Oh great stuff guys!!!

Love the box art too RCguy, the Dr. I Aggieman, and those instruments SP!

Got these from a dude on another forum - huge score for me!

Arrived on my porch yesterday.

Keavdog.

Really like the Blue Max funny car

My wife did snoopy in his sopwith so I had to get her the red baron lol

From my dear old ebay UK at a reasonable price..

But this wasn't..

It went on auction at an eye watering £102! Yes I want one but my pensioners budget would be truly blown!

Picked up an AMT D-8 and lowboy trailer off ebay.  Arrived today, the repop kit.  Got a set of metal tracks a month or so ago for one.  Still need to get some round stock, sheet and screening for the ROPS, once I see what sizes are going to look right.

EDIT... Just ordered the 3D printed ROPS set from redtinc.

Hobby Lobby strikes again 40% off week

tempestjohnny

Hobby Lobby strikes again 40% off week

 

Some great deals you guys in the US get.

We are lucky if we can find a hobby shop thats offering 10% off sale here in Canada.

Nice haul, TJ - I like Airfix Mustangs, too!

rcguy

We are lucky if we can find a hobby shop thats offering 10% off sale here in Canada.

Yes, I know what you mean - my "local" (20 miles or so) model shop often has 10% off Tamiya kits, and occasionally has more items at a "sale" price, but a 40% reduction just isn't going to happen.  Probably just as well, really, or the stash would quickly reach the critical level!

Hutch6390

Nice haul, TJ - I like Airfix Mustangs, too!

 

 

rcguy

We are lucky if we can find a hobby shop thats offering 10% off sale here in Canada.

 

 

Probably just as well, really, or the stash would quickly reach the critical level!

 

I here that.

I already have too many kits and I just recently got back into the hobby.

Looks like some nice stuff for everyone.

Here is my latest acquisition, while it is the first edition (old) it is still a goodie:





It also came with an extra set of subdued after-market decals for the VF-41 "Black Aces". I am not sure if I want to go high vis. or subdued markings just yet, but its nice to have both options in the box.

I have read on thier facebook page that Quinta 3D decals will be available for this kit very soon. That will be a must buy to replace the flat and very basic cockpit/decals from this early kit.

Still, this has been in my wish list for many years and I couldn't pass on the price.

Ben

Hutch6390

Nice haul, TJ - I like Airfix Mustangs, too!

 

 

rcguy

We are lucky if we can find a hobby shop thats offering 10% off sale here in Canada.

 

 

Yes, I know what you mean - my "local" (20 miles or so) model shop often has 10% off Tamiya kits, and occasionally has more items at a "sale" price, but a 40% reduction just isn't going to happen.  Probably just as well, really, or the stash would quickly reach the critical level!

 

Just aquired these two little gems:

keavdog

My wife did snoopy in his sopwith so I had to get her the red baron lol

 

Love that Red Baron John.

Ok. So I was telling you blokes a week or so ago that I was going to take a loooong train ride into our state's capital, Melbourne, to visit a couple of hobby shops. Well, my mate picked me up at 0520. We drove into Bairnsdale to catch the train - a half hour drive. Finally arrived in Melbourne and went to 3 shops, 2 model shops and 1 pop culture shop. I finally arrived home at 1830, absolutely stuffed and with very little to show for such a big day. Melbourne was dirty and scruffy and the hobby shops were a serious dissapointment. Neither had a big choice of kits and were in short supply of plastic card, tools and paints. Both had lots of Leggo and RC stuff though. In future I'll stick to mail order.

However, I did buy some items and the major thing I wanted was the fine wire in the second photo.

In the previous photo, you will notice that I purchased the Meng Jeep, (a beaut little kit by the way). You will also notice a small box with a b&w label just below it. This is a set on figures crafted by AC Models of New Zealand and depicts several wounded Germans being transported in a Jeep. The sculpting and casting of these figures is superb. I had picked these up some time ago and bought the Jeep for the figures. They also make a set of 9 Aussie/Kiwi diggers from the Vietnam war designed to ride on an APC. I cannot recomend this manufacturer high enough, but their not cheap. Anyways, that was my day out in the big smoke and the stash was not seriously impacted.

Cheers, Ferg

Again, great stuff guys!!!

Sorry about the rough day Ferg but I love those figures!!!

got these in the mail this week , looking forward to starting it .

That's going to end up with more weight in PE than styrene when done.  Serious project ahead.

Gamera, it wasn't actually a "rough" day. I was with a good mate and we had a lot of laughs. But it was a long trip to visit a real shop versus online and the reality was a little dissapointing. We all remember the golden days of old school hobby shops and I suppose I was expecting the fantasy. I live way out in the country and I guess a city, is a city, is a city and as a country boy, it was good to get back home. 

Ben, that is gonna be a fine 1/32 Tomcat project. I do hope that you have plenty of display space for such a large bird!

CB those are two nice 1/72 gems indeed! No need to worry about display space for those. 1/72 single engine single seat WWII fighters don't take up much room at all.

Dodgy, those look to be some nice figure sets. And of course a jeep is always a good item for the stash and display shelves.

Steve a 1/200 Battleship?! You will really need some serious display room for that one!

Over the past couple of days, the mailman brought these two Zoukei Mura aircraft display bases that I had ordered.

First up is a 1/32 US WWII thru Vietnam era wooden carrier deck. Too bad that they did the colors wrong, as US carrier flight decks were never in natural wood. Pre war had Mahogany stain, during WWII they were stained Blue, and post they were Dark Gray and Non Skid Black depending upon the area of the deck. So I’ll need to repaint this one.

Then I also ordered this 1/48 US “Supercarrier” type deck, which is beautifully detailed!!! No changes needed, aside from perhaps the addition of an arresting cable, as they did provide one anchor point for one end.

and of course I had to do a quick photo with an aircraft in place....

Wow those are nice Stik!  Take my money 

Steve - I sure hope you create a WIP for that project!

Stik - Something tells me we're going to see some USN aircraft coming down the pipeline. 

Nice displays Stick

Pick this one up at my local hobby shop for a really good price.

Must not be a very popular kit but it caught me eye so decided to go for it.

Nice bases Stik, looking forward to seeing them with aircraft in place.

Interesting  vehicle rcguy. ICM are not afraid to produce non mainstream stuff, which is very refreshing. 

Picked this up off of eBay after watching ford vs ferrari for the 4th time.  This is Ken Miles' cobra

DRUMS01

Looks like some nice stuff for everyone.

Here is my latest acquisition, while it is the first edition (old) it is still a goodie:





It also came with an extra set of subdued after-market decals for the VF-41 "Black Aces". I am not sure if I want to go high vis. or subdued markings just yet, but its nice to have both options in the box.

I have read on thier facebook page that Quinta 3D decals will be available for this kit very soon. That will be a must buy to replace the flat and very basic cockpit/decals from this early kit.

Still, this has been in my wish list for many years and I couldn't pass on the price.

Ben

 

Here ya go, Ben. And I messaged them about washes and such on these 3D decals; they said there's no restrictions on that. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/164882628304

From the funds of selling unwanted kits, I bought..

A friend used to rally one of these in the day..