My stash just grew again (2013)

[Steel Penguin]

just back from jewellery quarter  12 airfix 1:48 Warriors 

[Aircav]

TWO Airfix Lightning F2As and a Skyhawk. 

Something to do with the 1960's Falklands war?   

[Captain Canada]

UPS guy came to the door with a box. Containing a parcel. containing a paper wrapped Styrofoam sarcophagus, which in turn contained a paper wrapped box.....now I probably should have tossed that under the tree so I'd have something to get excited about Christmas morning ( other than liquor   ) But I opened it.....and wow ! Thanks Stevie ! What a lovely surprise.





I used it to pull a gag on my LHS owner Dave.

Me, walking in with my usual " Anything new ? " As I slip said kit from my coat and into the 72nd scale Airfix pile
Dave : Nope
Me : What's this ?
-Dave coming out from behind counter and noticing it....the look on his face was pretty funny !

Oh, he's originally from Cheshire so you can imagine where his aviation loyalties lie

Thanks again my brother !

[PR19_Kit]

TWO Airfix Lightning F2As and a Skyhawk. 

Something to do with the 1960's Falklands war?   

Hehe, no, but it's an interesting idea. Goodness knows how many tankings a Lightning would need to get down there!

Actually it was just the realisation that I hadn't got a Skyhawk of any form in The Loft, something that can't really be allowed to happen.

[Weaver]

just back from jewellery quarter  12 airfix 1:48 Warriors 

Hell's Bells, you could practically have bought a real one for that much! 

[Weaver]

From Airfix directly:

2 x 1/72nd Harrier GR.1s
2 x 1/72nd Skyhawks (to be FAA)



Feel a bit guilty about not buying them via the LHS, but I had a 15% voucher that could only be redeemed through the website. I was trying to use it to get a Mk.1 Hurricane, but it's been in and out of stock over past few weeks and I've never been sat at a PC when it's been in. Eventually I gave up and used it to buy the Harriers and Skyhawks instead, and then the day after, the Hurricane came back into stock again.....

Have to say, Airfix's mail order service is really first class. I ordered these on Wednesday night (actually 2am on Thursday morning) and they arrived on Friday  I only didn't get them until today because my neighbours took delivery of them while I was out at work and this was the first chance they had to bring them round.

[Steel Penguin]

Weaver,  id preordered  back in Sept and got a discount for bulk     and Ive nowhere to park the real thing    and im less cack handed with plastic, than I am with mechanics.

[Weaver]

Weaver,  id preordered  back in Sept and got a discount for bulk     and Ive nowhere to park the real thing    and im less cack handed with plastic, than I am with mechanics.

It's a 30-ton tracked armoured vehicle: you always have somewhere to park it.......

[Gondor]

.....make a six cannon armed Lightening, not 100% sure if this was done in real life or not though 

It should have been theoretically possible to fit the F6 tank gun pack to an F2A as the structures were almost the same, but there might not have been enough room in that cramped airframe to take the extra wiring! Maybe a double cable duct along the fuselage side could solve that?

That's a possibility Kit, or I could just do it without as who but the dedicated JMN's would really know?

Gondor

[Steel Penguin]

Weaver    yup your right     sorry, ill rephrase that to id have no where to maintain it properly. 
though it would make the morning commute easier  mwhahahaa

[Aircav]

UPS guy came to the door with a box. Containing a parcel. containing a paper wrapped Styrofoam sarcophagus, which in turn contained a paper wrapped box.....now I probably should have tossed that under the tree so I'd have something to get excited about Christmas morning ( other than liquor   ) But I opened it.....and wow ! Thanks Stevie ! What a lovely surprise.





I used it to pull a gag on my LHS owner Dave.

Me, walking in with my usual " Anything new ? " As I slip said kit from my coat and into the 72nd scale Airfix pile
Dave : Nope
Me : What's this ?
-Dave coming out from behind counter and noticing it....the look on his face was pretty funny !

Oh, he's originally from Cheshire so you can imagine where his aviation loyalties lie

Thanks again my brother !

Glad you got it ok and Happy Christmas  

ps, My Mum is from Lymm in Cheshire and I was born in Altrincham. 

[Daryl J.]

1/72 Hasegawa F-20.   It had a surprise in the box....and additional complete Italeri F-5F.   
1/72 Hasegawa F-15C  slated for becoming a square wing tip aircraft similar the prototype.
1/72 Fujimi Phantom slated to become a Phiticious Phantom.
1/48 Tamiya A-10A

Not a bad day.

[Weaver]

From Modelzone in Manchester WHSmith's:

Airfix 1/72nd Hurricane Mk.1


Looks lovely in the box... To be Spanish Republican.

[Thorvic]

From Modelzone in Manchester WHSmith's:

Airfix 1/72nd Hurricane Mk.1


Looks lovely in the box... To be Spanish Republican.

Ohh nice idea and should be rather colourful 

[Daryl J.]

2x Meng G.91R
Airfix Harrier Gr.1
Airfix A-4B