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My stash just grew again 2026

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DogfighterZen

#495
April 21, 2026, 09:35:52 AM
Two separate orders delivered today...

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The pics show the kits well enough, the paint is a 23ml jar of tamiya's XF-4 yellow green and the little bag of resin bits is the ArmyCast 1/72 MH/HH-60G conversion set for Hasegawa kits.
"Sticks and stones may break some bones but a 3.57's gonna blow your damn head off!!"

Rick Lowe

#496
April 21, 2026, 10:50:36 PM
More 1/35 junkyard armour and other bits, including a bag of arms... not as many figures to use them all on, but at least I have Options for all the other ones I do have.

In fact, I am now very well armed...


Oh come on - surely you saw that one coming?!  ;D

Rheged

#497
April 22, 2026, 01:50:08 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on April 21, 2026, 10:50:36 PMMore 1/35 junkyard armour and other bits, including a bag of arms... not as many figures to use them all on, but at least I have Options for all the other ones I do have.

In fact, I am now very well armed...


Oh come on - surely you saw that one coming?!  ;D

There's a punchline here about "throwing your hand in" just looking for a joke to attach itself to!
"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

zenrat

#498
April 22, 2026, 03:25:31 AM
Quote from: Rheged on April 22, 2026, 01:50:08 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on April 21, 2026, 10:50:36 PMMore 1/35 junkyard armour and other bits, including a bag of arms... not as many figures to use them all on, but at least I have Options for all the other ones I do have.

In fact, I am now very well armed...


Oh come on - surely you saw that one coming?!  ;D

There's a punchline here about "throwing your hand in" just looking for a joke to attach itself to!

Give him the elbow...

DFZ - The Hobby Boss 1/72 SLUF is a nice build.  I enjoyed it.
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.

Thorvic

#499
April 22, 2026, 04:29:21 AM
From Hannants the Airfix Classics 1/144 BHC SR.N4 Hovercraft.

Remember buiding this as a kid in the 70s that i received as a Christmas present.

This one hoever will be built as a project Royal Navy Mine hunter
Project Cancelled SIG Secretary, specialising in post war British RN warships, RN and RAF aircraft projects. Also USN and Russian warships

NARSES2

#500
April 22, 2026, 04:55:33 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 21, 2026, 08:03:19 AMAnd I trimmed that purchase order by quite a bit to make it affordable, but the Wrong-Scale Whirlwind remained!  :o

Fate, Serendipity or something more ....... ?  :wacko:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

PR19_Kit

#501
April 22, 2026, 04:58:22 AM
Quote from: Thorvic on April 22, 2026, 04:29:21 AMFrom Hannants the Airfix Classics 1/144 BHC SR.N4 Hovercraft.


I've got two of these (maybe three....) in The Loft, with the avowed intention of building a RW Super 4 out of them. You have to convert them to a Mk 2 first, and then add one to the other. But I'd be left with enough bits left over to make an open deck SRN4, like a mega LCAC. Hmmmmm....
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

DogfighterZen

#502
April 22, 2026, 07:45:49 AM
Quote from: zenrat on April 22, 2026, 03:25:31 AMDFZ - The Hobby Boss 1/72 SLUF is a nice build.  I enjoyed it.


Fred, that's good to know, thanks! :cheers: 
I have been buying up the available A-7 kits and i've had the A-7P box for a real world Portuguese SLUF in my stash for years now.
That is what i've come to expect from the HB kits, although some have some accuracy issues and i've only built 4 HB kits so far but, i've found the fit is generally good and the detail present also looks good... and i also think the prices are good for what's in the box. :thumbsup:
"Sticks and stones may break some bones but a 3.57's gonna blow your damn head off!!"

The Wooksta!

#503
April 22, 2026, 07:47:28 AM
A set of ye olde Frog Wyvern decals arrived earlier - the set I have is badly yellowed and I wanted the Wyvern cartoon for the engine cowl of one of the projects.

Oh, and Chrisnord kindly donated a pair of MB5 fuselages.
"A Romany bint in a field with her paints, suggesting we faint at her beauty, but she's got Dickie Davies eyes!"

zenrat

#504
April 23, 2026, 05:12:21 AM
Quote from: DogfighterZen on April 22, 2026, 07:45:49 AM
Quote from: zenrat on April 22, 2026, 03:25:31 AMDFZ - The Hobby Boss 1/72 SLUF is a nice build.  I enjoyed it.


Fred, that's good to know, thanks! :cheers: 
I have been buying up the available A-7 kits and i've had the A-7P box for a real world Portuguese SLUF in my stash for years now.
That is what i've come to expect from the HB kits, although some have some accuracy issues and i've only built 4 HB kits so far but, i've found the fit is generally good and the detail present also looks good... and i also think the prices are good for what's in the box. :thumbsup:

I've not built a bad Hobby Boss kit.  Doesn't say they don't exist though.  Even the very simple Zlin 42/142 kits with their odd moulded in clear all in one wing/fuselage construction went together well.
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.

McColm

#505
April 24, 2026, 08:47:57 AM Last Edit: April 24, 2026, 03:06:20 PM by McColm
Amt 1/25 Dodge Viper RT/10 Drove the real thing on my last fly-by-drive holiday in Florida via Las Vegas and dropped it off in Los Angeles. Got more warning stickers than any other car that I have driven since then.

Charlie_c67

#506
April 24, 2026, 01:44:18 PM
Arrived today, a Brengun 1/72 Mustang I picked up from evilbay. Now, I wonder if there's a Mustang II out there  :cheers:
"If you've never seen an elephant ski, then you've never been on acid."

The Wooksta!

#507
April 24, 2026, 01:51:36 PM
Forgot to mention I was gifted a part assembled Sword Short Seamew at the club t'other night.  The lad building it was about to bin it as it wasn't working for him.
"A Romany bint in a field with her paints, suggesting we faint at her beauty, but she's got Dickie Davies eyes!"

Rick Lowe

#508
April 24, 2026, 06:08:51 PM
I hate the idea of simply binning kits... there's usually some parts that can be of use, somewhere.
I'm happy to take cast-offs and junked kits, on that basis - the trouble is, you can end up with a distinct lack of space with that methodology (Don't Ask, etc),
and I've reluctantly come to the conclusion that you can't save everything.  :-\

Gondor

#509
April 25, 2026, 02:22:18 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on April 24, 2026, 06:08:51 PMI hate the idea of simply binning kits... there's usually some parts that can be of use, somewhere.
I'm happy to take cast-offs and junked kits, on that basis - the trouble is, you can end up with a distinct lack of space with that methodology (Don't Ask, etc),
and I've reluctantly come to the conclusion that you can't save everything.  :-\

I don't take in waifs and strays; I create enough part builds as it is on my own, no help required.  ;D
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....
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