Our Latest Acquisitions 2017-2024

Nice set of projects.  I'm right in the middle of the tamiya wildcat build.  Nice kit, gear is a bit fiddly. 

Our clubis doing a GB for 1/48, single engine, single seat fighters.  Got 3 to do for it.  The Wildcat will be in either Thatch's or McClouskey's markings, the Hellcat -3 will be done as O'Hares bird on his last flight.  The -5 will be done as one of the birds with OOB decals.

The Mustang is for Bish's Airfix GB, and will be my first foray into Alclad.

There is a lot of nice new stuff coming out. Of course a lot of it is the usual suspect, Panther, Tiger etc, and even with my love of German armour, even i can only take so much of those. But it is nice to see these British subjects, its one of the areas we have been sort of, mainly relying on resin kits from Accurate Armour.

I know what you mean, it is easy to over load on subjects.

I wish I were into ground subjects more. There seems to be a ton of cool stuff out there. The subject is just so wide that ships and planes take up all me brain space 

Its a great looking kit as well. Hobby Boss are set to bring out some more British army evhciles, the jackal and Coyote, so i am looking forward to them to.

That looks like a neat subject Bish! 

Finally, my first Meng kit is in the stash. And there is not a set of tracks or black crosses in site.

modelcrazy

Hmm, maybe its a way of using their extra clear beads 

Looks like the toughest part will be the painting.

 

Hmm, maybe its a way of using their extra clear beads 

Looks like the toughest part will be the painting.

I have no idea,  the fuselage is clear as well,  the elevator and the rest of the the parts are molded in gray.

John

I'm wondering why the wings were clear. 

Came across this little cuti at my LHS,   went in for Fine scale mag and this jumped off the shelf at me.   the wings/fuselage are molded in clear plastic.   I've had to add some bird shot and epoxy in the nose to prevent tail sitting.

Should be a nice easy build,  hence the name on the box.  add some seat belts and some HO scale luggage in the back window and wala!  Done.

John

Found this at my local Goodwill,  practically brand new, plastic was still in the bag and had the embroidered patch in it and the decals were looking good.  for $3.50 !!!

John

Tj I'm not familiar with the Fiddler.  But boy the Russians sure put out some beautiful airplanes.  That one is a beauty, be sure to post a build thread.

Just picked up the new Trumpeter Fiddler. Box next to is the Airfix Mustang

This is a huge kit

Here are some of my early Xmas gifts to myself from Ebay. Sadly, the one kit that my 8 yr. old grandson wanted for Xmas was "sniped". He has had a very bad year and this is just the last thing he needed. OK, those are lies, I don't have a grandson. But if I see a certain model on the forum in the next year, I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN!

Pat, I just completed the BatPod, it's such a great little kit. You'll need to remove the ribs off the wheels before mateing them wit the tires.

My wife has bought me these two for Christmas, both are in 1/24th scale............

And this I may do in Valentino Rossi Colours (MOTOGP) as I have a spare race rider figure, leaving off all of the shooters of course.........

I’m pretty stoked to get one of those new 1/48 Blenheims too!

My most recently received acquisition was Tamiya's F-14A Tomcat, 1/48. I also just did a pre-order for the new Airfix Bristol Blenheim Mk IV, 1/48.

armornut

Real G love your new avatar, looks like me when I'm checking out my airbrush issues....never works pointed at the model however always sprays when away.

The drawing was based on an actual incident involving a rattlecan of black, fingers covered with paint from wiping the spattering nozzle, and an unforunately placed dot of paint on the nozzle that looked a lot like where the paint comes out of!  Only the names of those involved have been removed to protect  the guilty.

armornut

    Thats one of the cool things about the annual little show, some of the fellas thin their stashs and one could wind up with a very nice kit at a better price. My goal for it was to make it a U.S. Coastal sub hunter, I have decals for one already but with some research I found that the Hs were cinverted to a single tail and called a Privateer. Thats ok though the kit decals look reall cool so, I'll find an earlier mark someday and make my sub hunter.

 

I know Eduard have been re-boxing the hase kits, most seem to be RAF versions. Surprised they didn't do a privateer.

Which set of markings does yours have, i know there did several boxings.

My other half got me 2 new busts for my birthday on Fri. I still haven't finishe dthe last one she got me 2 years ago, so i guess i better get cracking on with that so i can start one of these. And i have had my instructions that i should do the templar first.

I picked up some Tamiya primer at a shop today and saw a little Tamiya Waterline 1/700 Aussie Navy destroyer Vampire kit. I grabbed it. I figured it would be a nice kit to make my first diorama with before doing the larger Arktika.

    Thats one of the cool things about the annual little show, some of the fellas thin their stashs and one could wind up with a very nice kit at a better price. My goal for it was to make it a U.S. Coastal sub hunter, I have decals for one already but with some research I found that the Hs were cinverted to a single tail and called a Privateer. Thats ok though the kit decals look reall cool so, I'll find an earlier mark someday and make my sub hunter.

Those B-24's are nice kits, and really hard to get hold of and go for a pretty price when they come up.

    Bish, yeup raffle prize at a small show in Idaho back in October. 5.00 dollars worth of tickets, one of mine was the first called BOOM a beautiful B-24H, one of only a few airplanes that have escaped completion.

armornut

     Timmy you could call the bent tail job as a " pre formed trim tab" garunteed to always turn right.

     Real G love your new avatar, looks like me when I'm checking out my airbrush issues....never works pointed at the model however always sprays when away.

     With this year rapidly coming to a close, I managed to get my internet shut off, not by choice, so posing pix of my limited acquisitions has been curtailed. I managed to pick up a 35th Italeri BOFORS, a 72nd Handly Page British somethingorother, just looks really cool,  Hasagawa 72nd B-24, all for 6 dollars, then at the following model club meeting laid hands on the Monogram U.S.S. Voyager, and a 35th Lindberg T-55 cor FREE. Here I am trying to manage my stash and kits just fall in like a black hole.

    Next year may be better for me, until then y'all just have to take my word for it. SOMEDAY everything will come together and then I will be open for critique.

    Arizona is only a 26 hour drive from home.......PUPPIES

 

You got that hase B-24 for how much. Blimey.

keavdog

Hope you do a build thread on that one.  I've been thinking about dipping my toe into ship modeling and I really like the commercial ships/ice breakers

 

I plan on it. I built my first ship model last month and it was very satisfying when all was said and done. With this one I want to make it into a diorama, with Arktika smashing through the ice. I‘d also like to somehow include the stamp as part of the diorama, it’s pretty big and impressive, and outlines the ‘77 expedition route.