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Favourite Model Kit
Digger
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Posted: Sunday, October 27, 2002 - 05:22 PM UTC
What's everyone's favourite kit?

Mine are as follows:

1. Tamiya's latest Stug (the one with the dog) - its the only model my wife has bought me;
2. Tamiya's German Field Kitchen - it's a nice change and the cooks are cool; and
3. Tamiya's Centaur - I love the colour and markings (it's just different).

Let's see what everyone thinks.

Cheers
Digger
DangerAtom
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Posted: Sunday, October 27, 2002 - 07:52 PM UTC
The answer is always "The next one."
But in reality, my favorite kit (which still isn't finished) was the Dynavector Javelin. It was my first vac kit and it went together great. And each step was a new adventure into something I had never done before. But now it sits, collecting dust, and beging to be painted.
shiryon
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Posted: Monday, October 28, 2002 - 01:34 AM UTC
Favorite I cant come up with just one(come on) :-) but here's my three most favorite

Tamiya Jeep(either)
Academy M51
Italeiri M109

Oh anfd thats just armour :-) :-) :-)
josh
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Posted: Monday, October 28, 2002 - 03:36 AM UTC
Out of the kits that I've built I'd say my favorites have been:

1) Tamiya M-41 (yeah it's a dog, but it was a truly enjoyable build)
2) Italeri M4A1 (once again, old yes, but fun, cheap, and with a minimum of effort it can be made into a beautiful Sherman)
3) Zvezda/Italeri T-26 (really nice kit that doesn't fall together but doesn't have any real problems either)
GSPatton
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Posted: Monday, October 28, 2002 - 04:57 AM UTC
The DML Panther A (early) is a great kit. Went together well and with a little work (zimmerit) looks great.
Academy M-26 is another great kit and somewhat less expensive than Tamiya.
Italeri StrumTiger - I got a thing for BIG ugly AFV's with massive firepower.
YodaMan
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Posted: Monday, October 28, 2002 - 05:10 AM UTC

Quoted Text

1) Tamiya M-41 (yeah it's a dog, but it was a truly enjoyable build)


I'll second that! Even though there's two new Bulldogs out there, I'll be getting another Tamiya M41 just for fun.
Next comes Tamiya's 1/48 Corsair. A beatuy of a kit... until I messed up the paintjob!
Other than that.. we'll just have to see...

YodaMan
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Posted: Monday, October 28, 2002 - 06:46 AM UTC
In recent memory (uh oh, that's going now #:-) ) I'd say my favorite kit(s) are
1. Tamiya's modern Marder - It fell together, kinda different, good detail, came out well!
2. Tamiya's Jeep was a fun project.
3. Tamiya's Long Range Desert Chevy is a cool truck.

On the AC side,
1. Tamiya's F4 1/32 is one killer kit
Bodeen
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Posted: Monday, October 28, 2002 - 11:49 AM UTC
My first kit which was a WWI German bomber.........I built it with some friends...I must have been about 9 years old.
Tamiya Famo...Which I haven't built yet..looks cool.
AFV club Sd.Kfz. 11 Which I haven't built yeat but looks reallllllllllllllllly Coooool!
Tamiya's Ardennes King Tiger Mini Diorama.
I guess just about everything I build I really like.
Oh yeah.......the Revell(former Hasegawa) Fieseler Stoerch....Really ,really cool.
Jeepney
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Posted: Monday, October 28, 2002 - 12:56 PM UTC
1. Matchbox 1/72 P38 Lightning
2. DML 1/35 NSU Kettenkrad
3. Academy 1/72 F4U Corsair
4. Revell 1/72 Tiger I Ausf H
SS-74
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Vatican City
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Posted: Monday, October 28, 2002 - 09:58 PM UTC
Tamiya Tiger I
Tamiya Marder III
DML Hetzer
DML Jagdpanzer IV
DML Stugs
DML Pz III
Tamiya King Tiger
basturk
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Posted: Monday, October 28, 2002 - 10:31 PM UTC
Tamiya Famo
Tamiya 1/32 zero fighter ( the one with the cool engine sound)
Tamiya field kitchen
Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 02:32 AM UTC
i like figures sets:
1. 352.VGD by Dragon-this is the best sculpted plastic figure set
2. Nightfighters in Berlin-not for the figures, but for the Vampyr IR and the Krummlauf
3. the new Hermann Goering figs- lots of possibilities
4. Totenkopf in Budapest- also beautifully sculpted

Chris Pig no.1
FAUST
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Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 02:43 AM UTC
I always had pleasure building Stugs didn`t matter wich one
I love the SAS jeep from Tamiya
the LRDG chevy is quite cool
and the .......

you know what the problem is. I get a kind of sympathy for every kit I make this makes it so damned hard to choose the favourites

Greetz Robert "FAUST" Blokker
Armor135
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Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 03:48 AM UTC
Heres a few of my Fav's.

AFV Club M35A1 Guntruck ( buying 2 more of them next weekend)
I just got a huey Gunship so thats a nice one
Academy's M113
If conversions count the, then all the guntruck conversions for me

Mike
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Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 12:24 PM UTC
I will limit my response to my top 3...............................for now
Hasegawa 1/32 A4/ TA4 Skyhawk series
Tamiya 1/32 F15C/E
Tamiya 1/32 F14A/D

I will now exercise my "for now" option #:-)
Hasegawa 1/32 F16
Tamiya 1/32 F4 Series
Italeri 1/48 F18E
cfbush2000
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Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 12:36 PM UTC
I have been communing with the Academy M3. I just want to say that, wrong interoir and all, it's a very nice kit. Now ask me in a week...
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