Bish, that Victor must be a pretty large kit.

I attended Fort Worth's IMPS SuperCon yesterday and picked these up from a vender.

$5 each except for the Mohawk whch contains 3 kits, a 1/72 Hase P51C, 1/72 Hase Zero type 11 and the 1/48 Mohawk. That one was $10.

Its a good size box i know that much. Might well be an issue working out where to put it, but i will cross that bridge later.

Nice collection there, i have that 109 kit, lok forward to seeing what you do with it.

For people with short attention spans like me, here are some kits that are really different:

https://flic.kr/p/29UsDVS][/url]Tengu-01 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/NSmbUf][/url]Tengu-02 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/NSmWvo][/url]Kabuto-01 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

The Tengu is a Japanese folk creature and the kit is from some town that decided it would be cool to make injection plastic models of such things.  This one is #2 in the series - the first one was a Kappa, an amphibious humanoid creature with a bowl of water atop its head.  Scale is not stated, but the figure is approximately 3 inches high, which would make it 1/24 scale assuming an actual height of 6 feet.  The kit is molded in ABS plastic, but looks and feels like styrene.  The burger-like object the Tengu is holding is a red bean cake (mochi mugi dorayaki).  I might make a double cheeseburger with bacon and swap out the healthy but bland (to me) cake for some gag photos later on.

The rhinoceros beetle (kabutomushi in Japanese) is by Fujimi and is also an injection molded kit.  When I was little, I had a fascination with bug models with wind-up motors, and I suppose I never outgrew it.  However this kit is a static model, albeit with polycaps to allow the head, legs, and wings to articulate.  Extended inner wings are provided as optional parts, but they look thick and unrealistic.  A single frosted clear ramp-like stand is provided, along with a foil sticker label.  For some reason, they give you two beetles in the box.  I plan on buying a deep picture frame and mounting one like a preserved specimen, and building the other on a branch in a mini vignette.  Fujimi has also released a stag beetle (kuwagatamushi) with similar features.

Bish and Steve: Cool!!!

Real G: Awesome! I was looking at the Kappa the other day, I've got to get one of those.

The beetle I'd be tempted to put in a dio with some tiny scale figures. I've watched way too many giant bug movies from the '50s...

What a great science class project building that beetle would be.

Late arriving bday present

I think I'm getting addicted to these Ban Dai models!  they are awesome!  I have to go in Hobby Lobby every week now to see if they have anything new.

John

John,  the Y-Wing in particular is stunning when painted up.  A friend built one and brought it over, and it looked unbelieveable!

This isn't new, but it fell out of the stash, so I figured why not post it.

https://flic.kr/p/Mirfjr][/url]Coke-01 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/28ivKm9][/url]Coke-02 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

Scale is 1/24, pefect for an automotive diorama.  This has got to be the easiest resin kit ever - only one part!  Waterslide decals are provided, and are NOT the single carrier film type, which is amazing considering this is a garage kit.  I suppose one could want a more over-engineered kit with PE parts and clear acetate for the display windows, but despite the manufacturer's name (Doozy! Modelworks), simple is sometimes better.

But it does lack a 120/1/60 NEMA 5-15P plug.  

Real G

John,  the Y-Wing in particular is stunning when painted up.  A friend built one and brought it over, and it looked unbelieveable!

This isn't new, but it fell out of the stash, so I figured why not post it.

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Scale is 1/24, pefect for an automotive diorama.  This has got to be the easiest resin kit ever - only one part!  Waterslide decals are provided, and are NOT the single carrier film type, which is amazing considering this is a garage kit.  I suppose one could want a more over-engineered kit with PE parts and clear acetate for the display windows, but despite the manufacturer's name (Doozy! Modelworks), simple is sometimes better.

But it does lack a 120/1/60 NEMA 5-15P plug.   

That looks cool

A quick visit to the local Hobby Lobby early this afternoon added this to my stash. With the 40% off coupon it was $18 plus tax... 

That's a deal!

Real G

But it does lack a 120/1/60 NEMA 5-15P plug.

put it up against a wall... no one will notice.

Wonder if you could hollow it out ,and make a mechanisim to actually "Spit " out can's ...

I am a firm belief that a man can never have enough 251 halftracks. So having waited years for a 1/35th Ausf A, we now have 2 variants in just a few months from ICM and it would have been rude not to.

