2023 Finished Builds

[moon puppy]

Let's see what you finished this year.
Right now I'll call this Tamiya Mustang completed.

My Air Compressor plumbing finished.

That's it for me!

How about y'all?

 

[Tojo72]

Quality,if not quantity.us you do keep this place running.

 

[Greg Kimsey]

Hmm, let's see. I think I made several

That isn't counting the figures I made. It was a busy year!

 

[paddy]

I started the year with 3 harriers

A Kinetic T1

A T10 conversion using a Kinetic GR7

A Kinetic Royal Navy Harrier FA2

A 1/48 Flanker from GWH. This was a revelation to me, a great model with decals that put the rest or the model world to shame. It was also my first use of MRP paint which i have used ever since which speaks volumes. A first for me

An Eduard P51D with resin detail set

An Eduard 1/48 Spitfire with resin detail set. My first use of this railway layout "grass" that is applied with a static tool that makes it stand up... Excellent bit of kit as you can see. A first for me

Eduard F4f3 with the new 3D printed detail set. Again a first for me and 3D is the future. May resin rest in piece...s

A Roden 1/32 F2B built to show life goes on after WnW

I also built a 1/24 Hurricane and Spitfire from Airfix, neither of which were good enough to make the cut here.

Oh and i think this scrapped in in January

Happy 2024

 

[jeaton01]

Here's my collection for the year all in one picture. The backdrop is a new one I set up in the new workshop that was also finished up this year. The next is a Sea Fury my grandson Alex and I built, and the last is a Tamiya 1/32 F-4J a friend built for me, I gave him 3 of the same kit and he did this one for me. He did a super job, did he not.

 

[mike walsh]

Excellent builds

 

[Greg Kimsey]

I love seeing all of these! @jeaton01 that Phantom is spectacular. Lawdy! F-4 Phanton is and has always been my favorite plane since I was a kid. Why have I never built one??!! Maybe 2024 will make that happen

 

[Brokeneagle]

All great models! You guys are so productive . A standout for me is the red 15 by Paddy. I remember following the build and the work that went into this one was inspirational for me.

 

[Duke Maddog]

These all rock! I love it! I have quite a few to show so this will be broken down into two posts since I'm limited to only 45 pics per post.

Okay, let's start my Pass in Review for 2023, starting with my aircraft, ships and boats:

I got a late start getting any aircraft done, but I did finally get this monstrosity over the finish line:

Revell 1/72 scale A-400 Grizzly:

Next is an old Hasegawa 1/72 scale Spitfire Mk. VIII:

Still gotta get some new pics for that now that it is done. Speaking of Spitfires, here's my other one, an Academy 1/72 scale Spitfire Mk. XIV:

Thank you Saul for both the Spits! I hope I did you proud with them.

RPM 1/72 scale Soviet Be-4 Flying Boat:

A US Navy TBM Avenger, shown here with the Mk. 24 torpedo mine:

Next is a Heller 1/72 scale F-94 Starfire; the first ever F-94 in my collection:

Next is an ancient Matchbox 1/72 scale F-6F Hellcat done in Fleet Air Arm markings:

Finally, for aircraft, I completed an MPM 1/72 scale Sikorsky R-4D helicopter USAAF:

Moving on to my ships and other miscellaneous models, here is what I completed in 2023...


Trumpeter 1/700 scale USS Sacramento AOE-1:

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'Ancient Airfix 1/72 scale British Vospers 71 foot MTB:

Another ancient Airfix kit, the 1/72 scale British Vospers 73 foot MTB:

Next is the Revell 1/72 scale German Schnellboot:

One of my more unique subjects: a 1/48 scale Roman Racing Chariot:

And finally, one of my pride and joys, especially since he's one of my all-time favorite characters: my Dragon Rocket the Raccoon:

Now for my armor and vehicles in the next post....

 

[Duke Maddog]

Now for all the armor and vehicles I completed this year....





