Stik's Motor Pool- updated 2/4/24, pg.7

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Re: Stik's Motor Pool- updated 1/5, page 2

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OK, now for my WWII Allied AFVs (& softskins) built between 1988 and 1994.... a few are currently undergoing rebuild and will be noted as such...

The US vehicles

Tamiya 1/35 M21 Half Track Mortar Carrier
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Tamiya 1/35 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage (Quad .50 AA Mount)
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Tamiya 1/35 M3A1 Half Track APC
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Testors/Italeri 1/35 M24 Light Tank (a VERY nice kit even by today's standards)
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Testors/Italeri 1/35 M4A1 76mm (wet)
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1/35 M4 75mm (dry) conversion (Italeri lower hull & suspension, MP Models upper hull, Verlinden turret)
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Academy/Minicraft 1/35 M-10 3" Gun Motor Carriage (Tamiya clone)
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Tamiya 1/35 M4A3E2 Jumbo
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Tamiya 1/35 M4A3 75mm (wet)
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Monogram 1/35 M29C Weasel
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Testors/Italeri 1/35 M36B1 90mm Gun Motor Carriage
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Testors/Italeri 1/35 M6 37mm Gun Motor Carriage (Peerless/Max rebox)
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Airfix 1/32 M3 Lee
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Tamiya 1/35 M3A5 Lee
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Tamiya 1/35 M3 Light
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Tamiya 1/35 M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage
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Testors/Italeri 1/35 M7 Howitzer Motor Carriage (undergoing rebuild)
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1/35 M4A3 76mm (wet) Tamiya hull w/Academy turret (undergoing rebuild)
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Nichimo 1/35 M4A1 75mm (dry) (undergoing rebuild)
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UK/Commonwealth

Tamiya 1/35 Daimler Dingo Mk.II
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Tamiya 1/35 Universal Carrier Mk.II
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Testors/Italeri 1/35 M3 Scout Car (Peerless/Max rebox)
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Tamiya 1/35 M3 Grant
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Tamiya 1/35 Matilda Mk.II Infantry Tank
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and now to get to my modern AFV builds from those years...
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Re: Stik's Motor Pool- updated 1/27, page 4

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impressive, for sure. Nice work.
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LyleW wrote:impressive, for sure. Nice work.
Thank you Lyle... some seemed impressive at the time of the build, but looking back at them now as I go, I can see how much that I had to learn, have learned, and improved from then until now. And now I see why the decals should be undercoated and overcoated. The oldest ones have lifted and are flaking away as I dust off the kits. :chair: Not to mention the toll taken by cats, kids, the elements, etc...
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Re: Stik's Motor Pool- updated 1/27, page 4

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OK, I am gonna split my post WWII armor into two groups, Communist/Warsaw Pact and Western/NATO. I'll start here with the commie Red hordes... :yikes: All builds are 1/35

Lindberg T-55(M)

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Dragon T-72M2

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Dragon T-80B

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Lindberg T-80BV

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Dragon BMP-2

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ESCI/AMT BMP-1

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Dragon BMP-2E

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Dragon BTR-70

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Dragon BMP-1

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more to come tomorrow... :bye:
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Another batch of winners.
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Stunned, oh man! What a hugecollection!
And so many excellent works, therefore difficult to select a favorite one, or should I say, a favorite dozen? :bow:

Where do you store all of this builds (sorry if someone already asked) ?

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Lyle and Kari, many thanks for your kind words! Cleaning this last batch off has really re awakened my fondness for Cold War stuff, particularly (for me) the stuff from "the other side". But guys, I gotta say again, I can really see my own skill level then and compare it to now... as the Stones would say, "time is on my side". At least for now... LOL! But maybe not on the side of my older builds. I think that I now know how to display some future builds- out with the old and in with the new. Replace, replace, replace....

Kari I have my armor builds displayed on a bunch of shelves here. Bookcases actually, and grouped by type.

Keep watch fellas, there is more to come. I just wish now that digital photography had been around when all these kits were newly completed. They always look better when new and they have not yet had parts broken off, decals dry off and flake away, dust build up in the crannies and crevices... This has been most enlightening about long term display issues.
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Continuing my stroll down AFV model building memory lane, we now go to the forces of the Free World that I built between 1988 and 1994... again all in 1/35

From the Republic of Viet Nam

Tamiya M41

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from the State of Israel

Academy Centurion Mk.3 (Tamiya clone), in the beginning of a rebuild

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ESCI/ERTL M60A1 Magach 6 Blazer

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from the Federal Republic of Germany (aka West Germany)

Testors/Italeri Leopard 2A4

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From the United Kingdom

Tamiya Challenger 1

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Tamiya SAS Pink Panther Landrover

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From the USA

Testors/Italeri M107 175mm SPG

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ESCI/ERTL M966 TOW HMMWV

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Tamiya M151A2 Ranger gun jeep

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Dragon 1/35 Kawasaki KLR 250 Scout Bike

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Academy M151 Sheridan (Tamiya Clone, not the new tooled kit)

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Tamiya M60A3 MBT

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Italeri M901 ITV (one of my tracks)

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ESCI/ERTL M1 Abrams MBT

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ESCI LAV-25

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ESCI LAV-AT

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Academy M1025 HMMWV

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Academy (Tamiya clone) M2 Bradley

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ESCI/ERTL (modified) M1A1 Abrams

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and that completes my AFV build thru 1994... 1995 -2004 to come soon... stay tuned :bye:
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Re: Stik's Motor Pool- updated 2/5, page 4

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Most impressive! I keep getting motivated to start my Armor posting. Hopefully soon.
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Re: Stik's Motor Pool- updated 2/5, page 4

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Thanks Mark. It has been fun and eye opening for me to do this photography of my old kits. A LOT of warts I can't see in person show up starkly under flash photography! Lol!
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