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My Stash just grew again (2008)

Started by The Wooksta!, January 02, 2008, 05:45:25 AM

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Aircav

Scots Nats buys

Revell 1/144 Gepard klass fast attack boat, may be Coast guard or real.
Trumpeter 1/72 K-8 trainer, cracking little kit, be getting a lot more of these  :thumbsup:
Italeri 1/72 Harrier GR3
Cammet Nimrod AEW conversion
Hasegawa 1/72 weapons set VII

Airwaves PE Firefly wing fold and cockpit sets.

1/48 MA Canberra transfer set, three different types.
1/48 Modeldeacl Hawk transfers
Zotz World roundels, three different types.
1/72 Heritage RAE Canberra transfers
And some TSR-2 transfers very kindly donated by Lee, many thanks.
"Subvert and convert" By Me  :-)

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pyro-manic

Hobby Boss 1:72 He 162
Hasegawa 1:72 F-20 Tigershark

Two nice little kits. I haven't built an aircraft model in forever (last one was an Airfix Spitfire Vb when I was about 10!), so these should ease me into it nicely. Thinking about doing the F-20 in mid-80s RAF markings, and the Salamander in post-war test colours. Have to look into that, though - see which country's scheme is prettiest...
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frank2056

Two Aurora Fokker D-VIIs - One in the original 50's boxing (and complete!) and one in the Monogram reissue from the 70's. Both dirt cheap. Also got a Hasegawa 1/144 scale Betty and a 1/144 F4U Corsair from a Japanese company I'd never heard of (not Sweet).

Radish

Revell 1/72nd:

SPAD XIII
Sopwith Camel
Nieuport 28 :wub: :wub: :wub:

2 x 1/48th Hobby Boss FJ-4 Furies...one FJ-4, the other FJ-4B. Identical kits with different decals. Both look terrific, and one'll be real, from VMF-323 on Formosa/Taiwan in 1958 for the Quarter Scale Group (armed with fuel tanks and Sidewinders), whereas the other is a gift for Whiffing and Whiiffers. Fuel tanks, 'winders and 6 Bullpups are in each kit!! Crackin.

For the Whiffing I might...nay, WILL, get another one...or two....under a tenner...BARGAIN!!!

Whiffed= West German, Greek, Spanish, South Korean...lots of possibilities :cheers: :party: :cheers: :party:
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Ian the Kiwi Herder

Quote from: Mossie on April 28, 2008, 07:33:42 AM
Revell 1/200 Boeing SST, from P&S Models in York. 

Is that the one along from bookshop in Fossgate, or the one by the Wall/Gate - cannot remember the street name ?

Ian
"When the Carpet Monster tells you it's full....
....it's time to tidy the workbench"

Confuscious (maybe)

Mossie

Quote from: Ian the Hunter-Gatherer on April 30, 2008, 07:35:57 AM
Quote from: Mossie on April 28, 2008, 07:33:42 AM
Revell 1/200 Boeing SST, from P&S Models in York. 

Is that the one along from bookshop in Fossgate, or the one by the Wall/Gate - cannot remember the street name ?

Ian

That's the one, strictly speaking on it's on Walmgate but I think it runs right into Fossgate just a short way past the shop.  If you're after an SST they've still got another, or you can have mine! :lol: Monkgate Models, as Geoff mentions is literally just on your right as you pass through Monkgate Bar.  I've got another errand that will take me straight by there tomorrow, I'll probably pop in & end up buying more stuff I need :wacko: & getting an ear bashing from the Missus! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

Mossie

Well, as mentioned nipped in to Monk Bar Models & came out with an Italeri 1/72 Agusta AB 204B.  Nearly picked up a Revell MH-53, but to be honest I want (need) an earlier model & I'll probably order the Bilek incarnation from Hannants as it's on offer at the mo.  I think the Bilek kits are just re-boxings of the Italeri kits, can anyone confirm this?
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

Spey_Phantom

as i was on my grand day out, i came across an old model store i used to visit, its a shame i discoverd its gonna close  :angry:
anyway, i went inside one last time and bought:

-1/72 hasegawa T-2 aggressor
-1/72 hasegawa US-2B Tracker
on the bench:

-all kinds of things.

Weaver

Well my previous stash/spares box having been 95% thrown out, I supose you could say my new stash has just started. Toured the local model shops yesterday with little result: very limited choice, and some multi-retailers like Hobbycraft, who were getting seriously into kits at one point, seem to have cut back their ranges significantly. However, I got off my backside this morning and went into Manchester to Modelzone: MUCH better (although still less choice than I remember from years ago, particularly in aircraft).

