Latest Acquisitions Revisited!

[moon puppy]

Well it's been nearly 30 years...geess..did I just say that?

Had to google it and it came back to me. M904 nose fuze and M905 tail fuze.

 

[jknaus]

The long ones are daisy cutters fuses. They explode the weapon above ground level to clear it. The other fuse looks like a nose or tail. I didnt know there where 2 types, only had a basic famil course. Do they make USN bombs with the ablative coating also?
James

 

[Leopard2]

THis is my list from the stuff that I bought at the Cedar Rapids Show.

RoG 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet
Academy 1/48 F-15C Eagle w/ resin ejection seat
Dragon 1/48 FW190A-8 w/ Verlinden PE and resin cockpit
Hasegawa 1/48 Hurricane IIC
Trumpeter 1/144 JGSDF Landing Craft Air Cushion
Hasegawa 1/48 F6F-3 Hellcat w/ True Detail resin cockpit
Trumpeter 1/35 Challenger II "Operation Telic"
Tamiya 1/35 Challenger I
Hobbyboss 1/72 Yak 3 Easy Kit
Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat with Tecknics Super Detail Set
Italeri 1/48 Tornado ADV w/ resin drop tanks
Bronco 1/35 Workable Single Link tracks for M1A1 Abrams
2 Books
and Aimee got
AMT Ertl 1/25 2004 Pontiac GTO
Testors TR-1A

The Air Cushion kit and the Yak # were Raffle wins and we bought everything else. Total we spend about $110 for all of that

Joe

 

[moon puppy]

Not a WILDCAT???

Good haul Joe.

 

[Leopard2]

I guess I have to build a lot of wingy-thingies for a while to reduce my stash.

Joe

 

[jknaus]

Got a few things last week. Mig 23G and wheel wells and cockpit. Sorry no pic. Waiting on Linden Hill decals and Zactoman pylons, and intake splitters.
Also another Russian gun, the 152mm Howitzer M1937 ML-20

James

 

[Sharkmouth]

Sue me for being slow... This arrived on Wednesday, much to my wife's disbelief. Mailman came and left. She had a smug look since nothing was dropped off. Ten minutes later, another mail truck came by and rang the doorbell.

So there, honey...Booyah!



Oh, I am not done... another post coming up.

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

YGBSM!!!!

I gotta do a Wild Weasel sometime.

 

[Sharkmouth]

YGBSM!!!!

OK, you lost me...

Here is what came yesterday from a pretty smart aftermarket producer. Instead of telling me what they want to work on, they sent me the kit and asked me what needs fixing. I provide the tweaks list backed up with the references needed and in turn, I won't need to buy the base kit when they send the samples!

Regards,

 

[jknaus]

YGBSM!!!!

OK, you lost me...

Here is what came yesterday from a pretty smart aftermarket producer. Instead of telling me what they want to work on, they sent me the kit and asked me what needs fixing. I provide the tweaks list backed up with the references needed and in turn, I won't need to buy the base kit when they send the samples!

Regards,

Tell them a conversion to an A model to make a CP-121 Tracker, and maybe another conversion with turbo props. Just a thought.
JAmes

 

[moon puppy]

"You Gotta Be S#@%& Me" was allegedly the reply of the EWO who was first told they would be flying SEAD missions, basically being fly paper for SAMs.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Raymond Chung, the owner of Kinetic Models, already stated that they plan to produce the complete series.

Wild Weasel, nice with the sharkmouth too/

Regards,

 

[tomwes]

Saul, I just picked up the Stoof, hope I didn't make a mistake

 

[Sharkmouth]

It is a nice kit, accurate outline, just devoid of a lot of detail.

Regards,

 

[dirtball]

no goof...on the stoof???.........Harv, couldn't resist

 

[The Zod]

From Mega Hobby.

From Wanamaker Hobbies.The Marder from them is not the one being worked on now.

 

[tomwes]

Saul, I just picked up the Stoof, hope I didn't make a mistake

I didn't mean to imply this was a bad kit, a bad choice of words on my part Purchased these Saturday from the lhs which has increased the selection of plastic kits they carry, and their prices were within a few dollars of online prices....factoring in shipping a dollr or two less per kit.

From Verlinden, two resin diorama bases, I have never attempted one of these so be prepared for questions when the time comes :idonno

Tom

 

[Sharkmouth]

nice selection there Tom and thanks for supporting your LHS. I now don't have any unless I am willing to drive a distance for mediocrity. Both of your Verlinden Production items are resin and should not pose any issues.

Stow the S2F. It is not a bad kit but I gave some nice ideas to that resin company.

Regards,

 

[tomwes]

Saul, I could see eventually doing the Tracker with turbo props in a white and red fire bomber scheme.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Kinetic plans ot release the S-2T (turbo-propeller) version as it is used in Asia. So, look for something else.

This is my plan:

or:

and for the Turbo-prop one:

Regards,