modelcrazy

I like that Puma. One of the coolest looking armor pieces.

 

Stik: Nice bargain haul. The Corsair decals are the bonus score there. Nice you could find some with the local history.

Real G: You never cease to amaze with your unique finds. The power loader is choice.

Continuing to add to my 1/48 armor stash:

PatW

Lokking at what you can get over there. I wish we had LHS stores here in the UK.

LHS no, 30 or 40 miles away perhaps or online nothing else, and the prices are high!

 

I hear you PatW, you boys over there in Jolly Olde have to deal with VAT and Parcel Farce's additional handling fees - almost like paying extortion money!

Lokking at what you can get over there. I wish we had LHS stores here in the UK.

LHS no, 30 or 40 miles away perhaps or online nothing else, and the prices are high!

A box dropped this morning:

The Aliens Power Loader is by "The Goodsmile Company" and is 1/12 scale.  It is poseable, and so is Ripley.  The mushroom-thingy is yet another Maschinen Krieger (MaK) powered suit.  And Kevin is... well just because.  Also in are a couple of bases, a cutting mat adorned with a Zaku from the recent movie "Mobile Suit Gundam: Kukurusu Doan's Island", and some reading material.

Man you guys are getting some great scores!

Here I go again…. Last night at IPMS was our annual “swap meet” meeting. Folks clear out their stashes a bit. Anyways I found a couple of items for dirt cheap…

first up was the old Aurora Breguet 14B kit

the kit decals are wasted, but there some Peddinghaus decals available that cost several times what I paid for this kit…

and then I found these decal sets- national insignia for B-24s, which will help out for the B-24 in my stash, (a 2 sheet set for dirt cheap again) and a partial set for Corsairs (for free due to its partial condition!)

I particularly liked one Corsair on the sheet because one, it’s a Goodyear produced FG-1A, built right up the road here at the old Goodyear plant, and two, it’s from the battle of Pelilieu, so will be a great option for a WWII USMC ground support Corsair for one in my stash…

I like that Puma. One of the coolest looking armor pieces.

Whoa! That is a stunning F-16 Steve. Beautiful work on the camo.

A few new additions arrived in the mail recently.

Ordered these direct from Arma Hobby. These are previous molds except they include 3D printed detail parts. A nice effort on Arma's part. 

And some 1/35 and 1/48 armor.

Thanks guys, I built the 72nd version of that Sufa in 2019. It just looks so cool that I just had to have it big brother.

Thanks Joe. I love the Helldiver (both of them) and really wanted the kit for some time.

Those are a couple of excellent kits you acquired Steve. The Academy SB2C is an exceptional addition and is one of Academy's better efforts in my opinion.

Wow, Steve. That f-16 is gonna be big.

BK

Here's a couple I've been wanting for a while.

cbaltrin: Excellent selection of aircraft kits you have acquired. Definitely some oldies but, goodies

cbaltrin

From the aforementioned mega collection my LHS just aquired. I knew the skyraider is a pretty rough kit, but the SBD and TBD are definitely decent.  The 190, p39 and spitfire look to be very good kits indeed...

 

Ohhhhhhhhh!!!!!! Please excuse the drool...

I remember building that FW190 way back in the '80s. Hosed the sucker down with Dullcote so hard it slightly discoloured and made the paint run! 

From the aforementioned mega collection my LHS just aquired. I knew the skyraider is a pretty rough kit, but the SBD and TBD are definitely decent.  The 190, p39 and spitfire look to be very good kits indeed...

Aggieman

Got myself a couple of Japanese warbirds in recent days:

 

BK

JOE RIX

Sitting here chatting up the new Tamiya P-38J made me realize how long it had been since I had posted on her..at all!! I have certainly been distracted by life events but, man, it's been well over a month. I regret that I have not acknowledged all the mind blowing additions everyone has added. Took me a while to go back and take it all in. Wonderful, wonderful stuff everyone.

