the kit you aspire to most!

[Dave Ward]

I don't aspire to any particular kit - but I do aspire to certain subjects - no matter who they are made by!
Dave

[Ian M]

(This is the 1:76 version, the 1:35 has been out of production for a long time — I guess because nobody was buying it?)

And, of course, filled with a full complement of vehicles per Operation Infatuate II.

And a stunning piece it would be in 1/35. I might be wrong but I think they make them to order. Its a big chuck of resin to just have sitting on the shelves for a kit that might sell two a year, if that. mail them, you never know. It could also be quicker and easier to build one from scratch.... maybe even a bit cheaper as well......lol

[Guest]

I have drawings that would do for scratchbuilding one, but one of my practical problems with this is that I would probably never finish the kit in 1:35, let alone a scratchbuilt model plus five tanks, an SBG bridge, an armoured bulldozer and a few tens of figures 1:76 it would really have to be if I were to stand a chance of completing it.

[dave]

There are a lot of kits out there I would love to build, but for nostalgia sake top of the list has to be the 1/48 MPC Eagle Transporter.
but I am not convinced my skills are not sufficient to do it justice.

[Guest]

I do not have the space to store it, let alone display it - even on a wall.

What about the ceiling, though? A drawing pin and a piece of thread was good enough when we were younger …

[Geoffers]

I had almost finished my Airfix 1/24 Mosquito when disaster struck. I had replaced the kit undercarriage legs with white metal ones and sadly, the epoxy failed one day and a pair of legs fell apart. It has been skulking around my living room for years collecting dust as I was really disheartened by the incident. Almost everything has been painted with only the rockets to fit and I am not sure whether to sell it as is or finish it. The trouble is, fixing the damage is not easy and I would have to dismantle a lot. Here it is in happier days after I had painted the markings:


If I eventually finish it, I have to sell it as I do not have the space to store it, let alone display it - even on a wall. That is what happens when the heart rules the head and I really shouldn't have bought it.

Dave

What a terrible thing to happen :sad-face:

Hopefully you’ll manage to resurrect it as it would be a shame not to after all the work you’ve done.

Geoff.

[davecov]

What about the ceiling, though? A drawing pin and a piece of thread was good enough when we were younger …

No chance, Jakko.

When I visit my 94 year old mother down South, she still moans about all of the pinholes in her bedroom ceiling when I had well over a hundred models hanging there. To be fair, it was MY bedroom in the Sixties and Seventies.

As I am in a rented cottage now, my landlady would moan even more than my mother, so best leave the ceiling alone!

Dave

[davecov]

Too big,and a price I can't justify spending on a kit really,BUT I've always fancied one of these.....

I tackled the 1/72 one a few years back, but it just didn't do it for me,but THIS one....... !!:tongue-out2:

That is another one in my stash with lots of aftermarket goodies, dock walls etc, which I am supposed to start when I finally finish my 'Dora'.......

Dave

[minitnkr]

A D4 WWII bulldozer in 1/87.
Reference pic. of D4 in Corbit bed & D7 on 25 ton trailer.

[Bri62]

There are a lot of kits out there I would love to build, but for nostalgia sake top of the list has to be the 1/48 MPC Eagle Transporter.
but I am not convinced my skills are not sufficient to do it justice.

Dave I have this in my stash along with the lab pod and photo etch.

[Del640]

There are a lot of kits out there I would love to build, but for nostalgia sake top of the list has to be the 1/48 MPC Eagle Transporter.
but I am not convinced my skills are not sufficient to do it justice.

I built that a few months ago for old school memories...fun build!

[Miko]

I built that a few months ago for old school memories...fun build!

Quite possibly the best reason to construct model kits

Miko (nostalgia? . . . Not like it used to be! Ha!)

[colin m]

It was this;


I say this because some years ago, I bought it and built it. This was the kit I remember looking up at in a model shop near where I lived. I was small, it was huge, and the price was way, way out of reach.
Which i suppose means, I need to find another.

[Miko]

It was this;
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I say this because some years ago, I bought it and built it. This was the kit I remember looking up at in a model shop near where I lived. I was small, it was huge, and the price was way, way out of reach.
Which i suppose means, I need to find another.

That's quite a kit!! I wonder if it's still the largest kit ever made?

[colin m]

That's quite a kit!! I wonder if it's still the largest kit ever made?

That question was asked at the time of the build. I think it's now some sort of rail mounted gun. Maybe the B36 is second.