Soo.... What did you just get???

[belugawhaleman]

6 hours ago, DocRob said:

Some items has arrived on my doorstep lately.

First, sheer madness, a 1/43 Williams FW 16 from MFH. I will need super magnification  for that kit, but I was tempted by a fellow modeler over on MSW to try one of the little things.



only to show the size, my thick thumb and the tiny, luckily pre printed tyres along.



I pulled the trigger on another 1/20 F1 car. This time the Lotus type 88b from Ebbro. I got it for a good price and because the Ebbro kits are more and more hard to find, I´m quite lucky. The kit has also pre printed tires, which is very helpful and seems to be of very good quality.



Last but not least some contraband . It becomes almost impossible to get greater jars than 30ml to my place. There are no hobby shops around and I have only one vendor left, who supplies me with thinner and primer in larger quantities. I´m very thankful for that Robotines.com.



Cheers Rob

Great Items Rob! Sad to hear about Ebro....I was interested in the Citroen;

both the DS and the delivery trucks. The DS 19, especially the early ones

are a favorite of mine. The Mr. Tool Cleaner looks useful... May try that! 1/43 scale...I think that's about the same scale of the Corgi cars

I had as a kid..right?

[ScottsGT]

Mail delivery day!!!  
First up is a new part from Tim at B&B resin.  No longer have to pay those inflated eBay  prices for a Hasegawa P-40K! Tim has come out (with a little persuasion I’ll add) an improved K tail  Now you can simply buy the abundant E kit and decals of your choice!  Now I just need to sneak another E kit in under the radar.   

 

Second up is one of my Christmas raffle prizes.  Big thanks out to Fran. 
 

Okay, I feel bad now because I didn’t post pics of the haul I got from Chris.   I’ll follow up with that one later.  
 

And this final item might just be the final nail in my coffin.  You see, I use to fly RC back in the 1990’s.  I made a deal with the wife I’d give it up and build the ‘66 Mustang.  I sold off everything but one kit I still have. One day it will be a display piece.  
But lately I’ve been thinking about getting a small backyard RC airplane again.  Tiny. Not even interested in going whole hog like I did back in the day.  But I still love the old 4 cycle glow engines and wanted one just incase I get my hands on a small airplane kit.  I’ve discovered the hobby has gone to hell in a hand basket with all the low budget foam ARF planes and electric power now.  Figured I’d grab a motor while I could since Saito discontinued to .30 a while back.  If I do this, I want the smell of nitro burning in the morning!  But I found this NIB Saito .30 out of Australia. 

It’s so tiny!  Just under 9 oz.  Yep, this might be a slippery slope I’m going down! 

[BlrwestSiR]

On 1/19/2025 at 10:59 AM, BlrwestSiR said:

Did she say no to an Amphicar? You could try to get one of those instead. 

Hey @ScottsGT, you didn't say if the Amphicar was a no so I found one for sale. 

https://www.broadarrowauctions.com/vehicles/sf25_r004/1964-amphicar-model-770

Just trying to help out. 

Great deal on the socket sets.  I just picked up a new set as well but nowhere near that price. 

[BlrwestSiR]

23 hours ago, ScottsGT said:

Mail delivery day!!!  
First up is a new part from Tim at B&B resin.  No longer have to pay those inflated eBay  prices for a Hasegawa P-40K! Tim has come out (with a little persuasion I’ll add) an improved K tail  Now you can simply buy the abundant E kit and decals of your choice!  Now I just need to sneak another E kit in under the radar.   

 

Second up is one of my Christmas raffle prizes.  Big thanks out to Fran. 
 

Okay, I feel bad now because I didn’t post pics of the haul I got from Chris.   I’ll follow up with that one later.  
 

