What's your latest purchase?

[PhantomBigStu]

Mojo at pretty much an all time low aside from getting my Dakota over the line but Amazon doing the airfix valiant at 41 quid when I have a sizeable voucher balance after a late night bevy or two was too tempting 

[bentwaters81tfw]

Trumpy 1/72 Tu-128M Fiddler.  The box-side notes on the aircraft are hilarious!

[Spookytooth]

No plastic but some supplies for the cave.

 

 

The paint is for the Foxbat, the sanding sponge is a try out.

 

Simon.

[Karearea]

7 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said:

Trumpy 1/72 Tu-128M Fiddler.  The box-side notes on the aircraft are hilarious!

After finding B-52, four AA-4 missiles are fully emitted from 50 kms away, and then immediately fled without bellicose posturing.

 

It’s poetry!

Edited March 25, 2024 by Karearea

[IanC]

On 3/23/2024 at 11:38 PM, PhantomBigStu said:

Mojo at pretty much an all time low aside from getting my Dakota over the line but Amazon doing the airfix valiant at 41 quid when I have a sizeable voucher balance after a late night bevy or two was too tempting 

 

There needs to be a sub-forum: 'What's your latest purchase after a late night bevvy or two'. Bet it doesn't include any sensible but boring paint, glues or masking tape. 😉 

  

[PhantomBigStu]

Indeed, anyway a sober purchase today, decided to get myself something from my local for quick out of the box/spares box only build, only other rule was it couldn't be something elligble for current GB....of course it ended up being between 2 both of which are subjects suitable for the upcoming NATO GB.....in the end got myself an Italeri Jaguar which will be done in a gulf war 1 scheme outside the scope of the NATO GB so got away with it  edit: and in predictable news I realised I’d forgotten I’ve another Gb entry I must start instead so that was a waste of time 

Edited March 29, 2024 by PhantomBigStu

[Dads203]

Ooops 

 

This lot arrived today and guess what? I don't have the base kit .......... Yet !

 

I reckon I'll be building a twin seat F-105 soon 

 

 

 

 

[Matt B]

Added a couple books to my collection recently.   The Pioneer Mustang Group was larger than I realized as it’s nearly twice as thick as all my other Schiffer books, but is a good read so far.  I haven’t really read much on the 9th Air Force before, so it’s quite interesting.  And then Badger Aces, which is only available locally, has been fascinating and super helpful in my quest to learn more about the pilots from my home state.  Although Wisconsin pilots account for only 3% of all US aces, they hold claim to the highest scoring in Richard Bong and the most recent and last active one in Jeffrey Feinstein.  And I’ve been pleasantly surprised that I’ve been able to obtain decal markings for a decent number of pilots profiled in the book.
 

  

Edited March 28, 2024 by Matt B

[Duncan B]

I couldn't resist this book after seeing some snippets on Facebook. I've always wanted to tackle an all grey F-14 but been to scared to until now. There are some great ideas in this that are transferable to any build so even if I never tackle the Tomcat it'll still have been worth it.

 

 

Duncan B

[Vince1159]

Skymarks x4,

 

LOT 787,

eos 757,

jetBlue A321,

Qantas 767.

[PhantomBigStu]

39 minutes ago, Vince1159 said:

Skymarks x4,

 

LOT 787,

eos 757,

jetBlue A321,

Qantas 767.

Nice, haven’t got myself anything 1/200 for ages 

[Modelling Masochist]

Curtiss The Hammondsport Era, 1907-1915. This book has some good reference material for my Pusher. I might nip down to the model shop and pick up the Eduard Avia B.534 Quattro Combo they had in stock.

 

I also have an itch for a Sopwith Camel to go along with my Dr. I, but I must not get ahead of myself.

 

33 minutes ago, PhantomBigStu said:

Nice, haven’t got myself anything 1/200 for ages 

Last 1/200 anything I bought was about 15 years ago (Flight Miniatures Delta MD-11).

[Vince1159]

35 minutes ago, PhantomBigStu said:

Nice, haven’t got myself anything 1/200 for ages 

They were cheap,no boxes and the stands on the A321 and 767 along with the engines on the Qantas have yellowed...I'd never heard of eos and thought it was maybe a Greek airline then when it arrived i noticed it had an N reg after a quick google it turned out it was a Business Class only airline based in NY that started in 04 and ended in 08...

[klr]

Bless me father, for I have sinned. In the last few weeks, I went nuts not once, but twice.

 

The first time I was visiting family, and I didn't expect to find much in the model shop back home. Boy I was wrong, especially as practically the entire Heller catalogue appeared on the shop web site the day before I got there.

 

The Do 27 is of course the Special Hobby kit from a few years ago, and includes markings for a camouflaged German aircraft. Ever since I saw the Do 27 in an aviation journal about 40 years ago, I have wanted to build a kit of it. The Ju 52 mold appears to be still in very good condition. The decal sheet in the Eduard Albatros D.V kit is jaw-dropping, especially for a mere "Weekend Edition".  The Seahawk FGA.6 looks to be a very nice kit, and includes markings for a Suez aircraft. I sold a kit of the Heller Hellcat a few years ago, but sort of regretted it, and vowed I'd get another with the new decal sheet some time. The improved decal sheet in the T-28 is really very nice, but of course the USN subject can't be built from this tooling. I left several other kits on the shelf, but I may yet get them in another week or two.

