My Stash Just Grew Again 2023

[The Wooksta!]

Doubt it, I was the only bidder.  Was yours the one with a photo top box?

Can't remember the photo, but I couldn't get a bid in before it timed out, the 'Confirm your bid' page took AGES to do anything.

If I do anything like that, I always have a second window open with the price entered and just have to hit confirm in the final five seconds.  Usually, but not always, beats Auction Sniper.

Just checked, mine was the only bid and I got it for the start price.

[NARSES2]

From nice Mr. Airfix:

2x1/48 Hunter FGA.9/GA.11 with commemorative coin. 

I have to give a little shoutout to Airfix over the Hunter.  I ordered them when I saw the Facebook notification that it was available, something like 50 hours ago.  And now they sit on my front porch an ocean away from Margate.  Pretty impressive.

Looks like they knew you wanted it before you did 

Shouldn't it be 'ENGELAND!'? It sounds like that when they shouted it anyway. 

More like "INGLAN" in my neck of the woods. 

[Rheged]

Willie gave me a Classicplane Heinkel He 116B.  Very nice it is too, but not sure what I'll be doing with it.

Manchurian Airlines ran a couple of 116As.  I suppose it's possible that the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo might have acquired a 116B or two as mail planes.    Another possibility is South Africa.  South African Airways operated Junkers 86Z and Ju52 in the late  1930's so I suppose it's possible that they might have been in the market for  German-built  long range mail planes.  SAA aircraft were requisitioned by the S.A. air force in 1939-40  so  allied 116B's would result!    Somewhere in South America........Chile for instance ........might also be a possible buyer.

[kitbasher]

The Sarth Effrican Junkers remained in service well into the 1940s.

At the start of my RAF days (1981) I worked with a former Master Navigator who's nav training had been in SA on Ju86s during approx 1944-45.

[Nick]

After much faffing about with Hannants website and a trip to Colindale, I am now the owner of a pair of AMX Ghibli kits   
An Airfix DUKW kit somehow followed me home too 

I thought that Hannants would deal with my backorder and send out the 2 kits but that didn't happen. Seems that their order of backorder means that my order sits on their website until I do something about it, whereas I was thinking they would treat it like a pre-order and send it out the minute they got the kits in to keep the customer happy. 
On the plus side you get an extra 10% off if you collect from Colindale which brought the price down to £24.29 each. 

The AMX looks lovely in the box. Lots of detail with fine panel lines and a small amount of etch. Decals are nice and clean with 4 options for Italian squadrons. Sharkmouth too!
Weapons are included - AIM-9L, LGB, Orpheus pod, Litening pod, fuel tanks.
One shall be Italian. Might go Kiwi for the other.

The DUKW is my first idea for the Re-Engine It build. It's about the right size to mount a TF30 engine (with outriggers!). Nice and simple build too.

[Wardukw]

I've been hunting for a particular aircraft for a wee while now and today I found it on TradeMe and so soon when it arrives ilk have a .
1/48th Italeri V-22 Osprey....again.😀

[Wardukw]

The mail is good today..my Eduard BF-110 turned up and this is the most advanced model of this plane ive ever had ..it's amazing..the cockpit details alone makes this one hell of a model 

[The Wooksta!]

Received a Breda Ba 65 from Narses.  Always good to see him.

[Pellson]

Good news about the AMX's, Nick. I'll need a few myself, in due course. 

Due to other financial priorities, a very rare Stash ^TM addition sailed in from Evilbay on Saturday in the form of this.

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But they're getting increasingly rare in my hoods, and this was even well below the usual international asking prices, so I kind of couldn't help myself, could I?

It's my third, actually, which is rather daft as I seriously doubt if I'll ever be able to house even one once completed. And it doesn't get any better as I'm after a fourth one in the long run. 

[kitbasher]

Oooh!

[PR19_Kit]

Handy to know where there's a stock of Sentries if we really need one though. 

[Pellson]

Handy to know where there's a stock of Sentries if we really need one though. 

And here I was thinking of your loft.. 

[Accidental Loggie]

Handy to know where there's a stock of Sentries if we really need one though. 

And they can always be flogged to the Chileans in due course...

[kitbasher]

Handy to know where there's a stock of Sentries if we really need one though. 

And they can always be flogged to the Chileans in due course...

They're waiting for the new Xtradecal sheet to be released.

[DogfighterZen]

Some resin goodies came in today from SuperHobby in Poland...



Quickboost 1/48 F6F-5N Conversion set
         "         1/48 IDF Skyhawk  30mm Defa cannons
Aires 1/48 IDF skyhawk extended engine exhaust
Eduard 1/48 F-16 canopy and wheel mask set for Kinetic F-16A MLU kit