My stash just grew again 2018.

[Rick Lowe]

Wandered into my LHS (20 miles away in Gloucester) which is an occasion that only happens maybe 4-5 times/yr, looking for some bits and pieces, glue, paint etc.

To my utter amazement there on the shelves was a 1/24 AMT Sunbeam Tiger kit!!!!!! 

I've got one of the Blueprinter series of this kit from way back when, and I'd built an original one even further ago, but seeing a NEW one blew my mind. It seems it's by a company called 'Round2', who I've never heard of before, and it seems they've bought up loads of AMT, MPC, Auto World and other moulds and are re-popping them. Their web site is WELL worth looking at for the car modellers amongst us, but they also do some Lindberg non-car stuff too.

Needless to say the LHS no longer has the Tiger kit, I've got it. 

The personal link is I worked on the early prototypes of the Tiger in the mid 60s, one superb motor car. 

Yeah - Round 2, formerly Polar Lights; they took that name, IIRC, as they originally started repoping the old Aurora stuff.
They've since expanded into other old stuff, and started their own kits too.

Lots of lovely NEW 1/1000 & 1/2500 Star Trek kits...

[PR19_Kit]

Yeah - Round 2, formerly Polar Lights; they took that name, IIRC, as they originally started repoping the old Aurora stuff.
They've since expanded into other old stuff, and started their own kits too.

Lots of lovely NEW 1/1000 & 1/2500 Star Trek kits...

Ahah, thanks for that. I'll keep an eye out for their stuff. 

[Thorvic]

Picked up the new Trumpeter 1/700 HMS Ark Royal III (WW2 version) which looks quite tasty

[jcf]

Tom Lowe is the connection, started Polar Lights, sold it, created Round2, bought Polar Lights back.

http://round2corp.com/polar-lights/

Timeline from CultTVMan:
1945: Ertl is launched by Fred Ertl, manufacturing toy tractors
1948: AMT is launched
1963: MPC is founded
1966: AMT produces the first Star Trek kits.
1970:  General Mills buys MPC
1974: MPC produces the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean kits
1978: AMT is bought by British Lensey
1978: MPC/Fundimentions produces Star Wars kits
1981:  The Ertl Company purchases AMT from British Lesney
1985:  Ertl acquires MPC from General Mills
1996: Tom Lowe launches Polar Lights, reproducing  old Aurora monster models.
1999:  Racing Champions buys out Ertl (including AMT and MPC)
2004: Racing Champions (now called RC2) buys Playing Mantis (including Polar Lights)
2006: RC2 shuts down AMT and Polar Lights
2008: Round 2/Auto World leases Polar Lights, AMT, and Polar Lights from RC2
2009: RC2 becomes Learning Curve
2011:  TOMY buys Learning Curve in March
2011:  Round 2 buys Polar Lights, AMT and MPC from TOMY in December

Lindbergh and Hawk were acquired in 2013.

[PR19_Kit]

Jeepers, what a complex family tree!

I'm only grateful that some of the iconic car kits of way back are still available now. I've been ogling over my Tiger since I bought it, for some reason it seems more a 'real kit' than the identical Blueprinter version that I have. 

[Rick Lowe]

Jeepers, what a complex family tree!

I'm only grateful that some of the iconic car kits of way back are still available now. I've been ogling over my Tiger since I bought it, for some reason it seems more a 'real kit' than the identical Blueprinter version that I have. 

Ahh, Nostalgia. I remember it well.

Although I usually find Nostalgia isn't what it used to be...

OK, OK - hat, coat, door.. 

[NARSES2]

Interesting to see Ertl started off with tractors. Didn't Airfix ? and at around the same time ?

I've got some fond memories of those old Aurora monster models 

[Dizzyfugu]

A Special Hobby 1:72 F-86H.

[PR19_Kit]

Interesting to see Ertl started off with tractors. Didn't Airfix ? and at around the same time ?

Airfix's first injection moulded plastic kit was the Massey-Ferguson tractor, yes. Now worth a small fortune I expect.

[Nick]

Don't know what I was thinking at the Hanslope show today but these are rare kits and interested me so.....

1/48 resin EADS Mako. Goes for £20 on Ebay.
1/48 resin early F-35 design, £35 on Ebay.
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2392.210

For both kits and stands I paid £30. 

[PR19_Kit]

Darn it, I always forget how early the Hanslope event is each year. 

[zenrat]

From Evil-Bay I received a box of Mitsubishis.
Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero blue a4 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Mitsubishi J2M3 Jack by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Mitsubishi T-2 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Mitsubishi F-15J Eagle by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[Nick]

Darn it, I always forget how early the Hanslope event is each year. 

The next show is 6th May and is focused on Media and Movies
http://www.hamex.co.uk/

[PR19_Kit]

Darn it, I always forget how early the Hanslope event is each year. 

The next show is 6th May and is focused on Media and Movies
http://www.hamex.co.uk/

Mucho thanks. 

[AeroplaneDriver]

For me this is a "Stash Do Over" since I sold off the previous massive one after I got out of modeling in 2012. 

I'm starting over, and here are the acquisitions over the past two months or so.