What's your favourite military vehicle?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

F--------------f--------------f------------------------f----------------------f---FUDGE IT!

Seriously?!

I might have completed the one I had as a kid if I'd realised that! Nearly put me off model building for life, that did

I only found out on the 4th or 5th build. There is a more tedious task - any Revell modern tank, these seem to have been reduced from 1/32nd scale, and have separate link tracks, whilst the wheeled ones have the full transmission and steering system on them, ARGGGGGHGH

IanS

[toxicpixie]

That's some lovely detail. Waaaaaaaay to much for a gaming model, or indeed any model you're not leaving as display with open hatches and a maintenance crew cracking track and fixing oil leaks etc etc!

[Wulf]

I tried, many years ago, building some 1/72 ESCI tanks with separate track links.

...yeah... maybe not...

[Orcs]

I decided quite  a while ago  that I would only build the simplified PSC, Armourfast and  Zvezda kits. The only exceptions are where a vehicle is not available in resin or metal, but not many of those needed now

[Wulf]

I collect & build a load of resin 1:144th kits, mainly of japanese/Chinese origin (the kits, not the tanks) of real rarities like the Australian Sentinel (a set of all 4 different variants!). Amongst figure kits, Japanese resin kits are considered about the finest. These... aren't...

I've started to look for finished painted versions - having a couple of examples where I have both the kit & the prepaint, and it's clear the prepaint is the kit, pro-built & painted. But the quality of the resin & the casting is better! Haven't seen a Sentinel AC4 prepaint yet...

[Roy]

I'm still struggling to think of what my favourite military vehicle is  

I know what aeroplanes I like.
I know I like acw monitors, and submarines in general.
But land based vehicles  

I even know what rail engines I like - and in which company livery.

[O Dinas Powys]

I offer that Friend ODP was referring to this offering. No glue involved.

Yup, that's the one   

I had all three of the play sets and multiple extra vehicles. They're probably in the loft at my mum's house. I know I rescued the figures a few years back when I was looking into 1:72nd plastics for Gloranthan gaming 

Cheers!

Meirion

[FierceKitty]

Late neo-Assyrian four-crew chariot.

But since many people are talking about modern AFVs, Crusader III, for its beautiful low lines and its desperately poor combat performance.

[DanJ]

[fsn]

Good Man!

[petercooman]

Is that frame on the front of that AVRE for a fascine? I always thought it was tilted?

like this:

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

No the frame is general purpose - for the fascine, carpet bobbin etc and a whole variety of vegetable named demo charges.

IanS

[petercooman]

You learn sometingnew every day. Thanks!

[Maenoferren]

Sdkfz222

[DanJ]

Is that frame on the front of that AVRE for a fascine? I always thought it was tilted?

This AVRE is a monument in Normandy, the frame is a simple mild steel affair which seems to have no purpose and is just tack welded in place.