For any US members, it seems Hobby Lobby are doing some deep markdowns.  Saw someone post about it in a Facebook model group so stopped in myself to see.  My local HL had these three kits (literally, JUST these 3) marked down 75%.  $20 for the 3.  The Osprey may end up in RN service and the other two are mostly for spare parts and kit bash fodder. 

Quote from: AeroplaneDriver on September 16, 2022, 11:07:30 AMFor any US members, it seems Hobby Lobby are doing some deep markdowns.  Saw someone post about it in a Facebook model group so stopped in myself to see.  My local HL had these three kits (literally, JUST these 3) marked down 75%.  $20 for the 3.  The Osprey may end up in RN service and the other two are mostly for spare parts and kit bash fodder. 

Bargain 

From a charity shop a few days ago. For the bargain price of £2.

1/48 Hobby Boss Seafire XV

RESULT! 

Quote from: kerick on September 15, 2022, 10:35:12 PMWhich Ollies was that? I might have to run over there!
Awesome find!

Ollies, Portsmouth Virginia.  Never know what you may find there at Ollies, but I have often found that one store has something, nearby stores have similar inventory.

Portsmouth had two Comets, I bought one.   

Envelope from the Big H containing a few Eduard and Peewit masking sets including a couple for some current projects 

From BNA.

20220921_144430 copy by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Plus some PE for the Tamiya Pibber, a turned metal barrel for the Tamiya 1/48 IS-2, and some extra thin glue (which was absent from my LHS along with a lot of other stock - apparently they are having trouble getting merch from the distributers because they are only a small store).

Courtesy of a 'Red Cross parcel' to our Ukrainian 'guest' and her daughter from her partner in Kyiv:
- ICM 72074 Polikarpov I-153
- Olimp ProResin R72-046 Hunter T7/T8C/T53

Wouldn't have dreamt of ever buying an I-153, quirky design, kit looks good (have checked reviews and som minor issues to resolve) and will be an OOB real world build.  Incidentally, the kit's been repopped by Hasegawa and Revell in recent years.

The Hunter looks gorgeous, only shortcoming is the decal sheet, which is that of the T.66/66A/66B/T.68 boxing minus the Swiss markings (which actually would have been really useful!), but I'm not complaining.  Again a real world OOB using Modeldecal A&AEE Hunter T7 markings (cos years ago I blagged a jolly in that one).

Thank you Yuriy, great gifts.

Quote from: kitbasher on September 21, 2022, 06:48:43 AMCourtesy of a 'Red Cross parcel' to our Ukrainian 'guest' and her daughter from her partner in Kyiv:
- ICM 72074 Polikarpov I-153
- Olimp ProResin R72-046 Hunter T7/T8C/T53

Wouldn't have dreamt of ever buying an I-153, quirky design, kit looks good (have checked reviews and som minor issues to resolve) and will be an OOB real world build.  Incidentally, the kit's been repopped by Hasegawa and Revell in recent years.

The Hunter looks gorgeous, only shortcoming is the decal sheet, which is that of the T.66/66A/66B/T.68 boxing minus the Swiss markings (which actually would have been really useful!), but I'm not complaining.  Again a real world OOB using Modeldecal A&AEE Hunter T7 markings (cos years ago I blagged a jolly in that one).

Thank you Yuriy, great gifts.

Aren't the "Red Cross Parcels" supposed to be going the other way?

Generous gifts, though.

Quote from: Old Wombat on September 21, 2022, 07:23:13 AMAren't the "Red Cross Parcels" supposed to be going the other way?

Not when the parcel contains clothes and toys that were left behind when they fled the country.

a small order from empress  all 28mm
2 packs of 80s BAOR air defense  gpmg, blowpipe, bloke with binokulars
all 3 80s SBS packs the 2 "line" sets and the command with sat phone antenna
 and the 2 new Veitnam era ANZAC SASR  packs

Ordered today from Japan a Tamiya Flakpanzer Gepard..in 35th..not 16th  😩.. this will be interesting  as they said delivery  will be 3 to 5 days..so with NZ mail that will be 2 weeks..so let's see.

Quote from: kitbasher on September 21, 2022, 06:48:43 AM- Olimp ProResin R72-046 Hunter T7/T8C/T53

The Hunter looks gorgeous, only shortcoming is the decal sheet, which is that of the T.66/66A/66B/T.68 boxing minus the Swiss markings (which actually would have been really useful!), but I'm not complaining.  Again a real world OOB using Modeldecal A&AEE Hunter T7 markings (cos years ago I blagged a jolly in that one).

I've built a couple of resin kits and they really are at the very top of the resin producers tree 

Snatched a complete Matchbox 1/72 Hawker Tempest from ev!lbay for just EUR 7,-. 

Received this afternon from the recent eduard Sale

1 x 1/72 Weekend Edition Hellcat Mk.1
1 x 1/72 Weekend Edition F6F-3

Already looked for and found suitable decals to allow me to make the F6F-3 as a Hellcat Mk.II

Gondor

Just found out that I need the -5 version to do a Mk.II