My Stash Just Grew Again 2023

[NARSES2]

And also arrived , this plane is so funny ugly , i could not resist  to buy ( even for 5€  )  and it is vintage stuff from czechia ,  like it !

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I've got a soft spot for those French/Czech 1930's bombers

[NARSES2]

1 x 1/48 Hawker Tempest Mk.II corrected cowling (FULL) for Special Hobby and Eduard kits

1 x 1/48 Hawker Tempest Mk.II corrected cowling (CUT) for Special Hobby and Eduard kits

Gondor

What's wrong with the one in the Eduard kit then Alistair ?

[Gondor]

1 x 1/48 Hawker Tempest Mk.II corrected cowling (FULL) for Special Hobby and Eduard kits

1 x 1/48 Hawker Tempest Mk.II corrected cowling (CUT) for Special Hobby and Eduard kits

Gondor

What's wrong with the one in the Eduard kit then Alistair ?

No idea, not compaired them yet. Could be more detail or a correction and due to probable 3D printing the result could just be better. Will get back to you in PM when I find out.

Gondor

[NARSES2]

Cheers 

[Steel Penguin]

penkridge tabletop today, managed to find a set of foundy street violence " bikini babes " 2nd hand for a fiver,  they can be either added to my slum scum  / gang forces or they will make neat dollys for a bit of conversion fodder

[Rheged]

And also arrived , this plane is so funny ugly , i could not resist  to buy ( even for 5€  )  and it is vintage stuff from czechia ,  like it !

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I've got a soft spot for those French/Czech 1930's bombers

In the lean inter-war years, people like Amiot, Bloch etc. may well have diversified into aviary and conservatory building.  Their aircraft noses suggest that in many cases the various plans were muddled up.

[Spey_Phantom]

just placed a first online order for the new year:

-Hasegawa 1/144 Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (Nick)
-Crown 1/144 martin B-26B marauder
-Crown 1/144 TBM Avenger
-Crown 1/144 TBM Avenger & Mitsubishi Zero "Zeke" combo
-Minicraft 1/144 PBY Catalina
-Replica 1/72 Renard R.31
-Azur 1/72 Belgian Roundels (until 1940)

[AeroplaneDriver]

A couple of deliveries over the past few days.

From Sprue Brothers:

1/48 Hobbyboss F4U-4 Late Version
My first non-Tamiya Corsair in many a Moon.  I watched the movie "Devotion" last week and plan on modeling Ens. Jesse Brown's Corsair.

An assortment of decals...
Warbird Decals 1/48 What If USAF F-35A Thunderbird markings.  Might be a nice change from Have Glass gray.
Furball 1/48 "US Navy Phantoms of the Vietnam War"
Eduard 1/48 F-4B Phantom II Marines

I'm currently doing a RW build of Tamiya's magnificent F-4B. Very torn in markings so obviously getting two aftermarket sheets with 16 options between them makes it easier to decide. I do like the 1973 USMC VMFA-531 markings with the 892 Omega tail markings from cross-decking on Ark Royal though...

From eBay:

Freedom Models 1/48 F-20A Tigershark.  I have the "what if" boxing of this kit with many speculative schemes.  This is the one with RW prototype markings but it was a great price.

[zenrat]

And also arrived , this plane is so funny ugly , i could not resist  to buy ( even for 5€  )  and it is vintage stuff from czechia ,  like it !

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I've got a soft spot for those French/Czech 1930's bombers

In the lean inter-war years, people like Amiot, Bloch etc. may well have diversified into aviary and conservatory building.  Their aircraft noses suggest that in many cases the various plans were muddled up.

The profile of that one suggests it may have been designed as a water tank.

[killnoizer]

  watertank is fine. Maybe i should convert it to a firefighter ....


Just received THIS for the lady: 

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A ultra early kit of the B1 ,  Sold before it was produced in real . Kit was funny cheap , and 1:144 is very nice for our Home, where the modells move steady all around .


And another crazy thing happened this morning .  The evening before i thougt about a very amazing new project ,  for that i need two identical kits .  I was a early bird my whole life , so woke up around 5:30 and searched in Ebay  private ads for the kits .  Found TWO from the same seller for a very nice price ( around the half of normal offers ) .   Asked him if it was for both kits , and he make them instantly cheaper again !  And i have to pay postage only once too .   That is nice .   

[jcf]

Nice, the kit is of the original B-1A high-altitude/high-speed configuration.

Rockwell model drawings of the B-1A and B-1B for comparison, the major
difference is the engine nacelles.

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[Captain Canada]

My service award model treats arrived today ! Always fun to feel an aircraft for the first time. I'm looking forward to building the Argosy ! They had one in a museum in Michigan when I was here in the 90s, but ain't honk it burnt down.You cannot view this attachment.

[killnoizer]

Some of these British planes are realy ..... äääähmm, interesting   

The Rockwell drawings are very fine , thanx a lot !

I am looking for a overview about the sizes of the main fighter planes and bombers ( silhouette ) , does anybody know one ?

[NARSES2]

Not a kit I would usually buy, but for various reasons I recently re-joined the Airfix Club and the "Club Kit" was the recently released 1/72 Meteor F.8 re-jigged to produce a FR.9.  2 marking options, RAF and Equadorian. Looks very nice in the box.

Forgot to add photo of box yesterday. Apologies for clarity, but me an camera on my phone don't get on to well 

[Nick]

My service award model treats arrived today ! Always fun to feel an aircraft for the first time. I'm looking forward to building the Argosy ! They had one in a museum in Michigan when I was here in the 90s, but ain't honk it burnt down.

A little research shows that the Argosy was stored outside for 20 years. No wonder it corroded to the point of scrapping. Shame as it was the prototype bird.

I've been looking at that Valiant for a while now. Very tempted. How good is it in the box?