Yes sir!

philo426

My Revell Pete 359.  

 

WOW!  They are really awesome looking kits when done.  They are big rigs even in scale!

My Revell Pete 359.  

knee deep in the Gotha scratch built perhaps in August

Nice!  I haven't done a big rig since I was a kid.  When are you doing that build?  I want to watch. 

Yes I agree!Good price with the Hobby Lobby Coupon!

philo426

 

WOW!  That is cool!!

Bish

Nice haul there Bobby. Look forward to seeing you build that 251.

 

Thank you sir!  Be ready for me asking advice on it.  LOL!

Nice haul there Bobby. Look forward to seeing you build that 251.

Man, there are some great deals being had here!  Love seeing what everyone is getting.

Here is my latest finds from the PAMS show in Plant City, Florida.  It was a great show!

I also picked up this tardis for my sister who is a big Dr. Who fan.

Gamera

Those are cool John, congrads! 

Greysnake: Very neat! Sounds like my last order from HobbyLink Japan, two weeks to get to the US east coast and then seems it sat in NY for about a week before they got it to me. How friggin' long does it take to ship something from NY to Virginia? Heck I can drive that in a day or so... 

And I have to wonder if that's the same T-80 kit I built about twenty years ago? I was going through a box of scrapped models last night and came across it so it was kinda on my mind. 

 

Deffinetly going to have to grab one of those Triebflugels. Look forward to seeing you build one of those G. And hopefully we might get some more Luft 46 in the larger scale.

GreySnake and Gamera,

I am over the moon that we finally have good quality injection molded kits of this wacky Luftwaffe 1946 design!  Seeing an illustration of it in a book back in grade school planted the seed of interest in those "what if?" designs.  It almost got snuffed out when I looked through an early "secret weapons of the Luftwaffe" type book that had badly drawn black & white doodles of many German paper projects, which included UFOs!  The illustrations looked like they were drawn by someone who could not draw, with bad proportions, off perspectives, and wiggly lines.  When Huma produced a 1/72 low pressure limited run kit of the Treibflugel back in the early 1990s, it rekindled the Luftwaffe bug in me.

Yeah the Triebflugel will take up some shelf space, but since the wings are high up, the "regular" airplanes can fit under it!  And I can remove the wings for compact storage if need be.

1/700 ship models are the Devil's choice.  The crazy knob goes to 11 with those teeny printed North Star figures, but the Japanese have a new knob which goes to 12.  And I hear they are working on a prototype knob which goes to 15 or so.  Watch the pages of Model Graphix magazine to see how far they push it.  No really, they are going nuts trying to outdo one another.  1/700 is now the new 1/350 in Japan.  Lucky me that I am staying out of that fight.

Those are cool John, congrads! 

Greysnake: Very neat! Sounds like my last order from HobbyLink Japan, two weeks to get to the US east coast and then seems it sat in NY for about a week before they got it to me. How friggin' long does it take to ship something from NY to Virginia? Heck I can drive that in a day or so... 

And I have to wonder if that's the same T-80 kit I built about twenty years ago? I was going through a box of scrapped models last night and came across it so it was kinda on my mind. 

A package from Sprue Brothers arrived :)

Thanks Gamera!

Congrads G! The Triebflugels are cool and love those 1/700th figures!

It ain't easy.

Steve,

Those North Star figures are crazy I tell you.

Crazy

Crazy

Cra-a-azy!

https://flic.kr/p/2ggWZj4][/url]Northstar Kriegsmarine-01 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2ggWEWP][/url]Northstar Kriegsmarine-02 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

Lucky thing I don't do 1/700 ships!  I do wonder how my friend will paint these guys.

Be careful painting those 1/700 guys G. They might break off and hide in your brush.

A big scruffy package showed up at my office this morning!

https://flic.kr/p/2ggVhmZ][/url]Hobby Terra Haul by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

I got so excited that I ordered two Triebflugels, despite the impending release of Amusing Hobby's 1/48 rendition.  The Do26 was an impulse purchase - another really difficult kit for the stash!  Maybe my still unfinished Beriev Be-10 was going so well that I got a little overconfident/cocky.  

The odd looking Cobalt Valkyrie is for a friend, along with a bunch of tiny 1/700 people from North Star (which look like strips of Velcro out ot the box).

Thanks guys! 

MM: Glad to see you still keeping Airfix in business! 

PJ: That's a fine looking bike, congrads!!! 

Tankboy51: Not a big fan of the show but the 'Discovery' is um.. interesting looking. Hope you post the model when you finish her. 

Greysnake: Now that's a heck of a haul! 

GreySnake

 

 

stikpusher

 

 Damn dude! What town is that hobby shop in? I’ll be residing in AZ starting next year...

 

 

 

 

 

In Tucson called "The Hobby Place at Ace." They have a pretty good selection of of model kits and supplies. Prices are more or less what you would pay online. I usually only visit once a month or so as it’s a two hour round trip for me. They seem to be sort of an oddity as they carry zero R/C.  Only game in town other then Hobby Lobby after the HobbyTown went fully R/C.

 

I had completely forgotten that back in the 60's and into the 70's even, hardware stores often carried model kits. Another fun memory, thanks.

GS - Nice model of the 1/200 Arizona on the counter there.  Pic in gallery here.

PJ - Don't remember model, or even color anymore.  Was a 10 speed and had the drop bars on it.  Got to where I couldride upright and just steer with body shift most of the time.  Many times took a ride out to Junction City, about 13 miles from home, with long stops at the airport.  Think it was around $125 new.

goldhammer

Nice find PJ.  Takes me back to '71 when we moved to Eugene and I attended U of O.  Bought a new one to get around campus and town. Put many a mile on it.

 

Thanks GH. Which model was it?

stikpusher

 

 Damn dude! What town is that hobby shop in? I’ll be residing in AZ starting next year...

 

In Tucson called "The Hobby Place at Ace." They have a pretty good selection of of model kits and supplies. Prices are more or less what you would pay online. I usually only visit once a month or so as it’s a two hour round trip for me. They seem to be sort of an oddity as they carry zero R/C.  Only game in town other then Hobby Lobby after the HobbyTown went fully R/C.

Nice find PJ.  Takes me back to '71 when we moved to Eugene and I attended U of O.  Bought a new one to get around campus and town. Put many a mile on it.

GreySnake

Here are my acquisitions from late April till now.  

 

 

Found the Swedish CV9040B at a second hand store complete andfor a steal. The Tiger I and E-25 were gifts from a friend. Everything else came from either my nearest hobby shop or eBay. Started on the Dragon Firefly already forgot how bad some Dragon instructions can be. Not to mention some of the attachment points on the sprue are questionable.

 

Damn dude! What town is that hobby shop in? I’ll be residing in AZ starting next year...