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  • Member since
    August 2014
  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 3:30 PM

Doesn't say, but would figure around Midway since it has 8 each of F4F, SBD and TBD. And she got TBF's in July. Will put up some pics of contents soon.

  • Member since
    July 2014
Posted by modelcrazy on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 2:53 PM

John, that scooter should be fun.

GH, I've been wanting to get that kit. Is it pre or post refit?

Scott, any one of those kits could grace my stash.

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 1:06 PM

scottrc

I used the threat of Revell possibily going out of business as an excuse to buy a bunch of kits from my childhood.  These were waiting for me when I went home for lunch today. 

Its going to be a fun summer.  

 

Lol Scott, I like the way you think!!! 

 

Nice picks there guys! 

Rob: Yeah, wish I'd picked up the fictional Soviet stealth plane these days. I hear it's a collector's item now. 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W
Posted by scottrc on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 1:02 PM

I used the threat of Revell possibily going out of business as an excuse to buy a bunch of kits from my childhood.  These were waiting for me when I went home for lunch today. 

Its going to be a fun summer.  

  • Member since
    July 2010
Posted by roony on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:44 PM

   https://imgur.com/yH3e5XFMy Xmas present caught up to me. 

P.S. Sorry, still not get the photos to here. 

  • Member since
    August 2014
  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:26 AM

Stopped by the LHS in Salem on my way to Portland Sunday.....Picked up Academy's 1/700 USS Enterprise CV-6.  comes with masks for all the horizontal surfaces, and a nice fret of PE for railings, ladders and the bedspring radar antenna.  Leaps and bounds above the old Tamiya version.  Can be done as either full hull or waterline. Main hull and flightdeck are one piece moldings. 

Looked at it three times before it stuck to the fingers up to the cash register.

  • Member since
    September 2011
  • From: Milaca, Minnesota
Posted by falconmod on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 7:43 AM

Ok, I only got this because I wanted a affordable 1/72 A-4! Wink

I know raised panel lines, but it'll be fine.   old school isn't so bad.   And at that scale you can't see most panel lines anyway if they happen to disappear.

John

On the Bench: 1/72 Ki-67, 1/48 T-38

1/144 AC-130, 1/72 AV-8A Harrier

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Thursday, April 12, 2018 11:58 AM

Monogram made one that looks like the one above that was snap tite. Testors made the glue one and also a faux MiG stealth fighter, both in 1/48 scale. They were pretty nice plane kits. I even found photo etch to accurize the Testors stealth fighter. The Mig actually looked closer to what the stealth fighter looked like.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, April 12, 2018 11:18 AM

ridleusmc

 

 
falconmod

I was at the store again!

 

 

 

 

Wow!  I remember that thing.  It's the 1980's idea of what the F-117 looked like.  Micro Machines made a toy which looked like that.  

 

Oh wow, I had the 1/48th kit way back in the day. I've seen the 1/72nd one but not this 1/144th or that it was still in production. 

I still remember the charges about Testor's coming out with the model of a classified project and the creator showing how he's just did a lot of reading on the subject and designed the plane around completly un-classified material. 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posted by ridleusmc on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 6:46 PM

falconmod

I was at the store again!

 

 

Wow!  I remember that thing.  It's the 1980's idea of what the F-117 looked like.  Micro Machines made a toy which looked like that.  

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 10:39 AM

Cheers, might be worth me getting it from there, save me about a fiver.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    May 2015
Posted by Griffin25 on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 9:40 AM

Bish I thought that was pretty low myself. Especially with free shipping from the UK to California. I got it on shop4megastore. From my research its based in Sheffield. They have an eBay store as well but it has a different name. I deduced it was the same company. They mostly deal in video games but they had a few kits as well. On eBay it's shop_us_store. Here's the link to megastore. The price went up $2?

https://www.shop4megastore.com/search/hawker+hunter

 

 

Griffin

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 1:59 AM

Griffin25

 I'm not much of an aircraft modeler but I've been wanting to get a Hawker Hunter for awhile now because it's just a beautiful looking machine. I think this is new? Maybe someone can fill me in. $19 from the UK with free shipping! Couldn't resist. 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice, planning on gettiung that myself. Been wanting a Hunter for a while and it comes with West raynham markings so fit into my Norfolk airfields project.

As TJ says, its a few years old. But the reviews i have read seem positive. 19Bucks is a very good price, was it a private seller. They are going for about £20.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 11:43 PM

 

How did the SAT go?  I just bought that A10 kit.  That cake looks tastey!

 

BTW - someone who buys you a kit and has the presence of mind to purchase the correct paints is a winner!

 

Thanks,

John

  • Member since
    August 2012
  • From: Parker City, IN.
Posted by Rambo on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:01 PM
Nice haul always wanted one of them Tamiya A10s

Clint

  • Member since
    September 2016
Posted by TheWaggishAmerican on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:53 PM

Birthday haul! After I got out of my SAT testing, I was able to unwind with these!

And paint enough for all three

Not strictly model related, but of potential interest: I got a reproduction Luftwaffe Bf-109 pilot's watch.

Finally, this has nothing to do with models, but my sister threw together a cake with my favorite people on it, and I thought someone besides me should see it. Tomoko on the right, Maka on the left.

