A bit of a haul to start me off for the year. The 72nd aircraft and figures i got at the start of the month. I was waiting for the Accurate Armour kits which i ordered Xmas day but they only turned up today. In the mean time i ordered 2 more which also arrived this week. When asked, these were all from my Xmas money 
First, 2 72nd US cats which will both be done in FAA markings.
First, Arma Hobby's very nice looking Wildcat. I know a couple of you have this and it looks amazing.
And Eduards Hellcat. I've built a different boxing of this kit in US markings, was one of the nicest kits i've ever built.
These Accurate Armour kits are my first 35th resin tracked vehciles. And at just over £100, the first one is now the most of i paid for a single kit. The Combat Engineer Vehicle (known as the Frog in the British army) is a great bit of kit, i used to love seeing these in action.
The Spartan is from the same CVR(t) family as the Scorpion and Scimitar. This small AFV is used by MFC's, FOO Parties, Sniper teams as well as command elements.
The 251/9 is my favorite vesion of that family of vehicles (i already have all 3 versions) so i have been drawn to other vehciles mounting the short barreled 7.5cm gun. I already have AFV Club's 233, so i was glad that Dragon re-released their 234/3.
And to top up my 32nd stash, Revell's boxing of Cyber Hobby's Bf 110.
I couldn't believe the size of the box, its bigger than the Ju 88 and the 110 ain't that big. Then i took the lid off and realised that Revell must be taking tip from Amazon on packaging.
Now thats just being silly.
And finally, stand alone figures are quite big in the UK and much of western Europe. I've seen some stunning figures by some of the guys in our model club, one even sculpts them often on a club night. He does these for several companies and they get sent off to be cast and tunred into the figures, he gets sent one of the first produced which he paints and this becomes the box art. Its just amazing watching him turn a lump of clay into a stumming figures over time. But most figures all the guys do seem to be from the 18th/19th century and have lots of small details to paint. I have been put off as these seemed to be jumoing in at the deep end.
In Nov, Ian, the scupture, brought in his latest creation, the Duke of Wellington on horseback. When i was speaking to him, he mentioned the site it was being sold on, Elan 13. When i checked it out, i saw they had a selection of 65mm ECW figures. Not only does this fit in with my new found interest in that conflict, but they are not as intricate and don't have the finer detail and the later figures from the late 18th and 19th century. So i got 2, both cast in resin. The first is one of Ian's creations, a Musketeer, this will go nicely next to my bust. Not sure how i will feeling showing a completed model in front of the person who created it.
The second is from a different sculpter, Mike Blank, one of Cromwell Ironsides.
Mike does a nice looking one of Cromwell that i might get next.
Finally, from Alexandros Models, a 75mm English Longbowman from Agincourt. I thought this might be resin as most figures are now, but its white metal, along with the base, stakes and other parts its damn heavy.
And so much for my intentions to buy less this year. Not off to a good start.