My Stash just grew again (2009)

[chrisonord]

 

[Radish]

Two 1/72nd Manta Rays.
Two 1/72nd Large Vampire Bats....large enough for perhaps a smallish twin-engined machine or o single-seater. Not large enough for the Vampire DC-3/C-47 which'll probably need material nearer Hallowe'en, but I have another source now for my Dakosaurus planned.

[NARSES2]

Hobby Boss Lynx HAS 3. Will be real world tiger (more grey wild cat than a Tiger ) scheme as per box. Suprisingly first helicopter in the stash if you don't count a Rotodyne.

[Aircav]

Bought a Airfix 1/72 Wellington today from the LMS and I wish I'd got the Trumpeter kit instead, just tried doing the cockpit, you can tell it's limited run kit and originally had resin parts because the plastic replacements just do not work at all, the undercarriage bay halfs fit where they touch, the turrets have 4 transparent parts each and the guns look crap so if you want a 1/72 Wellington get a Trumpeter kit. 

[PR19_Kit]

I managed to get an ancient Frog Shackleton off eBay today, and I was bidding on four of them, three went for silly money but the one I got was less than Kingkit's price. 

I'm not planning to Whiff it I'm afraid, too rare for that, but it's going to be an RW 205 Sqdn. MR2 tailwheel machine.

[Daryl J.]

Ordered me a birthday present:  An Airfix Canberra B.1(  with plans of emulating PR-19's recent whiffer.   It was cool enough I'd like a similar variant on my own shelf.

[Radish]

Further to Aircav's comments on the Wimpy, the Revell/Matchox Mk X/XIV is quite buildable and presentable too.
I'm civilianising one for an all-yellow Air Police (Biggles) example.

[Aircav]

I've got the Matchbox Welly too Rad and as you say its a good build but I was after a Mk1 should of stuck with it..............

[PR19_Kit]

Ordered me a birthday present:  An Airfix Canberra B.1(  with plans of emulating PR-19's recent whiffer.   It was cool enough I'd like a similar variant on my own shelf.

Daryl,

You're a glutton for punishment! 

Mine started off as a PR9 actually, with the broad chord wings and big engines, but visually it's not so far from a B(I)8, and you don't have to do any surgery with the gun pack etc, it's already there. Best of luck with that, it'll look great in the large size I'm sure.

[kitnut617]

While browsing through Rare-Plane Detective's website the other day I saw that he had a pile of Aeroclub stuff and I couldn't resist:

below all in 1/72
conversions;
Meteor Mk.10 (x2)
Hunter T.7  (been after one of these for ages, now I need another)

detail sets
Tucano
Connie u/c
Astazou nacelle front +prop
Turbo Porter props

bang seats
G.91/Hunter T.7
Buccaneer
Tucano

guns
.5 Brownings

Then I saw he had a couple of Maintrack conversions
Lightning F.1/3
Buccaneer S.1
Halifax/Halton

This led to others,
Amtec .5 Brownings
Engine & Things R-3350 set of four (x2)
Beechnut F-51H
Pegasus Balloil
and then
Ventura decal sheet of Me.262's in US or British markings.

All arrived today so I was quite pleased with myself   

[Radish]

Well I was running low on C-47s/DC-3s, so:

1 x 1/72nd AC-47 "Spooky" by Italeri
2 x 1/72nd DC-3 "Finnair" by Revell (Italeri) which'll be great in Finnair markings...the military Finnish AF decals will be cool on a Catalina!

[nev]

Hasegawa 1/48 AH-64D Apache Longbow "JGSDF"

This is a review kit for SAMI, so it catapults to the top of the build pile - not sure how I'm gunna go about that camo though!

[Nigel Bunker]

RoG F-22 for only £7.49 at Hobbycraft, plus an Airfix 72 Mosquito (you can never have too many of these in the loft)

[Brian da Basher]

Arrived yesterday (a day early too!) via FedEx from Squadron's big sale:

1 1/144 Boeing 707 $4.59

1 1/144 DC-6 Firebomber $3.59

1 1/96 Vickers Viscount $8.99

None of these will remotely resemble the pretty pictures on the boxes when I get done with them.

Brian da Basher

[Aircav]

Called into Chestermoor this afternoon and picked up a Transall and a Mi-26, both Revell, the Transalls for a Russian project