SMA What's New In Your Stash?!?

[Jakko]

Also, as I was at a club meeting today, where there were also a good number of traders, I bought some stuff:

Books about things that interest me (of course ), the M19A1 I have been thinking of buying for a number of years — it's just so much cooler-looking than the M42 Duster — and was to be had for €35 instead of about twice that if you can find it at all these days, a set of 3D-printed straps for tools on American tanks and Sherman tracks, that I can always use

 

[BarleyBop]

some stuff:

Nice haul! of course, eying those books!

 

[user 22148]

A nice haul that Jakko, and a nice selection of books. The M19A1 looks interesting, that's a new one on me. What Chassis was it based on?

 

[Jakko]

It's an M24 Chaffee hull, with the engines moved to the middle and a turret with twin 40 mm Bofors guns added at the rear. The M19 was developed late in the Second World War but too late to see action. The slightly upgraded M19A1 saw combat in Korea, but when the M42 Duster was developed on the M41 light tank chassis, most M19A1s were scrapped and their turrets used to build M42s.

 

[wjbrandel]

Just picked these up yesterday

The native american big chief is for my daughter. I'm going to put it together and she wants to paint it.

 

[PatW]

Just picked these up yesterday
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The native american big chief is for my daughter. I'm going to put it together and she wants to paint it.
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Very nice Atlantis Gas Truck, we don't get in the UK!

 

[Jakko]

I built that gas truck something around 40 years ago. Always thought it was a very odd-looking thing, but for all I know, very familiar to North Americans above a certain age I certainly didn't realise at the time that it was an American vehicle. IIRC, my kit was Revell, though.

/me checks

Ah, yes: I had this one, I remember clearly that it had Shell markings.

Originally released in 1956 …

 

[Edbert]

but for all I know, very familiar to North Americans above a certain age I certainly didn't realise at the time that it was an American vehicle.

The specific style of the tractor predates me a bit, but we still have fuel trucks everywhere there are gas stations. Most transport companies are independent/contractors these days, cuts cost and reduces exposure of corporate interests, so they are not color-coded and decked out like that anymore. The drivers are certainly not uniformed and wearing their hats, but the openings of the tanks in the ground with the valves on the trucks, that all looks much the same.

 

[Jakko]

Well, yes — fuel trucks are common here too, for the same reason Though they usually have the fuel brand on them even if the trucks are frequently (usually?) operated by a separate, independent company.

What I meant is that I found the styling of the truck in that kit so weird But at the time, I didn't realise it was already 30+ years old.

 

[Dan the Modeler]

Well I opened the door today to find another large box on the doorstep. It looks as if I will be adding another 1/350 Very Fire kit to the stash...

Just so happens to be the USS Missouri Deluxe Edition. I'm really asking for heartache and pain with all this photo etch, 3D resin, wood decking, and fine details throughout. I can only hope I live long enough.

 

[user 22148]

Picked up one of these to go with my Matilda and Valentine.

 

[Down Time]

Now I can build a copy of the Abercrombie.
Being a Linberg kit I have some hesitations, I'm sure it'll be a skill builder.

 

[Dan the Modeler]

Now I can build a copy of the Abercrombie.
Being a Linberg kit I have some hesitations, I'm sure it'll be a skill builder.

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Wow, that is a very old model for sure! It's in such pristine condition for a 1975 kit. I'm not sure I would have the nerve to unseal a kit like that being 50 years old itself...lol.

 

[Down Time]

It's already been challenging.

 

[Edbert]

Being a Linberg kit I have some hesitations, I'm sure it'll be a skill builder.

If your result looks better than the box-art, you have an accomplishment on your hands with a Lindberg kit.

 

[Down Time]

I love how straight the deck is

If your result looks better than the box-art, you have an accomplishment on your hands with a Lindberg kit.

Appreciate that!!

 

[TimM63]

I love how straight the deck is

Appreciate that!!

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I found that the Lindberg ship kits are seriously lacking in detail but with a little work you can make them look decent.

 

[Down Time]

It's coming along, it's not a complicated kit, the devil will be in the detail paint.

 

[Down Time]

It's coming along, it's not a complicated kit, the devil will be in the detail paint.

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Moving this to the right place

 

[mcs1056]

I'm not (wasn't?) a big "stash guy," but I got these today through FB Market. Got an excellent deal for this, plus six more not pictured tht he threw in. I'll never build all of them, so some are available. I've not been through them fully yet, so the list doesn't exist (though ALL of the NASCARs are for sale).

Now...how to hide this from the wife...

 

[BarleyBop]

Holy Mega Haul Batman!
Now you gotta buy the paint!

 

[mcs1056]

Well; I'll save on paint by selling the NASCAR kits. $7.50 each plus shipping to this group.

 

[Pantherman]

I love how straight the deck is

Appreciate that!!

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That must be so it looks like it's on a stormy ocean........ Pantherman

 

[PatW]

I still don't know how you all buy so many kits at once! We have very few actual shops in the UK to buy from and the kits are top prices!

 

[Jakko]

Second-hand, somebody selling a whole bunch at once, going to a show where there's lots of traders (who may give discounts), etc.

 

[PatW]

Second-hand, somebody selling a whole bunch at once, going to a show where there's lots of traders (who may give discounts), etc.

Well we only have one major show here in the UK each November.

 

[mcs1056]

The guy's father-in-law passed. He was a hoarder/collector of many things. The guy I got them from wanted most things gone, and Mike came to the rescue. I was surprised to see most were still in plastic.

Hey. I missed out on the '66 Fairlane convertible my roommate saw and bought from the neighbor's driveway 30 years ago. This was finally my turn.

Mike

 

[Jakko]

Well we only have one major show here in the UK each November.

There are plenty more model shows and smaller meetings in the UK, aren't there?

 

[locomotive]

I still don't know how you all buy so many kits at once! We have very few actual shops in the UK to buy from and the kits are top prices!

EBay and Vinted work for me.
On eBay I find those who won't post have the best prices because most people don't want to collect.
E.g I just picked up a box of Hornby wagons and locos for 50 quid. I went through it and there is at least 300 quids worth.

Straight back on eBay!

 

[locomotive]

There are plenty more model shows and smaller meetings in the UK, aren't there?

Not a huge number to be honest. And the prices people ask are often the same as retail shops or more than online.