That´s nothing ! When I was a kid I had all the sci-fi spaceship-Models from "Airfix", "Revell" and the likes + the ones  in metal from "Dinky toys" !! .......

But I must say this was quite cool as well Jafo  

I tended to shy away from Revell. Took more time just cleaning the parts of all that flash and when you're dealing with small parts it can be a royal pain. Tamiya was one of the best though. I once built a Formula One racer. It had four wheels up front and the detail was truly awesome. It had all the links and whatnot for four wheel steering up front that actually worked. I won't even go into the engine detail.

LOL ! Yeah, there were a lot of "extra shit" on the pieces, but I got them all together......eventually.  lmao

I don´t think we had Tamiya in Sweden back then.

That'd be a Tyrrell ....and it was a flop ...

Eventually I put the Whole collection in our Cellar/basement storageroom in our apartmentbuilding like a little exhibition...

-Some weeks later there were some Drugaddicts breaking in and Crushed them all...probably Jumped on them, pissed off as there were nothing of "Value" for them there...

Now I can make my own in Carrara 8 though

My best was a collection planes from the Wright Bros. Kittyhawk up to Jafo's favorite, the F-105. They were 72nd. scale and at one time I had 100 of them hanging from the ceiling in my room. There were Russian, Japanese, German, Italian, British, French, American. Just about all models. Then I went on to building the big 32nd. scale. I had three favorites...ME-109...P-51...and a FA-18 Hornet. That I modified the shit out of.

And in the game I've been playing, I actually drive this tank. And then people like this go out and build a real one. I'm gonna go cry in a corner now

I didn't have that many, mainly cause i focused on bombers. I had at one time an enitre wing of B-52's hanging, with no room for any else, except a lone F-4D i snuck in there. (Phantom being one of my favs)

Loved building stangs, only slightly more than i loved building P-47's!

I still build, i have the british V bombers sitting here looking at me waiting to be painted.



Uh-huh...did that the moment my fellow Aussie posted this little gem.

 

This is a fun hobby, but hardly unique.  I went to a reenactment of an Okinawa assault on a Japanese pillbox, and they had an operational Stuart tank, halftrack, and 60mm mortar.  But none of that held a candle to the flamethrower--quite literally.  Nothing was nearly as impressive as the guy spraying a can of whoop-a** on the pillbox.  Only thing missing were the screaming Japs running out of the pillbox alight--who incidentally the Japs looked strangely an awful lot like Mexicans, by the way.  

 

And right down the road from me we have a WW2 commemorative air force.  They do air shows flying a B-17, B-24, Hellcat, and a Zero.  However, if anyone builds & flies a replica of a C-7 or C-17, I'll be impressed.

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Too much. No sensitivity?

P-47's were great! Originally, watch jafo correct me, they were supposed to be fighters but were better suited to ground support. Big, bulky but packed a helluva punch. Another fave, actually two....P-38 Lightning and P-61 Black Widow. I liked the P-61 more I think because there was one variant that boasted four cannons, two to a side plus a mix of machine guns in the nose. Not to mention the two turrets it had. Each with four 50 calibers.

If I offended, I apologize.  I lump it in the same category as playing WW2 computer games as the Nazis and machinegunning down the hapless Yanks.  It's all in good fun.

No offense taken, just pointing out that's a topic that *could* easily offend.

They were still exceptional fighters, bit more short range than a long range escort plane. The P-51 replaced them on long range runs, but for short to medium stuff, it excelled.
I'm not sure why though...enter Jafo..

Oh, i loved the P-38, it's looks alone are enough!!!

My favortite WWII planes, in no order..

Spitfire...(a bit of a cliche to say that these days, since everyone liked 'em, but w/e)
P-51
Lanc
P-40 (close to my fav)
Bristol Beaufighter

Edit - How could i forget the F4U!!! I have two of these, one resin the other a limited edition die cast one, that remains boxed!

Yeah--but even though it's flawed the Nexus Six still really shows promise.