SMA What's New In Your Stash?!?

[Jakko]

To finish my Archer SP gun, I needed tow cables with snatch hooks. When I asked elsewhere if anybody had dimensions of them, Eelke Warrink offered for a modest fee to print me some that he has put up on Cults3D. I asked him for the two I need for the model, he said he'd do a couple extra just in case …

I don't think I'll use all of these in my lifetime

 

[Dan the Modeler]

Unfortunately the recent addition, Very Fire 1/350 IJN Yamato Deluxe has to come off the stash pile. The possible good news is someone here may add it to theirs. I posted for sale if anyone is interested. I have a bigger project in mind if you can believe it, so I must make room.

 

[BarleyBop]

I have a bigger project in mind if you can believe it

...and I thought boat envy was only a thing down at the marina!

But build it, and we will come!

 

[BarryW]

Well as a new forum member I might as well post all my stash of 10 kits.

All the stash currently are 1/32 scale aircraft which is my preferred scale while I also dabble in the odd 1/48 aircraft. I never build smaller scales. I aim to keep to under 10 kits in the stash and am therefore at my limit at the moment. Mind you, if something i want comes available.....

 

[BarleyBop]

if something i want comes available...

Ooh... a slippery slope! (from experience)

That's a fine collection of aircraft, and I see you're playing the field as to manufacturers!
The airguys might have advice on order of builds based on complexity and quality of kits if you wanna know.

 

[BarryW]

Ooh... a slippery slope! (from experience)

That's a fine collection of aircraft, and I see you're playing the field as to manufacturers!
The airguys might have advice on order of builds based on complexity and quality of kits if you wanna know.

While new to the forum I have built around 90 1/32 scale aircraft over the last 15 years of all brands!!

 

[BarleyBop]

Haha, then you can give the advice!

Hope we get to see some of your 'back catalogue'!

 

[TimM63]

Well as a new forum member I might as well post all my stash of 10 kits.

All the stash currently are 1/32 scale aircraft which is my preferred scale while I also dabble in the odd 1/48 aircraft. I never build smaller scales. I aim to keep to under 10 kits in the stash and am therefore at my limit at the moment. Mind you, if something i want comes available.....

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That's a nice stash.

 

[Edbert]

 

[Edbert]

All the stash currently are 1/32 scale aircraft which is my preferred scale while I also dabble in the odd 1/48 aircraft. I never build smaller scales.

I'm with you in principle, but the 1/32s can be too large for my cabinet. WWII fighters generally fit, like that Corsair (mine is the Tamiya -1A not the -1D), it barely fits, thinking a P-47 might not. but no jets in 1/32 will fit without folded wings. So I tend to make most kits in 1/48.

I've built (not finished yet) two of those SWS series from ZM (the 109G-14 #20 and the Raiden J2M3) they are pure joy except for fitting the wings. I've also got the Kotare Spit, but mine is the 5a, wish they made a 5b but oh well, A-wing it is with those stupid .303s. So yeah, I truly love the 1/32 size!

 

[TimM63]

Today's arrival

 

[kevin]

"never get out of the boat"......

 

[Pantherman]

Today's arrival

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Nice. PM

 

[Jakko]

Heh, I've built two of the regular ones but didn't know they also made that in a motorised version. TBH the motor reminds me of the ones you could clip under Lego boats in the '80s

 

[BarleyBop]

Visited a LHS in the east end today, drop in a few times a year. The store has been pretty much in the same location since 1953! Old timey feeling to it.

Excited to read through and maybe even get some inspiration from Mr. Paine's work!

 

[kevin]

The store has been pretty much in the same location since 1953! Old timey feeling to it.

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Excited to read through and maybe even get some inspiration from Mr. Paine's work!

That's awesome, I'm jealous.
I moved back to my home town a few months ago after being gone for 30 years.
Bud's was a hobby / fish and tackle shop here in Massachusetts me and my brothers hung out at.
I bought my first model there in the early 1970s
It's long gone now...
Even though I'm home, that shop being gone made me realize the truth behind the saying " you can never go home again ".

 

[BarleyBop]

you can never go home

I've been living here my entire 66 years, but just like many people in my life, businesses, buildings and other spaces just dissappear.

I had the same barber from the age of 11 or so, until he retired about 5 years ago. He knew my dad, my brother, and always inquired about them.

I feel like the gig economy, superstores and online shopping have robbed us of a bit of our humanity.

So a visit to the old haunts puts me in a nice place.

 

[Edbert]

"never get out of the boat"......

Underrated comment!

Also...

"******* tiger man!"

 

[Edbert]

Old timey feeling to it.

But does it have that old-school LHS-smell?

 

[BarleyBop]

But does it have that old-school LHS-smell?

Are you implying something about the old farts who like to frequent it?

 

[Edbert]

Maybe the old, but not the farts?

More like a general homey, cozy musty type thing. Degrading styrene, various chemicals/thinners, lots of cardboard and shrink-wrap sorta embeds itself into the ceiling floor and walls after several decades.

AFAIAC, it means you are in the right place.

 

[TimM63]

Today's arrival.

 

[Bob T]

Today's arrival.

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Back in it's day, I lusted after a Stratos....Maybe a model will do?

 

[Pantherman]

Back in it's day, I lusted after a Stratos....Maybe a model will do?

Dooooooooi it. Pantherman

 

[Jakko]

Yesterday evening, my order of a different set of tracks for Cuckoo as well as two gun barrels for other models arrived. The book I purchased elsewhere to complete the set — it's from a series of books with wartime photos from my area, taken by German soldiers. The other day I was looking online for a copy, and found that a second-hand shop at a farm I pass every so often had it. As I noticed the shop was open when I passed there yesterday, I went in and bought it.

 

[TimM63]

Today's arrival

 

[BarleyBop]

The devil made me do it... actually, you guys...

 

[BarleyBop]

"never get out of the boat"......

In this case,

GET OUTTA DA BOAT! GET OUTTA DA BOAT!

These were essentially manned torpedoes (fast speedboats), with the driver expected to jump at the last minute.
Bada bing bada-boom.

 

[TimM63]

Went to HL to get some lime green pearl paint and saw a 40% off sign. I couldn't help myself.

 

[Pantherman]

Went to HL to get some lime green pearl paint and saw a 40% off sign. I couldn't help myself.

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I came across this little gem so it's now on the wishlist. Pantherman