My stash just grew again 2021

[Rick Lowe]

Nice score, Zac - something different, and way cheaper than a Frog kit...

[ChernayaAkula]

More cheap eBay stuff. A couple of F-19s and the Attacki Iraqers set.

Those F-19s would look cool done up as scale-o-rama'd drones under the wings of something bigger.  Maybe even above the wings, SR-71/D-21-style.

[KiwiZac]

Nice score, Zac - something different, and way cheaper than a Frog kit...

The wing's more than a metre long. At least it's easily disassembled for storage!

[Wardukw]

Well my stash got bigger today..went to a hobby shop in Hamilton today here in NZ to get some styrene bits and Tamiya tape..then something caught my eye..and left with ..
1x Airfix 72nd lancaster b.lll with 2 left hand fuselage sides  ..$10
1x Zvezda 1/350 Kursk submarine..started with all parts still there $5
2x Frog Northsea Lifeboats $5 each .
Already got ideas for the boats.
Ill finish the Kursk and give it to a mate as a gift.

[Dizzyfugu]

Another ev!lbay win of an otherwise unwanted kit: a Hasegawa 1:72 Panther Ausf. G with late/simplified wheels, w/o box but complete and just for EUR 8,-. I might add a resin Schmalturm and create a homebrew Ausf. F from it?

[Gondor]

Received from eBay today

1 x 1/72 Hasegawa F-35A Lightning II (with tinted glazing) for less than retail value

Gondor

[Dizzyfugu]

Another unexpected and cheap ev!lbay win: got hands on an Academy 1:72 P-51B plus Bf 109 G-14 double combo for just EUR 5,- (plus postage).
Made a bid because they were cheap, and I eventually got it. No real plans for both yet. The Stash™ keeps rising...! 

[TheChronicOne]

Seller had two of these.... one was just the plane, then there was this one with extra flight deck (two plates!) and a slew of little kitty cat figures doing carrier stuff. lol   Odd thing is, people were bidding on the other one with no extras and I got this one for less than half what the other went for. This was $9 after shipping.... can't really beat it. I wouldn't normally look at stuff like this but I'm really looking forward to building it.



I haven't done any research on all this yet so I do wonder what the hell is going on.     They've posed all this as if a movie set but what strikes me is the "NASA" stuff. Are they jokingly saying WWII was a hoax "just like the moon landing! ha ha, wink!  " or what? Box and instructions give no indication (and are 98% in Japanese anyway....  )



Regardless, it's pretty cool. 2003 vintage.


Critters!



Recessed panel lines which is nice but these are a little over done.... HOWEVER..... I've found that if you have to apply multiple layers of paint that having over sized panel lines eventually become truer to scale and it's actually a benefit in many cases to have it like that. The last little 1/144 plane I did had fine engraved detail and I wound up losing some to the thickness of the paint. So.....   take it for it's worth.


Lastly, I found some nice generic transfers for civvie/airliner for about $6. I love stuff like this....  I like creating my very own things that don't exist already (say, instead of putting a United Airlines livery on a Concorde, come up with "Moonbat Airlines" which never existed in the first place... that type of thing appeals to me.. ). I was leary when I saw the photos on eBay but they look a lot better in person with regard to age and quality so I'm rather pleased to have them.

[PR19_Kit]

Flight Designs decals?

Nice find, they mad some really good stuff. 

[AeroplaneDriver]

From eBay;

1/48 Kitty Hawk Grippen B/D
1/48 Xtradecal Meteor F.8 sheet

The Grippen is earmarked for a UK Aggressor, possibly in private contractor markings, but also possibly MoD operated. 

[TheChronicOne]

Flight Designs decals?

Nice find, they mad some really good stuff. 

Yeah buddy! I'm pretty stoked about these.... there's enough material here to go on multiple builds, it's a nice color that I like, and they are good quality. I'm very happy to have found them. 

[Gondor]

Received in the post today via eBay

1 x Hataka Modern Luftwaffe Paint Set Vol 1, Blue Line.

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

Some more of my bathroom ceiling fell down this afternoon, and most of it fell on a bunch of kits that were waiting to be shifted up to The Loft. 

Just now I've no idea how many kits are salvageable but many of the boxes will be totalled.

[Gondor]

Some more of my bathroom ceiling fell down this afternoon, and most of it fell on a bunch of kits that were waiting to be shifted up to The Loft. 

Just now I've no idea how many kits are salvageable but many of the boxes will be totalled.

Well if they are in the bathroom no wonder they shrunk!

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

The entrance to The Loft is via a ladder and hatch at the far end of the bathroom. It's a VERY weird shaped house.......