My stash just grew again 2018.

[TheChronicOne]

Ain't they cool? 

[McColm]

Won on eBay;
1/43 Heller Rover 3500 (SD1) and Range Rover Mk1

[Spey_Phantom]

first new stash addition order for this year.

from Aliexpress:

8 x 4D 1/144 scale tanks (AMX-30, T-34, Tiger,....) Link

Arrived today, these are:

-AMX-30
-T-34
-IS2 Stalin
-Hero tank
-Jagdtiger VI
-PzKnfw III Ausf. G (early)
-Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. E, Tiger I
-Panzerkampfwagen III

[The Wooksta!]

Just bought on ebay:

Revell Spitfire Vb New Tool

From the only photo I've seen, it looks to be a modification of their IIa, which doesn't inspire confidence as it needs too many small bits replaced although the shape is pretty much bang on the money.



Hmm.  Offhand, the windscreen needs replacing... That step - Christ, it's so obvious it hurts my eyes!  And as such, with that level of wrongness, I just have to start looking for other flaws, and boy, do they stack up!

The oil cooler is the wrong shape for a V so that needs replacing, the wheels are suspect and somewhat agricultural, the radiator is just wrong, the prop looks to be a De Havilland when it should be a Rotol, and the u/c doors have the leg - which itself is plain and lacks any detail - proud when it should be semi recessed and they're too wide anyway. Finally and for Cliff's sake, WHY have we got the same decal option that Airfix were using for 30+ years?  I could be really, really picky and attack a few other things about the build too, but I'm not quite that bitter.

I'm lucky in that I have a copious spares box with everything that I need to fix it but my point is that I SHOULDN'T have to do this!  2018 and we're STILL getting Spitfires wrong?  I suppose it could be worse - it could be the Italeri one - but for the few quid extra you need to fix it, you can get an AZ/KPM Spitfire Vb that doesn't have the issues that the Revell one does. 

This, like their IIa, is a massive disappointment and a wasted opportunity.  Yes, the shape is bang on and the level of detail in the cockpit is superb, but the niggly errors all add up.

"You failed, Mr Fibuli, you failed!

A swap done with one of the guys on Britmodeller has netted me an AZ Spitfire F.XIVe lowback in exchange for an AZ Bf 109G-6 that I was unlikely to build.

This has arrived and it came complete with a load of spares left from a Sword XIVe lowback - including a highback fuselage.  Result!

[Gondor]

From Kingkit

1 x 1/72 Revell Westland Wessex HAS3

Gondor

[zenrat]

From BNA modelworld;
Some Eduard PE seatbelts and Skyraider in Africa Decal set (Algeria, Gabon, Chad - obviously not going anywhere near a Skyraider).

[NARSES2]

Some Eduard PE seatbelts

Brass or the "new" steel ones ?

[zenrat]

Some Eduard PE seatbelts

Brass or the "new" steel ones ?

Steel.  They were cheaper and you get more.  I am trying them out to see how I get on with them instead of tape.
I was impressed by the belts that came with the Northrop N3 and though i'd give them a go.

[Spey_Phantom]

On order from aliexpress:

4D Model 1/72 S-300 missile system (Missile & Radar trucks)

[Dizzyfugu]

Two obscure and rare mecha kits, from Gasaraki: an Ishtar and a Raiden powered armor. Both 1:35, Bandai.

[Weaver]

From the Hannants sale (all 1/72nd):

A-Model CMC Leopard 2
2 x 4 Attack Squadron A-4 Skyhawk RATO units (resin)


From F & S Models in Droylesden's closing down sale (all 1/72nd):

Academy Cessna A-37B
Airfix Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.1
Various paints and supplies

F & S are closing in two weeks(ish) depending on how well the sale goes. I'm toying with the idea of going back for that Zvezda 1/72nd BMP-T Terminator they've got...

[NARSES2]

Steel.  They were cheaper and you get more.  I am trying them out to see how I get on with them instead of tape.
I was impressed by the belts that came with the Northrop N3 and though i'd give them a go.

Right I've not used the steel ones yet. Tend to use the brass ones on my real world builds when the cockpits open

[zenrat]

Steel.  They were cheaper and you get more.  I am trying them out to see how I get on with them instead of tape.
I was impressed by the belts that came with the Northrop N3 and though i'd give them a go.

Right I've not used the steel ones yet. Tend to use the brass ones on my real world builds when the cockpits open

I'll let you know how I go with them.

[NARSES2]

Cheers mate

[Thorvic]

Go a set of the Attack Squadron 1/72 C-130 E/H resin engine to correct the Italeri kit
plus a set of the closed upper intake doors for the Trumpeter Mig-29A