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Postie turned up and handed me this one this morning... I knew nothing about it


Based on the paperwork it would appear to be a freebie from my subscription to Airfix Model World (aka Glue Sniffers Monthly)

Free stash... who knew!

I wish I had one of those it just turned up didn't know nothing about it days

Some one - mentioning no names but may the fleas of 1,000 camels infest their itchy areas - seruptitously aimed me at submarines so this came today......


With a Resolution class and Typhoon class in the system
Just need a Ohio class (unobtanium), Los Angeles class and Alpha class to complete the set.....

RangerNeil wrote: Sat Jan 10, 2026 2:48 am Some one - mentioning no names but may the fleas of 1,000 camels infest their itchy areas - seruptitously aimed me at submarines so this came today......


With a Resolution class and Typhoon class in the system
Just need a Ohio class (unobtanium), Los Angeles class and Alpha class to complete the set.....

OOHH that's harsh
Mind you I don't recall anyone twisting your arm buying old timey airfix

Bronco do HMS Vanguard ( Ohio class ) and that's available.

digger303 wrote: Sat Jan 10, 2026 2:49 pm

RangerNeil wrote: Sat Jan 10, 2026 2:48 am Some one - mentioning no names but may the fleas of 1,000 camels infest their itchy areas - seruptitously aimed me at submarines so this came today......


With a Resolution class and Typhoon class in the system
Just need a Ohio class (unobtanium), Los Angeles class and Alpha class to complete the set.....

OOHH that's harsh
Mind you I don't recall anyone twisting your arm buying old timey airfix

Bronco do HMS Vanguard ( Ohio class ) and that's available.

"Old" Airfix - no. Although in this case old is a relative term, to me its a fairly recent Airfx kit!
Someone did do a nice bit of reverse psychology though.......

Errrrr - the Ohio class were US Navy SSBN's.....
They would be the contemporary of the Royal Navy's Resolution and Soviet Typhoon classes.

I should have said equivalent..sorry.
I just did a A1 search and that's what it said. I shall bow low to superior knowledge since I haven't a clue

Not exactly the postman... but one of the staff at the Local Hobby Shop where I display my models bought my Meng 1/12 MP4/4 F1 car.
This one

Payment was in kits, not cash - turned out good for me as I would not have spent all the money on kits
And good for him as his staff discount brought the cost down for him.

It totalled up as 6 fairly big kits. This is the first instalment...


1/32 Phantom



1/32 Stuka



1/35 Apache

Score !

cor wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 2:07 am Not exactly the postman... but one of the staff at the Local Hobby Shop where I display my models bought my Meng 1/12 MP4/4 F1 car.
This one

Payment was in kits, not cash - turned out good for me as I would not have spent all the money on kits
And good for him as his staff discount brought the cost down for him.

It totalled up as 6 fairly big kits. This is the first instalment...


1/32 Phantom



1/32 Stuka



1/35 Apache

Nice result - especially the big Phantom!!

cor wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 2:07 am Not exactly the postman... but one of the staff at the Local Hobby Shop where I display my models bought my Meng 1/12 MP4/4 F1 car.
This one

Payment was in kits, not cash - turned out good for me as I would not have spent all the money on kits
And good for him as his staff discount brought the cost down for him.

It totalled up as 6 fairly big kits. This is the first instalment...


1/32 Phantom



1/32 Stuka



1/35 Apache

That's awesome! Nice haul!

Hmm lots of helicopters on here….perhaps a heli gb???

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:38 pm Hmm lots of helicopters on here….perhaps a heli gb???

Ohhh - yes please!! More Hinds!!! More Rotodynes!!

RangerNeil wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:49 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:38 pm Hmm lots of helicopters on here….perhaps a heli gb???

Ohhh - yes please!! More Hinds!!! More Rotodynes!!

Definitely something to think about in the future
Tamiya build first
Egg build next for spring

RangerNeil wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:49 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:38 pm Hmm lots of helicopters on here….perhaps a heli gb???

Ohhh - yes please!! More Hinds!!! More Rotodynes!!

Maybe a FL 282 V-6 Kolibri just for you

digger303 wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 1:08 am

RangerNeil wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:49 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:38 pm Hmm lots of helicopters on here….perhaps a heli gb???

Ohhh - yes please!! More Hinds!!! More Rotodynes!!

Maybe a FL 282 V-6 Kolibri just for you

Nice idea - but I have at least 4 Rotodynes and an unspecified number of Mi-24 Hinds in the stash so....

Back to the thread - these came today - the Black paint for the Typhoon:


And the British M1 submarine - (Yes, that IS how it was shipped to me!! Perils of eBay...):

RangerNeil wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:25 pm

digger303 wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 1:08 am

RangerNeil wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:49 pm

Ohhh - yes please!! More Hinds!!! More Rotodynes!!

