My Stash just grew again (2008)

[Mike Wren]

Hasegawa Space Shuttle egg plane... well it is nearly Easter...

[matrixone]

Just arrived at my home this week:

Trumpeter 1/32 scale Me 262B-1a/U4 (very expensive but a great looking kit)

Hobbyboss 1/72 scale He 162

Hobbyboss 1/72 scale Me 163

Hasegawa 1/48 scale Fw 190A-8 (new mold)

Dragon 1/48 scale Fw 190D-12

I am still waiting for Dragon to re-release the 1/48 scale Focke-Wulf Ta 152C and hope it fits better than the 1/72 scale version.

Matrixone

[rallymodeller]

Payday today! Picked me up a 1/48 Trumpeter MiG-19S. Already got the decals pulled out to do this:



although I think I'll add some International Red wing markings and such.

Or I could do this (if I'm feeling ambitious):

[Aircav]

The silver version looks very nice 

[Radish]

I like the camo one, but whatever, it should be disgustingly filthy. miGs are always dirty.
I like dirty birds!

[Howard of Effingham]

from tigercat [chap i know on britmodeller] as a trade....

hasegawa US-3A [my third one]
hasegawa F-18D [not had one of these before and its a real world finish]

the US-3 will help with an idea i have for a four engined viking! 

trevor

[lancer]

All the way from Taiwan thanks to the Bay of E...

1/72 scale IDF Ching Kuo. Kit is rather basic, but shape is accurate, 45 parts in total and a good basis for whiffing. Although Kiddyland (the manufacturer!) need to sack those folks they hired who used to dig trenches for Matchbox.....

This one will be SAAF, and I think I may well get me a few more, including the two seater.

cheers

Duncan

I got that one. I've hgot it planned as a captured one used by the PLAAF as an agressor machine.

[lancer]

I like dirty birds!

Are you sure you should be admitting that on here mate??

[AeroplaneDriver]

After a long week in 737 class I treated myself to a couple of models today:  a 1/72 Trumpeter F-105D and a 1/72 Hase Prowler.

[Brian da Basher]

Good Evening Ya'll
So I had returned to one of the local hobby shops that I buy my model kits from, I was in search of ANY 1:144 scale AWACS aircraft, but was told they have none, but there are some out there, so I ended up browsing around the selection of models, and I found a kit that caught my attention..
I had built a B-52H, I think it was from DRAGON and I was not a fan of it, the build sucked...I didn't even paint it in the end..That is how disappointed I was in it...Its now sitting in a box with the 1:144 scale kits I have yet to build...which are all TOMCATS...anyway...The kit I found amongst the other kits, was this;

A Revell B-52H Stratofortress in 1:144 Scale...

http://www.hobbiesr.com/rmx/rmx-401/rmx855854.htm

See ABOVE url for picture of finished model...This kit looks pretty impressive...anyone build it?

I built one of these a few years back. I don't recall any problems and it was a fun project. I'm sure some of the "accuracy nuits" out there will find stuff to nit-pick, but it sure looks like a B-52 to me!

Since almost all of my models join the ceiling fleet, I built it gear up. Building it gear down might be a bit challenging. Your mileage may vary.

Brian da Basher

[anthonyp]

Ships...   I bought more ships...  what's wrong with me?  I never finish them, yet I buy more?!

From a LHS:

1x Trumpeter 1/700 USS Iowa 1980's refit
1x Trumpeter 1/700 USS New Jersey 1980's refit
1x Dragon 1/700 USS Mustin

From eBay:
1x Nichima 1/900 (ish) USS Iowa "Faces II" kit (stupid thing about this kit is the beam on it is exactly the same as a 1/720 Revell USS Missouri...  And the bow is too short...  almost like they took a 1/720 South Dakota kit and did this conversion...)

And from Jeffry:
4x Testor's/Italeri YF-23's
2x Testor's XR-7's

Thanks again, Jeff!

[Brian da Basher]

Received today from the Great Models Webstore fire sale:

1/72 "Flasback" (Eduard?) Sopwith 1 B1 bomber

1/72 RoG S.E. 5a

1/72 MSP Polikarpov I-15 with spats!

1/72 Academy P-40B "Flying Tigers"

and two bottles of paint and some model railroad wire that might work for rigging.

I also raided a Michael's craft store and got some foil for BMF and a bunch of acrylic craft paints. I'm trying to see if I can use these instead of the little bottles of Model Masters, Polly-Scale, etc. With the craft paint, you get 2 1/2 times as much for 7 times less cost.

Brian da Basher

[lancer]

From the LHS in Camberley, a Revell Panther G in 72nd and a couple og poys of the new humbrol acrylic paints, black and silver. The silver mixed up pretty thic, but went on fine when some thinner was added to it.

[jcf]

I also raided a Michael's craft store and got some foil for BMF and a bunch of acrylic craft paints. I'm trying to see if I can use these instead of the little bottles of Model Masters, Polly-Scale, etc. With the craft paint, you get 2 1/2 times as much for 7 times less cost.

Brian da Basher

Brian,
the craft paints are great... especially for hand-brushing, however, they are best applied over a primer as some brands don't like bare plastic. While pricey, the Tamiya grey or super-fine white primer in the rattlecan are the best, but cheapo auto primer also works.

Cheers,
Jon

[jcf]

Valom 1/72 YFM-1 Airacuda and Zvezda 1/100 "Conquistador's Ship" (Nao San Gabriel), both to be reviewed for Internet Modeler. Chris Banyai-Riepl, the publisher of Internet Modeler, thinks the Nao would look good in USN Measure 41. 

Lindbergh 1/48th Snark, the airframe of which will be used for Whiffing, the launch stand and booster rockets will be used for a Secret ZELL project. 

Jon