Quote from: George the Cat on March 20, 2025, 01:57:01 AMBring some of the ejection seats to sell at the Coventry Show perhaps.....

Good idea Trevor, I'll do that. 

While in the mood, I took the opportunity to add two more Drakens to the Stash^TM.

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The Hasegawa Draken is THE Draken kit from an accuracy point of view, and there are conversion and detailing sets available to create almost any Draken that ever flew, starting from this basic F-model Draken.
However, these kits have become quite expensive, a "single" Draken setting you back at least £40 these days, so getting this kit, containing plastic for two complete aircraft for less than £35 is something causing me to be quite chuffed indeed.

Right. Back to the old and woefully inadequate Revells. They might be bad, but it's still good fun building them. 

Won on eBay two 1/24 Revell Jaguars;
XKSS with no decals and part 87 missing.
E-Type Coupe with paints, hairy brush and glue

Those Hasegawa twin boxings were pretty good value - well, better than the individual ones, anyway. 

Spousal health issues getting you down?

Buy models from BNA...

Second Twotter for the stash.  Mainly for the floats and skis but also because saying "twotter" makes me smile.
Twotter by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

And this repop of an old Supermodel mould.  Which now i've seen it in the flesh strikes me as being an ideal candidate for a Sky Pirate.
Gabbiano by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Also a set of transfers for Il-2s.

Quote from: zenrat on March 21, 2025, 03:10:15 AMSpousal health issues getting you down?

Buy models from BNA...

Yes, that's my .... reasoning!  

Quote from: zenrat on March 21, 2025, 03:10:15 AMSecond Twotter for the stash.  Mainly for the floats and skis but also because saying "twotter" makes me smile.
Twotter by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

And this repop of an old Supermodel mould.  Which now i've seen it in the flesh strikes me as being an ideal candidate for a Sky Pirate.
Gabbiano by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Nice kits! 

Lucky they're not in 1/48, or I'd be tempted to add to my already ridiculous amount of purchasing this year. 

The Z.501 looks like a Catalina had a baby with a Walrus, to me.

That old Supermodel Z.501 was a decent kit for its time    Mind you looking at the box art and seeing where what I presume is a bomb is hung you could have fun taking off and landing in even moderate swell 

I've built a few Supermodel kits.  None of them were particularly bad.  Just of their time.
I do like their stands.  Moulded in clear with the fab company logo loud and proud.

Quote from: zenrat on March 22, 2025, 04:00:22 AMNone of them were particularly bad.  Just of their time.

I think that's something we need to remember with some of these older kits 

Received today from Atlantic Models

1 x 1/600 ATEM60004 HMS Tiger Photo-Etched Detail Set for the Airfix Kit

Gondor

Dropped in to a shop on my way down to Heritagecon, went through their estate sale shelf and picked up:

Advent/Revell 1/72nd Boeing P-26, no specific plans yet.

Heller 1/72nd Curtiss H.75 A3, might get the Spanish civil war treatment.

Frog 1/72nd Sea Venom F.A.W. Mk.21/53, possibly for the bad idea GB.

Planet Models 1/72nd General Aircraft GAL-41, resin. No plans yet, but those little Pobjoy Niagara engines look a bit anemic.

Okay, the Heritagecon haul

Hobbycraft 1/32nd Sopwith Camel

Williams Bros. 1/72nd Martin B-10

MPC 1/72nd Mirage F.1C

Classic Replica Series/Lindberg XFY-1 Pogo

Magna 1/72nd Blackburn Firebrand T.F. II

Pegasus 1/72nd Supermarine Spiteful F.14

Esci 1/72nd Matador/Harrier

Lindberg 1/32nd Gee-Bee Racer

Minicraft 1/144th Avro Lancaster

Plans for some, others T.B.D.

Got another Hasegawa Draken off Evilbay, but this time a single model issue. Not quite as much of a bargain as the twin boxing above, but still about a third cheaper than if bought at a shop.
Writing up the RSwAF Draken backstory, I find myself adding references to export deals, so I'll be needing the odd Draken or two going ahead, it seems.. 

Interestingly, I was also watching an Airfix Draken being sold for nigh on what I paid for the Hasegawa one. Amazing, as the Airfix kit is rather bad, actually. Also, it wasn't any old boxing or anything, but a rather recent one. Strange.

Quote from: The Rat on March 23, 2025, 12:41:44 PMOkay, the Heritagecon haul

Hobbycraft 1/32nd Sopwith Camel
Williams Bros. 1/72nd Martin B-10
MPC 1/72nd Mirage F.1C
Classic Replica Series/Lindberg XFY-1 Pogo
Magna 1/72nd Blackburn Firebrand T.F. II
Pegasus 1/72nd Supermarine Spiteful F.14
Esci 1/72nd Matador/Harrier
Lindberg 1/32nd Gee-Bee Racer
Minicraft 1/144th Avro Lancaster

Plans for some, others T.B.D.

Eclectic mix Ratty 

Quote from: Pellson on March 24, 2025, 04:58:13 AMGot another Hasegawa Draken off Evilbay, but this time a single model issue. Not quite as much of a bargain as the twin boxing above, but still about a third cheaper than if bought at a shop.
Writing up the RSwAF Draken backstory, I find myself adding references to export deals, so I'll be needing the odd Draken or two going ahead, it seems.. 

Interestingly, I was also watching an Airfix Draken being sold for nigh on what I paid for the Hasegawa one. Amazing, as the Airfix kit is rather bad, actually. Also, it wasn't any old boxing or anything, but a rather recent one. Strange.

I think with EBay you sometimes get situations where some people cannot be beat at literaly any price. Ego comes into it and those behind EBay know that full well    Either that or someone is stocking up on Airfix kits so that when the supply of Hasegawa ones dries up he can sell them to you at a profit