Hi Rowan

you are up for something here .. just have a look at yesterdays HS news:

Mick Evans G3M Nell

cheers

Steffen

Hi Steffen

Having built a few Koster's vacuforms over the years, that's pretty much what I expected.

All the best

Rowan

Hi again Steffen

Well, having got the kit home and had a chance to examine the Nell, I have to say my example doesn't seem to suffer from over-attenuation nearly as much as Mick's. It's still going to be a challenging build, but I was obviously already prepared for that. The biggest problem for me is that I want to get stuck in and start it, but I mustn't get distracted from all the other builds piling up!

All the best

Rowan

Cool!
Of course you realise she'll want shoes for this!
I have the P-47 on the bench, and I got the fusalage together about 7 weeks ago. Should be dry by now,,LOL
Ah,the bench,,looks good!,,Home at last.
Nige

Nice catch Andy, I expect to see them all finished as you drive up to Telford

I've just found an old second hand Egg F-14 which I picked up, so Jolly Rogers or Tomcatters? At this rate we could have a half dozen eggs in a basket

Ciao
Luciano

Few more items have found their way into the stash , thanks to the mailman .
Rodens Felixstowe F.2A
And some books ... Sopwith camel VS Fokker Dr.1 Western front 1917-18 by Jon Guttman
Fokker Eindecker in action from squadron and Albatros fighters in action .

I waited very loong for this one but finally it arrived ...



really cool model .. hope to find some soviet markings for it

all the best

Steffen

More goodies came in the mail today .
2 Renwal kit's of the Airco DH-2 in 48 scale . This is really different with the Areo - Skin that comes with the air craft . I will have pic's up of this one . It's rather neat .
My replacement parts for the FW 190A-8 that was missing two trees in the AM kit .

from ebay the old c1988 hasegawa AV8-A harrier in 1/72 1.04 plus 2 pound postage. bargain. Raised panel lines but lots and lots of stores. I may go a bit mad with this and start drilling out vents and the like since i'll only waste a few pounds with this if I balls it up. Vectored thrust group build anyone?

This arrived last week, I fly these and a successful build will probably bury me in requests for more from other squadron pilots.

Terri you got the Felixstowe, I'm jealous. I went to the model shop today where only about 2 weeks ago they had one. GONE!! I'm gutted. A plan..... I'll ask Santa for one

Andrew , I went to the hobby to get some more books and thought " what the hell have a look and see what's new " I got it for 38 bucks ! Just have to find the room for the wing span now !

Hi again

yesterday came another addition to my library:



It is a very nice book .. nothing really in depth (no insult against the notable authors but the format does not allow more) but with a bit new info nonetheless. I prefer "cleaner/clearer" colours on profiles.

cheers

Steffen

i wish the postman would turn up with my mig productions car

A couple more for the library.


(stock pictures)
Nige

The warpaint book is in my local library, it's a cracker. Hundreds of aircraft insignia and nose art.

This one arrived while I was on tour.
56th Fighter Group Unit History. Printed only once in 1948.

Its signed by Robert Johnson.
I have another one inbound, signed by Hub Zemke.
Scary to think that these books are 60 years old this year.
As Betheyn says, my son won't have to work hard when I'm gone
Nige

This is the result of the spending spree that i went on during my 2 months in Germany (been back 2 weeks already now). Luckily for me i bought all this BEFORE the Australian Dollar collapsed, otherwise it would have all cost almost twice as much...
I had to throw out a few clothes to fit it all in the luggage back home, but they are only clothes.








Had to get this one after actually flying on the real thing from Friedrichshafen over Bodensee and around the border of Austria and Switzerland.



And some decals, the F104 for the Speed Campaign and the P47 for the Thunderbolt Campaign.



And lots of German magazines that i looked through but had to throw out because they weighted to much for my luggage!

And this amazing model i bought at home just before leaving:



And these 2 since getting back home, the P47 is for the Thunderbolt Campaign of course.




Now i have to go back to work to pay for it all.

Andrew

Nice Catches on the books they must be very rare by now. at least in good condition.
Kelly

Hi all,

I received my He 112 and R-5 from Rest Models. I was a bit surprised that there was no box as such for both models (Neomega only sent one cardboard box) but the kits are excellent. I'm particularly impressed by the R-5



Jean-Luc

Hi Jean-Luc

That is a little odd - Neomega have sent the kits to me in their original boxes in the past. Did they include the boxes flat-packed?

Is the He 112 the updated version that Ruslan has just released? I've made a start on it and it's a real stunner - the fit of the parts is even better than the original (and that was nigh on perfect!).

All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan,

No there was no box at all, even folded. Only the parts, instructions and decals. Maybe I should write them that I'm not happy? More seriously, I want to build the models, so the boxes aren't important.
It's the old 112 though. As I already said to Steffen via PM, I should have waited a little more. But the kit is nevertheless very good but not as appealing as the R-5...

Jean-Luc

Hi Jean-Luc

The old version of the He 112 is still a beautiful kit - now I've got the new one too, I'm considering using the original for a conversion. The R-5 still surprises every time I browse through the stash - I can't get over that huge wingspan.

Great news for fans of Rest Models - Ruslan has sent me a photo showing that he's resumed work on the Fw 159. It looks like it'll be another cracker!

All the best

Rowan

Got a package this. Nothing exciting, it wasn't the model I was expecting. It was the regulator and water trap for my new compressor.
At least I'll have a crack to see how long 2 gallons of 100psi air lasts before I need to turn the compressor on again as it is pretty noisy.
Maybe it'll come tomorrow. If not I'll have to wait till Monday.

Hi all,

This is my dose of injected plastic for this week... yes I know, there is a tank amongst the aircraft!



Jean-Luc

I don't buy many aircraft kits lately. (funny thing is for about ten years aircraft were all I built) but the FedEx dude brought this today:


I may eventually get around to building it someday!
Does the FedEX dude count as some sort of postman?