So after getting those 2 yesterday i had another turn up tody that i was not expecting for a few weeks. I have had Trumpeters 350 Graf Spe on the wish list for a while. As i got some cash for Xmas and i knew i would be bilding Revell's S-Boat early in the year, i figured i should top up the ship stash. When i opened the door to the postman, i knew what it was in his hands but was surprised at how small the box was. But then i am compareing that to the Revell Bismarck.

That's a nice one! I wouldn't mind getting this one myself. 

Its my first Trump ship and it does look very nice.

Bish, nice! As you noticed the Spee is not that large of a ship, about the same size as late US heavys.

Trumpy kits are very nice, about on par with Academy. A little PE goes a long way with any ship.

Well thats a good seal of approval. Your not wrong about that, the box is only alittle bigger than the one for the vanguard.

It comes with some PE rails and i am planning on getting the Eduard set and some barrels.

I have never done an Academy ship, most of mine are Revell.

Est.1961

Chocolate and orange goes together in Ireland as a great combination.

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Well I did a little research and you can get the orange Kit-Kats in Canada too.

Even though Nestle products are sold in the US Kit-Kats are made under license here by Hersey. Oh well...

Cool stuff there Bish, love the Vanguard and the 'Spee!

Gamera

 

 

Est.1961

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Well I did a little research and you can get the orange Kit-Kats in Canada too.

Even though Nestle products are sold in the US Kit-Kats are made under license here by Hersey. Oh well...

 

Cool stuff there Bish, love the Vanguard and the 'Spee!

 

Hersey got the rights to make Kit Kat before Rowntree's was bought out by Nestle. The flavoured versions only came out after the take over, so i guess thats why Hersey can't make the orange ones.

Bish

 

 

Gamera

 

 

Est.1961

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Well I did a little research and you can get the orange Kit-Kats in Canada too.

Even though Nestle products are sold in the US Kit-Kats are made under license here by Hersey. Oh well...

 

Cool stuff there Bish, love the Vanguard and the 'Spee!

 

 

 

 

Hersey got the rights to make Kit Kat before Rowntree's was bought out by Nestle. The flavoured versions only came out after the take over, so i guess thats why Hersey can't make the orange ones.

 

Oh gee, well I learned something new today!

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So after getting those 2 yesterday i had another turn up tody that i was not expecting for a few weeks. I have had Trumpeters 350 Graf Spe on the wish list for a while. As i got some cash for Xmas and i knew i would be bilding Revell's S-Boat early in the year, i figured i should top up the ship stash. When i opened the door to the postman, i knew what it was in his hands but was surprised at how small the box was. But then i am compareing that to the Revell Bismarck.

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I've always been attracted to the battle ships of old bristling with weapons on the high seas. I built the Bismarck back in the seventies lovingly painted I was delighted with it. Got one again recently to relive those times, look forward to watching your build of the Graf Spee. I also have for years a model of the HMS Ark Royal in the stash I ought to build some day. 

Here's my latest from the last couple of years

Porsche and Forrest Sherman are ebay steals and kits I built back in the 70's. Went hog wild on Dreadnought with decks, barrels PE etc.  The M4 Sherman was ordered by my daughter for my birthday; it shipped just like you see it from Poland to Nebraska. Box wasn't even taped shut!  Nothing missing that I can tell.

Procrastinating again should be concentrating on the scammell, took time to arrange these goodies. Bought the Lancaster with Christmas money myself, the rest were from the family pretty chuffed I was.

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All that iron will keep you busy for awhile....nice after Christmas sale/buy.

GreySnake

Been pretty busy since November and didn’t buy anything hobby related till a couple weeks ago. The gentleman that was running a quarterly model swap meet in Tucson is moving so I went all out.  

 

Recently picked these up. The Charger kit will be the one I'll be emphasizing in this post however. I just got done with a General Lee....ish build where I made a General Lee as it would be if I owned it. Stuff like dropped down a little lower, without the front bumper guard and in R/T trim.

My intention is to build a Bullitt II Charger out of it. I was given the idea after someone on another forum saw my General Lee. Visions of dropping it a couple of inches with some street big and little BF Goodrich tires with Magnum 500's outta do the trick.

Nice Mustang, I'm kinda feeling like building a car again.

mustang1989

Recently picked these up. The Charger kit will be the one I'll be emphasizing in this post however. I just got done with a General Lee....ish build where I made a General Lee as it would be if I owned it. Stuff like dropped down a little lower, without the front bumper guard and in R/T trim.

My intention is to build a Bullitt II Charger out of it. I was given the idea after someone on another forum saw my General Lee. Visions of dropping it a couple of inches with some street big and little BF Goodrich tires with Magnum 500's outta do the trick.

 

Some major scores!  I have that Dart in the stash.

Oh gee whiz guys, nice scores!!! I feel less guilty about buying all that junk now! 

Haven't bought any kits lately,want to build down the stash,but my friends son enlisted and will be serving with an artillery unit using these,so I wanted to build him one.

Then these were cheap enough and recommended on another thread,so I got the tweezer set

Great looking kit Tojo...are you going to do a WiP thread on this build? The tweezer set looks nice. Great variety set. 

The Drifter

Great looking kit Tojo...are you going to do a WiP thread on this build? The tweezer set looks nice. Great variety set. 

 

Possibly,just getting my feet wet again,sometimes the build log puts uneccessary pressure on me,we'll see.

Preordered the new 1/24 Tamiya Mustang GT4!

That's going to be a really nice 'stang. They're also going to release a 1/10 RC version! 

Stoked because the wheels are what I need to do my Boss 302 Laguna seca.  I have the Revell kit and they have the standard Boss 302 wheels (2013).  Now I need to figure out how to do the gray graphics instead of black.   Regardless, the GT4 will be awesome and we were all talking about Tamiya doing more US muscle cars (or pony).  

They look like the Forgeline wheels I bought for track days.

Another already started rallycar!

Keavdog: Got to admit that I had an "I'll be Danged" moment when I saw that Tamiya was releasing the Mustang right after the thread concerning Tamiya making muscle cars was posted. Should be a sweet kit.

Pat: Now, that Triumph kit is right choice. Primo score brother.

And now for my latest additions.

Purchased the new 1/72 PBY release from Revell. This is a rebox of the very nice Academy kit. The difference being the decal selection. The new kit provides markings for an Aleutian PBY along with a reserve unit. The Academy kit only has a Black Cat marking.

Acquired some nice 1/72 Japanese flair via auction:

Then yesterday I had a fellow modeler that lives in a neighboring community stop by my store to pick up an order and he dropped a wonderful surprise on me. He brought me a bag of 1/72 aircraft kits! He told me that he could no longer see well enough to build in 1/72 and since he knew that I build in 1/72 that he wanted to give them to me. I offered to pay him for them but, he refused. So instead, I invited him to come by my home at his convenience and find something in my stash for trade. This he gladly accepted. Here is what he brought me:

And then lastly, I too obtained a set of the same tweezers as Tojo did. They are really nice and a huge bargain on Amazon.

Nice haul.  I have a thing for float planes.  I got a set of those tweezers too.  Split them with my wife and we both love them.

I went to the local hobby shop looking for paint, but they didn't have gunze mr hobby or mr color.  I did stock up on a few of the dwindling MM enamels and poked around the AK and Mission Model paints, but need to do more research.  And I picked up this, because of Don :)

For those enhancing their stash from Asia: