2008 year in review... Add yours here too

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Over in the aircraft forum it has sort of become a tradition to do a review of your year. This is my 1st “Merry Metal Christmas” So I wasn’t sure if you guys did this or not. So if not let’s start doing it. Join in. If you do, this I’ll start thing off. Here’s my 2008 in order…

Eduardx2 1/144 Me-262Z

Eduardx2 262Z & Platz Fw190D-9 “Mistel”

Dragon 1/35 Panther G steel wheel - 1st armor build

Hasegawa 1/48 Hurricane in wif Russian marking.

Dragon 1/35 Tiger “P”

Dragon 1/35 Pz IV F1(F)

Dragon 1/35 Pz IV G

Tamiya 1/35 Tiger II

Hasegawa 1/48 N1K1 Kyofu - a hairspray test

Bronco 1/35 Piper L4

Dragon 1/35 Dicker Max

Dragon 1/35 SdKfz 234/3 8 rad

Dragon 1/35 SdKfz 251/17 Flak 38 w/scratch built ammo box on trailer

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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!

[:)]

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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.

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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! [:D]

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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

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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!!

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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.

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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

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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

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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? :slight_smile:

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Hi Marc[:D]

I’m in—23 pics one build for the whole year[(-D]–tread[8D]

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

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WOOHOO that’s the spirit everyone. Impressive builds.[:D]

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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!!

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absolutely wonderful,1/16th i might guess.well my projects for the year that might qualify for finished are few,

my projects on the table are many.

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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

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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

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now this would be where the meat and potatos are displayed.great looking builds everyone.[8D]

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

Bill, must have missed that Demag. Real nice.

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What a humbling thread to click on.

Amazing builds, truly amazing. Thanks for sharing.