Heres what I've built this year (in order) all 1/35 

Tamiay sherman m4a3.

Tamiay king tiger.

Tamiay Hetzer.

And my Dragon Tiger.

Your builds look realy nice Wing nut!

The year is not quite over yet. I have a few that are oh so close now... so I'll post them when the year is over and they are completed...

But I'll start with this.

I don't want to get the pictures up here.. a bit too many to dig up at several places...

BUT, 2008 was the year I started serious modelling, and joined these forums. The best year in my life! I actually started serious modelling!  

My year in review....

an old Revell kit  FM2 wildcat.  Interesting story about J-5.  It was built by a mechanic on one of the jeep carriers involved in the confrontation with Center force at Leyte.  A botched landing wrecked several planes and he was told to salvage something.  So parts from several planes were put together and numbered J-5.   Given its pedigree, the pilots were leery of test flying the aircraft until one brave soul volunteered, went up and put it through its paces.  After the war, this mechanic was discharged and was driving cross country from his former base in California to his home in the midwest.  On a long flat stretch of highway, they paralleled a railway and overcame a train carrying war material to scrap.  He looked over and on one flatcar saw a beat up wildcat with the number J-5, his aircraft.

Next up was my first attempt at a diorama using the Tamiya early Tiger kit.

Than back to things with wings, the huge 1/32 Trumpeter SU-27 Flanker.  Red 04.  Sorry for the cluttered background on this shot.

And finally, two entries in the Big Cats group build; the Dragon Panther A premium,

and a Dragon (Cyber Hobby) Early Panther G.

Only unfinished kits from there on.  I'm a glutton for punishment and started the 1/32 Trumpeter P-38 Lightning which is about 20% completed before I got distracted with the 251 group build, where I'm attempting my first build with significant scratchbuilding involved, a 251/18.  This is about 80% complete.

 Don

OK...I'm game;

1/35 Italeri M925 w Verlindin M332 Ammo Trailer

1/35 Tamiya M8 with Verlindin interior, Winter Camo

1/32 Martin Marietta M757A1 Erector Launcher w Pershing 1A missile

1/35 Mouse House (Resin Kit) M119 105mm Towed Howitzer (in Afgahanistan)

1/35 Italeri M113 (built as NASA M113)

Currently working on 1/35 AFV M1128 MGS Stryker, which should finish the year.

Thanks Marc for putting this thread up. Great to see what everyone has done. Could make a great forum calandar

Rounds Complete!!

Nothing great to show but these are what I did this year.

Hinchliffe metal kit, 18(m) LFH 10.5cm. Not sure of the scale.

Academy 1/35 M18 Hellcat

Italeri 1/35 Panther A

Games Workshop Orcs. Built off and on through out the year.

Revell 1/350 SMS Emden. WIP but should finish by the end of year.

Slower year (I am a slow enough builder as it is, due to hectic family life)

I have two builds finished and awaiting a base, but that won't be done before the end of the year.

Calibri Gaz-67 jeep and a Italeri IS-2

Here are the images of what I have built, all in 1:72

As I said earlier, slow year.

Cheers

Mike

I was more prolific then I had realized,but here they are by category:

1/48 Tamiya Firefly

1/48 Tamiya Greif

1/48 Tamiya Mk III

1/350 Aoshima Takao

1/350 Tamiya I-400

1/35 DML M1A1AIM

1/35 DML T-34/85 Bedsprings

1/35 Tamiya T-72

1/48 Hasegawa Drakken

My humble models

This container is just for the hack of it, I used to work on ships and found this one on BBC's website. Download, print, a bit of glue...that's it.

Does it still qualify as model? :)

Hi Marc

 I'm in---23 pics one build for the whole year--tread

nice looking build all of you, Marc knows me iam more of an ACguy but it seams ive built more armor this year.

Marc - If your going to use those kind of words, you have to do it properly for the armor forum...

"IMPRESSIVE.....MOST IMPRESSIVE"

Rounds Complete!!

treadwell wrote:

Hi Marc  I'm in---23 pics one build for the whole year--tread

WOW! As usual, I am in awe of the impressive, most impressive talent displayed here! And I would like to (humbly) present my stuff for the year:

Moebius 1/24 Lost in Space Chariot

Tamiya 1/35 Char B-1 with Azimut conversion

Trumpeter 1/35 Bruckenleger

Heller 1/35 Renault R-35 with Commander Series conversion

Italeri 1/35 M11/40 with Commander Series conversion

Bronco 1/35 Piper Cub

Bronco 1/35 Landwasserschleper

Trumpeter 1/72 LCAC

Trumpeter 1/35 Grasshopper

Trumpeter 1/700 Eisenhauer

Trumpeter 1/350 Massachusetts

Trumpeter 1/350 Richeleau

Geez, I have been busy! The first 5 are mine - the rest were built for AAA Hobbies under a deadline of a sorts. (If I get a kit done quickly they give me another to start - talk about an incentive!)

