My stash just grew again 2025

[Weaver]

From Machina Models:

2 x sets of 1/72nd 3D-printed EE Lightning outer wing pylons with twin store carriers.

Cheers Stuart! 

[Weaver]

From Kingkit (2nd hand):

1/350th scale Pegasus Mercury 9 Rocket

This thing: 

[The Rat]

From Kingkit (2nd hand):

1/350th scale Pegasus Mercury 9 Rocket

Looks like an impressive bit of kit. I imagine the window cleaners would be busy on that building after a liftoff. 

[Weaver]

From Kingkit (2nd hand):

1/350th scale Pegasus Mercury 9 Rocket

Looks like an impressive bit of kit. I imagine the window cleaners would be busy on that building after a liftoff. 

Yep - can't find an official figure, but looking at the parts in the box I think it's about 30cm high when build.

[Wardukw]

In the mail yesterday was three lovely items in one box . 
1/35th Tamiya M1A2 SEP Abrams TUSK II
1/35th Tamiya Challenger 1 MK3 ,,,the seller gave me this for free as its 3/4 built and i'll be honest ,,very nicely built too ..very very clean glueing .
..Now this isn't a surprise as i knew it was coming but it was a surprise because of the weapon it carries which i'll explain .. its a Hobbyboss 1/35th V-150 Commando with the 20mm cannon ,,i wanted this to go with my other V-150 which has the 90mm Mecar gun ..well once i got and with one thing i always do is crack open the box to make sure its all there ..i did that to this and i was looking at the sprue for the turret which also carries the armament,,, well armaments in this case cause i noticed the 90mm gun tube on the sprue along with the 20mm barrel ..then i got thinking ,,so i got my 90mm armed version and yup ,,i had both verisons already in the one box 
Am i unhappy ? ,, nope 
Nows i've got two spare weapons systems to play with which i'm always happy aboot 

[seadude]

Got the following kit during my model club's Christmas meeting and gift exchange today.
Since I don't build armor, this will get donated to my club's model auction next June.

[Rick Lowe]

From Kingkit (2nd hand):

1/350th scale Pegasus Mercury 9 Rocket

Looks like an impressive bit of kit. I imagine the window cleaners would be busy on that building after a liftoff. 

That umbilical must be HUGE!! in-scale, then... 

[Wardukw]

Got the following kit during my model club's Christmas meeting and gift exchange today.
Since I don't build armor, this will get donated to my club's model auction next June.

That's a nice win Seadude mate .. it's older than stone but super easy to build so whoever gets it's will enjoy themselves ,,, great for getting the younger model builder into armour 

[frank2056]

From Kingkit (2nd hand):

1/350th scale Pegasus Mercury 9 Rocket

It's a great kit! The upper "stage" could be turned into its own ship. Both are nicely molded. The building is OK as it is. Paragraphics has a PE set for the building (which I see is considerably more expensive than when I bought the kit) that adds some antenna towers.

[Rick Lowe]

Got the following kit during my model club's Christmas meeting and gift exchange today.
Since I don't build armor, this will get donated to my club's model auction next June.

That's a nice win Seadude mate .. it's older than stone but super easy to build so whoever gets it's will enjoy themselves ,,, great for getting the younger model builder into armour 

And looks to have been tarted up with a new figure and some stowage.

[Wardukw]

Got the following kit during my model club's Christmas meeting and gift exchange today.
Since I don't build armor, this will get donated to my club's model auction next June.

That's a nice win Seadude mate .. it's older than stone but super easy to build so whoever gets it's will enjoy themselves ,,, great for getting the younger model builder into armour 

And looks to have been tarted up with a new figure and some stowage.

Oh you can bet on that matey ,,it's the same with this Marder 1A2 i got ,,chuck a few new bits at it but the base model is still from 1977 

[Weaver]

From Kingkit (2nd hand):

1/350th scale Pegasus Mercury 9 Rocket

It's a great kit! The upper "stage" could be turned into its own ship. Both are nicely molded. The building is OK as it is. Paragraphics has a PE set for the building (which I see is considerably more expensive than when I bought the kit) that adds some antenna towers.

Favoured mod seems to be to cut out the control centre windows and light it. That makes it easy to light the rocket too, since the "umbilical" is literally made from double electrical cable.

[Weaver]

From Kingkit (2nd hand):

1/350th scale Pegasus Mercury 9 Rocket

Looks like an impressive bit of kit. I imagine the window cleaners would be busy on that building after a liftoff. 

That umbilical must be HUGE!! in-scale, then... 

The wires it's made from are about 2.5mm in diameter so that makes them about 87.5cm in diameter in scale. Certainly big, but not unreasonably so, given the large volume of fuels like liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Since those fuels and also cryogenic (-230 and -180 deg C respectively), you could also claim that some of the thickness is insulation.

[Rick Lowe]

The wires it's made from are about 2.5mm in diameter so that makes them about 87.5cm in diameter in scale. Certainly big, but not unreasonably so, given the large volume of fuels like liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Since those fuels and also cryogenic (-230 and -180 deg C respectively), you could also claim that some of the thickness is insulation.

That makes sense, and as you said, makes it easy for lighting.

[Rick Lowe]

And looks to have been tarted up with a new figure and some stowage.

Oh you can bet on that matey ,,it's the same with this Marder 1A2 i got ,,chuck a few new bits at it but the base model is still from 1977 

Easier/cheaper than revamping the moulds, or making a brand new, accurate kit...