That is so cool. You’ve got a collection to be proud of there, that’s for sure.
DUDE!!! I’m diggin’ that Russkie Sherman! That’s super-groovy…
Y’know, if I didn’t already spend so much on the stuff that I do, I’d be collecting this stuff as well. And I’d probably be doing exactly what you and all the other ‘dolly men’ are doing…
Although, there was one fella at a local show who did some dios and had an unusual and interestingly high proportion of Barbie Dolls worked into them… that guy I’m not sure about… [;)]
Fade to Black…
It looks like “understanding wife” is a huge understatement. That’s quite an impressive display.
Thanks for the look, Panzerwerk!
very impressive.
I used to have GI joes and Ultimate Soldiers and those things were a blast, my friends and I would make realyy corny cheesy movies with them, but with your collection you could takeover Paris
Wow! Some -VERY- impressive models there. Did you scratchbuild them yourself?
I’d really like to see some more pics of your vehicle collection - maybe you should create
a “gallery” website showing your creations? Like the “Small-Scale AFV Museum” (http://www.msu.edu/user/storto/afv.htm) but
1/6 rather than 1/76!
You could do with a few more Allied vehicles, though - even if you’re not much of an Allied AFV fan, those Tigers and Panthers need something to shoot at 
I have also become interested in large-scale AFV modelling recently
(not 1/6th though, I just don’t have the space 
!) - anything from 1/9 to
1/24. So far I’ve rebuilt a couple of 1/24 toys (a Sherman and M2 Bradley) and
have rebuilt them as scale models, and have recently bought a 1/9 SdKfz.222 and 1/12
M551 Sheridan to do the same. As you say, this sort of size of model gives huge potential
for “superdetailing”.
I have also started scratchbuilding 1/24 WW2 AFVs with the intention of eventually building up a comprehensive
collection (like your one but rather smaller) but have put these to the side for the time being whilst I
concentrate on finishing the Bradley.
Of course I’ll still be building 1/72 and 1/35 kits as well (and aircraft)!
I have occasionally tried scratchbuilding large-scale aeroplanes, however the much more
complex shapes of aircraft mean that this is MUCH harder than AFVs and even harder to get
good-looking results. I have built a 1/24 Bristol F.2B Fighter (WW1 2-seat biplane) which is quite impressive
but rather crude in parts, and converted a Guillows P-51D flying balsa model to a static scale
model (with plastic skinning). AFVs are much less frustrating and more enjoyable to scratchbuild though. The only
thing I can’t get the hang of is tyres for wheeled vehicles. Other than casting them in resin, I can’t think of an
effective way to produce these in large-scale models. Hence all my future 1/24 projects are tracked vehicles at the minute
i started out scratch building , my first panther was scratch built and is now in a friends garage , i now have people make them for me , my specialty is resin casting , and i make molds and cast parts in 1/6 scale , time is the factor , i sell my parts so i spend a good portion of my time filling said orders .
thanks for all the great feedback , and there are a couple of sites dedicated to 1/6 ,
heres a few :
http://bigtanks.4t.com/
http://bigtanks2.4t.com/Index.htm
and the 2 biggest forums for the 1/6 community
AHA! A plug. LOL
i did not mean it as a plug , there’s no sales on the board , and i did not put links to my site’s where i sell things , it was not a plug .
sorry you saw it that way .
Just teasing Panzerwork.
I love the pics. just getting back into the hobbie after 35 years. doing a lot of research and reading first