My stash just grew again 2026

[Rick Lowe]

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. 

I don't take in waifs and strays; I create enough part builds as it is on my own, no help required. 

    

[kitbasher]

At today's Southdowns show at extremely good prices:
- Airfix Tempest V (post war boxing)
- NOVO Firefly (I have 2 cunning plans, 1 RW the other a whif - decisions, decisions!)
- and finally, courtesy of NARSES2: Airfix 1/72 Lysander.  I have a cunning plan!

Resisted the temptation of FROG Marylands, Baltimores, Bostons and a Wyvern.

[PR19_Kit]

Resisted the temptation of FROG Marylands, Baltimores, Bostons and a Wyvern.

Why? 

[Charlie_c67]

So I went to the scale model show at the NEC today, will post the pics later, and managed to bag a 1/72 Special Hobby F-86L complete with Thai decals, as well as a number of OO gauge locos and a DMU that caught my eye... 

[Rick Lowe]

Good score. 

[NARSES2]

At today's Southdowns show at extremely good prices:
- Airfix Tempest V (post war boxing)
- NOVO Firefly (I have 2 cunning plans, 1 RW the other a whif - decisions, decisions!)
- and finally, courtesy of NARSES2: Airfix 1/72 Lysander.  I have a cunning plan!

Resisted the temptation of FROG Marylands, Baltimores, Bostons and a Wyvern.

And what about that Tombola prize that "didn't want to leave home " ? 

[NARSES2]

At the Southdowns show today I got what I wass after. Airfix 1/72 E.E. Lightning at a good price 

Resisted a unboxed Huma Hs 132 as the trader wanted a silly price, as far as was concerned, and I still have one unbuilt one in the stash.

[kitbasher]

At today's Southdowns show at extremely good prices:
- Airfix Tempest V (post war boxing)
- NOVO Firefly (I have 2 cunning plans, 1 RW the other a whif - decisions, decisions!)
- and finally, courtesy of NARSES2: Airfix 1/72 Lysander.  I have a cunning plan!

Resisted the temptation of FROG Marylands, Baltimores, Bostons and a Wyvern.

And what about that Tombola prize that "didn't want to leave home " ? 

I put it back in the tombola and another punter won it.

And in answer to Kit's earlier question, I was tempted by the prices (£5 each), but:
- the Baltimore and Maryland would just languish in the stash;
- got a Havoc in the stash, don't need a Boston;
- FROG and Trumpeter Wyverns plus a copy of the CMR Eagle Wyvern have been in the stash for at least a decade!

I also resisted a £5 FROG Marauder despite having a cunning whif plan for it.  Said plan depends on another build happening, which may of course never happen!  Remained tempted right up to the moment the dealer left the venue, perhaps next year.

[Spey_Phantom]

got back from IPMS Moorsele, i managed to keep myself restrained, but didnt leave empty handed.

decal sheets:
-Stropdecal 1/144 Douglas DC-6 "Belgian Air Force"
-Stropdecal 1/144 Douglas DC-3/C-47 "Belgian Air Force"
-Stropdecal 1/144 C-119G Flying Boxcar "Belgian Air Force" (premier sale, hasnt even hit the storeshelves yet)

kits:
-Airfix 1/72 DH Tiger Moth

[Thorvic]

Off eBay this week a 1/700 Wavelane HMS Amazon (Type 21 Frigate) - comes with the Exocet layout and details for post falklands mods

[DeeBob]

My stash didn't grow today at the Royal Engineers Museum, because despite all the hardware there getting me fizzy for engineering vehicles, the Vintage Classics Churchill bridgelayer was marked up at £23! I thought there'd been a mistake somewhere until I looked at Airfix's website and it's £20 there!

I did watch a demonstration of a blank-firing Vickers-Maxim, though. And spoke to a man for some time about Operation XD- something there isn't a great deal of literature on but that he's involved in trying to remedy.

[Rick Lowe]

Operation XD sounds interesting - I can see the story appearing in a Commando Comic...

[DeeBob]

Operation XD sounds interesting - I can see the story appearing in a Commando Comic...

Rather! The guy I was speaking to was a member of a reenacting group too and he had a stretcher laid out with all the tools and equipment they knew had been used in the XD raids, and explained their various methods of igniting anything heavier than petrol- they would use a Boys Rifle to puncture the tank holding the oil/fuel, causing it to leak out and fill up the raised area around the tank to catch any spills, then soak blankets in kerosene and lay them flat on top of the newly formed pool of oil, and then either use more kerosene-soaked blankets to make flaming torches to throw onto the blankets or fire flares at the blankets, and the resulting fire was sufficient to ignite the whole lot.

I think he said something about the blankets allowing pockets of vapour to accumulate that were easier to ignite than the open fuel, but I may be inventing that.

[Rick Lowe]

Vapour is what catches and burns, rather than the liquid itself.

Whatever works to get the job done. 

And a refreshing change to hear of a re-enactors unit that's not just another 101st Airborne...  or SS... 

[DeeBob]

Vapour is what catches and burns, rather than the liquid itself.

Whatever works to get the job done. 

And a refreshing change to hear of a re-enactors unit that's not just another 101st Airborne...  or SS... 

Something I find myself saying to people who are tangentially into any military hardware is that of the events I've been to, of anybody turning up at a show with a Jeep or Bedford or Morris or a bootful of sten guns to display about half will turn up with some sort of reenactment gear on and the other half will be normal t-shirt and jeans folk.

Everybody who turns up with a kubelwagen or a blitz or a zundapp or a bootful of lugers however is in German Uniform, and they will very frequently pick the SS.

And don't get me started on wargamers...