My stash just grew again 2026

[zenrat]

Just as I like pilots in my aircraft to add some scale to the model I like drivers in my vehicles.  Unfortunately it's not so easy for a few reasons.  One of them being a lack of suitable figures.
I have been buying up 1/35 driver figures when I see them.  These are the latest addition.  Two figures in each box.
I got them from RCMA in Queensland.  They were having a special on ICM kits so the price you see is not what I paid.
20260124_152215 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
20260124_152201 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[killnoizer]

I doubt very much you will need to worry about the rigging on that Gotha   

In fact i am much interested in that rigging because it is very characteristic on the Design 😀.  I think that problem can be solved, i have no concrete idea for the gotha, but that Bomber is not as big as expected.

[Old Wombat]

1st order for the year:

3 x Liang Model 1/35 Chainsaw Tools Set (LIANG-S001) - general diorama accessories
1 x ForeArt 1/35 Ukrainian M142 HIMARS ATACMS/GMLRS (FOR-5002) - will be RAMs
1 x ScaleX 1/35 Modern HIMARS CTIS Sagged Wheel set for Foreart kits (SX-WM35025S) - obvious
1 x Trumpeter 1/35 40ft Container (TR 01030) - general diorama accessory
1 x Plus Model 1/35 Big Fire Extinguisher (PLUS-EL004) - general diorama accessory
2 x Grey Fox Concepts 1/35 Centurion Road Wheels Replacement for AFV Club Rubber Rims (GFC350014) - I need about 7 of these sets (I'll have to count the Centurions, again) 

[Weaver]

Excellent haul at the Bolton Show today - solved pretty much all of my outstanding project problems!

Plus Model 1/72nd BQM-34A Firebee drone
Dora Wings 1/72nd Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter (this means I don't have to use an Austrian IPMS limited edition one for a whiff)
Aeroclub 1/72nd DH Venom F.B.4 (£2.50...)
Aeroclub 1/72nd DH Venom F.B.1 (£2.50...)
Hasegawa 1/72nd Mitsubishi F1
MPM 1/72nd Mc Donnell FH-1 Phantom
Huma 1/72nd Ju EF 128
Special Hobby De Havilland DH.103 Hornet F.Mk.3/4
Airfix 1/72nd Bristol Beaufighter TF.X (now I can do both super-Beaufort projects)
Hasegawa 1/72nd F-111C/G Aardvark in RAAF colours (want one of the decal schemes for something else: none on the aftermarket scene, and new Hase -Cs are £80+)
Revell 1/72nd F-101B Voodoo

Gifts from Thorvic (thanks Geoff!):
Eiriksson 1/600th resin & white metal HMS Ark Royal (R09 - the one with Phantoms and Buccaneers)
Zvezda 1/72nd Mil MI-24A Hind A

[George the Cat]

That's a very respectable haul Weaver.

[scautomoton]

I managed: 
Special hobby Meteor probe pilot
Cyber Hobby Venom nf3
Project X Supermarine 545
Various supplies
A variety of aftermarket resin seats, pitots and ordnance for super cheap while bin dipping once it was quiet
Verlinden detail kit for F104

[The Wooksta!]

My haul was modest:

Courtesy of Geoff:
Magna Short Sturgeon
Airfix Mosquito B.XVI

Tamiya Mosquito B.IV
Magna Firebrand TF.III/IV - this is the only Firebrand mark I didn't have, so it filled a nice hole.  Other than the crude Airmodel vac form, all of the 72nd Firebrand kits have passed through my hands.

Four Aeroclub Spitfire props from a rummage bin upstairs - two 5 blade Griffon, 1 four blade Griffon and a contra prop.
1 sheet of RAF 36in Dull Red code letters.  Most handy for Mosquito night fighters.

And finally, courtesy of Weaver
SH DH Hornet F3 decals and spare NF21 observers glazing.

And I get back only for bay to tell me I won the Tamiya Mosquito FB.6 I was bidding on.  At a reasonable price, inclusive of post.

[Rick Lowe]

2 x Grey Fox Concepts 1/35 Centurion Road Wheels Replacement for AFV Club Rubber Rims (GFC350014) - I need about 7 of these sets (I'll have to count the Centurions, again) 

Don't Centurions have Optios, or better yet Legionaries to do the Grunt Work?
(2 for the price of one, Oy!    I'll get my coat...)

