Madame Rheged was at a meeting this morning (at the Bishop's Palace in Hereford)  so having chauffeured her there, I mooched round the charity shops. The local hospice shop had a few unopened kit boxes at silly (collector-type) prices, but they also had  two large poly-bags  labelled "various modelling bits and pieces  £2"  so I bought both.  Obviously no boxes or instructions, but having had a quick sort through,  I think I can assemble  from the assorted components:-
 a  (much modified)  Airfix Tribal class destroyer,
two or three miscellaneous armoured vehicles that will never figure in any recognition manual,
a couple of Spitfire-ish aircraft  that Supermarine would deny all knowledge of
and probably that previously unknown trainer, the Gnawk.   

There is also a slack handful or two of sundry u/c legs, tracks ,pilots/crew members ,unidentifiable bits,  Dapol truck and trackside building bits and cracked/torn transfer sheets.

I think that this probably counts as a win.  Anyway, it's interesting to reach into what was someone else's scrap box and see what can be built.

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Quote from: Wardukw on April 03, 2024, 12:34:40 PMVerlinden 120mm Battle of Agincourt 1415 ..this one is quite cool ..has the knight on his horse and he looks complete..what's missing is the bloke he's about to bugger up ..but this could be changed as around a bit with other bits I've now got .

The Verlinden stuff was "Top of the Range" when it first came out    Mind you I'm not to sure it'd be that accurate if he's about to "bugger" up an English archer ? Not sure the French Cavalry got that far 

Chris what I know about this time line of conflict you could write down on my pinky with very large letters 
The dude the knight is trying to ruin any chance of waking up the next day is a pike men ..long stick with a blade or axe head sort of deal ..wearing a blue smock ...but as this blokes torso is missing a new model will take his place.
Sorting thru this pile I've got another torso from a same time period..also found helmets..weapons ..arms and legs ..so something could be made ..as from which nation though would be anyone's guess 🤔.
The casting though is very very nice for the knight and horse ..this would have been damn expensive that's for sure .
OK updates ..
Found 4 Egyptian god statutes..along with some smaller Egyptian based parts and bits ..these are 120mm sized .

Found 3 SAS figures..so out of date its not funny..their quite old models but still nicely cast ..Verlinden 120mm figures for sure and sold separately..I remember seeing these decades ago .
They will need a major update on their weapons as they are MP5s with the massive Maglight torches and straight 30rd magazines .
What I did forget to mention to up blokes is I scored a Convair Pogo   
It's very old and already made ..raised detail and the propellers counter rotate  ..very cool 😎
It's also 48th scale .

Quote from: Wardukw on April 04, 2024, 11:11:30 AMSorting thru this pile I've got another torso from a same time period..also found helmets..weapons ..arms and legs ..so something could be made ..as from which nation though would be anyone's guess 🤔.

Uniformity of clothing (eg: "uniforms") wasn't a thing back then, you wore what you could afford or plunder after a battle, with some token of your local lord or king/nation worn to display your loyalties.

Quote from: Wardukw on April 04, 2024, 11:11:30 AMFound 4 Egyptian god statutes..along with some smaller Egyptian based parts and bits ..these are 120mm sized .

Found 3 SAS figures..so out of date its not funny..their quite old models but still nicely cast ..Verlinden 120mm figures for sure and sold separately..I remember seeing these decades ago .
They will need a major update on their weapons as they are MP5s with the massive Maglight torches and straight 30rd magazines .

Do a 1980's British-version Stargate diorama.  

Quote from: Old Wombat on April 04, 2024, 08:00:33 PM

Quote from: Wardukw on April 04, 2024, 11:11:30 AMFound 4 Egyptian god statutes..along with some smaller Egyptian based parts and bits ..these are 120mm sized .

Found 3 SAS figures..so out of date its not funny..their quite old models but still nicely cast ..Verlinden 120mm figures for sure and sold separately..I remember seeing these decades ago .
They will need a major update on their weapons as they are MP5s with the massive Maglight torches and straight 30rd magazines .

Do a 1980's British-version Stargate diorama.  

YES!   

Quote from: Rick Lowe on April 04, 2024, 09:06:12 PM

Quote from: Old Wombat on April 04, 2024, 08:00:33 PM

Quote from: Wardukw on April 04, 2024, 11:11:30 AMFound 4 Egyptian god statutes..along with some smaller Egyptian based parts and bits ..these are 120mm sized .

Found 3 SAS figures..so out of date its not funny..their quite old models but still nicely cast ..Verlinden 120mm figures for sure and sold separately..I remember seeing these decades ago .
They will need a major update on their weapons as they are MP5s with the massive Maglight torches and straight 30rd magazines .

Do a 1980's British-version Stargate diorama.  

YES!   

Would that be a mission for UNIT?

Quote from: Rheged on April 04, 2024, 06:56:51 AMAfter the failed French cavalry charge at Agincourt, wounded and panicked horses and riders retreated through the advancing infantry, scattering and trampling them in their headlong rush to leave the field of battle.  Perhaps  the knight in question is about to ruin the afternoon of one or more of his own side?

Well it did save them having to pay all those mercenary Genoese crossbowmen 

Received a package from Wonderland Models today

1 x 1/72 Airfix A04066 Messerschmitt Me 410A-1/U2 & U4 as it was on sale

Albion Alloys Ltd NST03 Ni. Silver Tube 0.3 mm o.d. x 0.1 mm i.d.

Albion Alloys Ltd NST05 Ni. Silver Tube 0.5 mm o.d. x 0.3 mm i.d.

Both the packs of tubing were bought to be the inside of hydraulic rams/pistons etc.

Gondor

Quote from: Old Wombat on April 04, 2024, 08:00:33 PM

Quote from: Wardukw on April 04, 2024, 11:11:30 AMSorting thru this pile I've got another torso from a same time period..also found helmets..weapons ..arms and legs ..so something could be made ..as from which nation though would be anyone's guess 🤔.

Uniformity of clothing (eg: "uniforms") wasn't a thing back then, you wore what you could afford or plunder after a battle, with some token of your local lord or king/nation worn to display your loyalties.

Quote from: Wardukw on April 04, 2024, 11:11:30 AMFound 4 Egyptian god statutes..along with some smaller Egyptian based parts and bits ..these are 120mm sized .

Found 3 SAS figures..so out of date its not funny..their quite old models but still nicely cast ..Verlinden 120mm figures for sure and sold separately..I remember seeing these decades ago .
They will need a major update on their weapons as they are MP5s with the massive Maglight torches and straight 30rd magazines .

Do a 1980's British-version Stargate diorama.  

With Stonehenge as the backdrop?

Quote from: Nick on April 05, 2024, 09:00:47 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on April 04, 2024, 08:00:33 PM

Quote from: Wardukw on April 04, 2024, 11:11:30 AMSorting thru this pile I've got another torso from a same time period..also found helmets..weapons ..arms and legs ..so something could be made ..as from which nation though would be anyone's guess 🤔.

Uniformity of clothing (eg: "uniforms") wasn't a thing back then, you wore what you could afford or plunder after a battle, with some token of your local lord or king/nation worn to display your loyalties.

Quote from: Wardukw on April 04, 2024, 11:11:30 AMFound 4 Egyptian god statutes..along with some smaller Egyptian based parts and bits ..these are 120mm sized .

Found 3 SAS figures..so out of date its not funny..their quite old models but still nicely cast ..Verlinden 120mm figures for sure and sold separately..I remember seeing these decades ago .
They will need a major update on their weapons as they are MP5s with the massive Maglight torches and straight 30rd magazines .

Do a 1980's British-version Stargate diorama.  

With Stonehenge as the backdrop?

Sounds like you need a blue police box!

