In your collection, pick ONE AND ONLY ONE model that is your very favorite. Rules are no ramblings about this was your favorite model for 2 years then this became your favorite model,etc. I mean today, right now. I will allow a brief statement or two as to why.it is your "Pride and Joy". OK mine is my Tamiya M-551 Sheridan. Wanted to do it Viet Nam but it was all wrong so I had to buy a rare PE and do scratch building to fix it. The kit came out looking great in the end

mine is the albatros dv i built for the age of aces campaign, roden kit with pe details, vanished wood fusalage, i felt i had raised my game with this one
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My favorite build up is the Revell of Germany s-100 schnellboot... it's big, detailed and everything fits like a glove.. and the best part is the price!!!! (paid only 17 € in Belgium)

Tamiya 1/32 F-15E. Big, bad, beautiful and went together really well.

Cheers
Ed

For me - the Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Vb done about 3 years ago now. First plane I really got rid of all the seams on, opened up the canopy without screwing it up - first detail paint of cockpit including drybrushing, drilled out the cannon barrels. Desert cammo came out quite good.

Made several other aircraft since - but this one still holds pride of place on my small display shelf.

Brian

My Academy 1/35 M18 Hellcat tank destroyer. I just love that TD ! Well I love all TD's !



cheers,

Garry

My kitbashed M36B1.
Pete

Difficult, but it has to be the Leopard 2A5. I'm not a big fan of modern armour, but the long, sleek shape of the turret does it for me.



Henk

Trumpeter 1:35 SA-2 Guideline. Had some pretty tiny pieces tho, and a couple parts of the build were near impossible...but it turned out awesome. I just have a soft spot for soviet SAM's tho, and I wish there were more out there....

For me it has to be the Tamiya Dragon Wagon.

Which ever one I'm working on at the time.

i'm gonna say my revell apache, because it was my first military model, you should see the whack camo job on this thing

tamiya 1:35 wespe. I built it terribly, it's got a bad paint job, but i've experimented on it so much since then that it has probably singlehandedly had the greatest effect on my love for the hobby.

hmm, i havnt done as many models as you guys out there, i only started building tanks for 2 years, but my favriote kit was my sherman m4a3

Frank

Well we can only pick one so i going to have say that my favorite all time model is the old 1/16 scale Revell dragcars. God i can't start to tell you how many i've built over the years.

I like my Shermie M4A2 with scratch built 55dal drum wading trunks. I think I have a little more pride in this beause I did it myself

my tamiya jadgpanther is my favorite all time model.

Tamyia marder loved the way it went together,nice kit crap photo.

I have many that are much better but my favorite will be the model that really got me interested in doing more..

Tamiya's American Halftrack...

if not for this sweet build i would prob have quit before i got started.

I had two surprises, I figured animal was going to pick one of his unbelievable sscratchbuilds and I thought Garybeebe would have picked a ship. Look forward to reading about more of yor pride and joys. Oh, I do have a picture or two of my Sheridan in my gallery if anyone is interested.

My Pride and Joy would easily be my old Esci T-55. It was the first of my "Modern Era". It was my first using indy track links, PE and dry-brushing. It was also my first decent figure attempt.



No photoshop used on the photo, just good old forced perspective.

Dave S.

I would have to say my Tamiya M113 ACAV. It was a fun and easy kit. This was the first model I really got serious with the weathering and the result was great.

Since Steve said he was shocked I did'nt pick a ship. I was thinking Armor only! So in that case, this is my pride and joy! The Tamiya 1/350 Battleship Tirpitz. A joy to build, and it was my first try at useing a full PE set and drilling out the main gun barrels.



Cheers,

Garry

I would have to say my churchill Croc. First time i tried to wash and weather a model. and it actualy turned out pretty good.

For me its a Italeri Zis-5 Soviet Truck, I was empressed with the detailed on this model, I only added a couple of personal touches and everything just clicked.


Slug