My Stash Grew Again 2020

[zenrat]

The 20 mm Bofors in that MTB kit is a little gem! It's the only bit of mine I've actually built!

Hate to be the one to tell you, Kit, but it's a twin 20mm Oerlikon.

Just a note on the MTB kit: First produced in 1972 & only re-boxed since (no changes to mouldings), I think it's showing its age. There's quite a bit of flash, some of the detail's a bit weaker than I remember from the first one I built (some 45 years ago), the sides of the hull were S-shaped, & nothing seems to have a very positive fit (OK, this is just the hull, as I sent pretty-much the rest to Fred) but I remember the hull of the first MTB kit I built seemed to almost "click" into position. Perhaps time for Airfix to look at re-tooling this one.

Every propeller blade has an ejector pin mark on it.  If you want one of these to build i'd suggest getting the oldest you can find.

[Gondor]

Rescued from the Postal Sorting office

1 x 1/72 Italeri Ju 188 which I think is the orijonal boxing

Gondor

P.S. I checked Scalemates and found out it was indeed the first relece in 1973 makeing it Forty Seven years old! 

[DogfighterZen]

Ebay auction win for 23€, tracked shipping from the UK included...



Finally got my hands on the Italeri 1/72 OH-58A and it came with the Apache... Funny fact, the Apache is one of the chopper designs that don't really appeal to me and still, i already have 3 1/72 kits of it in the stash...
Oh well, guess that means more parts in the donor bank...

[chrisonord]

I have  several of these  up for grabs, including the kiowa warrior

[DogfighterZen]

I have  several of these  up for grabs, including the kiowa warrior

Didn't see them in your listing...

[chrisonord]

I think I  put one foen in my first lot of kits , if you want any more  Rui, I  will put you  one  aside.
Chris

[DogfighterZen]

I think I  put one foen in my first lot of kits , if you want any more  Rui, I  will put you  one  aside.
Chris

PM sent, brotha! 

[McColm]

I've got Warner Brothers official stickers,  picked up a set at Wilko. Tesco wouldn't sell me any washing machine powder or tabs so I went to Wilko instead and whilst waiting in the cue. They are ideal for my larger builds. A coat of clear gloss will be needed for the finishing touch.

[kitnut617]

Some months ago I placed a pre-order for an Atlantis reboxing of the Aurora 1/72 AH-56A Cheyenne Helicopter. An email just now informs me it is now being shipped to me.

[PR19_Kit]

Oooooooh, that's got to be worth seeing! 

[TallEng]

Received yesterday,
all 1/72 and all from Vallom: S.A. Twin Pioneer, and Bristol Buckingham C.1 and a Buckmaster T.Mk.1
might make a PR version of the Buckingham, apparently one was proposed as the type 169 and mocked up.
Have to see what I can find out, but my references are quite thin in that direction.

Regards
Keith

[Old Wombat]

Just ordered from BNA Model World in Melbourne:

1 x DEF Model 1/35 USMC AH-1Z Viper Pilot set for Academy kits (DEF-DF35020)
1 x DEF Model 1/35 Centurion Mk.3 Mantlet w/Canvas Cover set for AFV Club kits (DEF-DM35096)
1 x Black Dog 1/35 Universal Ammo Boxes (BD-T35040)
1 x Eduard 1/72 Vickers Wellington Mk.Ia/C Detail-up Set for Airfix kits (ED 73639)
1 x Special Hobby 1/72 French Breguet Br.693AB.2 Attack-Bomber (SH72396)
1 x Special Hobby 1/72 Boston Mk.IV/V "The Last Version in RAF and Free French Service" (SH72413)
1 x Hasegawa Models 1/72 Kawasaki Ki48-II Type 99 Light Bomber Lily (Box Damaged) (HA 02287-DA)
1 x Yahu Models 1/72 Mosquito NF Mk.II / FB Mk.VI Instrument Panel for Hasegawa/Tamiya kits (YMA7260)

[The Wooksta!]

Received yesterday,
all 1/72 and all from Vallom: S.A. Twin Pioneer, and Bristol Buckingham C.1 and a Buckmaster T.Mk.1
might make a PR version of the Buckingham, apparently one was proposed as the type 169 and mocked up.
Have to see what I can find out, but my references are quite thin in that direction.

Regards
Keith

There's nothing in the Tony Buttler Warpaint on the Brigand and that's pretty much the only decent reference on the later Bristol twins (although there was a Aviation News mini monograph on the Brigand which mentions the Buckingham - I'll have a flip through it later).  I'd thought about it and I'd delete the guns and the upper turret, drill a couple of holes in the bomb bay, spray it overall PRU Blue and add SEAC markings.

The Valom kit looks nice in the box but fit - if the Brigand is anything to go by - is iffy.  Mind, it has got to be a better fit than the Magna one.  I've done his Brigand and Buckingham and the undercarriage still gives me PTSD now...

[PR19_Kit]

.......delete the guns and the upper turret, drill a couple of holes in the bomb bay, spray it overall PRU Blue and add SEAC markings.

And fit longer wings.................... 

[NARSES2]

Just ordered from BNA Model World in Melbourne:

1 x Special Hobby 1/72 French Breguet Br.693AB.2 Attack-Bomber (SH72396)
1 x Special Hobby 1/72 Boston Mk.IV/V "The Last Version in RAF and Free French Service" (SH72413)
1 x Hasegawa Models 1/72 Kawasaki Ki48-II Type 99 Light Bomber Lily (Box Damaged) (HA 02287-DA)
1 x Yahu Models 1/72 Mosquito NF Mk.II / FB Mk.VI Instrument Panel for Hasegawa/Tamiya kits (YMA7260)

Oh you continue to tread the path of righteousness as regards scale I see  As you know I'm a big fan of Yahu 

I've got the Breguet and the Boston and they are nice kits, require a little work, but only the same as most SH kits of that period.