My stash just grew again 2018.

[nighthunter]

Arrived today:

Italeri 1/72 Spitfire Mk VI

Fortunately the wing tips are optional, and I happen to have the clipped wing option Revell 1/72 Spitfire Mk Vb

[Gondor]

Picked up while in Lidl today

1 x 1/72 Airfix Mitsubishi AM2b Zero. Not had a zero kit since I was still in short trousers so I decided to pick this one up.

Gondor

[zenrat]

Just arrived from Metro Hobbies (yes, Sunday delivery - xmas is good for some things...) Academy 1/72 B-17E "Pacific Theatre".

[Hobbes]

Dutch Decals Facts & Fiction sheet 2 arrived in the Post today. Covers proposed Aircraft or scheme that never entered service 

Arrived today. The nice thing about this is the ~20-page booklet with some information on a bunch of aircraft proposed for the RNLAF that we ended up not buying (e.g. Skyhawks instead of the NF-5).

[Snowtrooper]

Arrived today. The nice thing about this is the ~20-page booklet with some information on a bunch of aircraft proposed for the RNLAF that we ended up not buying (e.g. Skyhawks instead of the NF-5).

Would they have been "stock" Skyhawks or the proposed US Army version? The ability to operate from short-ish unprepared airstrips would have probably been appreciated in the timeframe (considering it was the driving force behind the various V/STOL projects), along with the tolerance for high sink rates. Hmmm, this is giving me ideas...

[Hobbes]

The booklet lists them as generic A-4s.

[PR19_Kit]

A Tamiya Lotus Super Seven (it's a 1/24 car kit for you died-in-the-wool aeronauts  ) from ebay.

My brother has one that he sprints and hill climbs with a good mate of his and he'd like a model of it, so who better to ask than his model building bro, eh?

Could be a busy winter as his is ANYthing but standard!

[JayBee]

So that is what you wanted the jet engine for. 

[PR19_Kit]

So that is what you wanted the jet engine for. 

Hehehe, no, not at all. I have another project in mind for that lovely little jet.

But thanks to Fred Zenrat's, who pointed me in the right direction, I do have an exquisitely moulded Honda B18 engine that's going into the Lotus, which has to be converted into a Caterham to start with mind you.

[Rheged]

Just think of all of those interesting things you can do with a jet (or rocket) engine!  And we thought some of our whiffery was crazy!!

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pattle/nacc/arc0250.htm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30007505

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motoringvideo/10116419/British-man-creates-jet-powered-bicycle.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-32877168/jet-powered-bike-tested-at-pendine-sands-wales

[Mossie]

2x Airfix 1/400 Mary Rose starter sets.

Spotted them in Lidl, £5 each.  Girls have a school Tudor project on so I thought they'd be good for a rainy weekend.

[chrisonord]

On Friday I detoured through Preston to the model shop to exchange a tube of putty. Came out with replacement putty and, an airfix m113 fire support version, got this for a fiver. I am thinking of cutting this in half and putting a piece in the middle from another one. I will keep the turret, but replace the gun with a 30mm Bushmaster, and put some armour on the sides much like the two other M113's I have built. Also I finally caved after seeing the kit in the flesh, bought the Zvesda 1/72nd scale T-14 Armata. Nice looking kit, and has rubber tracks which I am happy about
Question is, what sort of bun fight would it cause if one was documented in Cartel service
Chris

[TheChronicOne]

I keep forgetting these!!   I've had them for about 3 weeks now, but, are indeed the last things I managed to buy.  Got 'em pretty cheap so I got a bunch. After shipping, they were a wee bit over $12 a piece. For some odd reason those USAIRFIX 727 kits are listed at $40-50 a piece or more in many different places. I can't for the life of me figure out why, either. They're just regular ol' Airfix 727-100 are they not?



The bear is cooooool. I'll make a poor man's Tu-114 type of contraption with it, I think. "Real" Tu-114 kits are always way beyond my price range.     I ought to do something even more stupid like make it a fire bomber or something.        We'll see...   

[PR19_Kit]

The USAirfix 737 kits come with different decals to the UK supplied versions, but the plastic is the same. It's a -200 BTW, Boeing made very few -100s and they look quite odd with very short engines.

As for the poor man's Tu-114, they really built a few. The original Tu-114D was a basic Bear airframe with a few seats jammed in there, I think the idea was to test how well it worked over the long ranges they wanted to fly.

[TheChronicOne]

Look again.      I was talking about the 727s.... they go for $40-50 a pop all over the place for some reason but they're just run of the mill Airfix 727-100s as far as I can tell. While they usually aren't "cheap" in Airfix boxes, I don't understand why these USAirfix boxings are having people asking so much for them...   

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-AVA-USAIRFIX-BOEING-727-AMERICAN-AIRLINES-1-144-MODEL-KIT-60010-SEALED-1/152727564415?epid=1522783949&hash=item238f45b07f:g:zbUAAOSw8GtZTNMX:sc:USPSFirstClass!73507!US!-1:rk:1:pf:0

eBay, of course, but I've seen them listed at dedicated stand-alone model sites for that much, too.