My stash just grew again 2025

[The Wooksta!]

PM likely copied it.  Their Sea Fury and Fokker D.XXI are copies of the Frog kits.

[DogfighterZen]

But finding the Kinetic F16XL for 15 € is amazing man..I'd would have brought those in a heartbeat and yep I'm still trying to hunt one down and I don't actually remember the last time I saw one for sale here it's been that long now .

Phill, i think you misunderstood what i wrote...  i didn't buy the Kinetic XL kits for 15€, that would indeed be the best deal ever!
I meant that i bought both kits for a total of around 115€, the twin seater was around 60 and the single seater was around 55€.
I know they're not cheap but they're excellent kits of the beautiful XL Vipers... mind you, i still have another Monogram kit in the stash and also have resin conversion sets for both variants in 1/72. You know, like Lee loves Spitfires, i love Vipers... although my Viper stash of 29 kits is certainly nowhere close to half of his Spitfire stash. 
The Blue Thunder kits... my first one was won for around 70€ on an Ebay auction but ended in a total of just under 120€ because of the shipping from the US and then added Portuguese customs import fees... and a couple of years later i scored the second kit for a total of 40€ shipped from Germany.
The 1/48 Comanche kits were very hard to find and were expensive, no doubt but, i'm almost 100% sure that there won't be any more kits of this helo besides the OOP Italeri molds. The 48th kit is just the same as the 72nd kit.
Italeri original release - https://www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-860-rah-66-comanche--149243
Revell rebox - https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-04470-boeing-sikorsky-rah-66-comanche--115017
Some people may think i'm crazy for spending so much on these kits but they're the only ones available of what are some of my favorite machines ever and i don't think we'll be seeing new kits of them, especially the helos so, i wouldn't rest until i got at least one and i was lucky to be able to buy two of each... and i'm glad i can't even think about more 1/32 kits cause if i did, then the Tamiya F-16CJ with a few extras to make it an F-16E Desert Falcon or even a twin tailed beast...   

[Wardukw]

But finding the Kinetic F16XL for 15 € is amazing man..I'd would have brought those in a heartbeat and yep I'm still trying to hunt one down and I don't actually remember the last time I saw one for sale here it's been that long now .

Phill, i think you misunderstood what i wrote...  i didn't buy the Kinetic XL kits for 15€, that would indeed be the best deal ever!
I meant that i bought both kits for a total of around 115€, the twin seater was around 60 and the single seater was around 55€.
I know they're not cheap but they're excellent kits of the beautiful XL Vipers... mind you, i still have another Monogram kit in the stash and also have resin conversion sets for both variants in 1/72. You know, like Lee loves Spitfires, i love Vipers... although my Viper stash of 29 kits is certainly nowhere close to half of his Spitfire stash. 
The Blue Thunder kits... my first one was won for around 70€ on an Ebay auction but ended in a total of just under 120€ because of the shipping from the US and then added Portuguese customs import fees... and a couple of years later i scored the second kit for a total of 40€ shipped from Germany.
The 1/48 Comanche kits were very hard to find and were expensive, no doubt but, i'm almost 100% sure that there won't be any more kits of this helo besides the OOP Italeri molds. The 48th kit is just the same as the 72nd kit.
Italeri original release - https://www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-860-rah-66-comanche--149243
Revell rebox - https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-04470-boeing-sikorsky-rah-66-comanche--115017
Some people may think i'm crazy for spending so much on these kits but they're the only ones available of what are some of my favorite machines ever and i don't think we'll be seeing new kits of them, especially the helos so, i wouldn't rest until i got at least one and i was lucky to be able to buy two of each... and i'm glad i can't even think about more 1/32 kits cause if i did, then the Tamiya F-16CJ with a few extras to make it an F-16E Desert Falcon or even a twin tailed beast...   

