Catch22
Major
Nice Karl, oddly enough I have that exact magnifying glass!
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A4K
Brigadier General
Nice scores Karl!
And damn, you guys are no help at all!
- I'm just gonna have to post a photo of my stash soon dammit..! 
On a good note, had the chance to see some hobby Boss kits in the flesh...look great, though cockpit tubs are all shallow and simple. Apart from that, the Me 262 looks like a copy of the Revell kit (with decent canopy for once - the best of all I've seen), Me 163 like an Academy copy, and He 162 like the Dragon kit. Simplified construction, and the aforementioned cockpit thing, but at about half the price of a standard kit, I'd say well worth it! Saw their A-10 too, looks great aswell....
This post is edited - saw the new Airfix catalogue and thought there are alot of new tools (including the hampden)..damn, no. There are a few New Tools (1:72 Bf 110C/D, Bf 110E, Hawk T.1a, F-86 sabre, etc), but looked again, and the others I thought were new are actually marked 'New for 2010', ie probably just rereleases or possibly reboxings...atleast you can get the Hampden and Battle again though...
And damn, you guys are no help at all!
- I'm just gonna have to post a photo of my stash soon dammit..! On a good note, had the chance to see some hobby Boss kits in the flesh...look great, though cockpit tubs are all shallow and simple. Apart from that, the Me 262 looks like a copy of the Revell kit (with decent canopy for once - the best of all I've seen), Me 163 like an Academy copy, and He 162 like the Dragon kit. Simplified construction, and the aforementioned cockpit thing, but at about half the price of a standard kit, I'd say well worth it! Saw their A-10 too, looks great aswell....
This post is edited - saw the new Airfix catalogue and thought there are alot of new tools (including the hampden)..damn, no. There are a few New Tools (1:72 Bf 110C/D, Bf 110E, Hawk T.1a, F-86 sabre, etc), but looked again, and the others I thought were new are actually marked 'New for 2010', ie probably just rereleases or possibly reboxings...atleast you can get the Hampden and Battle again though...
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A4K
Brigadier General
God I love these LONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG delays and double posts....
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Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Certainly is! It's taken about 8 attempts and 15 minutes to get to this page!
dirkpitt289
Master Sergeant
Sorry Evan,I have no cure buddy,I need a cure myself! 2 more purchases for me -
I'm beginning to understand why u guys have large stashes now!
Cheers,
Tony.
Nice pickup Tony. They look like something I would build...
A4K
Brigadier General
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dirkpitt289
Master Sergeant
Check out these bad boy tweezers!!! 
They fit great in your hand
Too bad I can't get the succion to work...
If you are wondering they are used for brain surgery.
They fit great in your hand
Too bad I can't get the succion to work...
If you are wondering they are used for brain surgery.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
They'll be very useful, and busy, around here then!!!!
Catch22
Major
This happened on Friday (pics Saturday), however I couldn't post it!
Hopefully this post works!
Yesterday, my Dad was asking me what the next two models I was thinking of buying were. I answered a 1/32 Fw 190A and do one of the JGr 10 birds with the snake along the side (as I had seen a Hasegawa boxing of it in a local store), or a Fairey Firefly. I was about to leave for a movie when he opens up his trunk and it's absolutely FULL of models. After the movie I came home to see this (everything is 1/48 or 1/32, mostly 1/48):
ProModeller Ju 88A-4 with PE, Aires cockpit and decals.
Do 335 with PE and decals.
Me 262 with PE, decals, and resin flaps.
Fw 190D-9 with decals, PE and a resin engine set.
1/32 Fw 190A-8 (excellent coincidence, claimed for myself)
Mosquito with PE, verlinden cockpit set and there were some decals kicking around.
Firefly FR. 1 (also a nice coincidence, probably will claim, tied with the F-4 later) with resin cockpit, PE and decals.
Lysander with PE.
Defiant with resin and PE.
A very old smelling 1/32 Hurricane, there were some decals kicking around as well.
1/32 F-4E with resin wheels and ejection seats. Also very interested in this one, if I did it it would be as an F-4F of the Luftwaffe.
A strange double pack of Accurate Miniatures Avengers. There are two different versions in here, both wartime, but one with two scoops on the cowling (can't remember what version that is!).
ANOTHER AM Avenger, this time with FAA decals (including the plane I already did [would have made my life a lot easier if I had them at the time...]), resin seats and canopy masks. Thank goodness for the last item, though it can only be used once and there's 3 in there!
Two Hasegawa Sabres, both with resin cockpits, one with RCAF decals.
F-117. Wow this is big! Didn't realize the size of it.
1/32 A-4E/F Skyhawk.
1/32 TA-4J Skyhawk.
C-130. Apparently he asked my dad if he wanted a B-29 or something close to it in size. Seeing as my brother already has a B-29, this is what we got.
1/32 MiG-29, decals are MIA.
1/32 MiG-17.
