My stash just grew again 2025

[Thorvic]

Couple of early Christmas presents. The Twogar I had ordered 3 months ago from a model shop in Poland but it then got caught up in all this tariff nonsense so it took the guy a while to figure out how to get it to me. It will be part of my Vietnam FAC collection.

The G.91 was my white elephant present at our local IPMS holiday meeting last night. Going to paint it up in the US Army scheme. I never knew the Army ever looked at the G91 (or that they were even allowed to 😜). It's almost like a what-if that was.

We class that as Project Cancelled  , the US Army also trialled a variant of the A-4 Skyhawk (with double main wheels), the F-5 Freedom Fighter and the AV-6 Kestral, sadly they were not able to adopt any for their own cloase air support role

[Weaver]

From Ebay:

Airfix 1/72nd Fairey Rotodyne (incomplete & therefore cheapish)

This is an older "rainbow skill levels" boxing so it doesn't seem to have the moulding problems of the current Vintage Classic one, which means I can get a buildable Rotodyne out of the two of them. As far as I can tell on a quick inspection (got to go out in a minute), the only thing wrong with it is that two blades have been snapped off one prop, so there's going to be a LOT of spare parts for another whiff too.

Just had a proper look at the two kits. It's the hinge pins on the rear door slide-bars that are snapped off on the Vintage Classics one, but they're good on the Rainbow Skill Levels one, so I now have 1.95 buildable Rotodynes.      

Interestingly, this is the only example I've ever seen of an Airfix kit where the newest box is smaller than the older one.

[The Wooksta!]

I've got an early 70s one that's not much bigger than the kit sprues.  Do I win £5?

[Weaver]

I've got an early 70s one that's not much bigger than the kit sprues.  Do I win £5?

No, you just win a crisp high five, that will undoubtedly be worth more than £5 when I'm famous, IF you don't wash it off in the meantime...

[Rick Lowe]

I had a birthday,

Congratulations!

Yup, what they all said.
Felicitations.   

[zenrat]

I've got an early 70s one that's not much bigger than the kit sprues.  Do I win £5?

No, you just win a crisp high five, that will undoubtedly be worth more than £5 when I'm famous, IF you don't wash it off in the meantime...

You're more likely to be infamous mate...
 

Thanks for all the b'day wishes.

Kit, thanks for the offer of the pics.

[George the Cat]

Just arrived from the Big H

1/72 Airfix Mosquito B.XVI/B35/TT39
1/72 Special Hobby Blohm and Voss BV155 V1 Karawanken

And a decal sheet it's taken over a month to get right.

[Weaver]

I've got an early 70s one that's not much bigger than the kit sprues.  Do I win £5?

No, you just win a crisp high five, that will undoubtedly be worth more than £5 when I'm famous, IF you don't wash it off in the meantime...

You're more likely to be infamous mate...
 

One man's infamy is another man's in-for-me...

[Gondor]

Received today from the BIG yellow H, as a Christmas present to myself

1 x 1/72 Caracal Models CD72096 NASA F-104. A set specifically of colourschemes of F-104's in Nasa Markings.

I have had this on my watch list for ages, and finally, some stock came in. To keep the poor lonely decal sheet company, the following were sent with it.

1 x 1/72 Dream Models DM720012 AH-1Z 'Viper'
1 x 1/72 Dream Models DM720018 UH-1V 'Venom'
1 x 1/72 Dream Models DM720024 KA-52 Russian Attack Helicopter

Gondor

[Gondor]

Another delivery, this time from the Ukraine, from their recent sale.

1 x 1/72 Reskit RSU72-0328 1200L Fuel Tanks RAF Jaguar
1 x 1/72 Reskit RSU72-0253 MiG-25 Ventral Fuel Tank (5280 Litre)
1 x 1/72 Reskit RSF72-0037 Engineering Personnel with Firestreak Missile (On Transport Trolley)
1 x 1/72 Reskit RSF72-0035 Aircraft Mechanics with Red Top Missile on Transport Trolley
1 x 1/72 Reskit RS72-0416 AGM-84 (A, D) "Harpoon" Missiles. Partly as I wanted to see why Kit was having so much trouble with them. Now that I have opened the box, I can see why.
1 x 1/72 Reskit RSU72-0191 F-111 Acces Ladder. Bought to go with the F-111K, I have started on the to-do shelf.
1 x 1/72 Reskit RS72-0438 Centerline pylon for F-111
1 x 1/72 Reskit RS72-0200 H-19 Chickasaw Type 1 wheels set
1 x 1/72 Reskit RS72-0201 H-19 Chickasaw Type 2 wheels set

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

1 x 1/72 Reskit RS72-0416 AGM-84 (A, D) "Harpoon" Missiles. Partly as I wanted to see why Kit was having so much trouble with them. Now that I have opened the box, I can see why.

Yeah, all those fiddly fins to glue on, and they don't locate very well either.

[Charlie_c67]

I agree. Opened my packet to make some, took one look, shuddered and put them away again...

[DogfighterZen]

Went to my lady's workplace today to pick up a few packages and these were there waiting for me...
From SuperHobby in Poland came the Special Hobby Spitfire Mk.21, the RS P-51H and the Def model 1/48 GE F404 nozzle for the Freedom models F-20 kits
From a German private seller on Ebay came the Fujimi A-7D in perfect condition, even the decals.

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[Spey_Phantom]

arrived this week:

-Revell 1/144 Boeing 747-400 "Ed Force One"

on order:
-MAV Decals 1/72 Rhodesian roundels (3 assegais and post-UDI versions)
-Miniwing 1/144 Jet Provost T.5 (2 in 1)

[Weaver]

From Aldi:

Airfix 1/72nd Mitsubishi Zero starter set (£5.00)

From Jadlam:

Zvezda 1/72nd Siege Machines Kit No.1 (the one with a ballista and a catapult in it).