[Old Wombat]

2 x Grey Fox Concepts 1/35 Centurion Road Wheels Replacement for AFV Club Rubber Rims (GFC350014) - I need about 7 of these sets (I'll have to count the Centurions, again) 

Don't Centurions have Optios, or better yet Legionaries to do the Grunt Work?
(2 for the price of one, Oy!    I'll get my coat...)

No! No! No! You're looking at this from the wrong direction! 

It's the job of the Tribuni angusticlavii (Think of him as a rich-kid sub-altern/2LT.) to know how many Centurions are present & that they are properly equipped.

It's the job of the (read it carefully!) Praefectus castrorum (Think of him as a RSM, who has been given a commission as a LT, maybe even CAPT.) to make sure the Tribuni angusticlavii gets it right.

[PR19_Kit]

A short trip to ModelsForSale from my country home today garnered two bottles of Tamiya thinner, which hopefully WON'T strip the rest of the paint off the B-2S, and numerous refills of Tamiya tape that won't leave a residue once I've re-painted its main NMF colour!

[Rick Lowe]

2 x Grey Fox Concepts 1/35 Centurion Road Wheels Replacement for AFV Club Rubber Rims (GFC350014) - I need about 7 of these sets (I'll have to count the Centurions, again) 

Don't Centurions have Optios, or better yet Legionaries to do the Grunt Work?
(2 for the price of one, Oy!    I'll get my coat...)

No! No! No! You're looking at this from the wrong direction! 

It's the job of the Tribuni angusticlavii (Think of him as a rich-kid sub-altern/2LT.) to know how many Centurions are present & that they are properly equipped.

It's the job of the (read it carefully!) Praefectus castrorum (Think of him as a RSM, who has been given a commission as a LT, maybe even CAPT.) to make sure the Tribuni angusticlavii gets it right.

Ah, of course - silly me! Mea Culpa... 

[scautomoton]

Received today from the land of the rising sun: a Hasegawa 1/72 Macross Valkyrie VF-1A/J/S boxing. This will be Whiffed into an RAF VF-1, since its reasonable to assume we would have fielded them during the First Space War.

[Wardukw]

Ok these are more tools than stash items but still model stuff .. i received 3 scalpel handles and 6 Swann Morton No11 blades ... now this clearly ain't enough   blades but its a start ,,so i went a huntin ... cand i found 100 packs of No11 blades ,, all surgical jobbies ,, the prices were all over the place ,,and i MEAN all over the place ,, anywhere from $39 nz to $99 nz for the exact same thing!!
Then i saw a Temu add for 100 packs of Japanese made No11 blades for $14.79nz and that now got my attention ... so without further ado i ordered 3 packs of blades .. a 100 pack of No11's ,,a 100 pack of No10's and a 100 pack of No21's ..all for $46.71nz and free postage ... i aint running out of blades when this lot turn up 
Least i know these will turn up ....Temu have been very very good .

[kerick]

I picked the Trumpter Stryker kit I ordered to go with the S-tank. It looks like these two will fit together very closely. I'm thinking of a three tone modern NATO pattern. We shall see what happens when the cutting and bashing start!

[Weaver]

Ok these are more tools than stash items but still model stuff .. i received 3 scalpel handles and 6 Swann Morton No11 blades ... now this clearly ain't enough   blades but its a start ,,so i went a huntin ... cand i found 100 packs of No11 blades ,, all surgical jobbies ,, the prices were all over the place ,,and i MEAN all over the place ,, anywhere from $39 nz to $99 nz for the exact same thing!!
Then i saw a Temu add for 100 packs of Japanese made No11 blades for $14.79nz and that now got my attention ... so without further ado i ordered 3 packs of blades .. a 100 pack of No11's ,,a 100 pack of No10's and a 100 pack of No21's ..all for $46.71nz and free postage ... i aint running out of blades when this lot turn up 
Least i know these will turn up ....Temu have been very very good .

There is actually a "My Toolbox Just Got Bigger" thread in the General Modelling forum.