1/32 MiG-21, my brother claimed this one.
F/A-18.
Bunch of Helicopters!
F-104 with Black Box cockpit/fuel tanks. I may take this as I ruined my other one with Alclad. I can salvage it, but I'd have to sand it down etc etc, so I may just take it.
All for a cost of $0...
The guy who gave them to us is a Policeman, like my father, and he says he'll never get through all of these and his eyes are getting to the point that he can only build 1/32. My Dad tried to buy them from him, but he wouldn't accept it as I guess he just wanted them to go somewhere they'd be built, and some of them were his uncle's who has passed away sadly. I think I'm good for models for just a little bit...
That was about 6 bags worth, apparently another 6 bags of just armor is coming on Tuesday.
Oh, and my AU-1 came on the same day too!
Hopefully this post works!
Yesterday, my Dad was asking me what the next two models I was thinking of buying were. I answered a 1/32 Fw 190A and do one of the JGr 10 birds with the snake along the side (as I had seen a Hasegawa boxing of it in a local store), or a Fairey Firefly. I was about to leave for a movie when he opens up his trunk and it's absolutely FULL of models. After the movie I came home to see this (everything is 1/48 or 1/32, mostly 1/48):
ProModeller Ju 88A-4 with PE, Aires cockpit and decals.
Do 335 with PE and decals.
Me 262 with PE, decals, and resin flaps.
Fw 190D-9 with decals, PE and a resin engine set.
1/32 Fw 190A-8 (excellent coincidence, claimed for myself)
Mosquito with PE, verlinden cockpit set and there were some decals kicking around.
Firefly FR. 1 (also a nice coincidence, probably will claim, tied with the F-4 later) with resin cockpit, PE and decals.
Lysander with PE.
Defiant with resin and PE.
A very old smelling 1/32 Hurricane, there were some decals kicking around as well.
1/32 F-4E with resin wheels and ejection seats. Also very interested in this one, if I did it it would be as an F-4F of the Luftwaffe.
A strange double pack of Accurate Miniatures Avengers. There are two different versions in here, both wartime, but one with two scoops on the cowling (can't remember what version that is!).
ANOTHER AM Avenger, this time with FAA decals (including the plane I already did [would have made my life a lot easier if I had them at the time...]), resin seats and canopy masks. Thank goodness for the last item, though it can only be used once and there's 3 in there!
Two Hasegawa Sabres, both with resin cockpits, one with RCAF decals.
F-117. Wow this is big! Didn't realize the size of it.
1/32 A-4E/F Skyhawk.
1/32 TA-4J Skyhawk.
C-130. Apparently he asked my dad if he wanted a B-29 or something close to it in size. Seeing as my brother already has a B-29, this is what we got.
1/32 MiG-29, decals are MIA.
1/32 MiG-17.
1/32 MiG-21, my brother claimed this one.
F/A-18.
Bunch of Helicopters!
F-104 with Black Box cockpit/fuel tanks. I may take this as I ruined my other one with Alclad. I can salvage it, but I'd have to sand it down etc etc, so I may just take it.
All for a cost of $0...
The guy who gave them to us is a Policeman, like my father, and he says he'll never get through all of these and his eyes are getting to the point that he can only build 1/32. My Dad tried to buy them from him, but he wouldn't accept it as I guess he just wanted them to go somewhere they'd be built, and some of them were his uncle's who has passed away sadly. I think I'm good for models for just a little bit...
That was about 6 bags worth, apparently another 6 bags of just armor is coming on Tuesday.
Oh, and my AU-1 came on the same day too!
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36feet10inches
Staff Sergeant
Yowza!
1/48 scale Hercules? Isn't that, like, enormous?
1/48 scale Hercules? Isn't that, like, enormous?
A4K
Brigadier General
Bloody oath mate! Great scores!!!
Re the Avengers, the single scoop is the TBF, the twin the TBM.
Btw, is your dad a modelmaker too?
Re the Avengers, the single scoop is the TBF, the twin the TBM.
Btw, is your dad a modelmaker too?
Peebs
Senior Airman
Holly Crap!!!!
You got yourself an airforce!!!!
You got yourself an airforce!!!!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Fantastic catch...Catch!! Some great kits there, you lucky.........!!!
Oh dear oh dear...
Always a little humbling when all of my recent purchases arrive at once.
Off to town to buy a new cutting matt and other things that I don't really need...
I am amazed that the models arrived in a week. If the quality of the manuals is anything to go by, these will be great kits. I will be getting into the Pup this weekend!
Always a little humbling when all of my recent purchases arrive at once.
Off to town to buy a new cutting matt and other things that I don't really need...
I am amazed that the models arrived in a week. If the quality of the manuals is anything to go by, these will be great kits. I will be getting into the Pup this weekend!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Great purchases mate, I'd love to get my hands on the SE.5a, in that scale it would be a great build.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Agree on both. Always like the SE5A, looked 'modern' for the time.
