Show us your armor collection!

 Alex, Good idea. These are what I have built this year so far.

Ttman, doc, nice collections you both have there!  There's a strange vehicle (to me) in each collection...Ttman, what's that huge gray open topped vehicle?  Is it a Dicker Max?   Doc, you've also got an open topped vehicle on a Pz.38(t) chassis....???

This is an older photo, but it hasn't changed much.  Unfinished builds on top, finished on the bottom

This is the newest addition.

Cool stuff guys.

Here's where the majority of  mine live.

   Alex I'll get some pics of my stuff and post it. Nice idea by the way

Hey guys, lots of responses pretty quickly! Thanks for posting everyone, I'd be really happy to see even more pics come in. Everyones collections look great.

Doc, I love that Hetzer, what kit is that?

Bufflehead, Beautiful Tiger tank two-tone camo scheme. The open-top vehicle in my photo is Trumpeter's Sturer Emil kit, pretty easy to find since it is the only one available.

RBaer, Great stuff man, I wish I had a nice display case such as yours!

Minimortar, WOW

Agentg, Nice work on the troop carrier, the name escapes me, but I do know it is currently in service in Iraq.

Detailfreak, Beautiful StuGs, among other things. Keep em' comin'!

-Alex

 Lot's of cool stuff!

  Ernest, That's Cyberhobbies "Aufklarungpanzer", I believe four made it off of the production line.

  Alex, It's kind of a Hetzer on steroids. It's Trumpeter's E25 Aufs.B, never made it out of production. 

Well, here's my collection, in chronological order from when I started four years ago up to my latest one. Most of these have been sold, so they technically aren't part of my collection anymore, but since I built them I figure they still count.

I have 11 more over 90% complete...but as I get better, I build slower and don't call it done as soon as I used to

StuG III, Oberwachtmeister Hugo Primozic, Eastern Front 1944

SdKfz 222 Armored Car, Tunisia 1943

Brummbar, Sturmpanzerabteilung 216, Kursk 1943

KV-II, Finland 1940

Panther G Late, III SS Pz.Div. Totenkopf - Budapest 1945

M3 Stuart, Imperial Japanese Army - Phillippines 1945

Marder III,  Panzerjager Abtielung Das Reich - Germany 1945

Tiger I Late Version, Haupsturmfuhrer Michael Wittman - Villiers-Bocage, Normandy, 1944

M4A3 Sherman (105mm Assault Support), 756th Tank Btn. - Germany 1945

Tiger II Ausf B, sPzAbt 506 - Berlin area, 1945

SdKfz 184 Ferdinand, sPzJgAbt 653 - Kursk 1943

Hopefully you can see at least some improvement, I do think I've gotten better since that decidedly mediocre Opel Blitz

Hermesminiatures wrote:

Opel Blitz truck, Eastern Front 1944

    Psssst....Hermes isnt that a Krupp protz

 Hermes,Another great collection! I do believe that is a Krupp vehicle though I'm really loving that Elefant. I'm a pretty big fan of anything that has to do with the battle of Kursk.

Doc, Thanks, I thought it was a Hetzer, I though the E-25 was MUCH larger than that! Ah well, I might look into getting a kit for that now. Since it wasnt in production, it would allow for alot of imagination.

-Alex

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.

Good gawd!    It's like a museum there Bill! 

Wait 'till my wife looks at this!

Here's what I've built in the last 18 months--Aaron and wbill76, if I'm breaking any rules here posting some of these photos, just tell me and I'll take them down!!

The DML Hetzer. The article about this build was sold to Finescale for publication at a upcoming date.

That build led to my commission build for Helo Miniature's figures box art. Here is the "Helo" Tamiya Hetzer next to the DML one.

Then came Christmas, and Jenn's presents; first her 5 Historex horses...

...and the Italeri "Midieval Tournament" which I called "On the Origins of Motocross"

I also did "The Frantics" figure set for her--she said this reminded her of me and her! LOL!

After she was pleased, it was back to building for myself--I'm pretty sure I built the Tamiya Field Kitchen dio next, which was also sold in article form to Finescale for publication at a future date...

I did the DML SiG33 Infanteriegeschutz for an Armorama indy link track tutorial:

Then the DML Brummbar for a featured build on Armorama:  

...and the DML E100 Nachtjaeger, on which I corrected the hull and heavily modified it to reflect a production vehicle, mid-1945 (?)

...and most recently, "The Lair of the Rust Bunnies"; the Revell 56 Chevy Nomad, the article which was also just recently sold to Finescale and which I heard is supposed to be published in the November issue?

Again, Aaron and wbill, if I've broken any rules of publication by posting some of these models here, let me know and I will remove them immediately!!! (SORRY!!)

Simply amazing Doog. Such an eclectic array of builds too.

I know that Ron (Biffa) is probably in Jamaica right now and probably couldn't post his builds for there isn't enough bandwidth to squeeze then all in. LOL

Very nice collections everyone! Doog... man, incredible weathering! I think that you should move to Massachusetts... preferably right next door.

My builds reside in these two cases... I built them a number of years ago, the photo is several years old and well I've been saying for some time now... time for another case. Roughly 4'x4'x1'.

wbill76, lots of builds in there you've blogged, thanks for the effort. Cool cases, too.

Doog, sweet builds. Always a pleasure to see your builds.

minimortar, sweet cases, and builds.

Hermesminiatures, the Krupp looks great, as do the others.

Got in to p-bucket, here's by desktop ornament. It's the I-R stuart, saved up for it when I was 14 or so, pretty sure it's the oldest piece I have in the collection.

Ahh....here we are.  Like Hermes, many of these have been sold, but I snapped plenty of pictures before the mail-man came.  In chronological order...

And my first dio...

 A dio that never quite made it...

And my only WIP scratchbuild:

WHEW! sorry for lal the pictures, I could ahve sworn I'd only built 8-9 models, but I guess they add up..

Thanks for the compliments, guys!  There is a lot of fine work on display here!

Ian, that's a great collection as well--and having said that, I can't believe you would sell some of those fine builds like the truck dio, the KVII, the Sdkfz, the Matilda and the StuG especially, among others!

I couldn't even think of selling most of my builds---maybe some of the older 20-year old models, but never my more recent builds! 

Thanks for the comments, my wife looks at the number of kits in the stash (75) vs. what's built and keeps asking what I'm going to do for space in the coming months/year...

I'm with doog, couldn't bear to sell any of them and have a high admiration for those who are able to part with them. Each one is special in its own way, it would be like selling a child to me.

I just gotta say everyone has got some FANTASTIC builds in their collections!!

doog: I gotta love that DML SiG33 Infanteriegeschutz since I'm using that Armorama indy link track tutorial for my SU-76M WIP build currently.

Hermesminiatures: Love the the SdKfz 184 Ferdinand, sPzJgAbt 653 - Kursk 1943 you built. I'm sending you a PM.

A sampling of some armor/dio work completed over the past few years:

...hee hee hee...

 Just wanted to say that I envy the way that all of you can put such detail and realism into what you´ve shown. Wish I had the discipline, and the time. Doog, "Rust bunnies" is better every time I look at it. Maybe you could add some more critters to it, like a fox low crawling up on their six. Manstein, thats the first time I´ve seen the dio with the jeep. Some of your best figs I think. As for your last pic, "nice shot man".

                                     regards Mac