My stash just grew again 2018.

[Dizzyfugu]

An ESCI 1:72 M48, need the chassis for a conversion project. And a cheap Italeri Tornado F.3 (sans canopy, though).

[Chris Payne]

Back from the East Riding of Yorkshire Model Show with some more stash additions.

AFV Club 1/144 Vought F-4U (2 kits in one box)
Miniwing 1/144 BAC Jet Provost T.5 (2 kits in one box)
Monogram 1/72 F-19 (From Martin H)

Also picked up the Revell 1/48 PV-1 Ventura from my local Home Bargains yesterday.

[Howard of Effingham]

Also returned from the East Riding of Yorkshire Model Show

1/72 Special Hobby C-41 [CASA-212] US Transport a/c
1/72 Special Hobby Gloster Meteor T7.5
1/72 Lift Here Models Boeing Skyfox [resin kit]

also found a 1/72 C-Scale detail set for the Gazelle and Puma helicopters.

[jcf]

Wonderful, I must get one of those.

I flew in an RAF Proctor many years ago, and the FROG one that I have always looked wrong somehow when I wanted to build it, but that one looks terrific.

[Later] Checking back, it must have been an EX-RAF Proctor as they went out of service before I'd even flown at all. I can't figure out how that came about now. 

According to A.J. Jackson in British Civil Aircraft 1919-192: Volume III, pg. 107:
"After the war some 225 surplus Proctors, 1, 2 and 3 were denuded of military
equipment for club and charter work."

Around 84 Proctor 4 were later released to the civil market.
Conversions of all types totaled 154, around fity of those
were for the export market with aircraft going to South
America, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and other
countries.

So, it's probable you had a ride in one of the civil conversions. 

[PR19_Kit]

So, it's probable you had a ride in one of the civil conversions. 

Indeed so, but it was painted as an RAF one a the time. Very odd.

[strobez]

Without getting out a ruler... how close is the Vega Gull to the Percival Prentice?  To my untrained eye, the red/white livery of the civilian model is almost a dead match for the plane that appears in the Tintin book "The Black Island". 



Hmmm... WHAT IF I decided that was close enough... what if indeed... 

[PR19_Kit]

Without getting out a ruler... how close is the Vega Gull to the Percival Prentice? 

Quite a long way. That aircraft in your pic is a Percival Prentice, a larger (and a LOT slower....) stablemate to the Proctor. You can see the difference in the canopy, it stands proud of the fuselage quite a bit on the Prentice. The Prentice also has tip dihedral to the wings, very distinctive.



Scalemates says there were three kits of the Prentice available, a resin one by Dujin, a vacform by Elliot and a full injected one by Skybords86. Sadly I've not seen one for decades, but the Skybirds version is the class of the field, by MILES.

[The Wooksta!]

And it's rarer than rocking horse turds...

[chrisonord]

I have managed to get some modeling done between looking after a poorly dog, a poorly motorcycle, and looking after myself during problems with my new hip, so I should have some pictures up soon

Well hopefully that's the three, so things should start getting better 

Cheers Chris, I wish that was the case, but the bike is being a constant pain, current problem is an oil leak from an external oil pipe banjo that just refuses to seal. I will not let it defeat me.
Chris

[zenrat]

Wonderful, I must get one of those.

I flew in an RAF Proctor many years ago, and the FROG one that I have always looked wrong somehow when I wanted to build it, but that one looks terrific.

[Later] Checking back, it must have been an EX-RAF Proctor as they went out of service before I'd even flown at all. I can't figure out how that came about now. 

According to A.J. Jackson in British Civil Aircraft 1919-192: Volume III, pg. 107:
"After the war some 225 surplus Proctors, 1, 2 and 3 were denuded of military
equipment for club and charter work."

Around 84 Proctor 4 were later released to the civil market.
Conversions of all types totaled 154, around fity of those
were for the export market with aircraft going to South
America, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and other
countries.

So, it's probable you had a ride in one of the civil conversions. 

Huge number of photos of Aussie Proctors here.  So many I gave up looking at them all.  Some of the "parking lot" pics at events like (horse) race meets are fascinating.
http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/percival-proctor/percival-proctor.html

[NARSES2]

I have managed to get some modeling done between looking after a poorly dog, a poorly motorcycle, and looking after myself during problems with my new hip, so I should have some pictures up soon

Well hopefully that's the three, so things should start getting better 

Cheers Chris, I wish that was the case, but the bike is being a constant pain, current problem is an oil leak from an external oil pipe banjo that just refuses to seal. I will not let it defeat me.
Chris

That's the spirit mate 

Meanwhile had a slight increase to the stash with one of the fantastic value Sky Models transfer sheets (even better value when you put in a daft EBay bid and it wins). Anyway this one is "German aircraft in Italian markings". Mainly Me 109's and Stuka's but a couple of others as well.

[The Wooksta!]

Just won on ebay:
Magna Stirling V conversion.

Yes, I already have two of the far superior S&M conversions and I only really want to do one Stirling transport.  I really bought it for the decals, as not only are the decals for two Stirling transports in the kit, but there's also a set of markings for Lancastrians, which include Argentinian and Al Italia.

[jcf]

The turned up wingtips were added to increase effective dihedral,
as part of the cure for pronounced lateral instability, this was
discovered on a test flight when the aircraft suddenly flipped
on its back during a gentle turn.

The big wing also turned out to have a deleterious effect on the
spin characteristics, in short after two to three spins, the spin
became flat which recovery very difficult, sometimes impossible
without use of an anti-spin parachute. Numerous mods were made
to the tail surfaces to improve control, including twin tails and
moving the tail planes up and down the fin in pursuit of a fix.
The final solution was the funky elevator profile.

Blackburns also had a construction contract for the Prentice,
interestingly Percival built cowlings would fit the Blackburn
aircraft but the reverse was not true.

The Prentice was only in service for six years, being quickly
replaced by the Provost. Freddie Laker bought 252 of the
retired aircraft with intent to market them as tugs etc.,
in the end only 25 were converted, being underpowered
with a thirsty engine didn't help.

- info from Percival & Hunting Aircraft, John Silvester, R.J. Silvester Luton, 1987

[McColm]

1/72 Airmodel vacform Wiking flying boat,
I'll be adding the wings from B-52G. The engines will be above the wings.

1/72 AMT Northrop X/YB-35 Flying Wing. Sticking with me airliner idea but with jet engines on pylons under the wings.

1/72 Airfix North American RA-5C.

1/72 Matchbox Hunter T.Mk 7/F.6.
Based on an idea for a side-by-side seater variant of the North American A-5B Vigilant.

[The Chaos]

New at my stash.