Administrators JeroenPeters Posted January 4 Administrators Posted January 4 46 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: He229 group build? I’d be in! 4 1
BlrwestSiR Posted January 4 Posted January 4 1 hour ago, JeroenPeters said: This: You got yours already? 2
BlrwestSiR Posted January 4 Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Martinnfb said: He229 group build? 17 minutes ago, JeroenPeters said: I’d be in! Me too! 2
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted January 4 Administrators Posted January 4 47 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: You got yours already? no. Ships the 10th of january 4
belugawhaleman Posted January 4 Posted January 4 2 hours ago, JeroenPeters said: This: Oh that's very cool ! Didn't know those were available yet ! 3
DocRob Posted January 5 Posted January 5 14 hours ago, Martinnfb said: He229 group build? Maybe, got the ZM one. Cheers Rob 2
KevinM Posted January 6 Posted January 6 I know.. I know...you just got a 1/32 Hase Ju-87 but not @50% off!! The Academy Hawker Hunter was also 50% off at my Hobbytown in Mobile plus I p/u the Tamy 1/48 P-51B got a couple of more decal sets for the Recce Crates they are colorful.Those three kits were covered by the generosity of my older Sis($100)for my B-day yesterday I spent another $149 on supplies. 8
DocRob Posted January 7 Posted January 7 13 hours ago, KevinM said: Those three kits were covered by the generosity of my older Sis($100)for my B-day yesterday I spent another $149 on supplies. Happy belated birthday Kevin. Always good to have family members, who appreciate the hobby. With my wife, it´s a bit different unfortunately, she accepts me building kits, but dislikes the spendings and only once made a kit as a present for me. In fact, it´s the priciest, I own, the HMS Sphinx from Vanguard models, a wooden frigate kit. Cheers Rob 3 2
KevinM Posted January 7 Posted January 7 5 hours ago, DocRob said: With my wife, it´s a bit different unfortunately, she accepts me building kits, Kinda/not the same with mine the last kit she bought for me was the Trumpter "Liberty Ship" after the Son and I had gone through the D-Day museum in New Orleans for like the 3/4 time always adding and the Liberty Ship section was very interesting.Shirley hated me building and painting in the house that she so encouraged the shop to be built out back.I sometimes think she regrets(probably pass that) it seeing I only spend maybe 1/2 hours a day on TV and it's usually YT,in the 90's we watched TV together but you had better programming "Xfiles" was one we enjoyed. 4
BlrwestSiR Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Saw this cockpit upgrade set for the ICM CH-54 and decided to get one. It's absolutely stunning. It basically replaces the entirety of the kit cockpit. 6
belugawhaleman Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Today my order from Plaza Japan arrived (ordered Dec. 25). Not their fault. They closed down for a time late December. I didn't notice. Anyway, finally bought a Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire; their Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IXc (60319). I have been hearing how good these kits are for years. I also got a 1/12 scale M2 flamethrower by Tomytec (LA101) I'll find a use for this thing😉 Also another "Egg Girl" resin kit by Hasegawa . I'm not sure I care for this one , but I like the Claire Frost character.... Bought it anyway. The great thing is I was able to buy the Spitfire kit ,the other kits, and pay for shipping for less than the Tamiya Spitfire alone would have cost me if I had bought it at, let's say, Sprue Brothers for example ! 5
BlrwestSiR Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Nice assortment there Paul. Is the flamethrower part of the Little Armoury series? I remember when the Tamiya Spitfires were around the $100 CAD mark. I picked up most of mine for under that but now, they're generally $40-50 more. 2
belugawhaleman Posted January 9 Posted January 9 44 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: Nice assortment there Paul. Is the flamethrower part of the Little Armoury series? I remember when the Tamiya Spitfires were around the $100 CAD mark. I picked up most of mine for under that but now, they're generally $40-50 more. Yes, it's from the little armory series. I think the Spitfire was $49.00 USD on Plaza. It looks like a wonderful kit. I was just digging through the box minutes ago. You'll notice I removed the pictures of the Egg Girl.....I don't think many forum members share my Enthusiasm for these ! 😀 BTW Sprue Brothers has the spitfire kit for $ 154.99 USD at the moment. 3
