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CaptainJack
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 05:19 AM UTC
Errrrrrrrrr That's a tough one hmmm let me see now three favourites right?

Well to be perfectly honest I still heven't built my three favourites. I keep hoping the next one shall be it, but I suppose I'm an eternally unsatisfied perfectionist. My favourite up until tonight are: (they open the envelope, and a sigh sweeps over the crowd)

1. Modified M49A2C Fuel tanker
2. Precision models 15cm Schwere feldhaubitze, done as an obice 149/38 Italian version.
3. Accurate Armours Faun Transporter.
4. DML's Shilka
5. Academy M51
6. The Tank Workshops M123 W/ the DEs M15A1 Trailer
Yeah I know only 3 but I just couldn't decide!! :-) :-) :-)
Chappy_ju87
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 05:24 AM UTC
I like 'em all
Sabot
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 06:32 AM UTC
I like Academy's M18 Hellcat
then AFV Club's M-10
then Italeri's M-47 Patton with the Italeri Leopard 1A4 close behind
maxpain
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 07:05 AM UTC
I haevn't build 3 kits yet (unless you count the products of my childhood) but there is a few areas I am interested in..

1. modern armor (german especially)
2. WW2 half tracks.. gotta lov em
3: WW2 tank/armor trains

Tanks
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 07:22 AM UTC
My favourite Armour has to be:-
M26 Dragon Wagon
M8 Armoured Car
and the Sherman, ANY Sherman.
I've built em all in 1:76 scale though and haven't many photos.
CARFACE
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 07:28 AM UTC
Hi guys,
Married Seven years on 20 April, and we have a Sixteen year-old together. I always thought people were crazy when they said it but "when it's right, you'll Know it" really is true!!!
My favorites would be:
1- DML OH-6A LOACH ( very enjoyable)2- AFV Club M88 ARV "VietNam" w/ MR Models Interior ( challenging/ rewarding)
3- AFV Club LVTP5 (my first military kit in ten years)
4- MRC UH-1C Gunship
5- Tamiya PBR
6- Revell/Monagram C-5 covette (sorry guy's)
7-MRC AH-1W Cobra
8- ???????
I guess that's it ( for now)
Chuck
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 07:38 AM UTC
Most likely get my butt chewed on this but as I am a Lt I can handle it. I think it would be
Tamiya tiger one from the 70's when it first came out and was the only kit to get
second would be Tamiya 88mm I know not tank but good kit back in the day and still is for the money.
Third would be the old 7 ton track from tamiya Couldn't wait to spend my lawn cutting money on that back then I think it was around 15.00 a lot of bucks in 1974.
Ranger74
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 08:37 AM UTC
LT Sgtreef - I have the "old" Tamiya Tiger 1, one of the first 1/35 armor kits I ever built. Still have it, needs some repair though.

Other top kits that I have completed are:
- ICM T35
- ICM T28

They draw some comments
ponysoldier
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 10:20 AM UTC
Ok I"ll bite on this one since figured out how to get here


1 M60a2 with rone plow Academy
2 M60a3 with mine rollers IDF
3 Academy 113 fittter recovery IDF

Two of these are still on the bench its fun though

remember +/- is what its all about.

ponysoldier
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 11:14 AM UTC

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Actually YodaMan - marriage is the greatest! At least that's been my experience.

My wife and I have been together going on nine years now, and it only keeps getting better. She's my best bud too - so there's a lot more than the "husband & wife thing" between us. I know her like a book (cough, cough, gurggle, gurggle) and I'm sure she'd say the same thing. Thoughts pass between us without words being spoken - so I [b]know what she's thinking when she catches a new model or something coming through the door. I don't even try to hide it - and that's the fun of it.

One thing we practice successfully is not telling each other "NO". Acting as adults (insert more coughing here) we know what we can and cannot spend on bills and entertainment. I bellyache and tease her when she wants the latest crafty-stickery-stampy-thingy - and she boxes my ears about my latest model selection - she will choose something else for me sometimes - but it's all in fun. She gets what she wants, and so do I, even if it takes a little while.

After all these years together, I do have virtually all that I wanted, so the urge isn't there to raid the hobby shop every week like I did when I was single. Marriage and the partnership got me to that stage, and I don't toss out anywhere near the money I did when single. Marriage teaches temperance, I suppose, along with patience.

With the right YodaLady - you'll be juuuuust fine...

