Please help me I'm falling!

gary1930 · Post by **gary1930** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:33 am

I simply cannot start collecting 1/72 airplanes or I'm going to have to rent a warehouse somewhere.

But this is awfully tempting, and 3000toys is offering free shipping this weekend.

http://www.3000toys.com/catalog/item_de ... RGIUS34016

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:54 am

Go for it

I like the Corgi 1:72 bombers and have a few, but not as many as I would like. The B-24 is a nice one with all the moving turrets and crew figures at their stations. The bomb bay does not open as on other Corgi planes, which is my only gripe.

I got my Corgi B-24 NIB off ebay for $50 in an olive drab scheme that I liked. The 3000 toys deal is good, but shop around as well

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:15 am

I got the Corgi 1/72 B-24 "Dragon and His Tail" on ebay for about $40. I wish I could find their Ploesti B-24 "Ball of Fire III" for a decent price but never have.
I also have the Corgi 1/72 B-17 Memphis Belle and Lancaster "Dambuster" and am still looking for the B-17 "Bit O' Lace" for a decent price, but they're very scarce.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:25 pm

You can get a much better deal at the Flyingmule this weekend and they offer free shipping on anything over $50 all the time!!

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:50 pm

I went 1/144 over 1/72

just got in the mail today, some Bandai planes

Ta-152H
Hs-129B
and another Takara Arado 234B-2(different paint, still KG76)

plus I got a He 219(F-toy) and JG301 Fw 190A-8(Takara) coming in sometime in the next week.

also got my Flames of War, 3rd Luftwaffe Infantrie plt, and 8cm plt(4x8cm GrW 34) plus a Pz III M for my mid-war Hermann Göring KG(swapping out the 21.Pz stuff for the HG unit..so no Pz IV Hs & Firefly and PzGr in supporting units)

snake · Post by **snake** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:15 pm

The Corgi heavies are really nice.I have a couple of B-24's,B-17's,a Lancaster and a Halifax.
The twin engine bombers are great too.
The Wellington comes in many schemes,as does the Catalina.
Corgi also does a great job on the B-25,He111 and Ju88.
It would be nice if they released a B-26 Marauder.I think that a B-26 would have strong sales.
If you haven't tried the Corgi multi engined bombers,you should.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:29 pm

snake wrote: It would be nice if they released a B-26 Marauder.I think that a B-26 would have strong sales.

Corgi has not released a B-26 yet, though Unimax has for their Forces of Valor lineup. The plane is not quite Corgi quality, but still very nicely detailed. The FOV bombers display well with their Corgi counterparts.

AlloySkull · Post by **AlloySkull** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:53 pm

I'm having a hard time as well. I want to collect 1/72 but I know I'll get hooked and will amass a huge collection, like my 1:32. I saw 1:72 MRC helis at Hobby Lobby that looked beautiful, especially that Eurocopter Tiger...

I've got one plastic Hornet by the brand that replaced FOV's action line, I can't recall the name. I like it a lot and even though it's not too detailed it's pretty sweet. Sigh... I'm hunting for 1:32 helis and have had moderate luck...

I really wish I could afford to dive head first into 1:72. They make all of the century fighters in 1/72 and in some cases 1/48... Don't get me started on 1/48... I have 7 or 8 pieces of that and I'm tempted to make it my new scale if I can't get more 1/32.

I'm sorry for the wall of text but I don't come on much anymore... I miss this place, but with 1/32 withering away on us, I really don't have much to say since I can't feasibly collect 1/72 or 1/48 and 1/18 is now out of my ballpark for the most part...