My stash just grew again (2015)

[Chris Payne]

That Caracal decal sets going to get somw hammer with 4 x F-35 kits there Chris 

Oh yes.

[Hobbes]

my Telford purchases:

S&M HS.681
S&M MPA/Elint decal set
Revell Tu-144
Italeri F-117
Hobbycraft Yak-38
Whirlykits P.1121
Freightdog Lightning swing-wing set
Freightdog Canberra P.12 conversion set
Freightdog Red Tops

[Martin H]

This thread is beginning to sound like a Telford confessional lol

Ok my turn..................

one signed copy of the new Hawker P1121 book. By our very own Overscan. Nice work there Paul 

Now model wise, all 1/72nd scale

two Freightdog VG lightning sets.
two Freightdog Matra JL100 rocket pod sets.
two packs, Freightdog post war UK 1000 pounder HE bombs.
one Lonewulf Wellington II type 439 conversion.
two Mach2 AW Argosy's (one military, one civil)
one S&M Hunting Provost.
one Combat kits CASA C101 Aviojet (reboxed Stratchaeronautics kit)
one Skybirds Supermarine Scimitar. (traded with the Wooksta)
one Matchbox BAC lightning T55. (traded with the Wooksta)
one Wingman models Lockheed C-130J-30 (C mk-4) conversion. Highly expensive, but very, very worth it.
three decal sets from Condor Decals (Via Blackbird models) covering Argentine Mirage and Skyhawk subjects. (they wont be going on either type    )

And from the Kit rescue "closing down every thing must go, so name your price sale" this afternoon......................
Dragon Dornier Do335B-4 Recon.
Dragon Arado Ar234P.
Fujimi McDD F-4C/D.
Planet Blohm & Voss P196-01.
Whirlykits BAC Lightning T-5.

Got that lot for less than £40!!!!

[Weaver]

Okay, total haul, Saturday and Sunday combined:

Special Hobby 1/72nd Gnat F Mk.1 in the British + 'Hot Shots' boxing
Freightdog 1/72nd VG Lightning conversion
Italeri 1/72nd USA/NATO Aircraft Arms
KP 1/72nd Piper L-4H (Cub on floats) (swap with Kitbasher)
Jia Sheng 1/32nd Sky Powerful Net (yes, really) sci-fi racing car with spacefighter written all over it. (Cheers to the Wooksta for pointing it out).

From the Kitswap:
3 x Heller 1/72nd F-84G Thunderjets (£2.50 each)
2 x Fujimi 1/72nd Kaman Seasprites in one box (£6)

From Kit Rescue's closing down sale bits box for £1 each:
Unda (yes, really) 1/72nd Sukhoi Su-9B (no decals)
Started Matchbox 1/72nd Jaguar (fuselage glued together without seat which won't go in afterwards)
Random bag of bits inc. Hasegawa F-11 Tiger bitd and a Matchbox Tempest Sabre nose amongst other things.

Project Tech Profiles:
P.1103 & P.1121
The Air Staff and AEW
Vickers VC10 AEW, Pofflers etc...

Squadron/Signal books (£10 the lot!):
FR-1 Fireball Mini in action
O-1 Bird Dog in action
M551 Sheridan in action
Gunslinger in action (Vietnam era Helo gunships)

Various modelling supplies.

[The Wooksta!]

Back and I haven't sorted through the acquisitions yet.  Want a bath first.  However, the pile is blocking the hallway...

[PR19_Kit]

My Telford haul was                                                                                             nothing. 

Not one single kit, pot of paint, accessory or conversion was purchased, but I did shell out on Overscan's remarkable P.1121 book, so that may trigger me into building my Maintrack vacform at last.

I needed more kits like a hole in the head in reality so I count that a successful show. 

[Weaver]

Back and I haven't sorted through the acquisitions yet.  Want a bath first.  However, the pile is blocking the hallway...

If you wake up in the morning and it doesn't seem to be getting light, try moving out of the shadow of all the stuff you got..

[ericr]

two big ones, but reasonably cheap :

a 1/72 DoX (incomplete though : needs wings whiffing)
and
a 1/72 Flower Class corvette, which I can turn into a seaplane tender with 2 or 3 catapults (I'll try to keep something tlike a captain's deck ...)

[zenrat]

...the way our new Prime Minister is going, it could very well be a 'What-If' !  His campaign promise was to dump the F-35 as soon as he got into power

If he legalises Cannabis first then no-one will notice, or care what he does about the F-35 as long as there enough doughnuts...

