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Phantoms for Enzo

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Gordon McLaughlin - 25 Aug 2006 18:25 GMT
Enzo,

Did you say that you were looking for 1/72 Phantom kits?  I've just got back
from my local model shop and he had about a dozen Phantom kits, mostly
Hasegawa, for sale at reduced prices.  I hadn't time to make a list but if
there are any specific kits that you're looking for, let me have a list and
I'll ring him and ask if he has them and how much he wants for them.

Gordon McLaughlin
Enzo Matrix - 27 Aug 2006 16:21 GMT
> Enzo,
>
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> for, let me have a list and I'll ring him and ask if he has them and
> how much he wants for them.

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.

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kim - 27 Aug 2006 17:02 GMT
> > Enzo,
> >
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> Ooh!  Thanks very much for the offer.  However, I have 35 Phantom kits in my
> stash,

...plus how many in your *deep* 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!

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

> I honestly think
> that I don't need to buy another kit for five years...

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

(kim)
Enzo Matrix - 27 Aug 2006 21:25 GMT
kim smirked:
>>> Enzo,
>>>
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>
> ...plus how many in your *deep* stash?

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...

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

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.

>> I honestly think
>> that I don't need to buy another kit for five years...
>
> ...but somehow I think you will anyway :o)

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

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kim - 28 Aug 2006 03:23 GMT
> kim smirked:
> >>> Enzo,
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> purchased at a knockdown price. They will mostly be grafted on to Hasegawa
> IXs to make the mid-range Griffon models.

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)
Enzo Matrix - 28 Aug 2006 10:27 GMT
> "Enzo Matrix" <enzo55@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> None. I build Spitfires in 1/48. I have 4 Tamiya Vbs, 2 Tamiya Is, 3
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> 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.

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.

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kim - 28 Aug 2006 14:40 GMT
> > "Enzo Matrix" <enzo55@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> None. I build Spitfires in 1/48. I have 4 Tamiya Vbs, 2 Tamiya Is, 3
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> Hmmm...   Dutch subjects...

322 Sqn RAF was Dutch and used Spitfire V, XIV, IX and XVI in that order.
The XVI also carried Dutch AF markings when 322 Sqn was transferred to
Holland.

> 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)
Gordon McLaughlin - 27 Aug 2006 21:15 GMT
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!

Gordon McLaughlin

>> Enzo,
>>
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>
> But thank you for the offer. I do appreciate it.
Enzo Matrix - 27 Aug 2006 21:33 GMT
> 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!

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.

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