IMS IV : The Return of the Stash

arki30 wrote:

Bish, I see a Maus in your future.   Or maybe a B-24.

Well theres 4 kits in my list i think will figure in the voteing, and i have 1 of those i think will come top. But neither of those two are on the list, so will be interesting to see what happens.

Lord Kenny  Haven't missed one IMS yet sign me up.

Cheers

Bear

Hmmm... Bish, you have lots of goodies! I can tell I'll have a hard time voting on your stash.

Okay, here is my list. These are all kits that I seem to move around alot so I can build the one underneath it in the pile.

All 1/48

Academy P-26A/C Peashooter

Hi-PM He 100d

Pro Modeler Ta 154A-0 Moskito

Pro Modeler Ar 234C-3/4

Williams Bros. Ford Flivver

Czech Model Bell XP-77

Eduard Ki-115 Tsurugi

DML Fw 190A-5

Hobbycraft Bf 109C

Revell Bf 110G-2

Revell TBD-1 Devastator

Czech Model T-34C Turbo Mentor

Flashback Miles Magister

Italeri Tornado IDS

HobbyBoss Rafale C Fighter

IL2windhawk - PM sent.

 I would very much like to join this group build .

I have 509 kits in my stash , so I've picked 13 1/72 scale favourites and 6 1/48 kits .

Mach 2 AC/NC-123K Provider "Creep" [reference pic on front cover of Squadron C-123 Provider book]

Testors B-2 Bomber

Airfix B-1B Bomber

Revell F-16B with IsraCast F-16I Sufa conversion

Revell F-16B with Czech Masters F-16D Barak conversion

Italeri X-32

Italeri X-35

Heller Mil Mi-24 Hind A [4 seat version]

Special Hobby CH-37C Mojave USMC

Fujimi SH-2F Seasprite

Revell H-19A Chickasaw USCG

Fujimi Flight Deck Crew with Fire Engine or Carrier Tractor

IN 1/48 scale

Italeri A-1H Skyraider

Revell AV-8B Harrier

Revell A-10 Warthog

Revell SH-3H Seaking

Revell A-7E Corsair II

Academy CH-53E Super Stallion

If I understand the rules correctly , I now need to send IL2windhawk a pm email to confirm my joining this group build ...

                                             Kind regards John .

It's nice to see some familiar faces, err ... I mean names.

Since ev'rybody's started posting their kits, here's my list:

01.    Dragon            1/144    F-14D Tomcat "Jolly Rogers Final Cruise" (3x)
02.    Revell              1/48     F/A-18F Super Hornet
03.    Tamiya            1/48     Vought F4U-1D Corsair
04.    Revell              1/72     Saab J-35J Draken
05.    Revell              1/72     B-25J Mitchell
06.    Dragon            1/144    US Navy MH-60S Knighthawk (2x)
07.    Dragon            1/144    SH-60F Oceanhawk (2x)
08.    Italeri              1/72     MH-47E SOA Chinook
09.    Italeri              1/72     OH-6A Cayuse
10.    Dragon             1/35     BRDM-3
11.    Airfix                           Doctor Who "Welcome aboard!"
12.    Knight Models    75mm    Iron Man
13.    Knight Models    75mm    Darth Maul
14.    Knight Models    75mm    Han Solo
15.    Knight Models    75mm    Luke & Yoda

EDIT:

Here's the picture.

  Muwahahaha.  I'm definitely impressed with these lists so far.  Some really nice kits here.

John, don't forget it's 15 kits total.  In the first IMS, it was opened up to the entire stash.  We had a couple of guys with your kinda stash (300-500 kits) attempt to list them all.  Oi vey!  What a headache that was!  That's why the limit was placed to keep it sane and as consistent as possible.

Hello all! Count me in too!

Here's my list of ktis:

1/72 Dragon M2A2 ODS Bradley

1/1000 Polar Lights Klingon D7

1/72 Dragon German Maus Tank

MPC Star Wars X-Wing

1/72 Academy OV-10D Bronco

1/144 Academy B-58 Hustler

1/72 Dragon T34/85

Polar Lights Robby The Robot

1/72 Italeri Jaguar T.2

1/72 Italeri Mig-37B Ferret E

 1/72 Zvezda Ka-58 Black Ghost

 1/48 Academy AH-64D Apache Longbow

1/72 Italeri H-21 C "Gunship"

1/72 Dragon E-100 German Tank

1/32 Monogram Promodeler Bf-109 G-4 Tropical

PM to follow

TIA

arki30 wrote:

Muwahahaha.  I'm definitely impressed with these lists so far.  Some really nice kits here. John, don't forget it's 15 kits total.  In the first IMS, it was opened up to the entire stash.  We had a couple of guys with your kinda stash (300-500 kits) attempt to list them all.  Oi vey!  What a headache that was!  That's why the limit was placed to keep it sane and as consistent as possible.

