Quote from: Gondor on March 01, 2025, 10:46:37 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on March 01, 2025, 09:38:52 AM

Quote from: Gondor on March 01, 2025, 08:11:32 AMReceived today and also collected

1 x 1/48 eduard 8111 Albatros D.Va Profipack. To be modelled as D4545/17 eventualy.

1 x 1/72 HobbyBoss 87238 Royal Navy "Super Lynx". Just looking through the kit and the instructions I can tell that the kit has an identity crisis. The decals and painting instructions are not the same as the box, and although the markings match the painting guide, the weapon options do not match what is in the box 

Gondor

Get the feeling somebody's make a cockup here Al..a bit of crossed communication somewhere it would seem.

It may seem like that, but the weapons supplied in the kit don't match the box top either 

Gondor

It's the same with their UH-1B and i suspect that it's normal with their cheaper helicopter kits.

Quote from: DogfighterZen on March 01, 2025, 06:02:18 PMIt's the same with their UH-1B

But if you like the Huey and want multiple different examples, again there's no downside...
Not that I have them, but having perused the boxings.
Then again, there's a lively aftermarket for Nam Hueys, so you're easily sorted. 

Quote from: Rick Lowe on March 01, 2025, 06:07:53 PM

Quote from: DogfighterZen on March 01, 2025, 06:02:18 PMIt's the same with their UH-1B

But if you like the Huey and want multiple different examples, again there's no downside...
Not that I have them, but having perused the boxings.
Then again, there's a lively aftermarket for Nam Hueys, so you're easily sorted. 

Nothing wrong with lots of Hueys...  
I've only built the HobbyBoss 1/72 UH-1B but i still have the Italeri 1/72 UH-1D, Bell 212 and 412 and the 1/48 AMT/Ertl UH-1D, Italeri UH-1N and Kitty Hawk UH-1Y in the stash.

Mine are about 3 different boxings of the ESCI -D and Italeri -B and -C.
Plus an ESCI -D that I converted into a -C before the kits came out.

I really should get back to them one day... maybe after another reading of Chickenhawk, or rewatching Platoon to inspire me.

New at my stash.

The Revell Su-27 and MiG-31 bear only a passing resemblance to the aircraft they are supposed to be, which makes them perfect whiff fodder.

Gondor

At my club meeting last night there was a raffle and I ended up with a P-51 Mustang kit by Eduard. It's the so called weekend edition so no photo etch which is fine by me.

Received today from the Special Hobby Sale

1 x 1/72 Special Hobby SH 72524 Percival P.66 Pembroke C.1

1 x 1/72 Special Hobby SH 72243 Vickers Vildebeest Mk.IV

1 x 1/72 Special Hobby SH 72510 F-84F Thunderstreak 'Luftwaffe' HI-TECH

I might whiff the Vildebeest but the others will be almost OOB.

Gondor

A parcel arrived in the mail today I wasn't expecting from my mate Cam down in Chch ..stuff he didn't want anymore...ya just gotta love a wealthy person who's a modeller 
In this lot is some great stuff ..this lot in fact .
1/32nd Aoshima Isuzu Forward histar reefer ..parts missing ...still tons of goodies and all the wheels are there.
1/32nd Aoshima 2nd Spirit of Jouji truck and trailer ...again parts and all wheels..alot of parts 
1/35th Hasegawa construction sets A and B ..the vending machine is missing but that's it .
1/35th Tamiya modern US military equipment set ..this now No5 I've got 
Now for a couple of real surprises and expensive ones here too .
1/35th HD models resin Urban loader..basically it's a Bobcat skid steer loader without the brand name ..the wheels are all broken ..the wheel centers are stupid weak ..already got a idea ..oh its already built but what's next isn't.. it's brand new   
A beautiful 35th scale Perfect Scale Modellbau M105 trailer with a 600 gallon fuel tank 😀
Super nice resin and it's perfectly cast 👌

In a turn up for me... I bought a kit  .. well two kits

AFV Club Remote Weapons station.
Have to love the single sprue for the basis of the Weapons station and two sprues from the AFV Club Stryker for around 12 other small bits like smoke launchers that need to go on it. So lots of left over bits.

AFV Club Dieppe Churchill
Standard Mk III Kit with the wading trunks and heavy track.
Got enthusiastic after reading this excellent bit of research on what each tank and vehicle actually did during the raid
https://mikesresearch.com/2021/11/28/dieppe-france-1942/

I have a feeling I need to do an Oke Flame tank, I have a spare Mk 1 turret ex IMA.

In the mail today...
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The M706 Commando will be my first military ground vehicle build and it will be the basis for conversion into the real world Portuguese Bravia Chaimite V-200 APC. This will be built and given to my dad because he drove these when he was in the army.
The DEF models resin wheels were bought cause i'll need five of them for my Chaimite build so, i'll use the resin ones on the axles and one of the kit's wheels for the spare wheel usually carried on the front.
Peddinghaus decals resin 1/72 WWII US pilots... compared to Italeri's 1/72 pilots, these look more like 1/65 or similar. They're too big for the RS 1/72 P-51H cockpit so i'll be using the Italeri figure that i've modified.
The L'arsenal 1/72 Corail Chaff/Flare dispensers for one of my Special Hobby Mirage F.1 kits and the PJ production 1/48 F-35 pilot, sadly this is probably my last purchase of this brand's products as they've shut down the company last year.

Quote from: DogfighterZen on March 07, 2025, 03:36:06 PMIn the mail today...
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The M706 Commando will be my first military ground vehicle build and it will be the basis for conversion into the real world Portuguese Bravia Chaimite V-200 APC. This will be built and given to my dad because he drove these when he was in the army.
The DEF models resin wheels were bought cause i'll need five of them for my Chaimite build so, i'll use the resin ones on the axles and one of the kit's wheels for the spare wheel usually carried on the front.
Peddinghaus decals resin 1/72 WWII US pilots... compared to Italeri's 1/72 pilots, these look more like 1/65 or similar. They're too big for the RS 1/72 P-51H cockpit so i'll be using the Italeri figure that i've modified.
The L'arsenal 1/72 Corail Chaff/Flare dispensers for one of my Special Hobby Mirage F.1 kits and the PJ production 1/48 F-35 pilot, sadly this is probably my last purchase of this brand's products as they've shut down the company last year.

 
Nice one mate 👍
I've got the same kit but with the 90mm gun turret ..was going to get that on to cause it was on special to build a 6 wheeled version..found out..totally different wheels and tyres   

Received one more fashionable YAK Kit today, and get one more offered by a friend ...
I think to build a little whatif diorama with two planes .
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Arrived today



These are going into my CMK Avro York conversion which will have the new Airfix Lancaster since I received the 3D-printed Avro Manchester conversion.

Gondor

Will you be able to see them Alastair? Perhaps you'll cut the door out and leave it open?