And this final item might just be the final nail in my coffin.  You see, I use to fly RC back in the 1990’s.  I made a deal with the wife I’d give it up and build the ‘66 Mustang.  I sold off everything but one kit I still have. One day it will be a display piece.  
But lately I’ve been thinking about getting a small backyard RC airplane again.  Tiny. Not even interested in going whole hog like I did back in the day.  But I still love the old 4 cycle glow engines and wanted one just incase I get my hands on a small airplane kit.  I’ve discovered the hobby has gone to hell in a hand basket with all the low budget foam ARF planes and electric power now.  Figured I’d grab a motor while I could since Saito discontinued to .30 a while back.  If I do this, I want the smell of nitro burning in the morning!  But I found this NIB Saito .30 out of Australia. 

It’s so tiny!  Just under 9 oz.  Yep, this might be a slippery slope I’m going down! 

You'd have loved meeting my in-laws old neighbour. He had so many RC planes that he had a custom trailer for them. The one he showed me had a 10' wingspan. Serious monster. 

[BlrwestSiR]

23 hours ago, ScottsGT said:

Mail delivery day!!!  
First up is a new part from Tim at B&B resin.  No longer have to pay those inflated eBay  prices for a Hasegawa P-40K! Tim has come out (with a little persuasion I’ll add) an improved K tail  Now you can simply buy the abundant E kit and decals of your choice!  Now I just need to sneak another E kit in under the radar.   

That looks great. I need to send Tim the N tail. Life's gotten in the way so I haven't had a chance to get to the post office. Hopefully later this week. 

[ScottsGT]

3 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

You'd have loved meeting my in-laws old neighbour. He had so many RC planes that he had a custom trailer for them. The one he showed me had a 10' wingspan. Serious monster. 

Well, she said no to the Amphicar.  Said I don’t take her out in the boat enough as it is.  
I was big into RC back in the 1990’s.  I was also about to buy a 5X10 enclosed trailer to haul my planes in. Wife gave me the choice between the trailer or irrigation system for the lawn. I was really sick and tired of dragging the hose around.  So I sold my car and bought a van.  
Here’s a few from back in the day. 

This was a scratch build from plans I enlarged. Originally a 60” wing, I made it an 80” monster.  I never flew it. Didn’t have the nerve to attempt it.  It flew once by a friend of mine. 
 

This was a Joe Bridi kit. Big Bee.  96” wingspan, OS 300 FT twin cylinder 4 cycle engine. Only flew this one a couple of times and parted it out and sold it. 

We had just had baby #4 in April of 1999 and I started liquidating to build myself one more car, the ‘66 Mustang. In the meantime I was flying a low budget 60” wingspan Cub.  With a brood of kids running around and the wife and I working opposite shifts at work, I never had time to learn to adequately fly and get my confidence up to fly the expensive birds. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Some lovely planes there Scott. That second one looks huge. 

[Bomber_County]

8 hours ago, ScottsGT said:

Well, she said no to the Amphicar.  Said I don’t take her out in the boat enough as it is.  
I was big into RC back in the 1990’s.  I was also about to buy a 5X10 enclosed trailer to haul my planes in. Wife gave me the choice between the trailer or irrigation system for the lawn. I was really sick and tired of dragging the hose around.  So I sold my car and bought a van.  
Here’s a few from back in the day. 

This was a scratch build from plans I enlarged. Originally a 60” wing, I made it an 80” monster.  I never flew it. Didn’t have the nerve to attempt it.  It flew once by a friend of mine. 
 

This was a Joe Bridi kit. Big Bee.  96” wingspan, OS 300 FT twin cylinder 4 cycle engine. Only flew this one a couple of times and parted it out and sold it. 

We had just had baby #4 in April of 1999 and I started liquidating to build myself one more car, the ‘66 Mustang. In the meantime I was flying a low budget 60” wingspan Cub.  With a brood of kids running around and the wife and I working opposite shifts at work, I never had time to learn to adequately fly and get my confidence up to fly the expensive birds. 