 I apologize for not being able to count to 15 , " I'm such an idiot " ; Perhaps after spending an hour looking at 500+ kits it was a little difficult trying to choose 15 only . Anyway here is another pic .

 In 1/72 scale...

1. Mach 2 AC/NC-123K Provider "creep"

2. Testors B-2 Bomber

3. Airfix B-1B Bomber

4. Fujimi Flight Deck Crew + Carrier Tractor

5. Fujimi Flight Deck Crew + Fire Engine

6. Fujimi SH-2F Seasprite

7. Revell H-19A Chickasaw USCG

8. Heller Mil Mi-24A Hind [4 seat version]

9. Special Hobby CH-37C Mojave USMC

10. Revell F-16B with IsraCast F-16I Sufa conversion

11. Revell F-16B with Czech Masters F-16D Barak conversion

12. 1/48 Revell AV-8B Harrier II

13. 1/48 Revell SH-3H Seaking

14. 1/48 Revell A-7E Corsair II

15. 1/48 Revell A-10 Warthog

                                              John .

John, I can imagine with a stash as large as yours it's much a kid in a candy store.  Heaven, but you have no idea where to start.

Cheers 

Here's my 15. Everything either came with PE in the box or has it to go with it. A few have resin bits and pieces as well.

1/48

1/72

arki30 wrote:

XB-70, deeve?  Oh, baby.  You have some other gems in there as well.

I don't know why I bothered posting anything other than the Valk. I am pretty sure that is what the vote will be for :)

I am really looking foreward to building it, I just want a reason. Its frigging huge. The box is enourmous. I got it as a christmas present last year. I love that plane. It is really something. I read a lot on it, simply amazing that it was made when it was and had the capabilities it did. True testament to american ingenuity.

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Geez, I only have about 15 that aren't committed to GB's. Here goes, and I'd be more'n happy to build as many of them as I can in a year.

These are all aircraft, and they are all 1/72. AM stuff is rare and only where I made a note of it.

Hasegawa SP-5B Martin Marlin

Academy KC-97L Tanker

Hasegawa H8K2 "Emily"

Academy B-50D Superduperfortress

Italeri B-26K Invader

Mach 2 Sud SE-210 Caravelle. United Airlines decals.

Mach 2 Vickers Valiant

Italeri C-119C Flying Boxcar. This'd be Earthquake McGoon's CIA bird at Dien Bien Phu.

Academy B-377 Stratocruiser

Airfix L-1049 Super Constellation- This one is slated for an EC-121 using Ozmod resin bits.

Airfix BAC TSR-2

AMT XB-35

Heller E-3B

Matchbox Heyford. I've got a trick set of brass Lewis guns.

Thanks for looking!

Here is my list. PM Sent

1/700 Dragon Bismarck

1/9 Testors Harley-Davidson

1/24 Dale Earnhardt Chevy Lumina

1/72 Roden Bristol F2B Fighter

1/72 Roden Sopwith TF.1 Camel Trench Fighter

1/72 Roden Albatros D.II

1/35 Tamiya Leopard 2 A6

120mm Verlinden Gernade!

1/35 Verlinden Surrounded (4 Fig. & Base)

120mm Verlinden Battle of the Bulge

1/72 AMtech Ju-88S-3

1/35 Dragom M1A1 Abrams w/ mine plough

  Nice! Some good lists are already up. I already have some good ideas for how to torture..... uh, what I'd like to see built.

  Ok, after much debate I think I have my 15 victims. I eliminated anything I have already started and anything too big for me to have a place to put it. So no Saturn V or B-36 or B-52 or B-17 or huge Seaplanes this time. Sorry guys. Out of what was left I tried to put in a cross section of what I like to build insted of just 15 Japanese planes. Hopefully there is "something for everyone" here. Vote early, vote often! Can we vote often? 

Academy   Cessna A-37b Dragonfly  1/72

This will be all bombed up good.

Arii   Mitsubishi Type 100 Reconnaissance Aircraft Ki-46-2 "Dinah"  1/72

Will do the cover Aircraft. I forget what Sentai this is.

Azur   Arsenal VG 36   1/72

Beautiful sleek little fighter. Think D520 meets Mc202. Only 2 built. Has some photoetch for cockpit.

Estes   Balistic Artillery Rocket M31 Honest John   1/9

The early version with the larger fins and 30Kt warhead. This is a big model and it flies!

Glenco Models   3 Stage Ferry Rocket   1/288

Hasegawa   Showa Type D Transport Aircraft L2D "Tabby"   1/200

Dc-3 built in Japan with Japanese engines.

Hasegawa   Panavia Tornado Gr Mk.1   1/72

Will do "Armored Charmer" From the Gulf War. Nice nose art.

Hobby Boss   Fairchild A-10a Thunderbolt 2   1/72

Expect this one to be fully racked as well.

Italeri   Kamov Ka-50 "Hokum"   1/72

Will do the Warewolf demonstrator version.

