My Stash Grew Again 2020

PR19_Kit · February 22, 2020, 04:07:22 PM

Quote from: zenrat on February 22, 2020, 03:47:03 PM

If we had a Movie GB. Well, you all get where I am headed with this...

You Oz cobbers are all the same........................... $:-\$

rickshaw · February 23, 2020, 01:20:25 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 22, 2020, 04:07:22 PM
Quote from: zenrat on February 22, 2020, 03:47:03 PM

If we had a Movie GB. Well, you all get where I am headed with this...

You Oz cobbers are all the same........................... $:-\$

Too bloody right, mate!

McColm · February 23, 2020, 12:28:15 PM

Won on eBay;
1/144 An-50 Mainstay AEW
1/72 Heller Lockheed L-749 Constellation with a resin RVHP early version of the Warning Star
1/72 Revell Mig-29U two seater
1/72 Formaplane vacform HS Andover C1, with metal parts

TheChronicOne · February 23, 2020, 06:46:31 PM

These are the last items I purchased before my financial situation went completely down the drain. The Vampires I had been watching for awhile now, after shipping, tax and all, I got them for $13 a piece. I remember when they were higher than this and it was sort of a pain in the arse to get one for less than about $25 over here.

The rest of it all was interconnected. I have a nutty plan to chop the front off of an F-16 and graft the front of a T-38 in there. Well, I don't need anything fancy for this so I bought the dirtest-cheapest Talon I could and it was Starfix. I have one on my stash already but as an exercise I plan to build it up as-is or just keep around in my T-38 collection since I like the plane and collect the kits.

Meanwhile, in looking at these things, I spotted the Sword T-38 in 1/72. I had been after it for a couple years and I scored for less than $20 and $6-7 for shipping. That was awesome. I had given up looking for one for the time being and here one is when I wasn't even trying!

At this point I get back to finding my T-38 and bought it only to be sent an F-5 instead. Naturally I squawked. I simply told the seller that they sent me the wrong item. I didn't say that I would have never actually paid for such a thing and that intentionally buying a Starfix kit is dumb but I wanted the T-38 but I don't want this thing. As I predicted, the cost of doing returns and stuff isn't worth it to him or myself either and I just got a straight up refund and got to keep the janky Starfix F-5. I do wonder, though, if it could possibly be WORSE Than the old Airfix F-5? If it's worse than THAT then.... boy....

Cool to get a free kit though!

DogfighterZen · February 24, 2020, 02:37:38 AM

Good score on that Sword T-38!

TheChronicOne · February 24, 2020, 11:29:24 AM

Thanks, bud! That really made my day... Now I can build it and my little Tweet in the white and black(very dark blue) USAF training liveries. I watched those two planes fly over daily around here so I have to build 'em up.

nighthunter · February 24, 2020, 10:24:52 PM

This weekend's haul;

Minicraft 1/144 Delta 737-400
Corgi 1/144? de Havilland Mosquito BOAC
Minicraft 1/144 Alaska 737-400

Dizzyfugu · February 24, 2020, 11:53:43 PM

Quote from: Gondor on February 21, 2020, 11:01:58 AM
From chrisonord

1 x 1/72 AMK Kfir :thumbsup:which makes number nine of this little beauty, all of which I keep telling my fiance that I have plans for

Gondor

I can understand that. Kfirs are addictive and offer lots of potential. I also have at least four in the stash...

zenrat · February 25, 2020, 12:38:18 AM

Quote from: nighthunter on February 24, 2020, 10:24:52 PM
...Minecraft 1/144 Alaska 737-400

So that's gonna look something like this...

I got one of these from Evil-Bay.

20200225_175717 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
It'll be the load for my ongoing Boxcar build.

TheChronicOne · February 25, 2020, 10:22:44 AM

nighthunter · February 25, 2020, 04:32:23 PM

Well played Fred, thanks for catching the typo!

kitnut617 · February 25, 2020, 05:02:47 PM

Three 1/72 decal sheets from DEKL'S II, TF-86, Avon Sabre, and Canadair Sabre stencils..

DogfighterZen · February 25, 2020, 05:12:39 PM

Just ordered the Airfix Tucano and the Italeri Hawk 100 from a Portuguese online shop that had them on a 20% discount so the Tucano was 8€ and the Hawk was 12 so, with 7.26€ of shipping that's a good deal IMO, especially since i've been looking for these two for quite a while and the ones i've seen selling on ebay were around 30€ each!

But i know that i'll need to spend some extra money for the Tucano because of that horrible prop...

TheChronicOne · February 25, 2020, 06:19:20 PM

Tucanos are such cool little planes.

zenrat · February 26, 2020, 02:43:43 AM

Quote from: nighthunter on February 25, 2020, 04:32:23 PM
Well played Fred, thanks for catching the typo!

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

I have to go to the Post Office tomorrow (not the one I work at, another one closer to my Stately Zen Manor) to pick up a parcel from Poland.
How exciting...