Joe: Thanks! I'm very happy!

Aggieman: WHOA the B-47 and giant Hellcat are going to be gigantic! Awesome stuff!

Aggie & Gamera, great scores! I do hope that 1/24 Hellcat offers a wings folded option for the build to save on shelf display space 

stikpusher

Aggie & Gamera, great scores! I do hope that 1/24 Hellcat offers a wings folded option for the build to save on shelf display space 

 

* Unless I decide it's damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.

I have been out of control lately:

Also picked up two garage kit busts as well, but they are just wrapped in bubble wrap so don't show much.  One is a dwarf with a huge ax, and the other a pig dressed like a fighter pilot.

Unfortunately I learned that if there is a resin bust I want that is in stock, it must be basically bought then and there otherwise good luck finding it again at a reasonable price.  

Oh those are awesome Robert!!! Love figures and busts!

And yeah I think a lot of such stuff are garage kits, limited run, if you want it you better buy it now.

Mostly completed model, but the original modeler must have been a armor guy as nothing was painted before assembly.

Got it taken apart down to the engine core, which is pretty much one color.

Ordered new decals, red paint, harness.

I like challenges.

Bill

That looks to be a rather fun project GM. Cool score.

Nice batch of figures there Robert. I'll have to keep an eye out for when you post them.

Bill, hopefully the previous builder, did a good enough job build wise on what you are not tearing apart.

So I guess that I’ve been lagging on adding my latest acquisitions for a bit on here.

First up, I picked this up for a guy on Armorama who was selling it for a good price. I’ve been wanting a Sherman III DV for a LONG time!

Then for crew, I picked up this Masterbox set. The two in desert uniforms will work just fine. The other Brit tankers are from the Tamiya Crusader that was being sold as a separate sprue.

and lastly, a generous soul on Armorama gifted me these two Revolutionary War figures, after I mentioned on a thread of having built one long ago during the bicentennial and would like to have another  go at one, now that I can paint figures halfway decently. Many thanks for the two!

Bill: Cool, nice job on disassembling the kit!

SP: Love those! Looking forward to seeing you get the Sherman and tank crew built. And those Minutemen are awesome. Are that the same figure set you painted back then or a simular set? And interesting that it's Airfix, as a British company they'd be 'bad guys'. 

Stik, Glad to see you nabbed yourself the long sought after Sherman. Should be a sharp build with those nice figures. The Revolutionary figures are sweet. A very nice gift indeed.

I recently scored this cool subject on a FB auction win. Pretty excited to get a kit of this Japanese late aircraft.

Joe,

The Ki-83 is a handsome looking aircraft!  I am surprised no one has done a new tool kit of it.  Is the kit the one with the resin bits?

Thanks guys. 

Joe, that Ki-83 looks sweet! I never knew of the type before. Reminds me of the F7F Tigercat. 

Gamera, yeah, that is a bit funny that Airfix produced a Colonial Rebel, but they also made a 1776 British Grenadier as well. I am working on acquiring one of those as well. Airfix tended to make 54mm figures in opposing pairs in that product line. And yes, the Continental soldier figure is the same one that I built back in '76. 

Real G

Joe,

The Ki-83 is a handsome looking aircraft!  I am surprised no one has done a new tool kit of it.  Is the kit the one with the resin bits?

 

Good lookin' score Joe. I had an old MPM Arado 196 float plane once and it had ALOT of flash. Was just curious to see if MPM had cleaned up their kits any these days.

Three latest models.  Picked up the Meng at LHS.  The F15 will be my first stab at a GWH  kit.

Joe: Great score, the Ki-83 was indeed a beautiful aircraft. Of course if it were German it would have been kitted about a dozen times by now. No I'm not bitter. Well, maybe a little...

WpWar: OH WOW! Great scores there. Look like some awesome kits. I've got the Great Wall P-61 but I can't seem to find the time to start on her. Best o' luck!!!

Nice looking bird Joe.

Wpwar - nice score.  I have one GWH kit as well (Devastator) so looking forward to your comments

Picked this up on ebay.  I built the British AH.1 Sioux version for Bish's brit build a couple years ago it's a pretty nice little kit.  This will make a nice addition to the H-19 I did in coast guard markings...hmmm do I see a theme here  :hmm: 

Ohhhhhhhh cool John!

keavdog

Nice looking bird Joe.

Wpwar - nice score.  I have one GWH kit as well (Devastator) so looking forward to your comments

Picked this up on ebay.  I built the British AH.1 Sioux version for Bish's brit build a couple years ago it's a pretty nice little kit.  This will make a nice addition to the H-19 I did in coast guard markings...hmmm do I see a theme here  :hmm: 

 

Today was the Northern Virginia Modelers - Model Classic get together, and I kind of went a bit overboard in picking up some stuff.

These first two were on my "Want List" for awhile, and although each had been previously started, they both appear to be in good condition, so I am very happy.

These next three were kind of impulse buys.

The Scammell and Mark VIc tanks were kits that I have been interested in, but had previously put off on because of price.  So, since they were reasonably priced at the show (and I didn't have to pay any shipping and handling like I would have if I had bought them online) so I picked them up.  And the Universal Carrier seemd like a nice addition for my WWII collection so I addedit too.

The next group are all 1/72 scale helos or aircraft that kind of just caught my eye.

And this last one, I'm not really sure what plane it is, but it was so cheap and looked like it could either be a nice kit to either just mess around and practice on or maybe even do a little kitbashing with.

Pat 

What a haul Pat!   Airliner might be an L1011. Looks like an engine in the tail 

Edit:  I think it's a dc-10

I'm with you John,

L-1011

Another one off ebay - my first Amodel kit.  Neat little airplane

modelcrazy

I'm with you John,

L-1011

Hi,

Thanks.  I think you all are right it does look like an L-1011.  I always get the DC-10 and L-1011 mixed up but this one appears to have the exhaust at the rear of the fuselage (instead of above the fuselage) so I think that makes it a Lockheed 

  The shape of the tail is the tell...it is an L-1011. The lead and trail edges are groomed to the lines of the fuselage  where the DC-10 is more angular. Nice haul the same.

Oh right.  The DC-10 engine is in the fin while the L1011 intake is but the exahust is in the tail.  The windows through me for a bit.  

Man - do that in old school Delta livery

Hi,

It took my awhile, but I finally tracked it down to being a Revell (or Advent Rebox).  At first I thought all the Revell kits had an interior, but I saw on Scalemates that they initially did a version with no interior.  

Thanks for all your help in identifying it.

Pat

Wpwar, those are some great fast movers acquisitions! Looks like you have some great projects ahead.

John, you have picked up a couple of nice aircraft as well! That H-13 should be a nice continuation of your Coast Guard birds.

Pat... holy cow! Did you leave anything for anybody else...?  Man that is a major haul!

As for my latest, it's not big in size, but it is quite a score in my mind. This came in the mail today. Courtesy of the same generous soul on Armorama.  Now I have the proper opponent to square off with the Continental Soldier figure that I received a bit over a week ago. 

Landed today. Two 1/72 scale kits both just £5 each.

Look at the difference in sizes!

The Gee Bee is 2 3/4" long and the Beriev 12 1/2" long!