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My stash just grew again 2026

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Spey_Phantom

December 31, 2025, 02:21:11 PM
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on the bench:

-all kinds of things.

PR19_Kit

#1
January 01, 2026, 02:49:06 AM
QuoteI dunno, the Flowers were pretty small ships ... Maybe a new shed, rather than a whole house.  ;)  ;D

That was Old Wombat in the 2025 Stash folder, which won't work as it's now 2026.....

You're not kidding, I thought it was the wrong scale when I opened the box! It makes my Lord Clive look like a supertanker, and that's not all that big in warship terms.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Rheged

#2
January 01, 2026, 04:56:56 AM
Flower class were described by Nicholas Monserrat (who served on them)  as "Suitable only for use on the River Thames, upstream of Teddington Lock" 
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

NARSES2

#3
January 01, 2026, 05:16:49 AM
Quote from: Rheged on January 01, 2026, 04:56:56 AMFlower class were described by Nicholas Monserrat (who served on them)  as "Suitable only for use on the River Thames, upstream of Teddington Lock" 

Dad served on Flower's for a bit, his one memory of them were "that they wet"  :angel:

He then moved onto sometning smaller, a sloop in the Indian Ocean doing convoy escort between the West Coast of the Sub-Continent and South and East Africa. Fond memories of that ship.
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

PR19_Kit

#4
January 01, 2026, 05:18:03 AM
I'll post a pick of the Amchusa's hull against the Lord Clive in that thread later on, the Anchusa looks TINY!
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

The Wooksta!

#5
January 01, 2026, 07:13:12 AM
Snaffled an Alleycat Mosquito NF.XII/XIII conversion from Models for Sale on eBay.  If it was Alleycat directly, I'd avoid them like the plague. 
"A Romany bint in a field with her paints, suggesting we faint at her beauty, but she's got Dickie Davies eyes!"

Wardukw

#6
January 02, 2026, 01:26:39 AM
Talking of Flower class ships ,,my ol mate Steve (RIP) gave me his Matchbox Flower class Corvette a couple of yrs ago as a bday gift ..he didn't build it but who ever did painted everything first so even if you look at this with a slight glance parts fall off  :banghead:
And many many parts have now fallen off  :lol:
At some point i've going to strip it completely and repaint it .
If it aint broke ,,fix it until it is .
Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .

zenrat

#7
January 02, 2026, 02:40:20 AM Last Edit: January 02, 2026, 02:47:02 AM by zenrat
Quote from: Wardukw on January 02, 2026, 01:26:39 AMTalking of Flower class ships ,,my ol mate Steve (RIP) gave me his Matchbox Flower class Corvette a couple of yrs ago as a bday gift ..he didn't build it but who ever did painted everything first so even if you look at this with a slight glance parts fall off  :banghead:
And many many parts have now fallen off  :lol:
At some point i've going to strip it completely and repaint it .

The 1/72 one?  As a kid I wanted one of them nearly as much as I wanted a Monogram B-36.  I guess to young me bigger was better.


Today I got some paint and two trucks in different scales from BNA Modelworld.
This one...
Chevrolet 15 CWT by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
...is going to be part of my long planned "Lost World" diorama.  Being an Italeri kit the wheels & tyres are poor.
And this one...
URAL-375D by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
...is going to be doing this.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere, for your convenience.

Old Wombat

#8
January 02, 2026, 05:29:57 AM
Those little ICM trucks are nice builds!

Built one for my "Wildlife Heritage Intervention Fund" C-119T diorama (from the parts of two kits - can't remember what happened to the rest of the kit parts, but they were capable of being combined into a full model).
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

"The purpose of all War is Peace" - St. Augustine

veritas ad mortus veritas est

Wardukw

#9
January 02, 2026, 09:50:37 AM
Quote from: zenrat on January 02, 2026, 02:40:20 AM
Quote from: Wardukw on January 02, 2026, 01:26:39 AMTalking of Flower class ships ,,my ol mate Steve (RIP) gave me his Matchbox Flower class Corvette a couple of yrs ago as a bday gift ..he didn't build it but who ever did painted everything first so even if you look at this with a slight glance parts fall off  :banghead:
And many many parts have now fallen off  :lol:
At some point i've going to strip it completely and repaint it .

The 1/72 one?  As a kid I wanted one of them nearly as much as I wanted a Monogram B-36.  I guess to young me bigger was better.

Yep ,,that be the bugga matey .. living in a place without a huge amount of space ,,this takes up good chunk of it  :wacko:  :wacko:
Ok it's not THAT big but mate she's got some size to her ,,detail wise ,,it's not great but it's old as the hills so thats to be expected ,,the cool factor tho is there for sure  ;D
If it aint broke ,,fix it until it is .
Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .

The Chaos

#10
January 02, 2026, 10:46:22 PM
New at my stash.



The Wooksta!

#11
January 03, 2026, 04:57:29 AM
The Alleycat Mosquito NF.XII/XIII nose I ordered from Models for Sale arrived this morning.  Two days!  If it had been from Alleycat direct, I'd be lucky to have seen it within six months.  And bearing in mind the resin piece is about the size of your average Lego basic brick, the box it came in is mahoosive in comparison.

It will be taking a bath in silicone. Purely for personal use, you understand...
"A Romany bint in a field with her paints, suggesting we faint at her beauty, but she's got Dickie Davies eyes!"

NARSES2

#12
January 03, 2026, 05:26:47 AM
Quote from: The Chaos on January 02, 2026, 10:46:22 PMNew at my stash.



I'd be interested in your opinion of the Eduard "Hybrid" Avia Mr Chaos as that's the one with the 3D parts ?
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Spey_Phantom

#13
January 03, 2026, 11:16:07 AM
quick trip north of the border today, came back home with:

-Revell 1/144 Spitfire Mk1 & Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
-Revell 1/144 Messerschmitt Bf109e & Junkers Ju-87B Stuka
-Revell 1/72 Messerschmitt Me P.1099A
on the bench:

-all kinds of things.

The Wooksta!

#14
January 03, 2026, 11:23:15 AM
The pair of Tamiya Mosquito FB.VIs I ordered a week ago have arrived.  I don't know what they'll be, because I have that much in mind.
"A Romany bint in a field with her paints, suggesting we faint at her beauty, but she's got Dickie Davies eyes!"
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