My Stash just grew again (2008)

[NARSES2]

Modelzone Special - Revell A-26 Invader for half price £6-99 

[Radish]

All 1/72nd:

2 x SMER (Heller) MS 225....one to be RAF, another German WW1. Crackin kits, but have some flash on the mouldings which being from Heller's prime, are terrific.
2 x Airfix Gladiators......one to be French, the other? The French one will be in that WW1 colour of yellowish bleached linen/dope, with darker yellow metal painted bits. I feel like doing this SOON. decals from the SMER MS225 which are super (2 French options) printed by Propagteam.
2 x Revell Fokker Dr.1s....ah, Biggles
6 x Revell Fokker D.VIIs....ah Biggles, 2-seat Soviet, and lots of others.
1 x Academy Sopwith Camel
1 x Strelets German WW1 Uhlan Cavalry...for when they charge Biggles in a particular scene
1 x WW1 pilots...could look OK after cleanup.....various poses too.

[jester]

A visit to Hannants today produced the following, all 72nd:

Xtrakit        Canberra PR9
Amodel       Su-15
Kopro         Su-25
HobbyBoss   La-7

and a Trumpeter Sea Fury in 48th



Clive

[Thorvic]

All 1/72nd:

1 x Strelets German WW1 Uhlan Cavalry...for when they charge Biggles in a particular scene
1 x WW1 pilots...could look OK after cleanup.....various poses too.

Terry

Spotted that Eduard do a set of WWI RFC figures in 1/72 as well as 1/48th, which may help with your Biggles ideas

Cheers

Geoff

[Daryl J.]

Airfix 1/48 Canberra......finally!!!!   




Daryl J.

[Radish]

Cheers, Geoff.
I noticed that and they're on the "to buy" list.

The Airfix Gladiator is part assembled after extensive, masachistic clean-up. The fuselage halves are different lengths, the wings need a lot of sanding which removes any detail (and possible accuracy) and the underwing guns are farcical....I scraped/sanded off the barrels....the humps will be pylons for bombs.
It really is poor, but I just LOVE IT as it'll be great in WWI schemes...German, French, RFC etc.
And then there's sesquiplanes too.
BUT...REVELL, please re-issue the Matchbox beauty!

I have 3 Airfix Gladiators, but surprisingly WILL BUY MORE as they're fun in a purely strange way.
Compared to a £4 HobbyBoss kit, or £4 SMER kit, they're terrible.
BUT HANNANTS HAVE SOLD OUT.
There must be a lot (like me) on a nostalgia trip.
I built the Airfix Gladiator back around 1960. Gods I'm old

[kitnut617]

I built the Airfix Gladiator back around 1960. Gods I'm old

Ditto!! 

[Dork the kit slayer]

Another Hasegawa "special edition" A 4 B Skyhawk.....................I promise I will build it...............................................eventually

WAIT A MINUTE

I've been to your lair recently and IMHO you've got enuff A-4's to start a breeding colony - what's wrong with you...... No scratch that I KNOW what's wrong with you, and using that old "mid-life crisis" excuse isn't going to work this time..... why haven't you bought an inpractical sports car like the rest of us, instead of multiple Hasegawa Skyhawks.....

Ian
(tutting loudley and rolling his eyes  )

More sad old git news...Ive just bought a Hasegawa A4M...oh and a Mirage F1 just snook under the radar........................now about that sports car

[Radish]

Hey...the Gladiator fits together OK.
Spraying it tomorrow or Wednesday in French colours....Dull silver or a yellow/cream SPAD colour

[Mossie]

Trumpy 1/72 CH-47A Chinook, from Monkbar Models in York again.  Another Whirlybird to add to my growing collection.

[K5054NZ]

  Airfix 1:48 Mosquito NF.30

[Aircav]

Bought a 1/16 Trumpeter Soviet tank crew figure, he'll be altered to go with a Ma.k SF3D suit I have of the same scale. 

[Jschmus]

I offered to help jeffryfontaine clean out his storage unit, and he sent me the following:

AMT/Ertl AT-ST Walker (Star Wars)
Fujimi Alphajet-A
Italeri EF-111A Raven
Italeri JAS-39B Gripen (2-seater)
Italeri X-32 JSF
Revell-Monogram SA-16B Albatross

plus assorted bits

Between this and the Xbox 360 I bought this morning with my "economic stimulus" check, I feel like I've had Christmas in May.

[Martin H]

Having found that the Gladiator is utterly useless

Cant be to bad a kit....Hannants have already sold out of em.

[Brian da Basher]

Arrived today from the incredibly generous Mr Fontaine:

2 x 1/48 Testor's Curtiss Seaplane Racers (to be scale-o-rama'ed)

1 x 1/144 F-117 (I dunno how I'm gonna biplane this one!)

some assorted weapons

some assorted plastic tubing that should make nice fuselages

assorted wire for rigging

Thanks, JJ! You're very generous!

Brian da Basher