Mach 2   Douglas Thor-Able Pioneer   1/48

Early U.S. Satelite and probe launcher.

MPM   Mitsubishi Experimental Rocket Powered Interceptor J8N1 Shusui   1/72

Has resin and PE interior.

RPM   Type 79 Tankette Ko-Gata   1/72

Special Hobby   Vultee Vengeance Mk I/II in RAAF Service  1/72

Will do "Lest We Forget". Some very nice Austrailian eye candy.

Tamiya   Aichi Special Bomber Training Aircraft M6A1-k Nanzan   1/72

I have 2 of these so I need to decide which paint version to do.

Testors   Gloster Javelin   1/72

An oldie, but still a goodie.

 There they are, hope you like something.

                                                    Andrew

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My hat's off to all these diverse kit lists.  Make it great fun to pick from.  Unfortunately, I'm more of the traditional "been-built-to-death" guy.  I'm just lame that way.   This year, I will say I have more jets in the list since many have been languishing for some time in the stash.

Without further adieu, all in 1/48:

1. Revell A-10

2. Tamiya F4U-1A

3. Hasegawa F-4E

4. Hasegawa A6M5

5. Revell F-15C

6. Italeri Tornado F3

7. Italeri BAe Hawk T.1

8. Italeri A-4E/F

9. Monogram AD-6

10. Monogram F-5E

11. Revell F-14D

12. Hasegawa Fw-190A-8

13. Revell Bf-109G-10

14. Tamiya F-16CJ

15. Kinetic E-2C

The last one is on it's way to me as I write this.

Cheers!

Should have my list up by tomorrow, have to dig through it first hahaha.

Arki, where in the world did you get that E-2C. I had no idea there would be one in 1/48. I want one

Steve

Steve, Kinetic makes it and is a brand new release.  There have been several threads on multiple forums discussing it, and became one of the more highly anticipated releases in awhile.

/forums/1196668/ShowPost.aspx

http://zone-five.net/showthread.php?t=4943

http://www.cybermodeler.com/news/news090923a.shtml 

http://zone-five.net/showthread.php?t=5870

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=186984&hl=e-2c+hawkeye

There's also a kit review over on Hyperscale.

http://hyperscale.com/2009/reviews/kits/kinetic48013reviewbg_1.htm

I ordered mine from Lucky Model since they had the lowest price.  Still somewhat salty, but what the heck.  It'll look so darn cool once built!

Some great lists posted already.  Decisions are going to be hard yet again.

Okay, put my list together today.  I've kept some big ones out as my Snowberry build will be dragging on into next year so I don't want to overdo it.

All are 1/72 scale except for one 1/32 as noted.

Trumpeter LCM 3

Revell PT-109

Dragon Sherman Firefly Vc

Dragon Maus

Dragon King Tiger w/ Figures

Hasegawa Betty G4M2 Type 1

Hasegawa Mosquito Mk. IV Bomber

MPM Bolton Paul Defiant Nightfighter

MPC/Airfix DC 3

Academy SB2C-4 Helldiver

Academy Me 262 A-1a

Revell Horten Go 229

Hobby Craft CF-105 Arrow

Hasegawa F-104 Starfighter (Leading Edge decals)

1/32 Scale 21st Century Maachi 202

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OK, I finally got some pictures of the kits on my list.

 In no particular order.

Dornier Do335 heavy weapons version and Bristol Beaufighter Mk.X

Dragon Horton Ho229A-1 and Dragon Focke Wulf TA152H-0

Revell of Germany 1/32 Heinkel HE162A-2

Italeri  XB-70 Valkyrie in 1/72 scale.

Revell the History Makers 1/54 scale V2 Missle

Fujimi BF110C/D and Arado Ar234C-3w/with huckpack

Revell of Germany Heinkel HE177 Grief in 1/72 scale

Matchbox Heinkel HE219 Uhu and Revell's Arado AR240C-02 in 1/72

Hasegawa Lancaster Mark I/III in 1/72

Monogram Heinkel HE111-H4/6 in 1/48

Monogram Pro Modeller Junkers JU88C-6 Nightfighter in 1/48

I would also like to join this group build this year...I will get a list up at the first available moment...

Justin

razordws wrote:

Absolutely!   Anything goes.  In fact if you check the IMS3 Gb you'll see someone building Scooby Doo's Mystery Machine    We love a good build no matter what it is.

In that case, I'm in.  I'll have to sort through the stash list, it's over 800 kits now.  But, I'm eliminating the planes 'cause if i post 14 cars and one plane, you guys will probably pick the plane.

2whl wrote:

razordws wrote: Absolutely!   Anything goes.  In fact if you check the IMS3 Gb you'll see someone building Scooby Doo's Mystery Machine    We love a good build no matter what it is. In that case, I'm in.  I'll have to sort through the stash list, it's over 800 kits now.  But, I'm eliminating the planes 'cause if i post 14 cars and one plane, you guys will probably pick the plane.