Latest Acquisitions (2022)

[adt70hk]

Love it when I grab an ebay bargain , its like winning the meat raffle ! [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1170369[/ATTACH]The Airfix one was £7.44 including postage and the Revell one with Eduard etch was £7.35 including postage so the pair cost less than £15 delivered ! The Revell boxing is the one with the prototype Hagelkorn ( hailstone) glide bomb ( theres an example of one of these at the Cosford museum ) which is the one I’ll be doing , the remaining decal option ,the sand yellow with green spots , will be used on the Airfix kit as I like the scheme. I might do a couple of inbox reviews to compare the two makers different take on the same subject.

Will be interested in the Airfix review in particular Tony. I have a version of that in the stash.

ATB.

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Love it when I grab an ebay bargain , its like winning the meat raffle ! [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1170369[/ATTACH]The Airfix one was £7.44 including postage and the Revell one with Eduard etch was £7.35 including postage so the pair cost less than £15 delivered ! The Revell boxing is the one with the prototype Hagelkorn ( hailstone) glide bomb ( theres an example of one of these at the Cosford museum ) which is the one I’ll be doing , the remaining decal option ,the sand yellow with green spots , will be used on the Airfix kit as I like the scheme. I might do a couple of inbox reviews to compare the two makers different take on the same subject.

Will be interested in the Airfix review in particular Tony. I have a version of that in the stash.

ATB.

Andrew

[Dave Ward]

Love it when I grab an ebay bargain , its like winning the meat raffle ! [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1170369[/ATTACH]The Airfix one was £7.44 including postage and the Revell one with Eduard etch was £7.35 including postage so the pair cost less than £15 delivered ! The Revell boxing is the one with the prototype Hagelkorn ( hailstone) glide bomb ( theres an example of one of these at the Cosford museum ) which is the one I’ll be doing , the remaining decal option ,the sand yellow with green spots , will be used on the Airfix kit as I like the scheme. I might do a couple of inbox reviews to compare the two makers different take on the same subject.

Tony,
getting the bargains on ebay adds to the enjoyment - it's having your cake and eating it too! Doing a direct comparison between the two models sounds like a great idea!
Dave

[The Smythe Meister]

Love it when I grab an ebay bargain , its like winning the meat raffle ! [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1170369[/ATTACH]The Airfix one was £7.44 including postage and the Revell one with Eduard etch was £7.35 including postage so the pair cost less than £15 delivered ! The Revell boxing is the one with the prototype Hagelkorn ( hailstone) glide bomb ( theres an example of one of these at the Cosford museum ) which is the one I’ll be doing , the remaining decal option ,the sand yellow with green spots , will be used on the Airfix kit as I like the scheme. I might do a couple of inbox reviews to compare the two makers different take on the same subject.

Cracking result there.....
.... Not that I'm envious you understand ?!!
Andy

[yak face]

Another ebay bargain . £ 9.50 including delivery . Its a kit ive been looking at getting for a while , and for less than a tenner all in , its got to be a bargain. Its a little known subject but an interesting one nevertheless. The only downside is the kit didnt come with any decals , not so much a problem with the Polish checkerboards but the makers serial and squadron emblems are impossible to reproduce. After a bit of research salvation came in the form of a black and white picture of a couple of soviet pilots ( one of which is Ivan Kozhedub I think ) in front of a couple of captured aircraft , one of which is a Lublin rxiii in romanian markings. I also found a side profile which doesnt show any markings other than the cross of king michael and a yellow band round the fuselage ,so easy to do with some generic decals .

[Guest]

Looks a nice kit, and a bargain to boot.

[The Smythe Meister]

Another ebay bargain . £ 9.50 including delivery . Its a kit ive been looking at getting for a while , and for less than a tenner all in , its got to be a bargain. Its a little known subject but an interesting one nevertheless. The only downside is the kit didnt come with any decals , not so much a problem with the Polish checkerboards but the makers serial and squadron emblems are impossible to reproduce. After a bit of research salvation came in the form of a black and white picture of a couple of soviet pilots ( one of which is Ivan Kozhedub I think ) in front of a couple of captured aircraft , one of which is a Lublin rxiii in romanian markings. I also found a side profile which doesnt show any markings other than the cross of king michael and a yellow band round the fuselage ,so easy to do with some generic decals . [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1170560[/ATTACH]

Those Goggles are worth it alone!!!

[boatman]

JENS LASTEST CAR BOOT BARGAIN AN ITS BRAND NEW AS UNWANTED XMAS PRESSIE
AN IT ALL WORK GREAT FOR £3 TODAY AN IVE BEEN HAVIN A PLAY WITH IT AN ITS PRETTY BIG MAYBE DIG THE GARDEN OVER WITH IT LOL

[Tim Marlow]

JENS LASTEST CAR BOOT BARGAIN AN ITS BRAND NEW AS UNWANTED XMAS PRESSIE [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1170568[/ATTACH]
AN IT ALL WORK GREAT FOR £3 TODAY AN IVE BEEN HAVIN A PLAY WITH IT AN ITS PRETTY BIG MAYBE DIG THE GARDEN OVER WITH IT LOL

Could you find a place for it on Tiger LOL……

[boatman]

Could you find a place for it on Tiger LOL……

NO Tim to big lol

[Guest]

Chris.
Now if it's too big I bet you could usecontroller for the Tiger !

[Dave Ward]

I was getting some stuff from Amazon, and in order to take advantage of the free posting, I added this

I know the model has accuracy problems ( both the propellers go the wrong way round! ), but it's such an oddball, I couldn't resist it. I'll do an inbox review if anyone's interested.................
Dave

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
I built the Airfix FW in January and it's a really nice kit. I went to Cosford Museum yesterday and saw the plane in question. Had a great day.
Jim

[Mini Me]

These were so ugly I bought a book about the development of the Arrow....I have given thought to how I could scrape one together from existing 1/87 airplane kits and it seems hopeless. I hope you decide to build this soon Dave....it would be fun to follow along. Rick H.

[Guest]

It’s also really big for a propeller aircraft. About 19 cm long and wide, it says, compare that to, say, a Spitfire that’s more like 13 by 15 cm.