it was those darned Ewoks!  Yub-yub...  My Imperial rear end!!!

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    May 2022
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Friday, August 19, 2022 2:56 PM

The ion cannon didn't help!

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    May 2011
  • From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Posted by Real G on Friday, August 19, 2022 2:02 PM

modelcrazy

Bandai 1/48 AT-ST

 

You mean THIS one?

I dunno, it looks like you had some problems with assembly and paint...  Stick out tongue

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    May 2004
  • From: Land of Lakes
Posted by cbaltrin on Monday, August 15, 2022 2:16 PM

Monogram F-14A--hands down...

On the Bench: Too Much

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    May 2022
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Monday, August 15, 2022 1:53 PM

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    May 2022
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Monday, August 15, 2022 1:50 PM

Yes sir;the 71 Hemicuda is a prime example!   

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    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Monday, August 15, 2022 1:07 PM

Oh My Goodness!

       There's a lot, isn't there? I did forget a bit when I commented earlier. Bandai Again. It seems everyone forgets Bandai produced some of the best fitting Armor Kits I have had the experience of building .Wish they still did. I'd have one Heckuva 1/48 collection by now. That said, I must mention long Gone MONOGRAM. They had some of the most beautiful, easy to assemble and great fitting Classic model Cars in 1/24 of anyone I ever came across!

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    January 2020
  • From: Maryland
Posted by wpwar11 on Monday, August 15, 2022 1:00 PM

Another vote for the 1/32 Corsair from Tamiya.  If you don't have the money rob a bank.  It's that good.  

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    May 2022
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Monday, August 15, 2022 12:00 PM

Interesting..feel free to post pics !

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    July 2014
Posted by modelcrazy on Monday, August 15, 2022 10:39 AM

Bandai 1/48 AT-ST

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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    August 2013
  • From: Michigan
Posted by Straycat1911 on Monday, August 15, 2022 10:29 AM

Best fitting kit award(s) go to (SURPRISE!) Tamiya's F-14A, D, and their new F-4B. 

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    December 2020
Posted by Greg W. on Sunday, August 14, 2022 4:54 PM

The best model I have recently finished is the AMT International 4070 cabover tractor. There were no issues at all with this kit, frame and running gear lined up perfectly and solidl. The most satisfying truck I have ever built.

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    January 2015
  • From: Katy, TX
Posted by Aggieman on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 6:15 PM

Tamiya's 1/32 F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair went together beautifully. So well that I have just ordered their F4U-1A in the same scale.

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    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 11:02 AM

Hello!

This one was surprisingly nice:

Airfix 1:72 A-4B Skyhawk by Pawel

It's the new Airfix. I loved building it and I guess it made me understand a little bit why the crews loved the 1:1 thing!

Thanks for looking and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

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    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 10:52 AM

Great looking Johnny Quest Dragonfly there Mach! Man you had to love that cartoon. They sure don't make 'em like that anymore.

Greg, your classic Revell P-51 looks sharp! Let all the snobs hold their nose at such a kit, but you sure made her look great!

 

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  • From: Boston
Posted by mach71 on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:08 AM

Thanks!

 

You mean this?

 

 

Yah, everything back then was based off off of an elongated V2. with some sort of cockpit,wing, landing gear.

 

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    March 2003
  • From: Towson MD
Posted by gregbale on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 8:45 AM

For me it's Revell's majestic old 1/32 P-51B Mustang. Having built at least one in all but 1 of my 6+ decades, it's certainly a nostalgic choice. But the very first one...built with no 'advanced' modeling skills to speak of, with little more than Testors orange-tube glue, brush paints, and a nail clipper as supplies...still came out looking amazing. Great detail (for it's era) and near-perfect fit, clear & easy-to-follow instructions (back before it was 'pictures only'). A great experience that left me chomping at the bit to build the next big way-cool model! A half-century+ later, that yen still runs strong. Yes

[Truth in advertising, the above photo is my last build of the kit, not the first...that one having gone down due to a direct M80 strike during a fighter sweep over the back yard, with no survivors and...darn it!...no photographs. But the more recent build was the same exact model, down to every last raised rivet. Big Smile ]

Greg

George Lewis:

"Every time you correct me on my grammar I love you a little fewer."
 
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    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 8:03 AM

Hi!

             Have You noticed? There is a resemblance in the cockpit area to Disney's Moonliner in the original Park? Look at the fuselage real well. Mentally remove the large appendages (Wings?) and go from there. Nice job on it though!

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    May 2022
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Monday, July 18, 2022 9:14 PM

Nice job!

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    March 2010
  • From: Boston
Posted by mach71 on Monday, July 18, 2022 6:46 PM

Eugene Rowe

Pics?

 

 

Here they are.

 

 

 

 

 

I looked for some inprogress photos, but it went together so fast I dont have any.

 

 

  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Sunday, July 17, 2022 10:58 AM

Hi Kenjitak!

        I haven't built anything Bandai, seriousley, in about twenty years. Why? well the only thing they had years ago that I could brag on were their 1/48 scale Armor kits. They went together well and looked great when done! I am not into the Gundam they offer now. If they would do Machinen-Kreiger in 1/35 or 1/48 I might try them again. Their molding was superb!

  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Sunday, July 17, 2022 10:50 AM

Hi !

       Believe it or not, the Little Robot kit I asked about just a while ago. It's by a company called TAKARA!, Now this little guy at 1/12 has two poses, Alarmed or at Ease! By doing a wee bit of modification on the regular kit parts, He now can be positioned in either pose or in between with ease! 

       His Vinyl tracks have posed a small problem. I may try to use tracks from something else that looks close. But, overall he is like a Tamiya "Shake and Build" Kit! Then, I will see what I can do about the lower arm parts. You get two sets. I think I am going to use some brass and copy the molded parts and replace them with the Brass. That way he will be fully poseable.

        I know he was molded this way. Little hands can't do things like we older more experienced folks can. So two fixed poses. I actually find myself grinning with this little model. First time I've done that in a while.

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    May 2022
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Sunday, July 17, 2022 10:20 AM

Yes sir they run well too!  

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    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Sunday, July 17, 2022 9:18 AM

Athearn box cars.

I must have built 100 of them.

Bill

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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    January 2003
  • From: West of the rock and east of the hard place!
Posted by murph on Sunday, July 17, 2022 8:19 AM

Any Tamiya kit I've ever built.

Retired and living the dream!

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