Author Topic: Zac's kits for swap UPD 19/09  (Read 4767 times)

Offline KiwiZac

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Zac's kits for swap UPD 19/09
« on: July 05, 2017, 05:18:11 AM »
Hi all,
I'm looking to get rid of some stuff I won't get around to in favour of stuff I will. At the moment I've identified a handful to go (ask if you want a photo). Items in italics are pending, struck out means she's gone.

- Italeri 1/72 M4A1 Sherman
- Academy 1/35 M3 Stuart "Honey"
- AFV Club 1/35 Aussie Centurion



- Airfix 1/48 Folland Gnat (started)

Mauretania not included, that one's almost done!

- Academy 1/72 F-15E (started)


- Dragon 1/144 X-1 double kit (one set of decals missing/used by me)


- Pit Road 1/144 R.A.F. TSR.2 Strike Role
- Novo/whoever 1/72 Sea Vixen
- Tamiya 1/72 A-10 (airframe together and painting started)
- Humbrol 1/72 Fouga Magister (painting started)
- Minicraft 1/48 Beech Bonanza v-tail (recent boxing)
- Airfix 1/72 Gloster Gladiator (the nice new one)

Although some cash would be nice, I'd rather swap for some kits I actually see myself building/finishing:
- Frog 1/72 DH Hornet or Skybirds 86 1/72 Sea Hornet F.20
- Academy 1/72 P-51 North Africa (the Allison-powered one)
- Revell 1/72 Stearman
- Eduard 1/48 Fw 190D-13 Weekend Edition
- Airfix 1/48 new-tool Stuka
- Mikro Mir 1/48 Lavochkin La-9
- Hasegawa 1/48 Nakajima Ki43-I Hayabusa (Oscar) (Japanese Army Fighter)
- Zvezda 1/48 Yak-3
- for no reason other than nostalgia a Monogram Snap-Tite 1/72 Martin Marauder, especially (dreams CAN come true) the blue 1991 box:
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr

If you don't have anything I want but are keen to buy please get in touch and we'll see what we can do as I have PayPal and any extra cash will help feed me and my wife and the cats. :)

I'll be posting these elsewhere too but will do my best to keep the list updated.
« Last Edit: September 23, 2017, 04:34:01 PM by KiwiZac »
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Zac's kits for swap
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2017, 10:53:06 AM »
PM sent.
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: Zac's kits for swap
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2017, 12:42:57 PM »
Thanks guy. List updated.
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Offline jcf

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Re: Zac's kits for swap
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2017, 07:56:56 AM »
FYI the 'old' Nichimo Ki-43 I is more accurate in shape than
the Hasegawa. It also doesn't suffer from Hasegawa 'insert-itis'
the compromises and separate parts to produce multiple versions
from one main mould. The Nichimo kit is a dedicated Ki 43 I.
It's also very detailed.
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: Zac's kits for swap
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2017, 08:02:50 AM »
Thanks Jon, I appreciate that. A few reviews still seem to go for Hasegawa... Whichever one I get, the aim is to build the example that flew very briefly in NZ after restoration in 1996, now with Paul Allen's FHCAM:
https://youtu.be/Ovc86znQb74
« Last Edit: July 06, 2017, 10:07:44 AM by KiwiZac »
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Offline jcf

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Re: Zac's kits for swap
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2017, 10:50:23 AM »
The Hasegawa is hump-backed. Some of the reviews are of the 'it's newer it must be better' type.
Nick Milman picks the Nichimo as the best, Fine Molds second and Hasegawa a distant third.
His Aviation of Japan blog has a slew of Hayabusa info.

http://www.aviationofjapan.com/?m=1
« Last Edit: July 06, 2017, 12:01:47 PM by jcf »
“Conspiracy theory’s got to be simple.
Sense doesn’t come into it. People are
more scared of how complicated shit
actually is than they ever are about
whatever’s supposed to be behind the
conspiracy.”
-The Peripheral, William Gibson 2014

Offline KiwiZac

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Re: Zac's kits for swap
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2017, 10:59:05 AM »
Excellent, I was looking for more reading material! Thanks!
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: Zac's kits for swap
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2017, 07:26:40 AM »
List updated.
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: Zac's kits for swap UPD 19/09
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2017, 04:44:24 PM »
Updated as I want a DH Hornet :)
« Last Edit: September 19, 2017, 04:54:30 PM by KiwiZac »
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