What non-auto model did you get today?

[unclescott58]

Well, I no longer need stock sponsons or decals for my Kitech Airwolf helicopter (see above). Instead I bought an unopened original AMT/Ertl Airwolf. Unopen until I got it today. Now I can build a "stock" Bell 222B. And maybe build an Airwolf version from the Kitech kit, or sell it. 

 

 

By the way, below is what I'm hoping to build out of my AMT kit. 

 

Edited December 8, 2018 by unclescott58

[unclescott58]

On 10/19/2018 at 4:25 PM, Richard Bartrop said:

I actually bought these about a week ago, but I didn't know about this particular thread.   Two grail kits I found at Model Land.

This is why, when people give you grief for wanting to bring back obscure kits, you should ignore them.

Two fun kits. I finished my Leif several years ago. And need to finish my Pilgrim Observer one of these days. I too like a lot of those old obscure kits. Mainly space related. There are more I'd love to see come back. 

Edited December 11, 2018 by unclescott58

[DPNM]

This was on my porch today. feeBay purchase, sealed. I had a want ad on the forum looking for one but no luck. I bought this for less than I would have been willing to trade away.

I missed having to go to Vietnam by the skin of my teeth. It ended just as I became of age. I plan a tribute to those that served.

Edited December 10, 2018 by DPNM

[DPNM]

And these were on my porch today. I had an ad on here looking for at least one, but again, no trades forthcoming.

 

[unclescott58]

Can you say flash? I knew you could. Testor's last modified reissue of IMC's old LearJet kit. I should know better. But, I can't help myself! 

 

[unclescott58]

Today. A 1/48 scale V-tail doctor killer. One of my all time favorite airplanes. And has been so since I was a kid. The V tailed Bonaza has always stood out over the others, in style and grace. It looks fast. And it is fast. Next to Beechcraft's other classics, the Staggerwing and Starship, it is (IMO) the coolest airplane out there. 

 

Edited December 13, 2018 by unclescott58

[Ace-Garageguy]

7 minutes ago, unclescott58 said:

Today. A 1/48 scale V-tail doctor killer. One of my all time favorite airplanes. And has been so since I was a kid. The V tailed Bonaza has always stood over the others, in style and grace. It looks fast. And it is fast. Next to Beechcraft's other classics, the Staggerwing and Starship, it is (IMO) the coolest airplane out there. 

Neato.   Not a lot of people outside the aviation community know the old V-tail's nickname anymore. And I agree with the rest of what you say...the Starship and Staggerwing are two of the most spectacular private aircraft ever conceived.

[Ace-Garageguy]

On 12/10/2018 at 5:23 PM, DPNM said:

This was on my porch today. feeBay purchase, sealed. I had a want ad on the forum looking for one but no luck. I bought this for less than I would have been willing to trade away.

I missed having to go to Vietnam by the skin of my teeth. It ended just as I became of age. I plan a tribute to those that served.

Great kit, nice idea for a build. I've got a couple underway, one as a gunship and one as a dustoff unit...and using a cast of the Lycoming turbine to power a fantasy LSR vehicle too.

Have you seen the clear version of that kit?

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Got another part of the steel mill layout, the Walthers bridge-crane kit. Used to move iron ore or taconite pellets from the offload and storage areas to the blast furnace.

                                                  

Also got a couple Walthers heavy traveling crane kits for inside the mill. I'll probably need several more by the time it's done, as well as at least one for the locomotive service and erection buildings.

                                                             

[cobraman]

Hey Bill. How large do you imagine your layout being ?

[unclescott58]

As you can see from this post, and others above, I've been on a model airplane buying and building kick recently. By no means am I giving up on cars. I'm still car crazy. In order of transportation loves, it goes: cars, trucks, fictional spacecraft, civilian/personal aircraft, trains, real spacecraft, military planes (mainly fighters), boats and ships, and finally motorcycles. So I buy a few kits of other things from time to time. 

In the realm of civilian/personal aircraft, I love Beechcraft's designs the best. IMO the three best looking airplanes of all time are Beech's Staggerwing, their V-tail Bonanza, and their Starship. Well, I have an AMT Stagger I'm working on right now. Added and started working on another V-tail Bonanza just this week. The only thing missing? The Starship. As of yesterday that's taken care of. To my collection, I've added an Amodel Beechcraft 2000 Starship, in 1/72 scale. 

This is the only styrene kit that I have ever seen available of the Starship. It comes from Poland, and it is not cheap. But, looking at reviews on line and what I found in the box I just got. It looks like it's well worth the price. The first thing I liked when I opened the box, is all of the parts come in a ziplock style, resealable bag. In that bag, the clear parts are protected in another smaller ziplock type bag. The kit has over 100 plastic parts, and four small photo etched parts. No flash can be seen on my example. It looks like a very nice high quality kit. Again, well worth the money I paid for it. 

Amodel makes two different variations of their Starship. The main difference being decals. I had to go for this version because of the decals used on the wingtip/rudder assembly of this particular airplane. They look like Star Trek Starfleet logos. And with my love of Star Trek I had go with it! 

 

Edited December 17, 2018 by unclescott58

[unclescott58]

On 4/24/2018 at 11:50 AM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Though not wildly successful for a variety of reasons, the two prototype trainsets were in pretty much continuous use for 10 years, from 1956 until 1966. Both locomotives still exist, and 4 of the original cars (which were actually heavily modified GM bus bodies).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerotrain_(GM)

    

 

Catching up on past posts here that I somehow missed. The video on the Aerotrain, above, is great. I still think that it is a great looking train. I need to go to Green Bay or St. Louis someday to see the real thing. 

