Phantoms for Enzo

Ooh! Thanks very much for the offer. However, I have 35 Phantom kits in my stash, each one assigned to a particular colour scheme and decal sheet. I reckon that it would take me three years to just build the Phantoms, never mind the F-16s, Hunters and Spitfires that I have lined up! I hnestly think that I don't need to buy another kit for five years...

But thank you for the offer. I do appreciate it.

...plus how many in your *deep* stash?

Just out of curiosity Enzo, approx how many Hasegawa 1/32 Spitfire Vb's do you have stashed away?

...but somehow I think you will anyway :o)

(kim)

If I'd known you had so many Phantoms already, I wouldn't have exposed you to the temptation to buy even more. I'm impressed to read that you reckon to be able to make 35 kits in three years. I recently worked out that I've only made about 16 models in the last 7 years. Roll on retirement!

Gord>> Enzo,

Only one. An Esci 1/48 F-4D, which is unlikely to ever get built. My Deep Stash is mostly comprised of a number of old Matchbox and Novo kits. There is also an Airfix 1/48 EA-6B in there... a Tamiya 1/48 F-15... a Tamiya 1/32 F-14...

None. I build Spitfires in 1/48. I have 4 Tamiya Vbs, 2 Tamiya Is, 3 Hasegawa IXs... I have no less than 6 Airfix Mk24s, which were all purchased at a knockdown price. They will mostly be grafted on to Hasegawa IXs to make the mid-range Griffon models.

Apparently Trumpeter will be releasing a 1/72 Gannet in the New Year. There's three new kits straight away! :-)

I'm currently studying for a degree, so I build a model in roughly three weeks. When I had first given up work and was waiting for my course to start, I was getting through roughly one a week! Mind you, I can see that once I graduate and get a job again, my modelling rate will fall.

Ah! Being Dutch you see, I am limited to whichever prototypes and scales I can obtain Dutch-related decals for even though I won't get a chance to build any of them for about three years.

(kim)

Hmmm... Dutch subjects...

I like to build variations on a theme and it's great when that variation exends across different aircraft types. My current obsessions include the F-4, Hunter, F-16 and Spitfire. 323 Sqn used three of those aircraft types. And yes! There are markings for each currently on my to-do list.

One particular set of Dutch RAF markings is only available in 1/32 for a model which is no longer in production. The same set includes markings for a Dutch AF Mustang which my grandfather much preferred to the Spit.

(kim)