The Hunters and the Hunted' - kits and reference material

[AlanG]

Hiya Andrew

It has been a pleasure conversing with yourself regarding all this. Just glad i could offer some good advice and give you some ideas.

Looking forward to all this coming together (over the many many years lol).

[Lee Drennen]

Wow and I thought I had a bunch of projects! Andrew I’ll try to keep up very nice collection lots of goodies in there too. I wish you well with this project

[adt70hk]

Hiya Andrew

It has been a pleasure conversing with yourself regarding all this. Just glad i could offer some good advice and give you some ideas.

Looking forward to all this coming together (over the many many years lol).

It has been enjoyable hasn't it and yes many, many years......who knows I might end up leaving it to Junior in my will, given my usual build rate!!! :smiling5:

[adt70hk]

Wow and I thought I had a bunch of projects! Andrew I’ll try to keep up very nice collection lots of goodies in there too. I wish you well with this project

Thanks Lee......from a simple purchase of a Bf 110 G-4, it has come on a long way!! 15 kits in total - although I've only posted 14 so far......so keep your eyes peeled!

ATB.

Andrew

[Lee Drennen]

Thanks Lee......from a simple purchase of a Bf 110 G-4, it has come on a long way!! 15 kits in total - although I've only posted 14 so far......so keep your eyes peeled!

ATB.

Andrew

I will Andrew.

[Mickc1440]

Wow Andrew this certainly is developing into a mighty collection

[adt70hk]

Wow Andrew this certainly is developing into a mighty collection

Mick,

Apologies missed your reply... And yes it is....15 kits so far..... Although I'm still waiting for a couple of arrivals to do it one thread.

Thanks for stopping by.

Andrew

[Allen Dewire]

15 kits so far..... Although I'm still waiting for a couple of arrivals to do it one thread.

And how many are built Andrew??? C'mon Buddy, I ain't getting any younger here.....Get crackin' on 'em Sir!!!...........I wanna see this project come together............

Prost
Allen

[adt70hk]

And how many are built Andrew??? C'mon Buddy, I ain't getting any younger here.....Get crackin' on 'em Sir!!!...........I wanna see this project come together............

Prost
Allen

Hi Allen

After a careful count, re-count and second re-count....

The committee has confirmed after meticulous interrogation of the extensive evidence....

The total number of models built is.....

ZERO! :smiling5:

But at least none are stalled shelf queens!!!

In all seriousness though, I'm doing the Mossie night fighter for the Mossie GB but I want a bit of practice on wingy things first and so will be doing the two 109s first.....

.... once I get the townhouse finished.

At least that's the plan!

Thanks for stopping by!!

ATB.

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So some more arrivals over the past week to add to this not so little project!

ATB

Andrew

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First up some more reading material....

....courtesy of recommendations by AlanG, Nick aka Niho and Al Murray/James Holland....in that order!









And this......which made my month!

I have been trying to find an 88 G-6 for quite some time. Hasegawa do one based on a new-ish 2006 tooling, which gets good reviews but 2nd hand goes for well north of £40.

The other option was this offering from Zvezda, also from 2006.

According to reviews it's not quite as good as the Hasegawa one but new it was apparently half the price of the Hasegawa version but importantly it's not 'half' as bad despite the price difference......but I couldn't find it any anywhere for any price!!

I resorted to trying Kingkit that had Dave Ward mentioned previously and after about a week this popped up for a reasonable price, especially compared to the Hasegawa offerings (Thanks Dave!!).

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So you may have seen the latest editions for this arrive a week or so ago.

These two purchases mean I now have all three Tamiya 1/72 Mossie kits, which I read somewhere are scaled down versions of their 1/48 kits.

Out of the bomber/PR kit I'm undecided as to which I'll go for, although the PRU version is tempting as I already have five British bombers in the stash , including a Mossie Mk XVI bomber.

Out of the fighter bomber/night fighter version, I think it might have to be the FB version. My initial research suggests that this NF version was not used on intruder missions or as part of 100 Group escort type missions - but it's still at early days. That said even if the NF version is an option, I already have one NF in the stash that I'll be building as part of the Mossie GB.

ATB

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So more arrivals contributing to this collection......I think I'm now up to 18 kits and 11 books for this, including these two.

A book on one the great bomber pilots and indeed human beings, recommend by Al Murray and James Holland on their podacast.....previously I've only ever read what was written in the old Dambusters account by someone....Paul Brickhill???

The second, as you may have seen arrived a couple of days ago.

ATB

Andrew

[JR]

Andrew I'm wondering how you managed to get all this into the house with out detection ?
At this rate you'll need a nother book case to display them .:smiling3:

[adt70hk]

Andrew I'm wondering how you managed to get all this into the house with out detection ?
At this rate you'll need a nother book case to display them .:smiling3:

Morning John!

Obviously they've not all come at once!!! Can you imagine that!! :smiling5::smiling5::smiling5:

Some came to work pre-lockdown, when we were both in the office full time, as the post room were ok about personal deliveries. Some I've got lucky on in terms of timing too! But more recently, since I've been back in the office for a few days a week, I've been having eBay items delivered to a local convenience store using their 'Click and collect' in case they try to deliver when I'm out.

The best though was the Revell Dambuster kit .......my mate sent it to me as a gift on my 50th birthday.....my wife upon opening the door to Amazon asked me what I'd ordered......in all honestly I replied "Nothing.".....it was then she discovered the note from my mate (via Amazon) wishing me a happy birthday!

Bur you're right....I do need a new bookcase just for the kits.....the Stirling pushed me over the edge!

[adt70hk]

So realised at the weekend, when I was showing my mate the collection so far, that I had forgot to add this kit to the list.

ATB.

Andrew