My Stash just grew again (2009)

[Green Dragon]

I seriously did not plan this buy.

Went to the LHS for some supplies (CA glue and paint) and saw they had another collection up for sale.  In it was a sealed Revell 1/72 ATB "B-2" for $20.  I couldn't not buy it...

Wow! Very nice find Anthony, never seen one in a shop, only photos.

Paul Harrison

[Thorvic]

Bronco 1/350th SSBN HMS Vanguard from Luckymodel 

Very nice kits, includes Trident SLBM (nice how the Chinese are creting models of the spearhead of the UK armed forces  )

Geoff

[NARSES2]

Bronco 1/350th SSBN HMS Vanguard from Luckymodel 

Very nice kits, includes Trident SLBM (nice how the Chinese are creting models of the spearhead of the UK armed forces  )

Geoff

They've probably got the most detailed plans Geoff 

[Geoff]

Bronco 1/350th SSBN HMS Vanguard from Luckymodel 

Very nice kits, includes Trident SLBM (nice how the Chinese are creting models of the spearhead of the UK armed forces  )

Geoff

They've probably got the most detailed plans Geoff 

LOL!

[Weaver]

From ebay: Ardpol 1/72nd PZL.46 Sum. This was an improved Karas with twin tails (better arc of fire) and a retractable gondola.

Resin kit.....

Nicely presented box and decals.
Well cast parts - lots of fine detail and few, if any, casting flaws that I can see.
Wholly inadequate instructions.
Very poor vac-form canopies: the canopy is supposed to have LOTS of heavy framing and sliding sections, yet NONE of this is reproduced on the kit item.....

[Radish]

4 x 1/72nd Revell/Matchbox Beaufighter TF.X....ideal whiffing fodder
3 x 1/72nd Italeri C-47s (one an AC-47)....beautiful kits that'll all be most likely whiffed into spurious schemes to utterly confuse the unwary, although I have "plans" for a daft AC-47.....

[NARSES2]

Very poor vac-form canopies: the canopy is supposed to have LOTS of heavy framing and sliding sections, yet NONE of this is reproduced on the kit item.....

Use pre-painted "decal" strip. BTW this months MAM has colour notes for Polish aircraft of 1939, keyed to Testors line but there are FS Equivs and you can always correlate to your own favourite brand

[nev]

Got a nice package from HLJ today, unfortunately I had, rather stupidly, ordered them all together, which made it very easy for the Royal Mail/Customs to realise and charge me for it.  I don't mind paying the £9 VAT, it is after all the law, even if a little bit annoying.  What I *really* object to is the £8 "handling fee" from the Royal Mail.  Since there is, as far as I know, no way of pre-paying the VAT on overseas purchases, there is no way to avoid this charge    Lesson learned - if ordering multiple purchases from HLJ in future, order them separately so they are under the minimum tariff (of course, if HMG decide to charge you, you will end up paying the 8 quid handling fee more than once.....)

Anyway, what I got was 2 model boxes which are my birthday presents for later this month.  First up is the Hasegawa 1/72 F-2 "2009 fighter meet", DOUBLE KIT!  Colourful decal options include...

http://sky.geocities.jp/breakwater_option2/DSC_5147_25069.jpg
http://sky.geocities.jp/breakwater_option2/DSC_4382_24371.jpg

Also the Hasegawa 1/72 F-15J "2009 Fighter Meet" which has 3 options





Last one is a bit dull, but other 2 are lovely

[Spey_Phantom]

just got back from the Hobbytime Modelshow in Brugges 
manage to pick up a rare Matchbox 1/72 Hawker Hunter T.7 and some decal sheets from various countries (RAAF, RNZAF (old style), SAAF, Danish, Dutch, Cambodian,....)

[Barry Krell]

Just been given an Airkit Spitfire F21.  It's a built up wreck - no u/c and one of the tailplanes is missing but that's not a problem for my copious spares box.