OK...my bad ...lack of coffee or cause I'm in pain ..it'll be one of the four 
Still tho ...there's nothing else on the market for a XL so those were good scores none the less 
And I just remembered I've got a 72nd Italeri Comanche that a mate gave me ...it's to small for me but it's going to come in handy 
Yes Rui mate I know all to well but your F-16 addiction and your tiny little pile compared to Lee's Spitfire is nothing to be ashamed off 😆
Lee's addiction is one im sure doctors couldn't figure out and that's fine with me ..fecking brilliant in fact 👏 😁😁
It's not like I'm not addicted..love my twin engined aircraft and wish I had so many more too 😫
Annoyingly there's that 72nd and 48th thing rising it's ugly head again...so many more weird twins in 72nd than 48th but as my twins pile is not bad I'm semi contented 😄
I'm guessing that the 48th Comanche was,a very limited run mate..well extremely limited I'd bet ...since I've never seen even an advert for one 😳
Also betting you'll not find another so the money your spending makes sense to me and any other model builder serious about our hobby.
So good on ya bud for scoring that when ya could and did 

[DogfighterZen]

All I'll say about price differentials as far as 1/72 : 1/48 : 1/32 is concerned is that the R&D cost for any kit is probably the greatest contributor to it's final cost and that R&D cost is almost the same for each type regardless of scale. However that does not explain or excuse the cost of some ancient 1/72 re-pops.

Tell that to Hasegawa, Chris...
Seriously, i've seen a recent rebox of their 1/48 F-16, which is not the worst kit around but far from the best and is showing it's age, on the Superhobby site selling for 85€... But hey, it's got new decals... And BTW, it does have a few newer parts sprues and some weapons... but it's the old kit, which lacks several details and the drop tanks, landing gear and air to air missiles are all older parts and incorrect for the version.
You could probably get the Tamiya kit+decals for half the price or the Kinetic new tool kit for a little more than half of that price and you've got all you need for the same version in the Hase kit. All parts are much better, not to mention they're all correct and you get lots of different options for the build and the spares box, and it also has similar but better quality decals by Cartograph so, this is not just a 1/72 problem.
But i agree, R&D cost are certainly one of the main factors for the final price and the amount of plastic in a bigger kit probably won't be such a big difference in cost when comparing scales.

Annoyingly there's that 72nd and 48th thing rising it's ugly head again...so many more weird twins in 72nd than 48th but as my twins pile is not bad I'm semi contented 😄
I'm guessing that the 48th Comanche was,a very limited run mate..well extremely limited I'd bet ...since I've never seen even an advert for one 😳
Also betting you'll not find another so the money your spending makes sense to me and any other model builder serious about our hobby.
So good on ya bud for scoring that when ya could and did 

Funny that it's the opposite for me as i started buying more 1/48 kits because i couldn't find a lot of the stuff i wanted in 1/72... The F-16E/F Block 60 and F-16XL were some of the first, although i already had two 1/72 kits of both the E and XL in the stash when i bought the bigger kits. The quality of the smaller kits, while not bad, is not the best as you know and the fact that the Vipers are my all time favorites, i just had to have the best kits available. These are all "Holy Grail" kits for me, they're "my precious" of the stash...
Regarding the Comanche, when i saw it, i thought it was the closest thing to a real world Blue Thunder and quickly became one of my all time favs. Being so, i had to make the sacrifice, even if it meant shelling out 100 euro coins for one...   i was quite happy that i finally had one in 48th, especially being the original Italeri box but the fact that these kits are so rare made me buy the second, the Revell rebox.
I wasn't even looking for it, just randomly found it on ebay while going through Revell kits listed there... that one was the cheapest at around 40/45€. But what surprised me the most was that it had been listed for at least a week as a "Buy it now" item, had 7 or 8 people watching the listing and nobody wanted it for that amount...   how could i say no?    

And to put the thread back on track, i'm waiting for some resin bits for my RW PoAF Alouette III and a box with some 1/72 PE and painting mask sets for some projects i'll be starting soon and also, the Answer 1/48 KAI FA-50PH "Fighting Eagle", which is really the Academy T-50 with pylons and a new tail included. I already have the Academy kit but that is the trainer... this one builds the combat capable variant but, it will also give me an extra tail and i do like twin tailed fighters so what if the T-50 had twin tails like the T-7 Red Hawk?

[Old Wombat]

Two new on board ..

