SMA What's New In Your Stash?!?

[blacbul67]

Today's purchases

 

[Pantherman]

Today's purchases

Nice haul. Pantherman

 

[BarleyBop]

Today's purchases

Zipkicker: the scale model addict's response to caffeine!

 

[blacbul67]

Nice haul. Pantherman

Cheers Pantherman

 

[blacbul67]

Zipkicker: the scale model addict's response to caffeine!

You're not wrong

 

[Jakko]

Paint for the K2 Black Panther, and on the site where I ordered that, I found a brand I didn't know called Toucan, which has crew figures and accessories for the US Navy twin Bofors gun by Zimi:

I don't have that Bofors, but I do have a twin 40 mm MGMC M19A1 by Bronco in my stash, and those figures should be useful for that too with some minor changes:

The ammunition sets are quite extensive:

On the back of the packaging, as I suspected, it's clear that Toucan is just a brand name under which Zimi releases these.

 

[blacbul67]

First model purchase of 2026 arrived today

 

[TimM63]

A Little Bird just flew in and landed in the stash.

 

[Jantk14]

This one got added into my stash today.

 

[BarleyBop]

Somewhere, out in delivery land, a bird that will wrap around this little set is making its way to my door.

 

[Tommergun]

A Little Bird just flew in and landed in the stash.View attachment 177240

Nice. I have a tiny 1/72 in my stash.

 

[Werner Voss]

Just ordered two more kits. Both 1:144 scale bombers. Academy B1-B and GWH B-52.

My Dad has a patent on the fuel system on the B1-B so that one has special meaning. I have two friends who flew B-52's. One was a pilot over Nam and the other an EWO over Afghanistan.

I REALLY need to spend more time building. This stash is getting out of hand.

 

[TimM63]

This stash is getting out of hand.

Nonsense.

 

[blacbul67]

Another day, another

model...A relative bargain that I couldn't resist and thus became my 2nd kit of the year also a resin engine for what will be No. 3.

 

[BarleyBop]

relative bargain

A 'relative' bargain is when my wife buys me the kit!
That's gonna a be a big'un!

 

[Demolition]

Hard to pass up a good sale…

 

[BarleyBop]

Hard to pass up

Seeing another pickup truck with fenders, you know I'm gonna have ta build one soon!

 

[TimM63]

I'm gonna have ta build one soon!

Dooooooo IT!!!

 

[Demolition]

Seeing another pickup truck with fenders, you know I'm gonna have ta build one soon!

Lots of room to tub it and shove unrealistic drag slicks under it!

 

[blacbul67]

A 'relative' bargain is when my wife buys me the kit!
That's gonna a be a big'un!

Agreed, a much better definition!

 

[Jakko]

A 'relative' bargain is when my wife buys me the kit!

No shared bank account, then?

 

[TimM63]

Meanwhile, back at the batcave.
This arrived today

 

[BarleyBop]

bank account

...like my dad would say, "all comes outta the same pot!"

 

[blacbul67]

No shared bank account, then?

No, post-divorce, I couldn't convince her of its benefits!!

 

[blacbul67]

No.3

 

[BarleyBop]

...even in winter, we have mosquitoes!

 

[Edbert]

No.3

A Tempest (one of the best piston driven fighters ever) is on my list. I'd love to see your build detailed here...PLEASE?

 

[blacbul67]

A Tempest (one of the best piston driven fighters ever) is on my list. I'd love to see your build detailed here...PLEASE?

Yes I will. That is the next step for me: being brave and actually showing progress on my very slow builds. I have developed a bit of a love affair with Tempest 2. I also have 1:48 Special Hobby Tempest Mk.II in the post. I really intended to resist buying any more kits this month... but I really want to build both an aluminium lacquer/Bare metal example and a 3 colour RAF example. I'd mistakenly assumed the Ultimate Tempest was a typical Eduard Limited Edition, in which parts for 2 aircraft are included

 

[blacbul67]

Another bargain I couldn't resist at a good price, in my opinion, of £39.95 from Jadlams in the UK. My second Gannet kit, a time for multiple versions of aircraft it would seem, I already have the initial tooling version but I simply love this colour scheme/livery!

 

[Edbert]

That is the next step for me: being brave and actually showing progress on my very slow builds.

Speaking only for myself, but I suspect I am not alone...

I enjoy the in-progress stuff more than the finished results, at least in most cases. I also like seeing the mistakes, I've shared lots of mine. Those mistakes and the recovery from them are the best. One, it helps others avoid them and two, it helps keep people from trashing a kit due to errors