Recent Purchases

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Aaron, maybe you could stick a post up on the 'I'll trade U 4 that' thread, in case someone has the parts you need for the S-2F. (I don't myself sorry). Btw, what scale is the Tracker? If 1:72, is it an independent mould, or a copy of the Hasegawa kit?

It was the Kinetics 1/48 scale kit Kevin, I already have a second kit that I found for less than half the cost of retail. I was missing parts for the wings. Now I can do one folded and one extended. If I am ever home again I am going to finish the first one I got for Terry. He's been waiting for over a year for it now.

And that is excellent news Prem!

 

[Lucky13]

Delivered today....

 

[Catch22]

Let me know how that is Jan. Been eyeing one for a couple of weeks.

 

[Lucky13]

It's a nice kit, decals for two birds, both with smokering camouflage...might get a C.200 next, to round off 'Italian connection' and wish for a mainstream G.55 and Re.2005!

 

[Catch22]

Thanks Jan! Now that I think about it, I was actually eyeing the 202 because I couldn't find any 205s, you lucky Swede!

 

[Lucky13]

Thanks Jan! Now that I think about it, I was actually eyeing the 202 because I couldn't find any 205s, you lucky Swede!

Tauro Model 1 48 Macchi MC 205 Veltro Model Plane Kit 305 | eBay

 

[Wurger]

 

[A4K]

Great score Jan, and good on ya Aaron!

 

[Catch22]

Tauro Model 1 48 Macchi MC 205 Veltro Model Plane Kit 305 | eBay

Thanks Jan. Looked into it, and apparently it's awful unfortunately. I do get to hit a model store next week that has a ton of random stock so maybe I'll get lucky.

 

[A4K]

You sure you want to get lucky Cory? You don't know where he's been...

 

[Catch22]

Uhhh, on second thought, good call.

 

[Wurger]

I received the one today.

 

[vikingBerserker]

NICE! I wish I could work in 1/72 scale again.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Like that box art. Is the other Belgian?

 

[Wurger]

Yep.. it is. It is a plane used in May 1940. The model is an early type of the Hurricane with fabric covered wings.

 

[Lucky13]

Received these yesterday gents....

 

[Wayne Little]

That box art is real cool, is this a new moulding or rerelease of an older kit?

 

[Wurger]

It's a new-tool release from this company. The kit appears to be very accurate in outline shape, dimensions and detail. There are two options for making of the model ( two cockpit windshields and two props). Also cockpit interior has a couple of different details for both variants and there are two bottoms of the fuselage. Two disadvantages though ... no a gunsight and the starboard fuselage half doesn't have the fin moulded together. The one was added to the port one. As a result , for sure, there is a thin gap between the starboard half of the fuselage and the fin that requires some of putty, sanding and polishing to make the area looks properly.

 

[Lucky13]

Just delivered, for my Jan Zumbach and 'Old Crow'.... Any idea who flew H-PK of No. 316 Squadron and G-PK of No. 315 Squadron?

 

[Wurger]

The PK-G FB387 was flown by Eugeniusza Horbaczewskiego. As memo serves he used three Mustangs III of different serials ( FB166, FB382, FB387) but the same PK-G letter code. Also the number of victory markings was different because of period of time.

Regarding the pilot of the PK-H , there is a problem becuase the Mustang III FB353 known as the one with PK-H code ( earlier SZ-H FB353) was transfered from the 316th Squadron to the 315th one at the end of 1944. Because there were applied seven or eight victory markings over V-1 the only pilot who could have flown the plane was Wt.Off Tadeusz Szymański.

PS. Mustang III PK-H FB376 stayed with the 315th Squadron in 1945.