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The skyray was very very cheap, and the Yak27  looks very interesting, i want to join a sowjet style Groupbuild, so i need something to build original ( and no kitbashing allowed ) , but maybe i can have some fun with massive aging at that .

The Tamiya 1/48 Ford (F4D / Skyray) is a lovely thing & builds beautifully (even when you kitbash it), & I've heard the 1/72 version is just as good.

[zenrat]

Two new on board ..

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The skyray was very very cheap, and the Yak27  looks very interesting, i want to join a sowjet style Groupbuild, so i need something to build original ( and no kitbashing allowed ) , but maybe i can have some fun with massive aging at that .

The Tamiya 1/48 Ford (F4D / Skyray) is a lovely thing & builds beautifully (even when you kitbash it), & I've heard the 1/72 version is just as good.

Yes, 1/72 Skyray is a lovely build.
The A Model Yak is less nice but can be beaten into submission if you have a big enough hammer.  Mine had oval engine nacelles.  One was wider in the x axis, the other in the y...
Oh, and give the parts a good wash.  Both examples I got hold of had a horrible slimy feel to them.
Great looking aircraft though.

[NARSES2]

I built the Tamiya 1/72 Skyray eon's ago, and yes it's a lovely kit. 

As for the A Model Yak 27 ? I totally agree with Zenrat, but A Model are the only source for so many Soviet types that they are worth expanding your vocabulary over 

[PR19_Kit]

I built the Tamiya 1/72 Skyray eon's ago, and yes it's a lovely kit. 

As for the A Model Yak 27 ? I totally agree with Zenrat, but A Model are the only source for so many Soviet types that they are worth expanding your vocabulary over 

I don't think I've ever even SEEN a Tamiya Skyray!    I've got an Airfix one, but I'll bet that's in a totally different league quality wise.

As for odd-ball Russian types, Broplan used to do a number of them, admittedly in vacforms, and their shaping was a sight more accurate than A Model's.

[Gondor]

Received today from the BIG yellow H

1 x 1/72 Eduard EDSS687 Avro Lancaster B.I/III
1 x ?       Quinta Studio QEV-002 Separate positive rivits 0.5mm. 660 of them on the sheet so I have a few spares for what I need 

This evening I received from Hornby Hobbies (Airfix)

2 x 1/72 Airfix A04065 De Havilland Mosquito PR.XVI

Gondor

[Charlie_c67]

Received one RS Models F-4 Lightning, which apparently the RAAF used(!) so will be done as RW. Also received the Arma Hobby Recon Hurricanes with 3D parts, one of which will be whiffed 

[killnoizer]

Two more Matchbox Kits in new condition .

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[PR19_Kit]

Where are you finding this 'Matchbox Goldmine'?

[killnoizer]

Where are you finding this 'Matchbox Goldmine'?

I can't explain     but i love that stuff.
They just running behind me 😆...
Paid just 8€ for each of them.

There are a lot of them here in germany , mostly much to expensive for my limited budget, but sometimes not.

[Weaver]

I built the Tamiya 1/72 Skyray eon's ago, and yes it's a lovely kit. 

As for the A Model Yak 27 ? I totally agree with Zenrat, but A Model are the only source for so many Soviet types that they are worth expanding your vocabulary over 

I don't think I've ever even SEEN a Tamiya Skyray!

I've got one. Picked it up at a model show IIRC.

[Weaver]

From the local hobby shop...

...something.

Bag of four sprues of silver and maroon bits that clearly belong to something sci-fi and are made by Tomy, but other than that, I haven't got a clue!
There's two very nice Dan Dare-ish "rockets" and a funky-looking bodyshell that's about 1/72nd tank hull size. Bunch of little nylon caps too.

Bitz For The Bitz BoKKz!!!!!

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Aaaaand as soon as I post that I can't figure out what it is, I find it on my next search...
It's apparently an EMZ-19 "Sinker" from the Zoids range. Seems to be some sort of manta-ray based torpedo plane.
I've got most of the bits shown here except the pilot, cockpit, tail and friction motor:



Strangely enough, it's not unlike the surface-effect torpedo boat/planes being discussed here:
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=37806.new#new