Recent Purchases

[jjp_nl]

Another minor addition to the stash.

After checking out the ICM 1/72 Do-215B-5 and the truly horrible state of the plastic of that kit I wanted to look into other ways of building some of the obscure Do-17/215 nightfighters. The first thing that came to my mind was to use the Revell rebox of the aging Monogram Do-17Z-2 kit as a basis for conversions, and see if that can be put to use with some of the usable parts of the 215 kit. The was on sale at my LHS...so easy money

The plastic is definately showing it's age, but fit of the big parts is very good overall and seems like a solid base for a conversion...and on top some of the ICM parts require only very minor surgery to fit on this kit. First conversion I have in mind is a 'Kauz II' using one of the two nose parts of the ICM kit on this Revell/Monogram kit. I think with some additional surgery I should be able to turn it into a 215B-5 'Kauz III' as well, but the 'Kauz II' seems like a good starting point for the moment.

Another little kit I found to be on sale was what appears to be the excellent 1/72 Revell P-47D.

 

[Wayne Little]

Always been interested in Cyberhobby's kits...anxious to know how it is!

Dragon Kit Harrison!

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff guys. Is the Revell '109G the ex-Hasegawa kit Wayne?

 

[A4K]

Great scores everyone!

 

[javlin]

Wayne that had the Ju88 kit @ LHS markdown to 29.95 and almost grabbed it what's your impressions?

 

[Wayne Little]

Terry, yes it is the Hasegawa kit reboxed by Revell.

Kevin it is a good kit already built one a long time ago.....

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Wayne. I'll look out for that one - haven't seen it in the UK.

 

[A4K]

Looks great going by Wayne's!

 

[B-17engineer]

im definitely getting the 262 by Cyber hobby

 

[jjp_nl]

I went on pretty serious shopping-spree the other day.

The revell/monogram 1/48 Dornier Do-217

And since I've developed a bit of a weak spot for nightfighters lately....I contacted Bill Koster and ordered the KAE Do-217 Nightfighter conversion set to go with it. Pretty serious stuff with Vacu-form parts, white metal parts, resin, and PE. Probably won't start this one until I'm snowbound for two months straight sometime in December/January or something. Replacing the BMW eniges with DB ones and putting a totally different nose on sure will be a daunting task

 

[A4K]

Wow, that looks good Jelmer, looking forward to it!

 

[Airframes]

I agree with Evan, looking forward to seeing this one come together. let me know if you need any cockpit pics etc, as I think I should have some.

 

[jjp_nl]

@ Airframes
I think I have a few books on the Do-17/215/217 in PDF format somewhere stored on my HD. I went through those quickly and there are some pretty good pics of the office in there, so I don't think I'll need them, but I'll keep it in mind for sure.

 

[Airframes]

OK, no problem. BTW, I should get the Spitfire parts off to you this week. Haven't got a spare oil cooler bath, but I'll include a sketch and plan of what it looks like.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Now that's one nice looking kit!

 

[jjp_nl]

OK, no problem. BTW, I should get the Spitfire parts off to you this week. Haven't got a spare oil cooler bath, but I'll include a sketch and plan of what it looks like.

OK, thanks for the heads up on the parts. I'll work something out for the oil cooler bath.

 

[Wayne Little]

does look rather good....

 

[Wayne Little]

Some more additions to my 1/700 Waterline Series Japanese Navy and One for the USN too!

 

[vikingBerserker]

I love the IJN Carriers, NICE!

 

[Crimea_River]

Wayne's gonna be naval gazing for a while!