Gunnie[/b]


Well said Gunnie.....you're a lucky man my friend! :-)

Tread
Denizen
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 11:39 AM UTC
My choices would be:
Tamiya JS3 Stalin
Tamiya Panzer II Ausf F
Tamiya T34/85

panzerman
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 04:37 PM UTC
I have ben modelling for 12 years and since then I can tell that among models I really enjoyed during their build were:

1. Tamiya Panther G late version
2. Academy M-18 Hellcat
3. Tamiya steel wheeled Tiger I (I know it is not a perfect piece of a kit, but in early nineties it was!)
4. Tamiya Dragon Wagon (yeah, yeah, it's in progress, but it's really fun for me to build it)
5. So will be building the Tamiya Famo with trailer.

I'm sure there were many models fun to build more or less in part during my modelling career.

Cheers,

Peter Wypiór
Poland
TJ
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 06:00 PM UTC

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With the right YodaLady - you'll be juuuuust fine...

Gunnie


Did this occur to anyone else?

YodaLady Who?

Get it?
ARENGCA
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 08:00 PM UTC
I think I speak for all of us when I say: "Groooaaaannn,,,,!".

You are a strange man to think of that...I respect that, but you are nonetheless strange. (Good pun anyway...I hope this doesn't start a trend!)
Tiger1
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 09:51 PM UTC
This is why I love this site, where else can you get great advice on your favorite hobby, and marraige. Both cost a lot of time, fun, frustration, and money!!!! :-)
YodaMan
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 09:59 PM UTC
I think I'm missing something...... :-)

YodaMan
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 10:20 PM UTC

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I think I'm missing something...... :-)

YodaMan


You will come to learn in time young jedi...
Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 10:28 PM UTC
My three favorite armor kit's that were easy and fun to put together were the
1. Tamiya M5 stuart
2. Type 97 japanese tank also from Tamiya
3. Tamiya Churchill tank

I have more but ya only asked for three.
Thomas (modelmaniac)
TreadHead
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 10:37 PM UTC
As to my humble choice's.....hmmmm.
(In no particular order of preference)

#1 Wallace & Grommit on the motorbike and sidecar. (one of my favourite cartoons)
#2 'Fantastic Voyage's' Proteus. (starring one of my favourite sex symbols)
#3 The 'LandMaster' from the film Damnation Alley. (yeah I know, it doesn't exist........yet)

Oooops.....forgot, armour right?

#1 Renwal's? Atomic Cannon. (an oldie but a goodie, large scale and unusual)
#2 Academy's new Tiger 1 kit (my present favourite, better than the Tamiya offerings IMHO)
#3 Anything by Accurate Armour (yeah, I know, a bit of a cheat in regards to making a choice)

Tread.

The above is just my present state of mind, give me about a month and the whole list could change
YodaMan
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Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 12:27 AM UTC

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The above is just my present state of mind, give me about a month and the whole list could change

Judging by your avatar you seem to be struggling to remember something. That, or you're fighting some nasty acid-indigestion! :-)

YodaMan
Tiger1
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Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 01:20 AM UTC
Hey model maniac the Tamiya Churchill is a good pick!!! It is my favorite non German tank!! :-)
Bravo-Comm
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Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 01:54 AM UTC
Hey Thomas,

I'm having problems reaching you. I've been receiving your E-Mail's but can not get back to you. Have left messages at MMSE and on your E-Mail site. But still no response. Am not mad or avaiding you. Just having problems reaching you. See MMSE message that I left for you.

Dagger: A weapon with a short pointed Blade: "THE CUTTING EDGE"
Stormbringer
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Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 02:50 AM UTC
Having read all the previous posts i can't resist adding my little bit.Those of you that read my other posts will know that i'm a great fan of modern british armour and could probably guess what my list will be.let me know if you are right lol.Here goes.
1: academy Warrior MCV (4)
2: Tamiya Challenger 1 mk 3 (3)
3: AFV Club Scimitar(2)
happy Modelling
Peter
KFMagee
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Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 02:55 AM UTC
While more of a figure builder I do a fair share of armor as well... my tastes are simple - i look for a well designed kit with accurate fit, nice instructions that clearly denote "what goes where" and then for overall accuracy. If a certain model is 1/19th inch off in scale, or has the 1943 "summer - italy" tread instead of the 1942 Late fall-France" tread, I don't really care that much one way or the other. So with that in mind - my favorite builds were:

M3 Lee - Tamiya
Panzer IV - Italeri
T-34/76 - Tamiya

I also have a good stash in waiting, including the M5, Tiger I (Early), Stug IV, and SturmTiger... all look like nicely made kits... time will tell!

Keith Magee
Trackjam
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Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 05:37 AM UTC
My Favourite Kits are
Italeri Leopard 1 A4 (only I haven't built a 1A4 just about every other version though)
Academy M113 (now that the Deihl track is out I want to build about 20 different versions)
Tamiya Leopard II (not Canadian but it came close)
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