The other day I was asked what kit's I got this year . Only one was gift the rest of the items I spent my Christmas bonus on .

Revells Hawker Tempest MK.V 72 scale
Rodens Pfalz D.IIIa 72 scale
Tamiya F4u-1a 72 scale
Tamiya P-51D 72 scale x2
tamiya F4U-ID 48 scale
Eduards Pfalz D.IIIa weekend
Eduards Spad XIII 48 scale
Has/BF 109 f/g model 48 scale
Has/Spitfire MK.IXc

Over the front vol 23 # 3
Osprey Fokker Dr.1 Aces

Tamiya masking tape in 10 mm , 6 mm .

Plastic stock rod in different sizes

10 new shades of paint

new airbrush needle

mini light for my thrid hand

paint brushes


So what did you guys get ?

Great question........I got some free time to work on my Osprey.....no kits, but trust me, during our busy season (im an auditor), nothing is quite as good as the gift of time.

I managed to get some serious scratchbuilding done on the inside cabin.

Besides that, I took advantage of the season and bought a Tamiys P-47 and a Hasegawa Corsair several weeks before Christmas. I will probably get to them in about 2 months.......ahhhhhhhh

Tamiya F-16 USAF Thunderbirds -1/48
Hasegawa Saab Draken - 1/48
Hasegawa F-14A Tomcat - 148 with Grim Reaper decals
Academy F-16 - 1/48 with Dutch tiger strip decals (for strips campaign)
Hasegawa Datsun 240-Z 1/25 (my first car........100 years ago)

and assorted paints, glues, etc.

I love santa for bringing the stuff and love my wife even more for letting me stay up late at night to put it all together.

Hermon

Oh, almost forgot to ask.......how do your wives/mates know what to get you? SWMBO is completely clueless as to even what sizes to look for.

None. Not one bit of anything model related .
But I did get a new camera (thankyou Hun) , so I can now take bad pics with an expensive piece of equipment .
Andy

Revell's 1/72 Me 262A1-A and Tamiya's 1/48 F-16C Block 25/32!
Not much but very good ones to fill some spare time between exams! Happy 2009 everyone!

Michael,
she and I both make out a list and then we exchange them. She knows exactly what I want and I know what she wants. Romantic eh? And just to be sure I also make out a 2nd list and give it to my kids and say "boy, these are some nice kits. I bet WE would have fun building them."

Hermon

Hi Terri,
The SWMBO got me Revell`s new 1/32nd scale F-4 Phantom and i too blew my bonus on their 1/32 JU-88.I have too say that both kits are excellent so now i have to fight for the time to put them together.
Happy New Year To You,Danny.