My stash just grew again (2015)

[kitnut617]

BTW, I asked CanMilAir if he could do me some decals of it, so guess what

http://www.canmilair.com/products.asp?cat=171

That must have been a bitch doing the decals for that mega-curvy shape! 

Looks very good nonetheless. 

Got a set already for my 1/72 vacuform kit of the Avanti

[Weaver]

Stopped in F&S Models in Droylesden this morning on my way to Ikea, mostly for a can of airbrush cleaner, but succumbed to the temptation of an AZ 1/72nd scale Vought F6U-1 Pirate in the whif boxing with Salvadorean, JASDF and Raspberry Ripple schemes.

It's a very basic limited-run style kit! NO location pegs of tabs for anything, including the tailplanes & fin! The cockpit tub and ejector seat a one-piece of resin, although they are pretty nice looking, with seat straps and good side panel detail, and there's a 3-piece plastic/foil/etch control panel.

There's an interesting "quirk" with the Boscombe Down colour scheme, which has a serial of "X2496". That doesn't look like a British military serial. The obvious assumption is that it's supposed to be XZ496, but that was a Sea Harrier, which would be way too late for the 1951 date given....

Not sure what to do with it. Some thoughts are:

1. Build it OOB: not often that you have the luxury of a whif-in-the-box...

2. Take advantage of it's crude nature to change it. In particular, I've been reading about the Metrovick F.5 engine which had twin aft-mounted unducted fans. It would be doable to add such fans to the Pirate (they're only 5ft diameter)and give it twin end-plate fins plus a ventral fin.

3. Make it a "real" pirate plane in some way....

[JayBee]

Hi Weaver,

this is a good site if you are looking for a suitable British serial no.

http://www.ukserials.com/

Jim

[PR19_Kit]

X2496 would have been possible, but it was part of a very large 'black out block'. They used X1085 for an impressed Vega Gull, presumably in early WWII days or just before, and the next was X2865, used on an impressed Fox Moth.

A tad early for jet propulsion, but this IS WhiffWorld after all.  

[Thorvic]

From LMS an Italeri 1/72nd Short Stirling B1

Looks very tasty

[Martin H]

first Scots nationals additions

I stopped off at Geoff B's/Thorvic's place on the way up.
transfered from his stash to mine.
Hasegawa S-1 tracker.
Czechmaster Buccaneer S-2 (RAF Boxing)

From the show
Fujimi F-4K.
Hasegawa 2 seat Jaguar  (DERA/rasberry ripple boxing).

[JayBee]

Martin,

Shame on you for raiding the traders stands before the rest of us have a chance. 

[The Wooksta!]

Martin and the gang - keep an eye out for some cheap Matchbox tempests please.  Ta muchly.

[NARSES2]

From Freightdog a pair of the Hurricane Mk I 20mm cannon pod sets (which come with some nice resin wheels with correct hubs). I know what I'm doing with one set but I've still to decide with the other.

[The Wooksta!]

Desert tankbuster?

[Martin H]

todays additions from the Scots Nationals.

1/72nd scale.
Airfix Lockheed F-80 shootingstar.
Heller Lockheed T-33 shootingstar.
Heller Lockheed F-94B Starfire.

1/144th.
Airfix Vickers Vangaurd. (in the old gold colored "collectors issue" box)

[kitnut617]

From Freightdog a pair of the Hurricane Mk I 20mm cannon pod sets (which come with some nice resin wheels with correct hubs). I know what I'm doing with one set but I've still to decide with the other.

I had a look at their website but couldn't find those listed Chris, any idea where they might be shown ?

[Gondor]

From the Scottish Nationals today

1 x 1/72 Academy KB-29P from Thorvic's stash
1 x 1/72 Airfix Defiant

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

1/72nd scale.
Airfix Lockheed F-80 shootingstar.
Heller Lockheed T-33 shootingstar.
Heller Lockheed F-94B Starfire.

Look out for something Lockheed based from OGL towers soon. 

[Martin H]

1/72nd scale.
Airfix Lockheed F-80 shootingstar.
Heller Lockheed T-33 shootingstar.
Heller Lockheed F-94B Starfire.

Look out for something Lockheed based from OGL towers soon. 

Define soon

Just added the recent additions to the sreadsheet i list all my 72nd scale aircraft on. It has hit the 2000 mark today.

I really need to up my build rate lol