Aggie, nice score on the F-82! John, that's a neat batch of Trumpeter kits! All great subjects!

So for me, today I went out for a bit of hobby shopping after a dr’s appointment… if you’re out, might as well make it worth your while….

First I stopped at Hobby Lobby since this is one of the weeks with the 40% off all model kits, and I’ve been wanting this one since they started carrying it last year….

Then I was of to Andy’s Hobby HQ with my gift certificate from IPMS that my M151A1 won last November in the meeting contest. I picked up some paints, a few other goodies, and this little beauty…

All in all, a good day.

Bish

 

 

JOE RIX

WOOHOO! The new Arma Hobby 1/72 P-51B/C arrived from Poland. Gorgeous kit upon opening and having a look. 

 

 

 

 

I picked up their F4 Wildcat last week (just waiting on a couple of kits from Accurate Armour before i post up) it loks an amazing kit, detail is just stunning. I can see this company makeing a real mark on the hobby.

 

keavdog: Lovely additions. That S.M. 79 is a choice score.

Stik: Well done on your bargain shopping. Way to make the best out of an excursion about town.

Looks great Stick. I won that Osprey but not sure if I'm going to keep it or not. Just not a fan, but it might make a nice dio. Love the little R35

Great stuff guys- love that Italian bomber John, really like Italian camo- they don't get nearly enough love. 

SP: Ohhhhh, the R35 is really cool.

I'm curious as to how that R35 builds up.

One more  Got this one off eBay.  

keavdog

One more  Got this one off eBay.  

 

Nice, I need to build more helos....so cool.

John, I've heard nothing but wonderful things about those 1/48 Sea Kings!

Yeah wow John, that Sea King is gonna be an impressive model! 

I am naughty.  Very, very naughty.

Though I already have a finished 1/72 Huma Triebflugel, I had to get this resin kit by AB&K after seeing a friend's sample.

After buying the disastrous 1/48 rendition by AFV Club, I was looking for a better early U-2.  I was surprised to see Hobby Boss release a 1/72 kit of the U-2A, and even more so that on first inspection it appears to be a much better representation.

I avoided the Modelcraft kit from the 1990s, and after a 30 year wait, Modelsvit's new F-82 is indeed truly spectacular.  I think only the latest from Eduard approach the fine surface detailing seen on this kit.  Bravo.

I have a thing for the Vampire, so I eagerly awaited Airfix's new tool 1/48 kit.  BUT... Augh, Hornby's gotta get their QC sorted.

There were several small items that were broken on the sprue, but this twisted upper fuselage/wing is truly upsetting.  And it visciously refuses to unwarp, springing back even though my attempts at correction are leaving some perilous looking stress marks.

I am so butt-hurt, that I think I will build the Classic Airfames kit I have alongside the Airfix kit, instead of tossing it.

OK I should not end with whining and complaining, so:

A VF-1J Valkyrie covered in missile-packed armor blocks!  It's a truly crazy 1980-era anime design, but I love it.

Nice haul G!

Real G

I am naughty.  Very, very naughty.

Though I already have a finished 1/72 Huma Triebflugel, I had to get this resin kit by AB&K after seeing a friend's sample.

After buying the disastrous 1/48 rendition by AFV Club, I was looking for a better early U-2.  I was surprised to see Hobby Boss release a 1/72 kit of the U-2A, and even more so that on first inspection it appears to be a much better representation.

I avoided the Modelcraft kit from the 1990s, and after a 30 year wait, Modelsvit's new F-82 is indeed truly spectacular.  I think only the latest from Eduard approach the fine surface detailing seen on this kit.  Bravo.

I have a thing for the Vampire, so I eagerly awaited Airfix's new tool 1/48 kit.  BUT... Augh, Hornby's gotta get their QC sorted.

There were several small items that were broken on the sprue, but this twisted upper fuselage/wing is truly upsetting.  And it visciously refuses to unwarp, springing back even though my attempts at correction are leaving some perilous looking stress marks.

I am so butt-hurt, that I think I will build the Classic Airfames kit I have alongside the Airfix kit, instead of tossing it.

OK I should not end with whining and complaining, so:

A VF-1J Valkyrie covered in missile-packed armor blocks!  It's a truly crazy 1980-era anime design, but I love it.

