My Stash just grew again 2010

[kitnut617]

(after braving arctic conditions):

Had to have a little chuckle over this comment,  I've been reading the comments about the little bit of snow you guys got there in the UK.  We're just coming out of over a week at -25C temperatures with the last few days way down around -35C.  My wife when she went to work a couple of days ago, said the thermometer in her car was reading -38C.

Slightly Off Topic but a bit of trivia for you, the arctic is actually classed as a desert.  It gets very little snow each year and in some places it actually gets less precipitation than the Sahara but what does comes down, stays there because of the cold.  Mind you I was very near the Arctic a couple of years ago and it was only -12C and this was in May.

[Martin H]

Snow and the Uk = One snow flake falls in this country and every thing just grinds to a halt.

[kitnut617]

Snow and the Uk = One snow flake falls in this country and every thing just grinds to a halt.

Yeah, I can remember those days way back when Martin (I'm from Poole, Dorset originally).  It's kind of funny because where the Arctic hardly gets snow, but the Columbia Icefield which is almost 150 miles due west of me, gets 7 Meters of snow annually (according to the information boards that are there)

[NARSES2]

Met up with Overkiller at our local LMS, picked up some primer and lo & behold i spotted something new:-

Airfix 1/48th HS Sea Vixen FAW2 - so bought it and put to onside for Chrimbo 

Is it as good as it looks in the reviews - or are you really saving it until Crimbo ? And why was it tucked away, rather then in a prominent display ?

Every time I see LMS I think of a railway company...yes showing my age again Dunc 

Slightly Off Topic but a bit of trivia for you, the arctic is actually classed as a desert.  It gets very little snow each year and in some places it actually gets less precipitation than the Sahara but what does comes down, stays there because of the cold. 

I think the Antarctic is the driest desert in the world even dryer then the Atacama (may be wrong) always threw me in Geography at school. If memory serves it doesn't actually snow it just blows around ? As for the Arctic, went I went there in the late 60's I was surprised how pleasent it was in Spring/Summer. Went up again in the late 90's but it was Christmas time...freezing but beautiful

[Thorvic]

Met up with Overkiller at our local LMS, picked up some primer and lo & behold i spotted something new:-

Airfix 1/48th HS Sea Vixen FAW2 - so bought it and put to onside for Chrimbo 

Is it as good as it looks in the reviews - or are you really saving it until Crimbo ? And why was it tucked away, rather then in a prominent display ?

Every time I see LMS I think of a railway company...yes showing my age again Dunc 

Nope i am saving it, at least its something special for chrimbo day - Nice box, lots to drool at inside the box whilst waiting for Chrimbo dinner  . I did look at the sprues and completed test shots on the Airfix stand and was suitablly impressed, as you know i am not a 1/48th builder but there are some aircraft i deem worthy of the task and yes they are FAA ones  (always loved the Sea Vixen and the new Seafire XVII is a must too).

The Sea Vixen was ljust where they could fit itas i suspect it was only delivered on Friday and was thus slotted onto the shelf, the Bedford QLs were also just placed where they fitted, although the Comet and Hampdens appeared to have been placed in a better manner.

G

[Aircav]

Hi Geoff
have Airfix sorted the front of the rocket pods or are they still stepped?
Steve

[Slerski]

From my local shop... 1/72 Airfix Concorde. Probably the biggest plane I've bought. Having thoughts of heavy type bomber with lots and lots of Mk82 

[Martin H]

Just paid a flying visit to Hamex 2010 http://hamex.co.uk/

Met up with PR19kit (who was clearing some of his 1/144th airliners)

and acquired from the legendary Matt Irvine (the creator of Blake 7's Liberator & Dr Who's K9)
AMT Boeing RC-135V Rivet joint.
AMT Boeing NKA-135A Laser lab.

and a few bits and bobs from Little cars.com

[The Wooksta!]

You're wrong, Matt Irvine was NOT the creator of the Liberator.  The model was designed by Roger Murray Leach and built by Ian Scoones.  Matt worked on the series, along with Martin Bower, and both worked on the Liberator, but despite reports to the contrary, neither built Liberator.

[Steel Penguin]

from Revelle
an old GW rhino  for changing to a whirlwind
a mongral minis  Brit SF GPMG team
and one of the old harliquin minis london resistance box from the dr who range
and an Eygptian obilex upright and toppled
whould have liked to get to hamex but same day and differnt sides of the country nearly,  so the distance was prohibative.

[Martin H]

I stand corrected Lee

[NARSES2]

[Nope i am saving it, at least its something special for chrimbo day - Nice box, lots to drool at inside the box whilst waiting for Chrimbo dinner  . I did look at the sprues and completed test shots on the Airfix stand and was suitablly impressed, as you know i am not a 1/48th builder but there are some aircraft i deem worthy of the task and yes they are FAA ones  (always loved the Sea Vixen and the new Seafire XVII is a must too).

G

Agree with you re the Seafire XVII  I've one or two 1/48 scale aircraft kits in the stash and most of them are Spitfires/Seafires although I've a couple of really nice Tamiya, Eduard and Roden ones to.

Armour I prefer 1/48 - the Tamiya stuff is very nice if pricey

[NARSES2]

I stand corrected Lee

Well go and sit on the naughty step for 10 minutes 

[Howard of Effingham]

Another option is a single engine, you should be able to get something realtively beefy up front.  I vaguely remember bashing some profiles together along these lines, I'll see if I can dig them out.

Okay, found those DH.88 profiles I did, a bit rough & I'm pretty sure I didn't scale the eingines properly so don't take them as any indicator of how the engines would fit:
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,13408.msg186090/highlight,havilland.html#msg186090

thanks mossie.

some useful ideas there.

[The Wooksta!]

I've got the original Roger Murray Leach Liberator design somewhere.  The green engine was originally a teardrop shape.  Somewhere else, I have Ian Scoones design sketches for the Liberator.  One looks very like a Star Destroyer...