And, yes, I have picked up some real gems since my last update.

Starting with a couple new releases that I have been waiting patiently for. Of course the new P-38J:

But, this is one that arrived finally a couple of weeks ago. Been dying to get this and it looks amazing:

Recently I got to travel over to Grand Junction, Co. to drop off and pick up my wife at the airport and, as such, I took the opportunity to pay a long over due visit to the LHS. Good to see friendly faces after a long hiatus. Picked these up while I was there.

Forgot that I had ordered these from overseas back in Feb. Finally arrived a few weeks ago. Handy little sanding sticks.

And now a few kits I snagged via ebay or FB auctions:

Good to be all caught up. I hope evryone is well and I look forward to see what keeps rollinging in. 

Cheers all, Joe

 

BK

I need a Tiger I for my Fury dio and I didn't want to have a knocked out tiger with my Tacom full interior kit, so I found this. It was 25% off and had a 20% off coupon as well and with points on my card I got it for $16. I know its a 1990 Academy kit with full interior, but the price was too good and the kit will be perfect for the dio.

BK

Gamera

Great stuff guys but gee whiz Aggieman- you're on a roll!!! 

Love the P-38s! And the Ki-43 is a neat little aircraft- lots and lots of aftermarket decals for it to do so many different schemes! 

 

Great stuff guys but gee whiz Aggieman- you're on a roll!!! 

Love the P-38s! And the Ki-43 is a neat little aircraft- lots and lots of aftermarket decals for it to do so many different schemes! 

Got another delivery today to complete the family.

A nice set of non-identical triplets.

There is so much stuff I missed. Such cool acquisitions.

Joe, I love the Cr.42. My favorite bipe.

I have a few comming and some....a lot actually, that I haven't posted.

Excellent choices Aggie. Should make for some wonderful building fun.

Stik: Like the venerable Tomcat. Those rigging wires should be a nice addition.

John: The F-5F sure is nice find at a sweet $$

Got myself a couple of Japanese warbirds in recent days:

Thanks John. That F-5F looks like a great score too! 

Nice F-14 there! 

I got an F-5F Agressor from a local antique shop at 50% off! 

Some new acquisitions for my flyers. First up I picked up these PE rigging sets for my recent Yellow Wings kits- a set for the P-26, and a generic set that will work on the P-6E

Then I picked up this kit, that I had been wanting for some time, but waited too long to get when they were in the shops

With some of the extra parts on this D, and some resin seats in my spares bin, I can now backdate the older D that I have in my stash into a TARPS B variant. Now I need to score some B decals.

Yeah that's what I was thinking, Christmas in July Joe!!!

Looks like Christmas in July for you Joe. Nice haul!

Joe,

Marge's decal looks like it's offset litho printed.  The only other way I have seen are the ones that are made using an Alps or similar printer.  No matter, the kit should be 100% quality.

Sitting here chatting up the new Tamiya P-38J made me realize how long it had been since I had posted on her..at all!! I have certainly been distracted by life events but, man, it's been well over a month. I regret that I have not acknowledged all the mind blowing additions everyone has added. Took me a while to go back and take it all in. Wonderful, wonderful stuff everyone.

And, yes, I have picked up some real gems since my last update.

Starting with a couple new releases that I have been waiting patiently for. Of course the new P-38J:

But, this is one that arrived finally a couple of weeks ago. Been dying to get this and it looks amazing:

Recently I got to travel over to Grand Junction, Co. to drop off and pick up my wife at the airport and, as such, I took the opportunity to pay a long over due visit to the LHS. Good to see friendly faces after a long hiatus. Picked these up while I was there.

Forgot that I had ordered these from overseas back in Feb. Finally arrived a few weeks ago. Handy little sanding sticks.

And now a few kits I snagged via ebay or FB auctions:

Good to be all caught up. I hope evryone is well and I look forward to see what keeps rollinging in. 

Cheers all, Joe