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On the Bench- Tamiya 1/48 Raiden, Rufe, Buffalo, He 162; Academy 1/72 F-89, Eduard 1/48 F6F-3, Accurate Miniatures 1/48 F3F-2, Minicraft 1/48 XF5F, Academy 1/35 Hetzer, Zvezda 1/35 KV-2 (Girls Und Panzer)

 

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  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 7:08 PM

Griffin25

 I'm not much of an aircraft modeler but I've been wanting to get a Hawker Hunter for awhile now because it's just a beautiful looking machine. I think this is new? Maybe someone can fill me in. $19 from the UK with free shipping! Couldn't resist. 

 

 

 

 

 

Its newer. Original tooling was 2005. 

 

  • Member since
    May 2015
Posted by Griffin25 on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 6:59 PM

 I'm not much of an aircraft modeler but I've been wanting to get a Hawker Hunter for awhile now because it's just a beautiful looking machine. I think this is new? Maybe someone can fill me in. $19 from the UK with free shipping! Couldn't resist. 

 

 

Griffin

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Sunday, April 8, 2018 12:21 PM

Rambo - thanks for the heads up. Btw, started the Cushman Duster....lots and lots of flash.  Old AMT mold I suppose

 

Thanks,

John

  • Member since
    August 2012
  • From: Parker City, IN.
Posted by Rambo on Sunday, April 8, 2018 12:12 PM
Keavdog: I've built that tamiya 190 the decals are extremely thick ended up going with aftermarket.

Clint

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Sunday, April 8, 2018 12:56 AM

not a subject that I would normally even look at, but the price was too good to pass up.

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, April 7, 2018 10:51 PM

Rob Gronovius

I found an interesting Revell kit in the clearance aisle in Hobby Lobby today. It is the Spaceship Two and White Knight Two. Originally $27.99 but priced $7.50.

 

Thats almost 75% off... serious clearance!

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, April 7, 2018 10:36 PM

I found an interesting Revell kit in the clearance aisle in Hobby Lobby today. It is the Spaceship Two and White Knight Two. Originally $27.99 but priced $7.50.

  • Member since
    July 2013
Posted by steve5 on Saturday, April 7, 2018 5:51 PM

plasmo does a great tutorial on that build waggish

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, April 7, 2018 4:15 PM

Thats meant to be a really nice kit waggish.

Interesting what you say about the Revell kits. Went ito the LHS today and the shelves are full of them. Seems as though hardly anyone has noticed the Revell issues over here.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    September 2016
Posted by TheWaggishAmerican on Saturday, April 7, 2018 4:10 PM

After the recent, potentially terrible, news regarding Revell, their kit's have been flying off of the LHS shelves. I've been watching the 1/32 Me 262B1/U1 since it came out in 2016, and payed even closer attention once my LHS got it in 2017, though I never pulled the trigger. Anyway, after the club meeting today, I grabbed the last one.

Side note, this is first kit I've paid full price for in almost 8 months. 

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On the Bench- Tamiya 1/48 Raiden, Rufe, Buffalo, He 162; Academy 1/72 F-89, Eduard 1/48 F6F-3, Accurate Miniatures 1/48 F3F-2, Minicraft 1/48 XF5F, Academy 1/35 Hetzer, Zvezda 1/35 KV-2 (Girls Und Panzer)

 

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, April 7, 2018 3:58 PM

Recently sold off a few un wanted kits on e-bay and decided to use what i got to add to my Norfolk airfields collection. I got 2 Tamiya Mossies, the Mk VI which will have the Paragon ASH radome fitted, which i picked up from S Africa thanks to GM making me aware of it.

And a NF XIII/XVII which will be turned into a NF XXX with a new engine and some scratch work in the pit.

And a Revell Halifax Mk III.

That takes me up to 33 out of 37 airfields.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Thursday, April 5, 2018 11:42 PM

Snuck out of work yesterday and went down to the local hobby shop :)

The Defiant will be my first Airfix kit in 20 or 30 years, couldn't resist after all the great feedback on this site.  It looks really, really nice.

Thanks,

John

  • Member since
    January 2015
  • From: Katy, TX
Posted by Aggieman on Thursday, April 5, 2018 11:22 AM

Last month I added Wing Nut Wing's Sopwith Camel to my stash.

Shortly after that, I found an ancient kit on eBay and managed to "steal" it from another high bidder - old Monogram baby blue box kit of the Pylon Racers (F8F Bearcat and P-51B Mustang).  This gives me just about every one of Monogram's blue box releases, which dated from the mid-1960s into the very early years of the 1970s, and just so happens to have fallen right into my introduction to this hobby as a 3-year-old.  I have many good memories about what came in those blue boxes, so over the past few years I've been picking them up when I find them.  There are still a couple of helicopters to locate, and the F11 Tiger as Blue Angel kit as well.  And thus far, I've built the F8F Bearcat, P-39 Airacobra, and F4F Wildcat.  Keeping the boxes, will likely find a way to mount them on a wall display.

Today I got a Tamiya Dewoitine D.520 off eBay and grabbed Airfix's new Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 to the stash.

  • Member since
    August 2014
  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Thursday, April 5, 2018 11:10 AM

Nice Keyda, got your work cut out for a little while.  Worked on B-52's next door to the SR's back in '73, absolutely amazing aircraft. 

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