BlrwestSiR Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Paul, they're a nice kit that's for sure. Some things to watch out for when you get around to building one. - The wing ailerons mount with PE and metal rods. They can be floppy and not hold their position without a dab of glue. - The wing leading edge inserts for the cannon barrels isn't the best fit. I usually make the upper side flush and then fix the imperfections on the lower side which is less visible. - The engine bearers are ABS plastic so use Tamiya Extra Thin to glue them on. Even if you don't plan to have the cowlings off, they're needed for the exhausts. Speaking of the cowl panels, they can be tricky to align neatly but it can be done. I think I'm up to 9 built with another 6 in the stash so I guess that means I like them. As for the Egg Plane girls, I don't have any issue with them. I think they're fun and if they sell well enough to help keep Hasegawa in business so much the better. 2 1
TJTX Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Promised myself no more than 4 kits at a time this go around. Build one buy one. Then I had a few extra minutes sitting at the gate waiting to depart the other day and came across a good deal..... Also had some decals to grab too. 9
TJTX Posted January 9 Posted January 9 16 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: Where did you find it Tony, eBay? Yes. 120 shipped. Even has the nice patch with it. 6 1
belugawhaleman Posted January 10 Posted January 10 This came today..... From Tamiya, it's their; German Kubelwagen Type 82 Africa-Corps W/Feldmarschall Rommel (36202) in 1/16 scale. I was glad to see these back in stock on some online stores. Mine came from Squadron . Besides the Rommel figure, there's a driver figure included, and lot's of accessories and detail including a full engine. A nice kit. A Soviet GAZ-67, or even better, a Japanese type 95 Kurogane would be welcome (by myself,at least) in this scale. 3
FullArmor Posted January 10 Posted January 10 15 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said: This came today..... From Tamiya, it's their; German Kubelwagen Type 82 Africa-Corps W/Feldmarschall Rommel (36202) in 1/16 scale. I was glad to see these back in stock on some online stores. Mine came from Squadron . Besides the Rommel figure, there's a driver figure included, and lot's of accessories and detail including a full engine. A nice kit. A Soviet GAZ-67, or even better, a Japanese type 95 Kurogane would be welcome (by myself,at least) in this scale. 1/16 scale? I didn't know these existed. 2
belugawhaleman Posted January 10 Posted January 10 4 minutes ago, FullArmor said: 1/16 scale? I didn't know these existed. Yes, they've been out for awhile.....since , I think around 2002. They are nice kits. There is also a European theater version. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-36202-german-kuebelwagen-type-82--203643 2
FullArmor Posted January 10 Posted January 10 4 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said: Yes, they've been out for awhile.....since , I think around 2002. They are nice kits. There is also a European theater version. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-36202-german-kuebelwagen-type-82--203643 Nice! 2
CANicoll Posted January 10 Posted January 10 (edited) On 1/8/2025 at 9:54 PM, TJTX said: Yes. 120 shipped. Even has the nice patch with it. Nice grab!!! Tex Hill autographed a copy of his biography for me years ago. I still need to build a better copy of his plane. Let me know how you like the GWH kit... I think @Peterpools also did this kit a while ago. Edit: @Clunkmeister also has a build thread on this kit. Great info on both threads!! Edited January 11 by CANicoll Update 3
CANicoll Posted January 10 Posted January 10 On 1/8/2025 at 4:23 PM, belugawhaleman said: Today my order from Plaza Japan arrived (ordered Dec. 25). Not their fault. They closed down for a time late December. I didn't notice. Anyway, finally bought a Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire; their Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IXc (60319). I have been hearing how good these kits are for years. I also got a 1/12 scale M2 flamethrower by Tomytec (LA101) I'll find a use for this thing😉 Also another "Egg Girl" resin kit by Hasegawa . I'm not sure I care for this one , but I like the Claire Frost character.... Bought it anyway. The great thing is I was able to buy the Spitfire kit ,the other kits, and pay for shipping for less than the Tamiya Spitfire alone would have cost me if I had bought it at, let's say, Sprue Brothers for example ! It's still <$49 there.. Trying. so. hard. not. to. buy.... But then Carl says he has 15 of them and this would be ONLY two for me... so I'm still WAYY behind him.... and its Tamiya...and its an Mk. IXc to go with the Mk VIII from the Christmas Raffle....... The PlazaJapan search engine is frustrating. Searching "F-15" hardly turns up a kit, but lots of other stuff. But "F-15E" turns up some kits... Can anyone recommend a good 1/48 or 1/32 F-15E Strike Eagle kit? PJ has the Bunker Buster version but that seems like overkill. I'm looking to show this inflight so don't really need all of the radar/avionics stuff to detail. (Not that I know hardly anything about the F-15 TBH). 2
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