 

... after that, I vowed to show restraint for a month or so. But I didn't back on a slew of Arma Hobby kits appearing out of the blue. I bought these six over two days.

 

I now have 10 of both the Hurricanes (I, IIb and IIc) and Yak-1.

[Nocoolname]

A hideously expensive telephoto zoom lens for wildlife photography. 
 

No model making treats for me for a while. 

[Des]

A PDF download and some pint books.

 

From Amazon

C-130 Exports Illustrated book , by Lou Drendel , latest release in his Aviation Art Inc. published by Amazon , usual format with author’s own artwork as well as 200+ colour images and Tech. Manual excerpts , expands on a previous volume in the series covering the many military and civil export users.

 

Aero Research

Aero Research No.1121 – US Navy A-7 Corsair II Part 7 PDF Download , latest addition to the series with 150 high-resolution images from early high-viz to later low-viz colour schemes.

 

From Airfix

Airfix Club Magazine Issue 10 – D-Day 80th. Anniversary magazine , print copy released this week.

 

From Postscript Books

Much reduced new books with cover price of £66 for £30 including shipping from their current catalogue.

Airline Tail Colours book , by Gerry Manning , published 2019 by Crécy , entirely photographic content with airliner tail schemes.

The Typhoon Story book , by Tim McLelland , published 2013 by The History Press , illustrated history of the Eurofighter project to that point.

Lost Airline Colours Of Europe book , by Matt Falcus , published 2016 by Destinworld , carriers and colours lost between the 1970s-90s,

Military Aircraft Insignia Of The World book , by John Cochrane and Stuart Elliott , published 2014 by Crécy , mainly in colour with illustrations of national markings development and sample aircraft by country.

Cars A Complete History – A Model Making and Collector’s Book In One book , published 2014 by Thunder Bay Press , 50 press-out and fold car models – with a mind to a simple distraction from actual plastic modelling.

[Pete in Lincs]

My next door neighbours run a Florists shop. I asked for some Florists wire and was given a bunch of it in various lengths.

It's great stuff for detail work on models. Bends and cuts easily. If you have a local Florist shop it's worth offering to buy some.

[stevehnz]

A Hasegawa AV-8B harrier II from  Plazajapan.com & a set of Desert storm decals for same from @0viking0 Paulus Victor via ebay. I see a dark & light gray cam'd Marines Harrier in my future.  

Steve.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Not a purchase per-se but my Brother in law gifted me a brand new Driver for golfing. My 1st ever golf club. I want to try and practice to see if I can do it with all of my health issues ? 

[Mark Harmsworth]

A box arrived in time for the Easter weekend - I'd used the gift vouchers my daughters gave me for Christmas (plus a little bit more of course).

 

First a 1:72 Bf110C/D from Eduard - which comes complete with some resin bits, canopy masks and p.e.

 

And.

A 1:72 Short Stirling Mk. III from Italeri. I also got p.e and canopy masks from Eduard plus some lovely brass Browning .303 barrels from MiniWorld (new for me - from Ukraine)

 

Rather crazily, I continue to buy slightly more than I build. These two were definite gaps in the stash though - so I'm very content.

all the best

Mark

 

 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

1 hour ago, Mark Harmsworth said:

Rather crazily, I continue to buy slightly more than I build.

Nothing crazy there, thats called stash-build-up-itis. It’s a disease we all suffer from in some form or another. 

[Spookytooth]

37 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

Nothing crazy there, thats called stash-build-up-itis. It’s a disease we all suffer from in some form or another. 

So so true.

 

Simon.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Tamiya 1:700 DD Fletcher class it comes with decals for 445 & 446. Id like to do the USS the Sullivans. So will need to do some research on camouflage and other minor differences. I also bought my standard white & paint standing order. 
 

*️⃣anyone make decals for 1:700 ships ? *️⃣

Edited April 2, 2024 by Corsairfoxfouruncle

[Karearea]

A 1/48 Hobbyboss Me 262 A-1B just arrived from a local supplier, along with some mini drill bits to improve exhaust pipes (the solid Shackleton parts are beginning to eat away at me), and some better brushes for detailing from SMS.

 

The Me 262 looks really nice, still can’t believe these are only 2/3 the price of the 1/72 Airfix kit. Accuracy looks good to my untrained eyes at least, and the lesser variants are appealing- especially the BMW-engined type which is the best looking of the bunch in my opinion.

[Hoppy]

A 1/48 Tamiya F-35A with Ronin RAAF Decals for 3 Squadron, Eduard SpAce cockpit decals and new to me KASL Mk16 ejection seat. The resin seat is a little beauty. Just waiting on some SMS Have Glass and Haze Grey paints.