My stash just grew again. (2022)

[kerick]

A good friend gave me a 1/16th scale '57 Chevy convertible yesterday. This will be an adventure!

[Wardukw]

Monogram by chance ?

[zenrat]

Plenty of scope for super detailing at that scale.

[Pellson]

Re: spare boxes, I've found that the old, black Heller boxes (or rather, the lower halves of them) are superior to most. Also Trumpeter boxes seem nice, if somewhat on the large side.

Todays E-bay haul, at less than £5/$7 each:



Particularly happy with the two props as both are military variants. Their civil sisters are abundant but not so much these.

[McColm]

Thanks to Bungle his 1/72 Formaplane Aviation  Traders  ATL-98 Carvair will be arriving at my doorstep sometime in August.
The Carvair was based on the DC-4 and there was an idea to use the DC-6 or DC-7 as the next generation.
I have a few alternative started builds that I can use for testing purposes.

[kerick]

A good friend gave me a 1/16th scale '57 Chevy convertible yesterday. This will be an adventure!

It's AMT/Ertl

[Wardukw]

Kerick mate that should build into something very nice and like Ratty said..plenty of scope for super detailing and I'll admit..couldnt resist doing that.

[Gondor]

Received from eBay today

1 x 1/72 Hasegawa Weapons Set I, Thanks to Kiwi Zac for prompting me to buy a new box as I have allocated 90%+ of the previous boxes. The box was open but the contents are still sealed which is great 

Gondor

[McColm]

Eventually won on Ebay as other people kept on out bidding me, the Dapol Kitmaster 00 Class 55 Deltic.
I did a bit of research using Google and there's plenty of different paint schemes to choose from, pity there's no glazing with the kit but I can use the stickers from the Harry Potter Activity Set.
Just got to get the other three.

[The Wooksta!]

Not quite an acquisition as I must have had it for a good decade, but I found an Xtradecal sheet of dayglo stripes for Meteors that I have absolutely no recollection of buying.  It was hiding in a Special Hobby Seafire kit box and I think I bought it for Attacker trainers.

[jcf]

Found this in a antique shop in Tweed, Ontario. Probably paid way more than it was worth, but for a few bucks I don't haggle with a small businessperson trying to make a living. Scale unknown, rivets galore, and no decals. But I inventoried on the spot, and it looks like all the major parts are there, including the canopy, and probably all the small ones. It will be subjected to the usual indignities that I force upon plastic, and no doubt become another 'What if?'

Brazilian Revell-Kikoler boxing, making a point about French instructions is interesting.
Perhaps aimed at the Canadian market?

[Rick Lowe]

Have (literally) just gotten back from a 1300+km road trip to have a fossick/loot'n'pillage through what was left of a good friend's built-ups and bits.
(He died in 2018 and his former Missus and her new husband are moving house, so I got first dibs as she knew the stuff would go to an appreciative home).

Plenty of interesting and cool stuff, extremely varied as his interests defined the term 'Eclectic'. Or 'Strange and Bizarre', if you prefer.
Apparently he had it as a point of honour to never make a kit straight out of the box. Apart from the possible exception of gaming minis, and then they were usually 'tweaked' somehow...
Remembering the stuff that showed up at the displays we used to put on at the annual Hobby Show, I can attest to this!

Going to be spending a few days looking through the stuff and having a quiet reminisce/gloat. 

Then probably back late in the month to see what else has been uncovered because of the move.

[AeroplaneDriver]

Finally found a pair of Stingray Torpedoes for my RAF Sea Guardian MRA.2 UCAV, courtesy of the eBay Fairy who brought me a nice set of Belcher Bits resin 1/48 Lynx Weapons. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Recently acquired a Maestro Models 1:72 J 32B resin conversion set for the Heller Lansen from a Polish online shop - to my amazement, the parcel just took two days to arrive at my door! 

[McColm]

Arrived this morning, thanks again to Bungle.
1/72 Formaplane Aviation Traders  Carvair ATL-98