Pickings:

Italieri 1/72nd AB-204 (for the UFO GB) (Mossie, you're scaring me....)
Revell 1/144th RJ-85 (ditto, plus the gear might work for my triple Lightning idea)
Revell 1/72nd Merkava Mk.III (don't know yet: I just like them and it was cheap)
Italieri 1/72nd NATO aircrew set (cheap and looked generally useful)

Passed on:

Revell 1/72nd Tu-22 (for triple-engining as per my profiles thread): couldn't carry it (motorbike) and the sheer size of it might cause a domestic.... :rolleyes:
Revell 1/72 Lightning F.6 (for triple-engining): too damn dear!

Observations:

Either I'm out of touch with modern pocket money rates, or this is no longer a pocket money hobby. :o

Man is 1/48th expensive!  :blink:. Think I'm sticking to 1/72nd for the forseeable.....

I had it in mind that I'd pick up some kind of cheap kiddies flying toy to provide three wings (without butchering two kits): basically a set of rotor blades in a ring launched by a ripcord, you know the sort of thing. Nothing, nada, not even in the grottiest of grot-shops. Anything flying is made of bendy foam these days: apparently, the old plastic blades could HURT A CHILD (Shock! Horror!) if they stuck their little fingers in them. Now call me an old fart, but when I was a kid, that was regarded as a learning experience: you did it once, mummy wiped your tears away and stuck a plaster on your finger, you learnt not to stick your fingers in spinny things, and you grew up to be a better class of helicopter ground crew......


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nev

Got some bits today to do a restoration on a Hasegawa 1/48 F-15.  It was in Israeli colours - one of earliest models when I returned to the hobby, and the (below average) quality isn't up to my (average) level today.  It suffered particularly badly in the house move, so I figured it was time to "pimp my Eagle"

Aries seats x 2, Aries burner cans - the ones without the Turkey Feathers, the quality on these is unbelievable.

And a set of TwoBobs decals to do this beauty

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Japan---Air/Mitsubishi-F-15DJ-Eagle/0674700/L/
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


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AeroplaneDriver

Had a good haul today from the IPMS show in Greenville, SC.  This was my first show and I was a bit surprised at some of the deals.  I expected e-bay prices, but there were a lot of argains to be had.  I planned on spending about $75, ended up around $70 and got this lot:

Airfix 1/48 Lightning F-2A/F.6, unopened $18-one of my Holy Grail kits, finally!!
Fujimi 1/72 F-4M Phantom 'Shark Teeth', unopened $7
Italeri 1/72 CH146 Griffon, opened but complete $5
Esci 1/48 Fiat G91-box in bad shape, decals unusable, but kit complete $3
Esci 1/72 F-111A, unopened $4
Testors/Italeri 1/72 F-5E, opened but complete-Free (sending the owner some 1/32 MiG parts)
Airfix 1/72 Strikemaster, box in bad shape, missing lower wing panels-Free
Italeri 1/72 F-104A, unopened $2
Hase 1/72 F-20 Tigershark, unopened $5
Esci 1/72 A-4E Israeli Hot Rod, open but complete $2
Monogram 1/48 F-8E-box in bad shape, decals fair, kit complete $4
Esci F-27 Dutch troopship, box open, bags sealed $4
Matchbox 1/72 Buccanneer, unopened $2
Matchbox Lightning F-2A/F.6, open but complete $1 (!!!!)
2X Hase 1/72 Weapons Sets (5 & 6) unopened $5 for both
4 Tamiya rattlecans $8

I'm a happy modeler tonight!
So I got that going for me...which is nice....

Ian the Kiwi Herder

"When the Carpet Monster tells you it's full....
....it's time to tidy the workbench"

Confuscious (maybe)

Ian the Kiwi Herder

Won a 1:72 Fujimi Vought (Photo) Cutlass on eBay. Gonna be Whiffed, haven't a clue what to do with yet, truth to tell I wasn't really expecting to win it !!

Ian
"When the Carpet Monster tells you it's full....
....it's time to tidy the workbench"

Confuscious (maybe)

GTX

Quote from: Ian the Hunter-Gatherer on May 03, 2008, 02:56:32 PM
Won a 1:72 Fujimi Vought (Photo) Cutlass on eBay. Gonna be Whiffed, haven't a clue what to do with yet, truth to tell I wasn't really expecting to win it !!

Ian

Well since it is a "Fujimi", why not do it in a JMSDF scheme similar to one of these?




Regards,

Greg
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

nev

Quote from: AeroplaneDriver on May 03, 2008, 02:44:49 PM
Airfix 1/48 Lightning F-2A/F.6, unopened $18-one of my Holy Grail kits, finally!!
Fujimi 1/72 F-4M Phantom 'Shark Teeth', unopened $7

Wow, you got yourself a couple of bargains there!  £3.50 for a Fujumi Spey Phantom?  9 quid for an Airfix Lightning?

Nice work!  :thumbsup:
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May