You may have a 251 issue Bish.   lol

keavdog

You may have a 251 issue Bish.   lol

 

I think you may be right.

stikpusher

With the 40% off coupon it was $18 plus tax... 

Yep, that's why HL....If you can find something interesting. 

keavdog

You may have a 251 issue Bish.   lol

 

There are worse issues to have.... [^0]

MC, HL’s inventory is changing. Most likely due to the Revell situation. Some for the better (AIRFIX!!!! Bandai Star Wars), some not so much (Lindberg...Really?)

I've been having a thing for 251 for decades now.  When the old (then for me), kits of the Nitto 251 in the early 1970`s came out I had to have one.  Several actually.  I am almost done with the AFV Club 251/9 Aust C kit.  Just have to a flat coat and some final weathering on it. So the Aust a will be added ASAP.  I've probably built 20 or more of them since then.  

Here's what fell into my hands at today's model show:

Italeri Demag D7..................$5

Hasegawa 1/48 LTV with PE...$20

1/48 Hasegawa FG.1.............$10

I was looking for the Airfix 1/72 FG.1 but man I couldn't pass up the price the vendoe gave me!

Nice haul, plasticjunkie!

tankboy51

I've been having a thing for 251 for decades now.  When the old (then for me), kits of the Nitto 251 in the early 1970`s came out I had to have one.  Several actually.  I am almost done with the AFV Club 251/9 Aust C kit.  Just have to a flat coat and some final weathering on it. So the Aust a will be added ASAP.  I've probably built 20 or more of them since then.  

 

Hope you will post some pics of that /9, i have that kit and i do like the AFC Club AusfC kits. These ICM kits look very nice, i think the /1 will be my next 251 build. With 5 built but 27 more in the stash, i need to pull my fingur out with those.

Nice haul indeed PJ, has the Airfix FG.1 been released there yet?

I'll give you $25 for the A-7!  Great kit, built the navy version a few years back

plasticjunkie

Here's what fell into my hands at today's model show:

Italeri Demag D7..................$5

Hasegawa 1/48 LTV with PE...$20

1/48 Hasegawa FG.1.............$10

I was looking for the Airfix 1/72 FG.1 but man I couldn't pass up the price the vendoe gave me!

 

 

Thanks guys. The pricing was tempting for sure!

Bish yes the Airfix is out here in the colonies and runs under $25 I think. I'm so happy I got the FG.1 Hase to go with the other Hase FGR.2 in my stash!

TJ

In February the Jaxcon show in Jacksonville is very nice too. I will try to make that one.

plasticjunkie

Thanks guys. The pricing was tempting for sure!

Bish yes the Airfix is out here in the colonies and runs under $25 I think. I'm so happy I got the FG.1 Hase to go with the other Hase FGR.2 in my stash!

 

Thats a good price, even with the £ as it is, still quite a bit cheaper than here. You have the FGR.2 as well, nice. Now i have the Victor in the stash, i have myself all lined up ready for the Airfix FGR.2 next month.

Here are both Bish

plasticjunkie

Here are both Bish

 

Nice, i think i have seen that FGR.2 box before, nice scheme on that.

Yes Bish the FGR.2 has a fancy looking scheme but I may go with some aftermarket decals I have for an operational squadron. That one I got last year at the same yearly show as I was walking out and just hapenned to catch a view of the box.

Guy's, I've never realized how literal the modelling addiction is until today. I drove out to my LHS this afternoon after hitting up the Hobby Lobby and deciding to pass on kits there. All I wanted to do today was buy a single container of XF-80 to finish an OV-10 project that's been staring at me for months. 

Well, mission accomplished, right? Well, no. What was supposed to be a $3 shopping trip turned into a $110 one, as I managed to convince myself to grab these. 

Standing in the LHS, it was exactly like a druggy or a drunkard fighting a fix with their vice in question a foot away from them. The only one I can kind of justify is the truck and associated paints- the finished product is a Christmas gift for my mother, who is an absolute Coke(a-Cola) fiend. 

The especially ironic part? Literally hours before this excursion, I was writing an article for a thing about how I've frozen new purchases to the stash, focusing on finishing as many projects as possible before I've got to move out of state for school. Arg.

Seriously though, is there some kind of... modellers anonymous group somewhere? Someplace people can hold each other accountable for not purchasing more kits? 

I'm only kind of kidding. 

-TheWaggishAmerican