Gamera

Oh that's cool Dwayne! I picked the USAAF ground equipment set over a year ago and assembled them. Great fit and detail! Only issue I had was they were make of some of the softest plastic I've seen. Not an real issue but I did sand down a few parts too much until I noticed what I was doing and went with a more delicate touch. 

 

Oh that's cool Dwayne! I picked the USAAF ground equipment set over a year ago and assembled them. Great fit and detail! Only issue I had was they were make of some of the softest plastic I've seen. Not an real issue but I did sand down a few parts too much until I noticed what I was doing and went with a more delicate touch. 

I can't keep up with you guys!!  I do check this thread frequently, and am constantly jealous of all those great kits you are getting.

So this came in the mail this week:

IMG_0801 by Dwayne Munk, on Flickr

The review called it a "diorama in a box".  Includes multiple bagged sprues, two actually decent brushes, Humbrol acrylics in little plastic pots,and a 45 page instruction booklet.

My first Airfix kit, and first UK plane.  Look Bish, it's not a Spitfire! 

knox

My latest additions to my stash.  Gamera, those Jaegers are cool.  I don’t need them, but it‘s going to be hard to resist getting them

 

Steve I had to go and look it up:

IJN Kagero Class: 388.8ft 118.51m

USN Fletcher Class: 376.2ft 114.67m

IJN Shimakaze: 424.9ft 129.51m

Pretty insane ship, she had experimental boilers with about a third greater pressure than normal allowing her to scream along at over 40 knots plus a massive torpedo armament. Only problem was she cost about as much as three standard destroyers so the IJN naval board dropped production on anymore of her class.

I hope you'll do a demo (hint, hint, nudge, nudge) on how you do water before I do anything with her...

Sweet Ducati!

Gam, I forgot to mention that Shima. That will look great. It was a fairly large DD wasn't it?

Bruce: Thanks for the review! I've only partially built one of their SW kits. I stupidly decided to cut the thing up to add lighting and well... I should have built it straight from the box...  Still the engineering was fantastic.

Not sure when I'll get to the plane. I was pleasantly surprised, I was thinking it was a reboxed older kit but this thing is state-of-the-art. I didn't pull the sprues out of their bags but the molding is super crisp and finely detailed. 

Mopar Madness

I’m kind of excited about these two! The Ta 183 is the new 1/48 Academy offering of the earlier AMtech molding.  The Special Hobby He 115 looks like it’s going to build into a pretty impressive machine. The 183 is in the mail,  should arrive in a couple weeks. 

 

 

 

Wow, MM, I really like the Ta183. I've been looking for a kit in 1/48. Nice grab! I've read it was the design inspiration for the MiG-15.

knox

My latest additions to my stash.  Gamera, those Jaegers are cool.  I don’t need them, but it‘s going to be hard to resist getting them

 

Knox, nice haul, especially the 109!

Gamera

Cool stuff guys!!!

I needed more stuff for the stash like a hole in the head.....

So hooray for trepanning!!!!!

Two Jaegers. I'm still waiting for Obsidian Fury to come in. 

I thought I'd try a 1/350th ship and figured a destroyer would be smaller and simpler:

And a Nakajima G10 Fuguka (Mt. Fuji) America bomber designed to cross the Pacific, cross the US/Canada bombing targets at will, continue across the Atlantic, and then land in the Third Reich to refuel and rearm and then repeat in reverse. It's a BIG honkin' plane even in this 1/144th version.

 

Cliff, I bought the Gypsy Avenger kit for my son for his birthday. He built it last night and it's a really cool kit. Bandai does an outstanding job engineering these kits and the Star wars kits. 

And I'm really interested in that big bomber, I hope you do a WIP for that build. Looks like a monster of an airplane.

keavdog

Cool jaegers!

I finally got my Ducati!

 

Nice addition, John. I have this kit, but, haven't opened it yet. I look forward to seeing you build this for the Motorcycle GB.

stikpusher

 

 

Gamera

 

 

stikpusher

The poly cap joints is exactly like the Gundams

 

 

 

 

Ah ok, so I guess they are about the same thing.

 

I'd post some sprue shots but I really don't want to take them out of the plastic bags till I'm ready to build them.

 

 

 

 

Well they are conceptually the same sort of thing. Just Gundams are from cartoon anime as opposed to Pacific Rim being live action film based. Just a human inside and operating a large armored fighting suit. Sort of like the suits in Avatar are similar to what Heinlein describes in Starship Troopers.

 

 

Yeah, guess there's only so many ways to make a jaeger, mech, whatever you want to call it! 

Knox: Cool, I too think that Storm Trooper looks really cool. 