 

I have that Triebflugel on my wish list, i had not realised it was resin. I've built the Huma kit as well but would like a more up to date one. Have you tried contacting Airfix about the Vampire, its a new kit so should still be in stock. Thats pretty bad.

Oh those are cool guys! Love that Valkyrie Real G! And good luck on getting replacement parts or repairing the Vampire. 

I'm been very bad too. When picking up resin tank crew figures from AliExpress I saw this and had to have it. She's 1/7th scale- aka pretty big. Sorry, didn't want to pull the parts out of the bags but I'm impressed by the quality of the castings. 

Neat sheet of decals, not sure how many I'll use. 

Everything really well packed. 

Whoa!  She certainly checks off a lot of the boxes

Bish,

I'll try contacting Airfix and see what happens.

I once ordered an AFV Club kit from a China outfit, and when I discovered my kit was missing the metal barrel, all the vinyl dust covers, and the wire hardware pack, they just wrote back "We have no spare parts and the kit is OOS.  Try the manufacturer."  How do you say "That Sucks" in Chinese?

I looked over my Vulcan and thankfully it is fine.  I had read that a number of early customers had short shots and such.  One customer had two sets of identical wings instead of proper top/bottom halves.  If Airfix was Tamiya, some of those guys would have lost their heads.  Or pinkies.

Got these for the SeaKing - it's cool, you can make one of 4 Apollo missions.  Same bird, just slightly different markings

That's awesome John! 

I had an old Dinky Sea King as a kid- it came with a yellow plastic Apollo capsule you could hang off the chopper. I wonder what happened to the darn thing- haven't seen it in forever. I believe it was the same markings. Charlie Brown was Apollo 10 I think... 

Nice John. The Seaking is such a great looking chopper. I will enjoy seeing you build it.

  Picked this beast up yesterday, the instructions taught it as being one of the finest kits ever produced. I built it WAY back when I was like 7 or 8 so I am excited to see how much better I can do this time.

Wow that's a complex kit for an 8 year old! Looking forward to seeing this build 

   It was a glue bomb, no paint or weathering, and I'm not sure all the tires touched. Coolest non mitliary kit I built at the time. Hope to do it justice someday.

Perry: That dump truck is absolutely boss. That should be a thrill to build again.

Neal: What a dandy load of "naughty" you.ve brought into the fold. I've read some high praise for the F-82 kit. Bugger about the Vampire kit. hopefully you meet with success on contacting Airfix for a remedy.

John: Superb score on the Seaking. And some choice decals to boot. Seeing this reminds of my hopes that some manufacturer will introduce an HH52 kit. That's the Coast Guard version of the Seaking and my oldest brother flew them several years. According to my brother, it is a shorter version of the Seaking. There is a sub standard resin kit out there but, a nice injection mold would be welcome.

Gamera: Cool biker chick.

My latest editions have been some welcome adds. Got into some deep sea action through FB auctions. I already had the Riich 1944 version of the Gato so it was cool to score the earlier version. These are nice sized kits at 1/200.

Ebay seller offered this up at a temporary reduced offer and I jumped it. 

Nice scores Joe - Interested to see how that A10 compares to the old Tamiya kit.

Got this from another member - beautiful kit with brass barrels (tubes) and a nice PE fret

    That is so cool, awesome haul Joe, please let us know how it compares with the Tamiya.

That Gato should be a good size. The bigger scale at 1/144 is a little too big.

Love the I-58 and who does like the A-10

I just ordered two Metal Earth kits that I could not resist. I have not yet built them, but they look super cool.

BK

Wow Brandon those are cool.  I'm a bit terrified of those kits - though they have some great subjects including the S-64 Skycrane fire bomber I would really like.

BK,. I hope you have plenty of hair.  I know I'd tear out every last one with either of those.

Kevedog, I'll have to look for the skycrane next time I get to HL. 

Did the Huey for a bud who was a crewchief back in the late '60's.

It's here: https://www.metalearth.com/s-64-skycrane

I've been waiting for Mike at Lonestar to come out with his 1/72 conversion kit for over a year, not sure whats going on there.

Have sent him a couple of emails about that conversion too.  Have never gotten a reply.

The only Lonestar that comes up in a search, and the link on Scalemates takes you to, is a Bob Johnson, and is strictly HO rail trucks, trailers and accessories.

Begining to think they're have disappeared.

He has a Facebook page, but I'm not on FB