[unclescott58]

As I looked farther into the posts here, I guess I did see Ace's posting ☝️before. I must be getting old. Forgetting stuff. Still, it was worth another look. 

[unclescott58]

On 12/12/2018 at 4:45 PM, DPNM said:

And these were on my porch today. I had an ad on here looking for at least one, but again, no trades forthcoming.

 

Speaking of trains. About two months ago I bought and built one Monogram's HO locomotive kits. The Big Boy with Duluth, Missabe & Iron Ranger markings. True, the DM&IR never ran Big Boys. But, love the Big Boys. And the DM&IR. So it was a natural fit for me. The kit built up really nice. Even though these trains do not match up well with my running N scale stuff. I liked the one I build enough to consider buying others in the series, if I bump into them at the right price.

 

[unclescott58]

On 11/17/2014 at 7:56 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Found a 1/32 scale Westland Lysander at the thrift store for $1.99. Seems complete, though the box is pretty beat. Lysanders were used for short-field ops dropping and retrieving spies in occupied Europe during WW II. It will eventually find a home with some other 1/32 scale warbirds.

 

 

Also picked up a 1/20 Seaquest Stinger, again for $1.99. It may become a futuristic LSR vehicle...or not.

 

 

 

 

I really have a hankering to put together a little HO-scale train scene over the holidays. I recently got one of these, to replace one I'd built and given away a long time ago. It makes a spectacular model, and really makes one wonder: if this much detail can be incorporated into a 1/87 scale model (and this thing was tooled way before CAD) what's the problem with getting the larger scales right?

 

By the way. Did the Sea Quest sub above ever get built. And if so, can we see it? 

Edited December 15, 2018 by unclescott58

[unclescott58]

On 1/26/2015 at 5:47 PM, Nacho Z said:

How cool is this!!!! Arrived today.

 

 

Still my favorite cartoon. I too picked up, and built the above kit when it first came out. Being from Moebuis, it of course builds out perfect. 

[unclescott58]

On 3/9/2015 at 4:32 PM, Roadrunner said:

 

Any photos, perhaps for the All The Rest area?

To fulfill a past request. 

 

[Scott Colmer]

I've been looking at the Lost in Space robot for a while. Pure nostalgia.

One finally came up cheap on e-bay. When it arrived, I was surprised at how small it was. Notice the dime on the box. It's just about 1/25 scale, so I can be worked into a modeling project. It's on the shelf waiting for a burst of creativity.

 

[unclescott58]

The above reminded me of some pictures I found on the web a while back. 

 

[unclescott58]

It may not be Beech, but look what came in today's mail. 

 

Edited December 16, 2018 by unclescott58

[JollySipper]

Hey, Scott.... I have the luxury of living about a mile from our small local airport, so I get to see Cessna type planes on a regular basis. Lear jets too.......

About once a month, the Osprey aircraft use it for touch-n-go's....

Edited December 16, 2018 by JollySipper

[Snake45]

17 minutes ago, JollySipper said:

Hey, Scott.... I have the luxury of living about a mile from our small local airport, so I get to see Cessna type planes on a regular basis. Lear jets too.......

About once a month, the Osprey aircraft use it for touch-n-go's....

I too live less than a mile from the local airport. I know most things by sound and don't even look up for Cessnas, Beeches or Pipers anymore. But every now and then I hear a T-6 or Stearman--those are worth looking at!

The Air Guard shoots touch and goes on our place in C-130s. They are among the QUIETEST airplanes using the place. I never hear them inside the house, and hardly ever outside--most times I will see them before I hear them. 

[unclescott58]

11 hours ago, JollySipper said:

Hey, Scott.... I have the luxury of living about a mile from our small local airport, so I get to see Cessna type planes on a regular basis. Lear jets too.......

About once a month, the Osprey aircraft use it for touch-n-go's....

Sounds like fun. My local airport is a few miles away. Far enough away that the planes are still high enough to rarely grab ones attention. Several years ago I was riding with a friend, and we were going by an airport on the southwest side town (Flyingcloud, in Eden Prairie, MN). And there sat a Beech Starship! Was I surprised and excited. Not often does one get to see one of those. Sad to say, we didn't have the time to stop and get a closer look. 

Edited December 16, 2018 by unclescott58

[unclescott58]

By the way. I don't know if this is right place to bring this up, or not. But, I'm looking a copy of Monogram's Cessna 180 with floats. Hopefully complete and at a reasonable price. The last time I believe Revell/Monogram offered the Cessna 180 with floats, was in 1994. So it's not an easy kit to find. Can anybody out there help me? 

 

Edited December 16, 2018 by unclescott58

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, unclescott58 said:

By the way. I don't know if this is right place to bring this up, or not. But, I'm looking a copy of Monogram's Cessna 180 with floats. Hopefully complete and at a reasonable price. The last time I believe Revell/Monogram offered the Cessna 180 with floats, was in 1994. So it's not an easy kit to find. Can anybody out there help me? 

 

I have one but it's not up for grabs. Didn't realize it's now rare but just checked eBay and there are only two of them, going for stupid prices. Yikes!  I'll keep my eye open for one for you, though.