[ChernayaAkula]

Got a nice package from HLJ today, <...>

Interestingly enough, the exact same thing happened at my place as well. And to top things off, I even got the same kit.   Well, more or less. I also got the F-2 double kit. And a 1/72 Hasegawa EA-6B Prowler (to be finished as Mav's fantastic JASDF Prowler ) and a Hasegawa 1/72 Hasegawa Jaguar Trainer in the luvverly French disbandment scheme. It's also a double kit. The second kit is supposed to be finished as a rather dull British Jag. May have to find a different scheme for that, real world or whif.

And from Amazon.de (which is slowly but steadily extending it's line of plastic model kits at great prices) came two Italeri RQ-1B Predators at 10.98 EUR each (instead of the RRP of 13.99 EUR) and free shipping. These will be finished in some of Robert's very cool schemes (the Eyewitness News is definitely planned).
Time for a short rant: Looking at the Italeri kit it's kinda amazing they actually want that much money for it. It's definitely too expensive at 13 or more Euros. Even the 11 EUR I paid stretch it. You get a new-tool Airfix 1/72 Hawk (which is twice if not three times as much kit) for a fiver less.   And the box could house three or four Predator kits. But then, if the kit fits in a 1/144 fighter-size box (if the wings were separate),you could only charge for a 1/144 fighter kit. Bigger box --> more money!   Rant over.

Other news: Since my stash was at 699 kits for a couple of days and since the Prowler is the first kit that I pulled out of the HLJ box, the Prowler is now officially my 700th kit!

EDIT: Because this was my 1337th post, my post count now reads "leet" .

[Green Dragon]

Went to Marionville Models today and got...
Academy OV-10D Bronco, M1126 Stryker and 1/35th OH-58D (last one a Birthday pressie from my Brother and his family, been after one for ages!)
Airfix Spitfire PR XIX, Airfix Hawk 100
Italeri Ju86 airliner version (my Brother spotted this one hiding!)
Also got a load of new blades for various knives/scalpels, a set of micro drill bits, two tubes of Humbrol glue and a micrometer.
Went hoping to get a lot of kits with £500 but they seem to have much less plastic than they used to.

Paul Harrison

[Nick]

Got the Revell Spitfire with the Daily Telegraph offer, £1.60 for a paper and a kit is pretty good! Looking out for the Hurricane offer tomorrow.

[Weaver]

Very poor vac-form canopies: the canopy is supposed to have LOTS of heavy framing and sliding sections, yet NONE of this is reproduced on the kit item.....

Use pre-painted "decal" strip. BTW this months MAM has colour notes for Polish aircraft of 1939, keyed to Testors line but there are FS Equivs and you can always correlate to your own favourite brand

Now don't be silly - the only colour scheme it definately won't have will be Polish....

Interesting suggestion re the canopy: I take it you mean spray paint onto decal film and then cut strips from it? It occurs to me that you could do that on the fixed sections and then use painted tape (as is done for seatbelts) on the sliding sections to give the impression of the "step" between the two. This would work for the main canopy, but it would be difficult on the gunner's shield, since it has a rather Russian look to it, with very thin semi-circular frames.

Of course, this being Whiff World, I could always nick a suitable canopy from something else and claim that PZL changed the design a bit between design and production.....

[Thorvic]

Very poor vac-form canopies: the canopy is supposed to have LOTS of heavy framing and sliding sections, yet NONE of this is reproduced on the kit item.....

Use pre-painted "decal" strip. BTW this months MAM has colour notes for Polish aircraft of 1939, keyed to Testors line but there are FS Equivs and you can always correlate to your own favourite brand

Now don't be silly - the only colour scheme it definately won't have will be Polish....


Weaver you could try masking where the panels should be and spray primer. A couple of couats should build up a nice frame work for you, although you may want to do in stages it alot of framing on the canopy !!

Cheers

Geoff

Interesting suggestion re the canopy: I take it you mean spray paint onto decal film and then cut strips from it? It occurs to me that you could do that on the fixed sections and then use painted tape (as is done for seatbelts) on the sliding sections to give the impression of the "step" between the two. This would work for the main canopy, but it would be difficult on the gunner's shield, since it has a rather Russian look to it, with very thin semi-circular frames.

Of course, this being Whiff World, I could always nick a suitable canopy from something else and claim that PZL changed the design a bit between design and production.....