My stash just grew again (2012).

[JayBee]

Ah, but we went to the places with funny accents instead of coming from them. 

That, Steve,

is on a par with mental images of Radish! 

[JayBee]

..... and on a different theme, from the Glasgow show yesterday.

Hasegawa A-1H Skyraider "US Air Force"
Academy F-89D Scorpion.

Both 1/72 of course 

Plus a Micro chisel and spare blades from Paul at Little Cars.

[Army of One]

Weaver....the Sahara Survivour.....u that a metal chassis with plastic uppers... Reasonably lightweight.... Not a solid lump so to speak.....??...H

Yes, basically the black bit is one piece of die-cast metal the orange bit is one piece of plastic and so is the white bit (which is also the whole chassis as well).  That's why you have some oddities like the orange spare tire and the black jerry cans by the doors. All three bits are riveted together: I understand that these can be Dremelled off quite easily.

Awesome......I'm thinking of special forces type vehicles that can be airlifted....one would fit in a Hip with clam shell doors.....prob 2 in a Halo.....dunno bout MH53....something to think about....cheers...

[Thorvic]

BW do the Supercat if your after a proper model of one !

http://www.bwmodels.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=264158

[Army of One]

Cheers.....I'll have a look at the site when I get home....H

[Aircav]

Went to the Shildon Model Railway Club show this morning just to see what was there and got the following;
1/76 Oxford BR Land rover 88" Fire tender
00 Wills Station Forecourt Shops
Plus a 1/1 Keep calm and carry on modelling mug. 

[Army of One]

The mug sounds cool.....

[Radish]

At the Newark/Southwell Show, where it was GREAT to see Van on his feet, but sadly the poor chap is in awful pain.
In 1/48th:
Hobbycraft La-7....yes, I know it's crap, but perfect for me....ie easy, steampunkable, and probably a BIGGLES SIG display item in Soviet colours.
Testors F2H Banshee....another poor but simple kit, ideal for Israeli use.
1/72nd Hasegawa B-17G
1/32nd SMER Mercer 1912

All bargains.

[Weaver]

Weaver....the Sahara Survivour.....u that a metal chassis with plastic uppers... Reasonably lightweight.... Not a solid lump so to speak.....??...H

Yes, basically the black bit is one piece of die-cast metal the orange bit is one piece of plastic and so is the white bit (which is also the whole chassis as well).  That's why you have some oddities like the orange spare tire and the black jerry cans by the doors. All three bits are riveted together: I understand that these can be Dremelled off quite easily.

Awesome......I'm thinking of special forces type vehicles that can be airlifted....one would fit in a Hip with clam shell doors.....prob 2 in a Halo.....dunno bout MH53....something to think about....cheers...

I've actually drilled the rivets off the Sahara and one of the ATVs now:

1. The interior and chassis of the Sahara are actually two pieces of white plastic. I'm thinking that it would look a bit more realistic with the ride height reduced by trimming these , although that's nowhere near as simple as it sounds.

2. Drilling the rivets off is nowhere near as easy as I was lead to believe. The "rivets" are actually cast-in pegs on the upper body with their ends spun (I guess) over to mushroom them. One thing you should NOT do is assume that you can just stick a big HSS drill into them and "cone" the head off. They're hard enough that you have to treat them as a proper metal-working job, i.e. start by running a small pilot drill down them (I started with 1.6mm), then gradually work up to a size that's nearly as big as the head, then put a big one in to take the head off. Make sure you don't go through the upper body! I've done this on both of the Sahara's rivets, though the results arn't terminal.

I may well put a thread up about working with these things - not got time tonight, but watch this space.....

Posted by: Thorvic 

BW do the Supercat if your after a proper model of one !

http://www.bwmodels.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=264158

That's definately the way to go if you want an accurate Supercat, but these Matchbox jobs are only £1.25 (i.e. 1/8th the price), so for whiffy sci-fi butchering, they're ideal...

[The Wooksta!]

From the Glasgow show:

1 Special Hobby Seafire F46 (inc spare Spitfire F.24 fuselage!)
1 Special Hobby Spitfire F.21 (92 Sqn boxing)
1 Frog DH Hornet (my favourite boxing too!)
1 Pavla Spitfire Vc wing set
1 Odds & Ordnance Wyvern drop tank & Pylon.

[PR19_Kit]

Direct from our own Renax, a Sharkit NAVAHO kit!! 

Dunno how he did it, but he managed to produce one of these although it's been OOP for some time. 

[Army of One]

From fleabay....1/700 USS Boxer.....impulse buy for under £6 and some Zvezda 1/35 Russian spec ops support team....the 4 figs with the grenade laucher on a tripod for under a fiver....

[Green Dragon]

Haven't bought any for a while but just got a half price Pegasus Mercury 9 rocket off ebay, also an Airfix Whirlwind F.1 and Italeri Bell UH-1B Huey. The Whirlwind is probably getting mucked about with a razor saw!

Paul Harrison

[The Wooksta!]

From ebay:

Airkit Seafire F.XV

Never thought I'd get one of these.  Just need the Seafire 45 and I've the full set of Airkit Spitfires/Seafires.

[The Wooksta!]

On laybay at the LHS

1 Airfix Spitfire PR19.  This should give me a spare set of 4 spoke wheels, plus the rest of it is going to be hacked around with various Freightdog bits.  Or possibly not.