Mark

The year...so far...there's high probability that 1 more (StuG Ausf A) will join the list before the bells toll on Dec 31st.

DML Sdkfz 250/1 Neu Premium

DML Pzkpfw IV Ausf G Kharkov

DML Pzkpfw III Ausf N sPzAbt 501

Kitbashed Alan Bison I with DML Pzkpfw I-B hull and running gear

DML Jagdtiger Henschel

Trumpeter Geschutzwagen IVb

Tamiya Mobelwagen Flak 37

Italeri Demag D7 w/ DML Pak 38

Tristar Pzkpfw 38t E/F

Bronco Marder I

Fantastic builds everyone. Wish I had more then my KV to show. Not a productive year.

Bill, must have missed that Demag. Real nice.

What a humbling thread to click on.

Amazing builds, truly amazing.  Thanks for sharing. 

tigerman wrote:

Bill, must have missed that Demag. Real nice.

Thanks tigerman, appreciate the comments! And don't knock your contribution, it's all about quality and not quantity!

wbill76 wrote:

it's all about quality and not quantity!

Roger that!  A certain award winning 1/16 Sherman is proof of that. You managed to get both in there though Bill

   Great idea Marc.

    Here's my tally,

     Always Have Time For Coffee

   Dragon Initial production Tiger

    Tamiya M4 sherman

    BA20 vignette; Target Sited

   Jeep vig; The Rear Guard

   DML BergTiger(P)

    Italeri 1/72 JS 152

   DML JS2

   And finaly my first wingy thing built for the weekend madness GB, Revell 1/72 JU88

OK, if you insist...

 I started off the year on an Israeli armor binge, cranking out 3 IDF vehicles during the winter of '08. First up was an Academy Zelda, built straight out of the box.

 Next came an Academy Merkava II with mine roller. Building the "ball and chain" armor out of, well, little tiny balls and little tiny chain was a bloody pain in the tucchus.

The last of the IDF binge was an AFV Club M730A1 Chaparral.

 Spring brought out the need for some landscaping, and what better way to landscape the yard than with a M4A3 105mm Sherman HVSS with a dozer blade? This is the Academy kit with Eduard photoetched parts.

 I spent the summer working on this Academy AH-60L DAP Blackhawk, with Eduard photoetch inside and out, plus four crewmen.

After the Blackhawk, I fired up the cloning vats and made bunchs of US Army Tank Riders for a pair of my oldest tanks. These two Italeri M4A1s were built in my Ohio State dormroom in the early 80s. The sandbags were added in the '90s, and the riders in the '00s. 

And finally, this is what's on my workbench right now, an AFV Club M1126 Stryker ICV with Eduard photoetched slat armor.

Thanks for asking.

Ranger Joe, Defender of Bunnies

It would be nice if the people at FSM would look at these and make some choices. This has turned out to be one hell of a lineup.

Rounds Complete!!

redleg12 wrote:

It would be nice if the people at FSM would look at these and make some choices. This has turned out to be one hell of a lineup. Rounds Complete!!

I second that one, Mike--

there is a  veritable cornucopia (5 dollar word) of very impressive, beautifully done work on this thread.  everyone--

and may I add a heartfelt Seasons Greetings to all on this forum-----tread

Great idea Marc...and some VERY impressive work gentleman... Here are my efforts for 2008:

Completed builds:

WIP:

Heya SMJ--

I had the privilege of viewing your SU at Amps this past year---super job man----------------tread

treadwell:  Thanks for the compliment on the SU...she's one of my favs'!

Saw your 23-pic' build for the year...quite an undertaking...fantastic work!

Beened a while since I've been here. And lots of great model I don't recall.

2008 was my moist succeful year of modeling, more and better models were made than ever before, and some of my best too.

The year started with the complete of Dragons T-34 in german army, this is my favorite and first with PE parts, the firgure is also the first details too.

Tamiya willy jeep and Rover 7 ambulance was also complete, and just in time for the model show where I got second place in junor award.

Firts 1/48 tank was also the first free hand camo pattern that I've done.

Then more difficult builds were made like Dragon Gepard(with lots of PE parts) and repairing the tamiya Hezter, thought not finish yet, they are quite a challenge.

And finally Trumpeters KV-2 early is done not long ago and with a conbination of skill and well made figures, it really shows off, and is my first allied tank. His dio is almost done, maybe not this year but before march.

 Unfortunatly this was not a good year for aircraft, none have been completed.