What do you consider to be your finest model, and why?

[tomprobert]

Great thread - and as others have said there are some seriously talented modellers on this site!

 

My favourite build/model I’ve done to date is my ID Models 1/32 Sunderland which went from this:

 

To this:

 

Over two years of hard graft went into this model - but I absolutely loved it. From bumps in plastic to something that could, hopefully, pass as an injection kit gave me huge satisfaction. 
 

Tom

[blackbetty]

couldnt post pics with my answer yesterday, so this one (not that it compares to any of the masterpieces posted):

 

[Hubert Boillot]

Easy … the next one I’ll finish … until the following one …

 

Even though I now keep them (vs « vertical filing » a few years ago) I tend to get bored by my builds once finished.

 

Hubert

Edited April 5 by Hubert Boillot

[Oldbaldguy]

The great thing about threads like this one is that they are hardcore reality checks for posers like me.  I think all my finished models look like these until I put my glasses on and then, well, you get the idea.

[Shoggz]

On 4/4/2025 at 6:06 PM, mozart said:

And a very worthy "Finest" it is too Rich! 

Thanks Max - your Gauntlet isn’t too shabby either!

[Shoggz]

On 4/4/2025 at 7:22 PM, Archimedes said:

That is a truly lovely P-51D Richard! Weird, but is that his Lotus Europa he's parked next to it? 😁

 

Kind regards,

Paul

We’ll spotted Paul - it is indeed!

[Shoggz]

Well, threads like these do little to dissuade me from the solid belief that this site is home to some of the finest aircraft modellers on the planet.

[Stokey Pete]

This one’s an easy one for me.

It has to be the Border Lancaster that’s hanging majestically from on my lounge wall.

 

I still haven’t got round to photographing it properly yet for an RFI post. 
Why this one? 
A combination of reasons. It’s one of the finest kits I’ve had the privilege to build. It was the one that gave me the most modelling enjoyment through the whole build process. Finally, to produce a result like I did, to a subject far removed from my usual interest of heavy metal jets, is the main reason I put it as my finest modelling achievement. I think I’ve built some lovely Vipers, Flankers, and Eagles over the years……but I expected that of myself. The Lanc’ was out of my zone. 

[Archimedes]

58 minutes ago, Shoggz said:

We’ll, threads like these do little to dissuade me from the solid belief that this site is home to some of the finest aircraft modellers on the planet.

Spot on Richard - +1 on that thought! 

[LSP_K2]

13 hours ago, Greif8 said:

Very beautiful and superbly built models every one of them!  It was quite nice getting to see some of the builds again as well as looking a some that I had not seen before.  Like several of you, there are a few candidates that I consider my best build and after hemming and hawing for a time I picked the one below - that will probably get me killed for the utter blasphemy displayed towards the forum for posting it.  

 

No problem at all. Sailing vessels, battleships, carriers, destroyers are are all more than welcome here, at least as far as I'm concerned.

[LSP_K2]

I forgot this 1:32 Roden Fokker Dr.I kit. Built roughly 12 years ago (during my brown phase), it still looked good to me. My next Dr.I will be in a more traditional olive green streaked finish.

 

 

 

 

 

[Pete Fleischmann]

Timmy!’s OV-10D is ridiculous. As awesome as it is in photos, If you haven’t seen it in the flesh, it’s really hard to get your head around what a groundbreaking piece of art it truly is. 
In the age of 3D printing, with so many amazing advancements, it still holds up as one of the finest models ever.

Timmy! Has also mastered 3D printing- so if you are unaware of his Jaguar project- buckle up and prepare to be humbled and amazed !

 

P

[Jim Barry]

Scratch 1/24 Fury. My finest and actually only "super build" LSP  I've finished. But let's talk about something else. Great work ahead of me on this thread. Wow!!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[alain11]

for my part a jet fighter . my Cheetah C from the Revell kit . it was a little challenge for me , thanks to our friend Nick ( aka cheetah 11 ( the well named ) ,I managed to nail her , and this is something I am rather proud 

Alain

  

[JayW]

A coke can?  Timmy, geez!