That brings back memories. My last RC was a Brian Taylor P51D 80’” if I remember, full retracts the lot. Never finished it but at one point had four in th hanger of various types. I still have the radio gear and that’s it…..

[KevinM]

Got this yesterday courtesy of TJTX aka Tony in the mail for one of the Tamyia Spits I have decals,QBoost Exhaust and Master barrels  a gimme by Tony would not even take postage.Thank You Tony it's going to use.

[Martinnfb]

Some incredible detail is hiding in this box. 
 

[Bomber_County]

14 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

Some incredible detail is hiding in this box. 
 

You must do a build log of this…l.

[Martinnfb]

I surely must commit to a build log. As of now I’m working on some research homework

 

[TJTX]

Are you around a real 109?

[Martinnfb]

as real as Hispano Buchon gets. however, I'll be working on the Anson Project.

[Martinnfb]

On 1/21/2025 at 2:08 PM, ScottsGT said:

Mail delivery day!!!  
First up is a new part from Tim at B&B resin.  No longer have to pay those inflated eBay  prices for a Hasegawa P-40K! Tim has come out (with a little persuasion I’ll add) an improved K tail  Now you can simply buy the abundant E kit and decals of your choice!  Now I just need to sneak another E kit in under the radar.   

 

Second up is one of my Christmas raffle prizes.  Big thanks out to Fran. 
 

Okay, I feel bad now because I didn’t post pics of the haul I got from Chris.   I’ll follow up with that one later.  
 

And this final item might just be the final nail in my coffin.  You see, I use to fly RC back in the 1990’s.  I made a deal with the wife I’d give it up and build the ‘66 Mustang.  I sold off everything but one kit I still have. One day it will be a display piece.  
But lately I’ve been thinking about getting a small backyard RC airplane again.  Tiny. Not even interested in going whole hog like I did back in the day.  But I still love the old 4 cycle glow engines and wanted one just incase I get my hands on a small airplane kit.  I’ve discovered the hobby has gone to hell in a hand basket with all the low budget foam ARF planes and electric power now.  Figured I’d grab a motor while I could since Saito discontinued to .30 a while back.  If I do this, I want the smell of nitro burning in the morning!  But I found this NIB Saito .30 out of Australia. 

It’s so tiny!  Just under 9 oz.  Yep, this might be a slippery slope I’m going down! 

If the "sneaking under the radar" won't work, there is this old trick.

 

[KevinM]

I got both kits including shipping from Japan for cheaper than the F4 stateside with shipping.

[belugawhaleman]

24 minutes ago, KevinM said:

I got both kits including shipping from Japan for cheaper than the F4 stateside with shipping.

Very nice! I'm still waiting on a Plaza Shipment, but mostly tools this time. That's a very good deal!

[KevinM]

18 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said:

Very nice! I'm still waiting on a Plaza Shipment, but mostly tools this time. That's a very good deal!

I think it was like $131 Paul?I have five kits in the cart right all Tamiya kits 1/48 with two being the different versions of the P-38's avg. price to the door $38  akit with the P-38's coming SS @$70 plus shipping it's a deal.

[Martinnfb]

Precious!

[HubertB]

53 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

Precious!

Great for gluing ABS parts, or PMMA, or polycarbonate …

Hubert

[Martinnfb]

Exactly, super versatile and the Tamiya’s departure from Canadistan , we have to adapt and overcome. 

[belugawhaleman]

41 minutes ago, HubertB said:

Great for gluing ABS parts, or PMMA, or polycarbonate …

Hubert

Wait....You can use this to glue ABS ?

[HubertB]

8 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said:

Wait....You can use this to glue ABS ?

Yessssss !

Hubert

PS : and you can dissolve ABS in MEK to produce a paste to weld and fill ABS assemblies

[TJTX]

A tank. Never built one, however it's time to expand my skillet to improve my airplanes.  John was kind and sent it on over.

[Martinnfb]

Good choice!