I'll start with this Roden 1/72 scale FWD 3-ton ammo carrier:

Dragon 172 scale LRDG Truck:

Ancient ESCI 1/72 scale Canadian Churchill AVRE:

Trumpeter 1/72 scale Russian SA-6 Gainful:

Dragon 1/72 scale US Army Stryker Dragoon:

1/72 scale Russian URAL 4320 cargo truck, don't remember the company:

US Army M4 Sherman with M-17 Rockets:

Orange Models 1/72 scale US Army D-7 Dozer:

Trumpeter 1/72 scale SA-2 Guideline number six for my SAM layout:

Trumpeter 1/72 scale Russian Luna M FROG-7:

Trumpeter 1/72 scale Russian SA-4 Ganef:

Airfix 1/76 scale Russian Sa-2 Missile transporter:

Zebrano 1/72 scale Ford Model A Car:

Hobby Boss 1/72 scale Russian T-28 tank:

Ancient ESCI 1/72 scale US Army M48-A5 Patton:

ACE 1/72 scale French DCA:

Airfix 1/72 scale David Brown VIG-1 Tractor:

Takom 1/72 scale US Army M1070 Gun Truck:

ACE 1/72 scale Br-2 152mm tracked howitzer:

ACE 1/72 scale Br-5 280mm Tracked Howitzer:

Modelcollect 1/72 scale Russian SCUD D:

PST 1/72 scale Russian PMZ-2 Fire Truck:

ACE 1/72 scale Israeli Centurion Sho't Kal Gimel:

ACE 1/72 scale Israeli Centurion Sho't Kal Dalet:

Armory 1/72 scale Russian ZSU-23-4 Shilka:

Revell 1/72 scale German Dingo Scout Car:

MAC Distributors 1/72 scale German Steyr 1500:

ACE 1/72 scale 1937 Ford Stakebed truck:

And there it is, my Pass in Review. I'm very happy with the number of finished models and I hope next year is at least as productive. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

 

[Greg Kimsey]

All great models! You guys are so productive . A standout for me is the red 15 by Paddy. I remember following the build and the work that went into this one was inspirational for me.

I 100% agree with you on the red 15. One of the best builds I have ever seen and was grateful to follow along.

 

[Rhino]

In no particular order..

A couple of Fying Flucks, The "Pretty" Gaffney Peachoid, and Ron's Bunnies, Ronnie, Bonnie and Harry Mole.

1/144 Hans Joachim Marseilles' Me-109F-2 and his DAK Kubel. DKM 1946 1/72 Heinkel He-280V-2T "Nachtbanshee" with I/R missiles.

I Converted a 1/700 RN Flower class Corvette to US Navy/USCG PG-93 USS Intensity for presentation to QM3 Connell's daughter.
tlarmodels.com
My website started in April this year.
I had higher completion expectations for 2023, but I guess I did do more model stuff than I thought!

 

[Jeeves]

Here are my 11...most are reviews for either AMPS or IPMS- all except the Tiran 5 and wooden ship...

Hobby Boss- German Flakpanzer V Ausf. A

Tamiya 1/48 U.S. Howitzer Motor Carriage M8

Academy- 1/35 Sd. Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. C Italeri- 1/35 Autoblinda AB 41 with Bersaglieri ICM- Soldier of The Armed Forces of Ukraine - Scale 1:16 Lindberg 1/130 Jolly Roger build as an airship for my D&D group Takom- 1/35 T-55AD "Drozd" Hobby Boss- 1/16 Pz. 38(t) Ausf. E/F with Full Interior Takom- Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer Early Production w/ Full Interior Italeri- Kfz. 12 Horch 901 typ 40 Frühen Ausf. Tamiya 1/48 T-55 in a Tiran 5 scheme for a Turkey Shoot build

 

[Heavens Eagle]

I had a lot of things going on this year. As I had been emptying out a LARGE storage unit back in Tulsa for a while that was prime and foremost to get rid of the monthly debt. This also meant that I HAD to get things reorganized in my house to get that job done.
The hobby room had to be redone to make way for the old shelving units and work table I wanted to move in. Then I had an idea to add even more LARGE shelving across the shelving units.
Then there were several small boxes full of Vallejo paints. It was always a pain in the can to pick out the color I was needing. A lot of little and not so little jobs were needed to get things the way I wanted. Here we go.
The hobby "SHOP"

To begin with was building the bridge shelves.

Then the TV needed some way to mount it.

The Vallejo paint rack

The one model that was finished this year.

And finally one of my oldest projects is now where I can work on it and at this point go through everything and redo it. My custom '77 Beetle is in the garage and the storage is empty and no longer costing me.

I am now working on my Ju87 A project and it is making progress, but not done with it yet. Too many major things wrong with the kit so it is taking a bit.

 

[moon puppy]

@Jeeves you have been busy.

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Nice productive year guys! Lots of great work!
Happy New Years!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Wow, amazing production guys! Stunning work!

 

[jknaus]

A lot of good looking stuff there everyone. Nicely done. Below is what I have finished this year.


















James

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Looks like a white washed plane in a white out blizzard James.

 

[Brokeneagle]

1/72 Heinkel He-280V-2T "Nachtbanshee" with I/R missiles

Love it!