Maybe a FL 282 V-6 Kolibri just for you

Nice idea - but I have at least 4 Rotodynes and an unspecified number of Mi-24 Hinds in the stash so....

Tongue in cheek old chap....they are a fiddly thing to build

In a moment of madness I bought this kit of the AA gun that never saw service. I'm not that wrapped in the quality of the parts, but maybe they will build and weather better than I think..who knows.



I didn't mind buying the bricks cause I'll be able to use them no problem.

In my defence, I was left unsupervised...

Tomcat64 wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 2:04 pm In my defence, I was left unsupervised...

I finks I mights 'ave been a wee bit naughty....

I thinks you have

RangerNeil wrote: Thu Feb 05, 2026 11:14 am I finks I mights 'ave been a wee bit naughty....

Different to what you have been building.

digger303 wrote: Thu Feb 05, 2026 12:16 pm

RangerNeil wrote: Thu Feb 05, 2026 11:14 am I finks I mights 'ave been a wee bit naughty....

Different to what you have been building.

And I'm not even sure why!!!

A few goodies and hopefully the paint might be a help.

Nice! I love those decals for the cockpit. Did not know they existed. Going to order some later today

RangerNeil wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:25 pm And the British M1 submarine - (Yes, that IS how it was shipped to me!! Perils of eBay...):

The seller is saving on the postage, probably charging you X for parcel post then putting through as large letter, it's cheaper! It's happening a lot as things get ever more costly and tighter, I email them and tell them I won't deal with them again, if it was through Ebay/Amazon report them.

My big thing at the moment is Evri, utter crap I've had damaged, not delivered, delivered to somewhere not even close and sent a picture, left on the door step. I now email all online sellers if they use them I don't buy, if they lie which I've had I just won't use them again.

My new tweezers have arrived, a set with blunt and sharp points.
As you can see they are much thicker in the points and supposedly that will resist flinging small parts as the ones I have now will flex if too much pressure is applied and that is very easy to do and of course a fraction too little and the part is dropped. A very delicate balance to maintain and these being for the electronics trade are supposed to be good. No serrations in the tips to stop rod like parts spinning so the jury is out and deliberating whether the fool has been part far too easliy with $27


One off the wish list and the bridge (impulse buy) would go well with any kit too.

Two more subs - Hunter Killers - to go with the UK Trafalgar class, a US Los Angeles and a Soviet Alfa.
Now I just need a US Ohio class SSBN to complete the set - its currently proving rather elusive!!

Today 2 items arrived, a sprue holder and a set of glass files.



As you can see the sprue holder has already been the subject of a screw up. I went to use a white paint marker pen to high light the markings and the top was a little tight and apparently full of paint. It went all over the sprue holder and caught the submarine base as well.....I was not happy

The glass files are very fine tools consisting of a 400-600 grit and 2 x 10,000 files made by the same company where I bought my new tweezers. I am very happy with the tweezers so far and in my opinion better than the Dspiae ones I have. Although the Stedi brand requires a fraction more effort to keep the tweezers closed. They do grip better and pick up flat pe from a face down position better and I haven't yet pinged any pe off to the never never with them although I have dropped stuff because I relaxed my grip slightly.

This came today - the 2026 Airfix club release. The last Viggen in Swedish service and the Tiger Moth. Oddly I have a Viggen from Special Hobby in the same livery although I think its 1/48.

RangerNeil wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 8:13 pm This came today - the 2026 Airfix club release. The last Viggen in Swedish service and the Tiger Moth. Oddly I have a Viggen from Special Hobby in the same livery although I think its 1/48.

Digger I really like the SAM kit, and you will really like the SBG bridger as I'm sure it is the same one from the kit I built.

I haven't posted anything for some time, but here is my latest addition:



The detail looks fantastic!

DRUMS01 wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 6:49 pm Digger I really like the SAM kit, and you will really like the SBG bridger as I'm sure it is the same one from the kit I built.

I haven't posted anything for some time, but here is my latest addition:



The detail looks fantastic!

OHH ...nice kit, it has had some really good comments for the level of detail.

My small box bridge has some drawings in the instructions how it was to be attached to a tank, so yes most likely the same kit.

The gecko kit I ordered before my little jaunt and the Junkers I picked up whilst there. It's not in 1/32, but a lot of subject matter isn't in era.




A few supplies also picked up whilst wandering except for the resin anti air gun platforms. Which I needed after launching a half completed pe gun set into outer orbit, I do think these are most likely to be in scale more so than the brass set.

I like the Spartan, but how are Gecko models to build?

DRUMS01 wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2026 12:23 pm I like the Spartan, but how are Gecko models to build?

