What the postman brought today ....
New South Wales, Australia
Joined: March 26, 2009
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 10:19 AM UTC
Hi.
Not the usual model delivery but something a bit different. I saw this on ebay and just for fun I put a bid on it, and won. It is 101 years old, printed in 1909 in London, it is in great condition and cost me a massive $10.50, I think I had a real win here.
Des.
http://www.ww1aircraftmodels.com 
Check my site for 1:32 scale WW1 aircraft model build logs, build techniques, how to make turnbuckles and eyelets plus much more, plenty of photos of my finished models
Missouri, United States
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Posted: Friday, September 03, 2010 - 12:03 AM UTC
This arrived the other day, box got a little beat up during it's journey from Korea.
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Germany
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Posted: Friday, September 03, 2010 - 12:24 AM UTC
Cheers Tony
sorry for the confusion. What is the kit like? Bet it is kind of a copy of the Revell kit .. but how crude is it...
all the best
Steffen
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Posted: Friday, September 03, 2010 - 12:25 AM UTC
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Hi again
I'm still waiting for a parcel that's a week overdue, but in the meantime I treated myself to this cute little D.H. Moth from Model Hobbies:
All the best
Rowan 
This one looks interesting. I wonder if this model can be adapted to the Moth used before war in Poland or at least during ww2 in the polish squadron in Britain. I have to check my references.
Merlin
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United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, September 03, 2010 - 12:38 AM UTC
Hi again
Some exciting samples arrived today courtesy of SBS Model and Barracuda Studios!
From SBS - some beautiful new 1:48 resin seats for the Hellcat and Fw 190:
And from Barracuda - their brand new P-40 decals in 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32:
and a range of fantastic resin upgrades for Tamiya's Spit Mk. IX:
I really will have to get busy reviewing this weekend!
All the best
Rowan
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Missouri, United States
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Posted: Friday, September 03, 2010 - 12:47 AM UTC
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Cheers Tony
sorry for the confusion. What is the kit like? Bet it is kind of a copy of the Revell kit .. but how crude is it...
all the best
Steffen
Steffen, no problem.
The Ace kit is exactly the same, sprue for sprue, as the Revell kit, which both do say Made in Korea. The Ace offering is just a darker gray coloring. Hopefully, the decals work better than Revell's!
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Florida, United States
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Posted: Friday, September 03, 2010 - 04:08 PM UTC
Tim it looks good I will be adding a ton of resin you will see it when the century campaign starts
I also received the hobby boss 1/48 rafale M a few days ago tried to post when thread was screwy didn't work that one is for the delta campaign.now I just need to find a heli for the arial screw campaign
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, September 04, 2010 - 02:42 PM UTC
Pic this one up on sale for 11 bucks , could help it . Over all it's not a bad kit , flaps on the wings are sperate . Cockpit is lacking in detail though .
Missouri, United States
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2010 - 02:03 AM UTC
This little gem(?) cost me the princely sum of $2.49, including shipping. Should be my entry for the VAC ATTACK campaign.
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United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2010 - 09:12 PM UTC
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Hi again
I'm still waiting for a parcel that's a week overdue, but in the meantime I treated myself to this cute little D.H. Moth from Model Hobbies:
All the best
Rowan
There is a
triple build of Moths on Britmodeller, for those interested in this kit.
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 12:22 PM UTC
On the bench...
Italeri A129 Mangusta
British Bulldog Spitfire theme build
Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 11:27 PM UTC
Very nice haul Luciano ! Nice to see the FF 33 added to your stash !
Germany
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Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 11:40 PM UTC
Got a nice Sample delivery today:
I am a bit surprized by the size of the EA-6B fuselage ... what a monster, which makes teh comparison picture with the Global Hawk even more impressive ...
some more test shots on the way
Greets
Steffen
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Florida, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 - 01:26 AM UTC
Ok now I'm incredibly jealous you received kinetics prowler as a sample lucky dog.I will have to come off my wallet
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Germany
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Posted: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 - 02:36 AM UTC
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Ok now I'm incredibly jealous you received kinetics prowler as a sample lucky dog.I will have to come off my wallet
Well although I really wanted this one and asked for it, I want to mention that a sample does
NOT come for
free .... just ask Rowan.
Nowadays I often rather trade some time spared for some bucks spent (e.g. Eduard masks) - despite my unemployment and that I have a slim budget (that I fully spend on modelling stuff) plus some more time than others with a full time job. Also you must imagine that I do get samples that I do not want and still have to write a fair review (more or less)...
all the best
Steffen
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Germany
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Posted: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 - 11:15 PM UTC
Hi gang
this came today:
cheers
Steffen
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England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 12:11 AM UTC
Had these arrive today .
Just need to find some aftermarket for the P-40 so any Suggestions would be a great help.
Martin
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 02:30 AM UTC
i've got these bits over the last few weeks,
a couple of second hand books,the polikarpov I-16 for my vac attack group build next year(thought i'd start with a small easy one as this will be my first vac build),1/48 airfix seafire :-) and some vector resin engines and cockpit.
time to get back to the bench to finish my summer 1940 group build....only 6 days to go!...
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Washington, United States
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Posted: Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 07:36 AM UTC
Martin asks:
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Just need to find some aftermarket for the P-40 so any Suggestions would be a great help.
Check out the spread sheet (open office.org) at the bottom of this thread:
Unofficial P-40 Workhorse Resources 
Hanger Queens in Waiting:
Monogram 1/72 F8F-1
Corsair the Sky Pirate - 1/72 Ace A-7D
Century Series - Airfix 1/72 F-105G
Anti Shipping - Academy 1/72 PBJ-1D
Academy 1/72 F-84E
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 07:45 AM UTC
Merlin
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United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, September 10, 2010 - 08:50 AM UTC
Hi there
Sadly, my attempt at a bit of retail therapy that I mentioned a week or two ago seems to have ended in failure - the package appears to have got lost in the post.
Model Hobbies have been really good about it, and refunded the cost of one item that is no longer in stock without hesitation (TwoBobs T-2C Buckeye) and sent a replacement for the other:
The conversion looks very neat indeed, and will make for an interesting project.
All the best
Rowan
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Moselle, France
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Posted: Friday, September 10, 2010 - 11:22 AM UTC
Hi Rowan,
Nice conversion indeed...
Here is what I got from my visit at the T2M headquarters this week, amongst other stuff...
The AB 43 is also from T2M. The Spitfire and the Caravan came in yesterday...
And today I have received decals from Hannants...
The SkyModels decals are for my current project and I have added some B-17G and P-61 decals into my order for good measure.
Jean-Luc
Better think one hour and build five minutes...
Than think five minutes and build an hour!
Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Friday, September 10, 2010 - 03:30 PM UTC
Very nice haul Jean-luc
Postie drop this off the other day .....My review sample of Loons Models conversion for Rodens SSW D.III over on Swanny's Models . Will be starting the review next week for Swanny and will post it here as well .
Germany
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Posted: Friday, September 10, 2010 - 07:24 PM UTC
Great haul everyone!!!!
no I am not jealous! As written recently ... samples come with a price tag and I am about to write some of the reviews over the weekend (already took some pix yesterday as the weather permitted it) ... still some things on order that are a little late. Hope the postie will have some goodies for me today....
all the best
Steffen
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Germany
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Posted: Friday, September 10, 2010 - 09:16 PM UTC
Dang the posties left me hanging ... is there any mail problem in GB again?? My Hannants order was dispatched on 3rd and I chose air mail!
Steffen
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