[scooter]

If he legalises Cannabis first then no-one will notice, or care what he does about the F-35 as long as there enough doughnuts...

He ought to make sure there's a Tim Hortons on every corner before he does.

[kitbasher]

Telford haul, bearing in mind I went there looking for only one or two kits:

All 1/72, all second hand:
Airfix A-1 Skyraider
Eastern Express Fairey Gannet (two in the box when I opened it - one will be disposed of!)
Italeri Macchi MC.205
KP Avia CS-199
Matchbox Saab J-29 Tunnan (swapsie with Weaver)
Playfix/Playmakers/Flugzeug-Modellbaukasten (VEB-Plastikart in other words) Be-6

The Skyraider and the MAcchi will be real-world builds.

And the new stuff:
Freightdog VG Lightning conversion
Freightdog Javelin nose (Colin can you do a new tail for the Heller T3/Airfix FAW9 next?  Please?)
Freightdog Swift belly tank and replacement F7 conversion decals
Magna Bristol Freighter Mk 31 conversion
Belcher Bits CF-104 decals
Printscale Henschel HS129 decals
Xtradecal Shackleton MR2/AEW2 decals

Plus a bottle each of Micro Flat and Micro Satin, a set of sanding files and sponges, some paint mixing tubs and a polishing pad courtesy of The Wooksta!

[Bungle]

Unfortunately I didn't go to Telford* so I had to make do with the normal mode of stash accumulation i.e. evilbay. There's not even a model shop close to me so my choices are limited nowadays. Still I'm off to a week in St Ives (Cornwall) next week so who knows maybe there will be some little surprise down there other than the odd pastie or two.

Last weeks and today's deliveries include....

Huma Messerschmitt me 309 for part of the 109 109 project
Huma Messerschmitt me 209 (v1/v4) not as it may seem this is nothing to do with the 109 family but I didn't want the 309 to get lonely in the post (!)
Valom Vickers Wellesley Mk.1 I remember the Matchbox kit for some reason I never completed it (probably due to brown and black plastic) Could this be better ?
Valom Bristol Brigand B.1 again as a travelling partner for the Wellesley - a likely What-if
Eduard Messerschmitt bf 110 c/d bought for the BoB GB I have a spare resin front end to a 109 I may try grafting it onto the 110 to make it a tri-motor.
Hasegawa Messerschmit bf 109 G-14 Finnish Post war for the 109 109 project - cheap and likely to be made OOB.


* In truth I never go to shows / gatherings / meets and yes I know I miss out. All stems from a confrontation with a JMN back in the 1990's. Put me off for life.

[Thorvic]

* In truth I never go to shows / gatherings / meets and yes I know I miss out. All stems from a confrontation with a JMN back in the 1990's. Put me off for life.

Oh you should really try SMW one year we are there in force and Whif's are now quite popular across the branches as well now so JMN's tend to keep their opinions to themselves these days. Its a good social gathering and there is loads to get around and see (and Buy !  )

[Weaver]

* In truth I never go to shows / gatherings / meets and yes I know I miss out. All stems from a confrontation with a JMN back in the 1990's. Put me off for life.

I didn't hear a single JMN comment all weekend and I didn't get told about any secondhand either. I'd say around 50% of the branch/SIG tables had at least one Whiff on them and one of them (Farnborough) was ALL what if. The climate's changed, even in the last 6+ years since I've been back into modelling.

[Thorvic]

* In truth I never go to shows / gatherings / meets and yes I know I miss out. All stems from a confrontation with a JMN back in the 1990's. Put me off for life.

I didn't hear a single JMN comment all weekend and I didn't get told about any secondhand either. I'd say around 50% of the branch/SIG tables had at least one Whiff on them and one of them (Farnborough) was ALL what if. The climate's changed, even in the last 6+ years since I've been back into modelling.

Last time I heard one was that time a couple of years ago at Cosford when we were under the 188 as somebody noticed the Kit's PR-19 and commented "What a way to ruin a good kit" had us lot in stiches as its one of the most iconic Whif builds and had been taken for real by some. Kit's face was a picture when we told him  .

We have a slightly different take on Project Cancelled as many now recognise the types form the various books by Tony Chris etc. and take great pleasure in telling their companions about the types (and they quite often get the details right too  ). So we end up quite often either explaining what the project was, or how we built it and then directing them off to look up the various books or SecretProjects forum for more reference material