I have yet to find out....not enough time or mojo to catch up to what I would have liked to build by now.
I believe they can be frustrating due to over engineering,small parts and part warpage due to the thin panels, but look fantastic once completed.
The Spartan though looks OK to me, part count not bad,no warpage,good detail and the parts size looks the same as any other kit.

These arrived today - the figures & mask set are for the Viggen, the odd looking tank I got from an auction for £10 - too good to miss.

RangerNeil wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 3:34 pm These arrived today - the figures & mask set are for the Viggen, the odd looking tank I got from an auction for £10 - too good to miss.

Nice pick up on the t-35, not many built but they were used in combat along with t-28's. Which look similiar, but I think you might already be aware of that.

digger303 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 11:05 pm

RangerNeil wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 3:34 pm These arrived today - the figures & mask set are for the Viggen, the odd looking tank I got from an auction for £10 - too good to miss.

Nice pick up on the t-35, not many built but they were used in combat along with t-28's. Which look similiar, but I think you might already be aware of that.

I wasn't actually Digger - thanks for the info!! I may have to look for a T-28 to keep it company now.

Got this off FB half price...pretty happy.

I wonder what this is for?

Been some time since my last update.

I broke down and bit the bullet to purchase several 1/18 resin items for my current AV8B Harrier project. Don't pay attention to the scale on the image, they are the only images I could find of the parts. All of mine are 1/18th.

Corrected and detailed fuel tanks:


Full set of accurate weapon pylons:


An ECM pod:


And some decals, this way I'm not duplicating everyone else's OOB decals:


Then I fell off the deep end for another bridge layer (this will be huge!):







My basement pool table has now become another model kit storage shelf, and it's already full. I have to stop buying stuff....

Ben

DRUMS01 wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 11:30 pm Been some time since my last update.

I broke down and bit the bullet to purchase several 1/18 resin items for my current AV8B Harrier project. Don't pay attention to the scale on the image, they are the only images I could find of the parts. All of mine are 1/18th.

Corrected and detailed fuel tanks:


Full set of accurate weapon pylons:


An ECM pod:


And some decals, this way I'm not duplicating everyone else's OOB decals:


Then I fell off the deep end for another bridge layer (this will be huge!):







My basement pool table has now become another model kit storage shelf, and it's already full. I have to stop buying stuff....

Ben

Got this today.....

RangerNeil wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2026 11:51 pm Got this today.....

Cool

Just smore stuff for the Harrier and an future Stuka build.

Choice

Managed to bag the Airfix 1/24 Harrier in an auction - £40 was that good or excessive?
I'm hoping its all there as its unbagged in the box...

RangerNeil wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 3:51 am Managed to bag the Airfix 1/24 Harrier in an auction - £40 was that good or excessive?
I'm hoping its all there as its unbagged in the box...

Starting to be a few harriers around lately. I'm going to sell my Trumpeter 1/32 and buy a 1/48 Kinetic just because I don't like the level of inaccuracies.

Not being a expert on harrier prices I fell back on the easy answer and queried Ai

AI Overview
A 1/24 scale Airfix Harrier kit (typically the Hawker Siddeley GR.1 or GR.3) is generally valued between £30 and £95 in British Pounds (GBP), depending on its condition and specific boxing.

New/Mint Condition (Vintage Classics Reissue): Current Airfix Vintage Classics releases (e.g., A18001V) generally retail for approximately £60–£87.
Used/Unmade (eBay): Unmade, older, or pre-owned kits often sell in the range of £30–£50 on the second-hand market.

So yes it looks like you did well.

digger303 wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 6:24 am

RangerNeil wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 3:51 am Managed to bag the Airfix 1/24 Harrier in an auction - £40 was that good or excessive?
I'm hoping its all there as its unbagged in the box...

Starting to be a few harriers around lately. I'm going to sell my Trumpeter 1/32 and buy a 1/48 Kinetic just because I don't like the level of inaccuracies.

Not being a expert on harrier prices I fell back on the easy answer and queried Ai

AI Overview
A 1/24 scale Airfix Harrier kit (typically the Hawker Siddeley GR.1 or GR.3) is generally valued between £30 and £95 in British Pounds (GBP), depending on its condition and specific boxing.

New/Mint Condition (Vintage Classics Reissue): Current Airfix Vintage Classics releases (e.g., A18001V) generally retail for approximately £60–£87.
Used/Unmade (eBay): Unmade, older, or pre-owned kits often sell in the range of £30–£50 on the second-hand market.

So yes it looks like you did well.

When we were kids my mate built the Harrier and I still have a kids eye view impression of just how big it was. Enjoy the build and the best of luck to you Sir. I salute you.

Great catch!

I was lucky enough to have built this as a teenager... what struck me was the weight of the thing with the engine installed.

Keep an eye on the nose gear tho, I had a helluva time getting that to be strong enough to support the weight - so much so that it obviously still haunts me today!