My stash just grew again (2012).

[The Wooksta!]

Is that the later Key reprint?  That's the one to have because it's got some expanded sections in it.

[Kerrillc]

From Comet, I picked up the following: a KP MiG -15, a Hasegawa  F11-F1 Tiger and a Ventura Supermarine Spitfire Mk 18.

[Radish]

From Staffordshire Moorlands today:

1/72nd Hasegawa RF-101C...£7
1/72nd Hobbycraft CF-105
1/72nd PM Horton 229 x 2
1/72nd Hobbyboss A-10A....made it at the show.
1/72nd Hobbyboss Bf-109G-10
1/72nd Hobbyboss Hurricane IIc(Trop)...made it at the show.
1/24th SMER Talbot racing car 1947.....it'll be a Meerkat Steampunk vehicle.
1/48th Hobbycraft La-7


Happy days....

[The Wooksta!]

From Comet, I picked up ... a Ventura Supermarine Spitfire Mk 18.

It's rough but with careful clean up, it'll look good.  Key is to sand a little, test fit and repeat until it's bang on.  Bin (at least as far as your decalbox*) the kit decals as they're rubbish and have a word with Freightdog as Colin does some very nice decals for the mk 18.

Use the Airfix 22 as apattern for the cockpit interior as you'll have to scratch most of it. the canopy is by Falcon and it's superb.


*IIRC you only get one option in the kit and they printed some of the colours wrong so you got an addendum set.

[Kerrillc]

Thanks for the advice, I see what you mean about the decals, they look weird!

[Mossie]

JB Models L118/M119 105mm Light Gun from Deathjester.  You get two in the box.  They'll be real world, a desert one to go with my Landie one tonner already built, the other a ceremonial gun.

[NARSES2]

From Hobby Easy a Meng Models 1/72 Mansyu Ki-98. Looks very nice in the box. Each sprue (only 2) is individually packed as is the canopy. really nice full colour instruction booklet and the transfer sheet has 3 options for late 1945 : A IJA aircraft, a Manchukuo AF example and a Siamese AF example with those wonderfull "White Elephant" national markings 

Looks great in the box, just need to see how it goes together. Also only took a week from Hong Kong 

[The Wooksta!]

Isn't Colin getting those in?  He did with the Meng Japanese bat thing.

[Martin H]

two new arrivals from Ebay

Aeroclub Gloster Meteor T-7.
Dragon Arado Ar234P night fighter.

[Gondor]

Received today from the Big Yellow H

1 x 1/72 Fairey Spearfish by Magna Models

Gondor

[The Wooksta!]

Be prepared for a lot of sanding with it!

[NARSES2]

Be prepared for a lot of sanding with it!

Yup. Looks good when finished but as Lee says loads of sanding. Wear a mask or do wet

[The Wooksta!]

The fuselage took a lot of work to close up and the wing roots needed a fair bit to allow them to fit into the groove.  IIRC, on mine I used a Contrail white metal prop rather than the kit horror and the u/c & doors are a relative nightmare to work out.

I think the Contrail vacform is less work, TBH.  It was certainly a lot more fun.  At least you could open up the long weapons bay.

[Gondor]

The fuselage took a lot of work to close up and the wing roots needed a fair bit to allow them to fit into the groove.  IIRC, on mine I used a Contrail white metal prop rather than the kit horror and the u/c & doors are a relative nightmare to work out.

I think the Contrail vacform is less work, TBH.  It was certainly a lot more fun.  At least you could open up the long weapons bay.

It's going to get a radome fitted over the weapon bay so no problem there.

Gondor

[pyro-manic]

Skyraider/Gannet radome? Should be an interesting-looking beast!

Today, via ebay, one Fujimi 1:76 Schwimmwagen, which comes in a set with a Pak36 AT gun and a BMW motorbike/sidecar combi. The schwimmwagen will be introduced to something from the Blohm und Voss stable. The other bits will be spares for now, though the '36 might get thrown into the above build as well...