i figure she actually supports my hobby and i that's enough. i do have to winnow the stash but both cars fit in the garage so it's still manageable.

You know Rob - we had THE best toys when we were kids. There's nothing kids today can compare to what we had. LOL!

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

mitsdude - your comment reminds me of something that happened to me back when I was a kid growing upo in the 70s. I asked my grandpa I wanted Thunderbolt. What did he do? He went out and bought me a P-47 Thunderbolt modle kit when I actually meant I wanted the toy horse named Thunderbolt from the Johnny West collection. For those that don't know what I'm talking about, this is Thnderbolt:

www.modelhorsegallery.info/.../MHCs_Marx.html

Back then, I had General Custer, Geronimo. Johnny West, Fighting Eagle (Mohawk Indian) Captain Tom Maddox (Union Soldier) while my sister had Jane West, Storm Cloud (the Pinto Horse). Now I wished I still had them. Wonder how much they would be worth now? LOL!

A little update. Yesterday, stopped by the LHS where I placed my order of my kits. I was told two of the 3 kits are coming in possibly today or tomorrow. They are: De Havilland Mosquito, and the Hawker Typhoon. The Japanese bomber he has to find elsewhere. I told him don't worry about it. I'm good with what's coming in. LOL!

I had those Johnny West figures too. I know I had Johnny West, Captain Maddox, and that bad guy dressed all in black. He had the neat Wild, Wild West style cane sword and other tricky items like a pistol that assembled into a rifle.

As for models for Christmas, my brother sent me $50 and I bought a Trumpeter BMP-3F, Trumpeter Canadian Husky and Trumpeter 1/72 Pershing.

Wirraway

Mine rolls her eyes everytime she sees my stash, so I cant see her making any additions to it.....

LOL

Been there, done that. 

Some one else said it careful of what you ask for you may get it!!! Said i wanted a few models for christmas last, and ended up with 1 from sister 64 Mustang(car) transparent humanbody a B25 liberator , and a bunch paints brushes etc. Oh well cant gripe  as I wasn't very specific!!!! PS "JAKE" SAYS MERRY CHRISTMAS, hes my 110lb Golden Retriever!!! PPS  THE MORE I KNOW PEOPLE THE BETTER I LIKE MY DOG!!!!!

Ya I,,'m as nice to my humans as it should be, last night my wife finally caved and let me order the bulldozer, now I won't sleep 'til it gets here lol:-)  

Friday my wife INSISTED that I buy myself a kit from her, so I let her twist my arm and ordered the new Tamiya 1/32 F4U Corsair!  Squadron shipped it the same day I ordered it.  That is amazing!  And yes, they did send me a shipping notice and FedEx tracking number-  (There was an older thread about some confusion over whether they did that or not.)

Well I got lucky this year myself, the Trumpeter 1/35 Leopold and a fret of Eduard photo etch for it is in bound for Christmas, as well as the big Griffon set of photo etch for the 1/35 Vosper sitting in my stash. So a very nice little haul coming from the man in the red suit :)

My wife is also very understanding of my modeling obsession. A new scifi kit was announced, it's 3 feet long, resin and cost several hundred dollars. I asked my wife if I could have it as my only Christmas present this year. She said yes! I love her, and my wife too!

My wife gets me stuff for this hobby from time to time. I got the Meng Me 410 last year. This year I aint going to get it for Christmas but she's fully aware that Eduard is coming out with that 1/48 109 G-6 next year. Maybe I'll get that this next year!!!

Well, I couldn't pass up a sale that Squadron had and ordered a Trumpy 1/32 Bf109E-7 for $25, The Revell 1/32 Salamander for $18 and the Revell 1/144 Type IIB for $10. On top of that, my Revell 1/72 Type IX is finally arriving by Tuesday!

I have a wife and four daughters and last year I told them I wanted to get back into building models. I got five kits, three aircraft two cars. Now I need to build them.  

infofrog

SAME HERE . I would love to have one of those wingnuts models . They look like a well built model

Rick G

Dude, you will be amazed at the quality Wingnuts packs into a box!

mitsdude - your comment reminds me of something that happened to me back when I was a kid growing upo in the 70s. I asked my grandpa I wanted Thunderbolt. What did he do? He went out and bought me a P-47 Thunderbolt modle kit when I actually meant I wanted the toy horse named Thunderbolt from the Johnny West collection. For those that don't know what I'm talking about, this is Thnderbolt:

www.modelhorsegallery.info/.../MHCs_Marx.html

Back then, I had General Custer, Geronimo. Johnny West, Fighting Eagle (Mohawk Indian) Captain Tom Maddox (Union Soldier) while my sister had Jane West, Storm Cloud (the Pinto Horse). Now I wished I still had them. Wonder how much they would be worth now? LOL!

A little update. Yesterday, stopped by the LHS where I placed my order of my kits. I was told two of the 3 kits are coming in possibly today or tomorrow. They are: De Havilland Mosquito, and the Hawker Typhoon. The Japanese bomber he has to find elsewhere. I told him don't worry about it. I'm good with what's coming in. LOL!

I learned many years ago that if you put out the word you want "models" for Christmas you have to be very, very, very, specific or there is no telling what you will get. You may get a Mustang without any wings. Even being specific is a long shot because more than likely it will have to be mail ordered. Getting a 1/72 instead of a 1/48 can be a real bummer!

What I really want for Christmas the manufacturer's don't make  yet. But I keep asking Santa to put a good word in to the manufacturer's. Maybe next year some 1/24 scale soft skin vehicles.

 What I'm asking for is some after market set's , PE and resin set's

I'm lucky.  She just asks me which model I want and where to find it. I usually get a few more with gift cards. Me and my girlfriend have an understanding. She doesn't complain about my modeling and I don't complain about those cheesy Lifetime and Hallmark Channel movies where it's always the guys fault.  :0)  

Hi !

      Armornut, I do like your photo .Are you kind to your humans ? I think you are  ,based on their posts .

Are you saying we are old !

Hey :

 Looks like you , I and Humper have the same situation .Besides How much is a purr worth ?

my wife is VERY understanding and tries to allow me to purchase what i want, the Meng D9R bulldozer is keeping me awake at night, wife says maybe next year, good thing 2014 is only a month away. with a substantial stash there really isn't much(D9R bulldozer) i want or need however she has never come right out and said NO.  think i found a keeper too.

Cadet Chuck

I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas,

Mommy and Daddy are mad.

I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas,

"Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad!"

(If you remember this song, you're as old as i am!)

"'cause somebody snitched on me!!!"

Bought my Christmas kits at the latest swap meet early this month.....

I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas,

Mommy and Daddy are mad.

I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas,

"Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad!"

(If you remember this song, you're as old as i am!)

Mine rolls her eyes everytime she sees my stash, so I cant see her making any additions to it.....

Placed the order for the kits this afternoon. The owner, whom I knew from back in high school, told me he'll throwin  a discount when they come in. He won't place the order until next week so that's fine by me. LOL!

Never in a million years.  Unless I give her a list.  She pays no attention to my modeling at all

My other half had never bought me a kit for a present, then last year she got me 3 for my birthday and she got me another this year. She had hoped to get me a ticket to see Monty Python for my Christmas present, but no chance there, so hopefully some more plastic will be heading my way.

She did see the ZM He 219 in the Jan issue of the mag when it came the other day and said she really like the look of the scheme, so I dropped a not so subtle hint about the Revell kit.

Here's hoping.

rommelkiste

No wife, only a cat and she don't give a rip what I do.

Me and my cats have an understanding. They don't complain as long as they get to sleep in a model box.