Your Best Build

[ij001]

Dunno why I've never contributed to this thread... no matter, I'm going to now:

Two best car builds so far...

Tamiya 911 GT2, black plastic to this shiny red & white was a real test, as was masking around those very curvy rear arches.

Revell Chevy Stepside, de-chroming and gently weathering this 'daily drive' - another 'first'. Got such an 'achievement kick' from this one, hard to believe it's almost four years old now.

 

[ij001]

Best AFV builds....

My first ever German armour 'finish' from the end of 2018 - Tamiya's perfect wee Marder IIIM. No new techniques, just applied a LOT of proven techniques from folks her - you know who you are - and from YT tutorials. Actually finished a 'German' build !!

Everything came together with this Easy 8. Modulation & fading, weathering, stowage and even construction. Set m'self a h*ll of a benchmark when I finished this in January but I'm so pleased with how this came-out....

 

[ij001]

Thirty year old kit and decals.... Love my Lightning. Won a couple of National awards in 2018 and still turns heads when folks come to the house !

Yep the Airfix B-25 from last year. Again was placed and won in a number of National competition categories last year, so I must be doing something right.


AFN, Happy & safe Easter to everyone here at MA. Best from NZ.

Ian.

 

[Iron Mike]

Bumping this back up for our new members and the new site. Post one or two photos of what you consider your best build to date and why.

 

[Gator]

Got to go with the Red October.

 

[Iron Mike]

Good stuff, Kenny!

 

[Duke Maddog]

I remember that! What an amazing build that is!

 

[paddy]

this is an odd one built for my business. It was made in kit form by a guy who works in the design room at jaguar land rover using their prototype/model making equip, i presume its scanned into a computer program as i had to lend him a complete engine in parts, and then 3D printed or similar
First picture shows the scale of a real head to the model

after a lot of cleaning up and the addition of as many screws etc as i could source scaled down i have this. Tamiya paints except push rod tubes which are BMF

 

[sharkman]

That is too cool Paddy!

Wish I knew some people like that!

 

[moon puppy]

That's awesome Paddy! 🏍

 

[Heavens Eagle]

 

[jeaton01]

Very neat! We're gonna have to up our tech AGAIN!

 

[Iron Mike]

Wow, that is so realistic! What would you call the scale?

 

[paddy]

Wow, that is so realistic! What would you call the scale?

hi Mike, i would think its about 3rd size based on some M6 screws i replaced with M2 and they look about right. I was tempted to do the side covers Alclad but its quite a large area to get even so in the end i went for silver and polished it back to high gloss and left the crankcases matt finish to contrast.

 

[Impisi]

My best build so far for sure is the Testors B-2 in 1/72, that beast took me almost a year, if I remember correctly - it all started with a group build in here ... don't go searching for the old postings - somewhere 2012 or 2011 - you only will find text in there. My email used that days was hacked and missused so I deleted everything related to it, also all images ...

another thing I almost everytime did ... let them fly

 

[moon puppy]

I remember that build Martin.

 

[Duke Maddog]

Yeah, that was a fantastic build! Seeing it again makes me want to pull out one and re-build it to replace the one that was stolen. I really should!

 

[iambrb]

Wow the skills youse-guys show is indeed impressive-I learn so much watching y’all!

Mike that T-62 us a sweet one

I am still learning so much that my latest always seems to wind up being my bestest, so in this case it’s gonna be my IDF Centurion. It still has a bit to go but I really think it to be my best so far get-sher

 

[Piet]

I am still learning so much that my latest always seems to wind up being my bestest, so in this case it’s gonna be my IDF Centurion. It still has a bit to go but I really think it to be my best so far get-sher

Nice one

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[paddy]

Gotta love those rust effects iambrb , very impresive.