My Stash Just Grew Again (2011)

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Having said on the Telford 2011 thread that I wouldn't be buying any kits at the show because I simply dont need/want anymore for the foreseeable future, I just won/bought two 'bargains' from eBay:

Academy 1:48 F-15C

and a

RoG 1:48 F-86F-40 (the excellent Hasegawa kit with resin wing extensions and at a sensible price)

Combined price including postage for both, a shade over £28.00 - If you can find one, a Hasegawa F-86F-30 (the standard non-export one), will set you back around £25.00 alone !!, One of them will definitely be 'Whiffed' - but I'm not saying which... yet !!

Ian

[GTX]

A rarer one today - a 1/48 AER SAL Moldova Sukhoy Su-1

[NARSES2]

Would the Pe-2 make a good basis for the Gloster Reaper?  They look similar and dimensionally I don't think they're too far out (I did compare plans a while ago).  Certainly some surgery needed- not least the engines.  Any thoughts?

Not sure Dave. I've built the Magna kit of the Reaper and I have a unbuilt Zveda kit of the Pe-2. I'll compare them and chat at Telford.

Chris

[MilitaryAircraft101]

Revell 1/72 Hunter F.6 w/ Eduard cockpit set! Courtesy of RotorheadTX! Thanks mate, brilliant kit, can't wait to do her up. This one will be real world, but my Airfix FGA.9 might be whif. 

[GTX]

• 1/48 Tamiya Mitsubishi A6M3
• 1/35 Heller AMX 13 Canon de 105

[The Wooksta!]

Would the Pe-2 make a good basis for the Gloster Reaper?  They look similar and dimensionally I don't think they're too far out (I did compare plans a while ago).  Certainly some surgery needed- not least the engines.  Any thoughts?

Better off with the Peregrine engined Gloster F.?? for the wings and use a hacked around Meteor fuselage.

[Howard of Effingham]

italeri appear to have re-released their AC-130H spectre and what a nice kit it is.

bought one yesterday i did.

trevor

[Radish]

A big box from Model Hobbies arrived today....oooops

2 x Airfix 1/144th Vostok 1....both to be "beefed up" for RAF duty.
1/48th HobbyBoss Ta-152C...going to be an operational Luftwaffe one....not real, of course.
2 x Academy Polikarpov I-16...yes, I know the Eduard is as cheap and nicer,but I like it's simplicity, and it has nice SCW markings....although these will most likely be RAF and French.
2 x Academy 1/48th F4U-4B...a not particularly accurate kit, BUT ideal for whatifery and they'll build nicely as RAF aircraft, at least one for Biggles.

So, won't be spending much at Telford...possibly a bit on books or a spaceship.
I'll be painting/modelling on the BIGGLES SIG stand on my tiny portable table.

[kitbasher]

Would the Pe-2 make a good basis for the Gloster Reaper?  They look similar and dimensionally I don't think they're too far out (I did compare plans a while ago).  Certainly some surgery needed- not least the engines.  Any thoughts?

Not sure Dave. I've built the Magna kit of the Reaper and I have a unbuilt Zveda kit of the Pe-2. I'll compare them and chat at Telford.

Chris

Ta, that would be handy.

[kitbasher]

Would the Pe-2 make a good basis for the Gloster Reaper?  They look similar and dimensionally I don't think they're too far out (I did compare plans a while ago).  Certainly some surgery needed- not least the engines.  Any thoughts?

Better off with the Peregrine engined Gloster F.?? for the wings and use a hacked around Meteor fuselage.

OK, thanks Lee.  As you may have seen, Brother Narses has offered to chat on the subject at Telford - would be helpful to hear your thoughts too.

[Radish]

I quite fancy a Pe-2 in RAF markings....possibly SEAC, but a unit based in Italy might be nice.

Also, forgot to add 2 x 1/48th Pegasus Hobbies V2 rockets.
With additional mods,they'll be impressive 1/144th RAF rocket space ships.

[ChernayaAkula]

Two more kits, courtesy of Lucky Model's Pre-X-Mas Sale.

Both Hasegawa, both 1/72, both to be (le gasp!) real world aircraft!
F-15J Tac Meet 2009 - THIS ONE, specifically.
F-16E Desert Falcon

Via HLJ:
Tomytec 1/144 F-15J with F-15 Kai parts - so nice!  Just wish they'd release them as proper kits, not just as pre-painted kits.

[NARSES2]

I quite fancy a Pe-2 in RAF markings....possibly SEAC, but a unit based in Italy might be nice.

Flown by members of the Italian Communist Party as one of the "Free" RAF units ?

[upnorth]

I haven't bought them yet, but the guy at my LHS told me that with any luck he'll have a shipment of AZ Models' new 1/144 Yakovlev Yak-40 kits in.

I'll likely buy a couple, one for real world and one to do up as East Austrian.

I'm quite excited about this.

[Aircav]

Airfix 1/72 Stratos 4 TSR.2MS from the LMS, what can I say , it was cheap.