Steve: Uprising is good, nowhere near as good as the original though. Pretty much your typical sequel. I liked that John Boyega got to play the hero this time instead of a Storm Janitor and Newt gets a much bigger role. Could have really used some Ron Perlman (though any movie is better with more Perlman!) since the cast were kinda flat.    

This is all cool stuff guys.

Gam, I'm happy to see some Pacific Rim stuff finally. I know someone came out with Gypsy Danger a little while back, but I haven't seen the second movie yet. Most likely watch it on Cimema when it come out.

Knox, I like that Storm Trooper.

MM, great picks, I like that Heinkel. I have a soft spot for float planes. They're a mix of both my loves, ships and planes.

John, nice Lotus!

My latest additions to my stash.  Gamera, those Jaegers are cool.  I don’t need them, but it‘s going to be hard to resist getting them

Gamera

 

 

stikpusher

The poly cap joints is exactly like the Gundams

 

 

 

 

Ah ok, so I guess they are about the same thing.

 

I'd post some sprue shots but I really don't want to take them out of the plastic bags till I'm ready to build them.

 

Well they are conceptually the same sort of thing. Just Gundams are from cartoon anime as opposed to Pacific Rim being live action film based. Just a human inside and operating a large armored fighting suit. Sort of like the suits in Avatar are similar to what Heinlein describes in Starship Troopers.

stikpusher

The poly cap joints is exactly like the Gundams

 

Ah ok, so I guess they are about the same thing.

I'd post some sprue shots but I really don't want to take them out of the plastic bags till I'm ready to build them.

The poly cap joints is exactly like the Gundams

Mopar Madness

Those are pretty cool! I’ve never built a robot, but if I did I imagine it would be something like that. Are they static kits or do they articulate at the joints? 

 

Oh yeah, they have poly caps in the joints so they'd completly posable as well as the chain sword, plasma cannon, etc from the movie.

And on Gipsy Avenger the turbine engine thingee in the chest has an LED so it lights up.

https://hlj.com/product/bann24497

Those are pretty cool! I’ve never built a robot, but if I did I imagine it would be something like that. Are they static kits or do they articulate at the joints? 

stikpusher

I gotta tell my son... he loves those movies and he builds the Mech models. I presume that they are like their Gundam kits?

 

I haven't built any Gundam kits but Bandai makes LED lighting kits that fit both so I'm guessing they must be pretty close.

John: Pretty darn cool, that's something else I've never built is a bike...

I gotta tell my son... he loves those movies and he builds the Mech models. I presume that they are like their Gundam kits?

stikpusher

Lots of goodies! In all sorts of subject areas! 

Gamera, are those Jaegers for the Pacific Rim movies?

 

Yes sir, the second one 'Pacific Rim II: Uprising'

There are two in the movie Bandai still haven't modeled.

Cool jaegers!

I finally got my Ducati!

Lots of goodies! In all sorts of subject areas! 

Gamera, are those Jaegers for the Pacific Rim movies?

Cool stuff guys!!!

I needed more stuff for the stash like a hole in the head.....

So hooray for trepanning!!!!!

Two Jaegers. I'm still waiting for Obsidian Fury to come in. 

I thought I'd try a 1/350th ship and figured a destroyer would be smaller and simpler:

And a Nakajima G10 Fuguka (Mt. Fuji) America bomber designed to cross the Pacific, cross the US/Canada bombing targets at will, continue across the Atlantic, and then land in the Third Reich to refuel and rearm and then repeat in reverse. It's a BIG honkin' plane even in this 1/144th version.

That He-115 on floats looks awsome!

This one took about a month to get here from Japan, but it was free shipping.  I think I saw someone else on this thread got one and started me hunting.  Very Tamiya-like quality, scale and boxing.  Are Tamiya and EBBRO some how related?

I’m kind of excited about these two! The Ta 183 is the new 1/48 Academy offering of the earlier AMtech molding.  The Special Hobby He 115 looks like it’s going to build into a pretty impressive machine. The 183 is in the mail,  should arrive in a couple weeks. 

stikpusher

Yes I was reading up on the 251 kit in a few reviews and saw about the interior gaffes. I think that I can handle that without too much difficulty. And most likely I’ll make one of them into a /10 variant. I always like how they looked with the PAK up top.

 

Fortunatly i got the original Eduard PEset that corrects the errors. Unfortunatly they stopped it and brought out a new one which enhances them. I need to sit down and compare the Zvezda kit with the ICM one and decide which is the better option, correct the Zvezda or convert the ICM to an Ausf B, but no, it should not be that difficult.

Thanks MC.  Fantastic decal set from Fights On decals, if they lay down well I will for sure be using them again.  Wish I would have bought the A-4M, more options.

Cool scooter John.