Behind the scenes, Al and I have been carrying out some pre Christmas shopping. We stumbled across a Auction for nineteen 1/72 unbuilt kits at a very nice price of less than $5 NZ each, and at a price like that how could we resist. They arrived earlier this week and yesterday Al came around and we had a divvy up of the kits. To be fair to each other we did not take all the kits as there were some that did not interest either of us or we could not be bothered with. These we put back on a auction site to dispose of...And make more cash to buy other kits.
So this post is what was chosen and aquired by myself. Above a Italeri Mk9 Spitfire. I have not got much in the way of Mid-Late war Allied aircraft, so this will fill a large gap.
Another Spitfire from Italeri this a Mk5b which will probably get posted to my Allied far east forces.
To compliment my Mid - Late war Allied aircraft is a Airfix Tempest, I would have rather had a Typhoon, but this will do nicely for a while
Yipes another Huey, this should round off my Airborne Battalion lifts. It will be built as a Slick rather than a gunship.
The T-6 will be built as a generic COIN aircraft covering early post war.
This tracked AA gun from UM goes straight into the Mid -Late war German Panzer Grenadiers.
And lastly this tracked sIG will fit in for Late war Germans somewhere.
Not a bad haul, and something to restock the hoard with. If you think I did quite well, you should see what Al's end of the bargain was!
That tempest looks amazing.
ReplyDeletePaul, sorry to burst your bubble, but the Italeri Spitfires are among the worst kits out there. The plastic is soft, there are many inserts to handle and hot glue tends to melt stuff. Mine were an exercise in frustration that ended with a not so gentle tap from a sledgehammer. Make sure you use some spare strip to reinforce the joints from the inside. The Texan is a superlative kit. If we could had some early Israelis and Arabs (and even better, some Super Shermans) you could use it for the Six-Day War with the kit markings. Good haul.
ReplyDeleteDimitri
That lot should keep you out of trouble for a while. It's been a good week all round for picking up cheap kits....
ReplyDeleteSub Radar Mike beware of kits with lovely artwork! I do admit to having a fondness for the sharks mouth.
ReplyDeleteCheers Paul
Hi Dimitri, the Spitfires sound like a challenge, bring them on I say!
ReplyDeleteThey cannot be as bad as the Kitech Helicopters I built earlier this year anyway.
The Texan/Harvard is on the Christmas build list for sure.
Cheers Paul
I can tell you can spot a bargain a mile off Tim.
ReplyDeleteHave you had some more luck?
You are very lucky :)
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