Received from the Big Yellow H this evening

1 x 1/72 Eduard 2145 Gustav Pt2. Bf 109G-6 late - Bf 109G-14. Lots of very nice colour schemes and a number of different operators as well.

1 x 1/72 AVI Models AVI72015 DH.80A Puss Moth in Military Service. To have a change of operator.

From eBay

1 x 1/72 Revell 03916 Heinkel He177 A-5 "GREIF"

Gondor

Bought an Az Models 1:72 Yokosuka D4Y2 Suisei via Ev!lbay for a rather simple livery whif. There's also the Fujimi kit(s), but the Az offering has the benefit that any D4Y you buy comes with both the inline and radial engine, so that the donor bank grows happily. 

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 06, 2024, 03:35:19 AMBought an Az Models 1:72 Yokosuka D4Y2 Suisei via Ev!lbay for a rather simple livery whif. There's also the Fujimi kit(s), but the Az offering has the benefit that any D4Y you buy comes with both the inline and radial engine, so that the donor bank grows happily. 

ARII repopped the LS moulds.  The result is the most impressively flashy kit in my stash.
Yokosuka D4Y2 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Yup, that's a touch of flash alright.

Arrived today from eBay

1 x 1/72 Airwaves AC7289 TA-4 Skyhawk. This will get used on a real-world build, I am not sure if it will be a T4-K or a TA/4J

1 x 1/72 Print Scale 72-056 Westland WS-61 Sea King.

Gondor

Yesterday my missus calls and says she's with an older gentleman who used to build models and says he's got a bunch of stuff to give out so, we started a whatsapp chat right away... 40 minutes later i was at his house.
Long story short, i came home with a box full of old and wrecked models built by him in his youth which sustained a cat landing...    
Also brought 8 complete models in different conditions and a bunch of old boxes from models he said he's going to bring back from his other house for me. Also got his spares box that, luckily wasn't too big, a set of 6 small files which i will probably be using very often and a tube of UHU Plast glue...
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Bunch of landing gear bits and wheels, weapons, etc.
Complete and unbuilt models are:
1X Italeri 1/72 Mil MI-8/MI-17 "Hip"
1X Hasegawa 1/700 USA Battleship Alabama "Waterline series"
1X         "        1/72 US Army GMC CCKW-353 Gasoline tank truck
1X         "        1/25 Volkswagen Beetle Type 1(1966) Cal Look
1X IMAI 1/24 Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer
1X KP 1/72 Aero MB 200

Complete but started:
1X Revell 1/25 Volkswagen Cabriolet
1X Hasegawa 1/72 IJA fuel truck Isuzu TX-40

Built models for spares or restoration, all with broken and/or missing parts :
1X Hasegawa 1/48 F-16A Thunderbirds
1X Italeri B-25H/J
1X Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Mk. Vb
1X Hasegawa 1/700 IJN Submarine I-361/I-171
1X Frog 1/72 Heinkel He-111 H-1/H-6
1x Revell 1/110 HMS Bounty
1X Airfix 1/72 Saunders Roe SR-53
1X Revell 1/72 Macchi C.200 Saetta
1X Frog 1/72 F-4K/M
1X Airfix 1/72 Jet Provost T.3
1X Hasegawa/Frog? 1/72 F-104
1x Matchbox 1/72 Gnat Mk.1 Trainer
1x        "             "  HS Hawk
1x Crown 1/144 Mig-21PF Fishbed
The last thing in the lot is a Supermarine S.6 toy-like kit, with soft plastic but rather nice detail on the wings and stabs for a simple toy... 

This was very unexpected... with this lot i now have a few different subjects to get me out of my comfort zone... and this only cost me the gas to drive five minutes to the gent's house and back.

from the local club meeting all second user so cheap.

 Italeri 1 :35 M113 ACAV
Tamiya 1:35 Cheiftain
Zeveda 1:35 T-90  ( captured load for the Schammel when buit or possibly a burt out to practice on)