My Stash Grew Again 2020

Knightflyer · June 20, 2020, 12:44:23 PM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on June 20, 2020, 12:27:07 PM
Ebay says I've won the following:

CMR Spitfire F21 - first Spitfire I've bought in months!
CMR Swift FR5 - this is the older one that is either the basis of/copy of the Pagasus kit. The nose is too short for an FR5 and thus it'll be used for another FB4/FGA4.

I think I have enough Swifts now.

I've a feeling I was bidding against you again! $:-\$

The Wooksta! · June 20, 2020, 01:01:57 PM

Quite possibly. I've a bid on an Airfix Swift, but that'll be the last one.

I only went for that CMR Swift as I knew it was the older one and wanted to compare it with the Pegasus kit. I've actually got the bulk of another one - the wings are missing and I've already used the tailplanes elsewhere - but I'm thinking delta wing for the remains. I mean, they used an Attacker to test the Victor wing, so a delta Swift isn't that much of a stretch.

It'd probably still be not as good as the Hunter. And I *will* be doing a delta version of that at some point.

The Wooksta! · June 21, 2020, 03:38:46 PM

According to ebay, I won the Skybirds Sea Hornet NF21 I was bidding on, but lost out on the F3.

I did get the Marivox Vampire F1. Now the injection bits are... less than stellar, but the decal sheet is BIG and the brass is rather nice too. I'm tempted to use the longer span F1/F3 wings on a Heller Mistral and do one of the RAAF ones. Or possibly give it Russian markings as they were after Nene Vampires.

Interesting Korean war with Russian Vampyrs against F80s and RAAF Meteors.

zenrat · June 22, 2020, 04:54:28 AM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on June 21, 2020, 03:38:46 PM
According to ebay, I won the Skybirds Sea Hornet NF21 I was bidding on, but lost out on the F3.

I did get the Marivox Vampire F1. Now the injection bits are... less than stellar, but the decal sheet is BIG and the brass is rather nice too. I'm tempted to use the longer span F1/F3 wings on a Heller Mistral and do one of the RAAF ones. Or possibly give it Russian markings as they were after Nene Vampires.

Interesting Korean war with Russian Vampyrs against F80s and RAAF Meteors.

I did an East German Wampyre. Straight paint whiff from the Heller kit.

Pics are on here somewhere.

The Wooksta! · June 22, 2020, 05:54:49 AM

I did a rebadging of a Vampire in Soviet stars a good decade back, possibly for 2009 Telford. Still got it somewhere...

kitbasher · June 22, 2020, 05:58:13 AM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on June 21, 2020, 03:38:46 PM

....the Marivox Vampire F1....

What shades of green uppers and grey undersides are recommended, Lee?

The Wooksta! · June 22, 2020, 06:29:15 AM

I honestly don't know. There's one somewhere in the loft at Me Mam's and I haven't looked at it in years. I *think* I have a Special Hobby F1 somewhere with Swedish markings but on checking, they're RAF and RAAF.

Funny longer nose on the F1 sprue is leading me to think of a PR version...

Not surprising I've thought of whiffing Vampires - I think it's the only early jet I haven't played with this last few months...

DogfighterZen · June 22, 2020, 08:49:07 AM

After a few weeks due to Covid-19 situation and a few days of strike of the Portuguese mail service, CTT, i finally got the package from our fried Moritz/ChernayaAkula's. From his stash reduction sale, a great deal for a couple of additions to my stash, Special Hobby MD-500E and a bagged Hasegawa F-2A, both 1/72!

TallEng · June 22, 2020, 10:59:05 AM

And also from Moritz's stash reduction
And after a long delay due to a postage problem, three Academy Hornets and two Hasegawa Sabre Dogs.
All without instructions

Regards
Keith

The Wooksta! · June 22, 2020, 12:18:31 PM

Ebay says I've won three Airfix Buccaneers. Okay, they're all the old 1989 tooling but more than good enough for my purposes. One's the later Gulf War boxing with the new sprues containing extra lethality and a Cartograf decal sheet. A bit pricier, but that's cool.

The Wooksta! · June 22, 2020, 01:38:11 PM

Also did a BIN on a PJ Hunter T7/8/66, only for the seller to offer me the Revell FGA9 he was also selling for a few bob off. It would be churlish to say no, so naturally, I relieved him of said kit.

The Wooksta! · June 22, 2020, 01:41:42 PM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on June 18, 2020, 05:28:52 PM
The Matchbox Meteor NF has arrived and it's got an Aeroclub Meteor F8 conversion in it - result!

The listing mentioned it, along with a spare set of Aeroclue Meteor F8 canopies, but I didn't see it.

It wasn't spare F8 canopies - it was an F1/F3/F4 canopy set.

And the new tool Brick has arrived, The three row SNEBs and associated pylons will find their way onto a TSR2 in due course. Sooner perhaps, as I've cast the IFR probe and just need a pair of pylons for the practice bomb carriers.

kitnut617 · June 22, 2020, 04:40:06 PM

At the post office today, two pair's of Harro's FASS domes through Shapeways, one set in 1/55 scale and a second set in 1/120 scale. These will go on the 1/72 scale A310 and Canadair Challenger kits. The 1/120 scale domes I bought a couple of months ago will go on a 1/72 CRJ-200 (basically a stretched Challenger)

McColm · June 23, 2020, 12:19:38 PM

I have just been informed by eBay that I have won the lower half of the 1/72 vacform Shorts Mayo.
If I am not mistaken this would be the Shorts SC.1. I have always wanted to build my interpretation of the Shorts Sandringham. I have the Italeri Mk1 Sunderland in the stash. Having read a few reviews there's a lot of work to be done to the vacform kit.

Gondor · June 23, 2020, 12:41:38 PM

Quote from: McColm on June 23, 2020, 12:19:38 PM
I have just been informed by eBay that I have won the lower half of the 1/72 vacform Shorts Mayo.
If I am not mistaken this would be the Shorts SC.1. I have always wanted to build my interpretation of the Shorts Sandringham. I have the Italeri Mk1 Sunderland in the stash. Having read a few reviews there's a lot of work to be done to the vacform kit.

You are mistaken, it's the Short S. 21which a quick search of Wikipedia would show.

Gondor