Our Latest Acquisitions 2017-2024

Latest pickups, all for the grand total of 30 bucks Canadian :)).

Although in the process of moving I don't like to miss a bargain!

or two!

I also got interested in the Midway time-frame USN and IJN aircraft too.  My conclusion is Hasegawa has the best Vals and Kates in 1/48.

   Many others must know this too as the Nakajima B5N2 models seem impossible to find in the Japan online stores.

  John,  That looks like an excellent Dauntless kit per my review at the 1999.co.jp site.    (I did not see any markings for a new Zealand version though.)

     Thanks for reminding me that the old Monogram kit I built in my youth is dated and needs to be replaced.

     This is a great thread. There are more Happy Modelers here than any other Forum.

      Keep up the good work boys and girls. Where else can we help the worlds economy and feel great about it at the same time.

    Jim.

keavdog

Never seen that one before Philo!

I realized I didn't have one of these after watching the new Midway - mission accomplished

 

 

Dosen't that one also have New Zealand markings,I still have the build on my shelf,its a nice little kit.

Yes came out some years ago and it is an interesting and esoteric aircraft.I have to build a Dauntless too! 

Never seen that one before Philo!

I realized I didn't have one of these after watching the new Midway - mission accomplished

Just received a Valom Bristol Bombay....

I don't even have an F-16 in my stash yet,but I saw these decals and had to have them.Being a big football fan,I thought these were pretty cool commemorating the Colts Super Bowl win.I will probably pick up a Tamiya F-16 at some point.

Thanks UP & MC. 

The hard part is going to be buiilding them all. I'm hoping to try and build all the armor mostly straight out of the box, since some of my more recent builds have been heavy on kit bashing, and have dragged on a bit.

I'm excited to try the Vacuform and Balsa kits too though, to see how tings were in the olden days 

Pat

Pat, 

Nice haul! The Comet Destroyer looks like fun, a couple years ago I downloaded plans for it (and a few of their other vessels), even picked up a block of basswood for the hull. Looking forward to your build!

Joe

Holy smokes Pat! That's a lota armor.

John, that will be a nice looking build.

It's been a couple of months for me but picked this up today.

GreySnake

Those are some nice armor pickups. The M13 comes with decals for one captured by Australians I believe. Built one last year there’s some fit issues on the hull that take some work with putty but it’s an enjoyable little kit.   

Hi, Thanks, good to know about the fit issues. Thanks for the heads up.

Pat

Got a pretty good deal on this one on ebay.  She will be a fire bomber.  I ordered the bellytank from LoneStar models and the decals from Draw

Hi,

I hadn't realized that its been several months since I posted anything here.  Over that time I kind of went on an early WWII Light/Medium Allied Tank binge.

Here's a Techmod T-70 Soviet Light Tank and a bagged Zvezda(?) T-60 Light Tank that I bought off eBay as a batch (along with a partially built/partially damage Leaphard Mk I kit).

Here also is a Somua S35, a British Cruiser Mk II, a Valentine Mk IV, a Matilda II, an M3 Grant, an M3 Stuart, a Polish 7TP, and an Italian M13/40(which I guess is really not an allied tank, but I think some captured ones were used by Commonwealth forces)

In addition to those I also bought an old wooden Comet Destroyer kit, a Vacuform O-52 Owl Recon Plane, a Lexus Sedan and a Bolton Paul Defiant fighter plane.

Pat

I can't seem to find my thread on the Moebius 2001 pod to tack this on, so here is my latest acquisition, fresh from the mailman this morning!

It's designed to be used with Moebius' (nominally) 1/144 scale Discovery kit.  I'm not going to fit the Discovery with a pod bay; I just wanted a pod to lend a sense of scale.  And nope, not gonna light it!  The arms are flat PE, but maybe a thick coat of paint will make it right.

Nice Haul!  I've been wanting to do that Tigercat as a fire bomber... and I went a bought one and the Lonestar belly tank and Draw decals.  You guys are such an influence on me :)

Huge haul for me from LHS in Vero Beach. All this and 4 bottles of Tamiya for $75

John, cool sprint.

Nino, smart idea from your wife. She sounds like mine. She forbids me from touching anything deliverd from China until she's has had a chance to sterilize it. New lungs you know.

Joe, I'm intrested in knowing how the Seiran and Shinden are. Those are 2 kits I've had on my wishlist for a while. I just love the modern Jets. I am currently building the Hase A7, same mold, different boxing.

For those enhancing their stash from Asia: 

I went to the local hobby shop looking for paint, but they didn't have gunze mr hobby or mr color.  I did stock up on a few of the dwindling MM enamels and poked around the AK and Mission Model paints, but need to do more research.  And I picked up this, because of Don :)

Nice haul.  I have a thing for float planes.  I got a set of those tweezers too.  Split them with my wife and we both love them.

Keavdog: Got to admit that I had an "I'll be Danged" moment when I saw that Tamiya was releasing the Mustang right after the thread concerning Tamiya making muscle cars was posted. Should be a sweet kit.

Pat: Now, that Triumph kit is right choice. Primo score brother.

And now for my latest additions.

Purchased the new 1/72 PBY release from Revell. This is a rebox of the very nice Academy kit. The difference being the decal selection. The new kit provides markings for an Aleutian PBY along with a reserve unit. The Academy kit only has a Black Cat marking.

Acquired some nice 1/72 Japanese flair via auction:

Then yesterday I had a fellow modeler that lives in a neighboring community stop by my store to pick up an order and he dropped a wonderful surprise on me. He brought me a bag of 1/72 aircraft kits! He told me that he could no longer see well enough to build in 1/72 and since he knew that I build in 1/72 that he wanted to give them to me. I offered to pay him for them but, he refused. So instead, I invited him to come by my home at his convenience and find something in my stash for trade. This he gladly accepted. Here is what he brought me:

And then lastly, I too obtained a set of the same tweezers as Tojo did. They are really nice and a huge bargain on Amazon.

Another already started rallycar!

Stoked because the wheels are what I need to do my Boss 302 Laguna seca.  I have the Revell kit and they have the standard Boss 302 wheels (2013).  Now I need to figure out how to do the gray graphics instead of black.   Regardless, the GT4 will be awesome and we were all talking about Tamiya doing more US muscle cars (or pony).  

They look like the Forgeline wheels I bought for track days.

That's going to be a really nice 'stang. They're also going to release a 1/10 RC version! 

Preordered the new 1/24 Tamiya Mustang GT4!