Small Scale Military Headquarters

I definitely spent like 20 minutes drooling over your auctions the other day and didn't even realize it was a forum member. I'd kill for one of the flaps/slats/kneeling tomcats, but I like my freedom lol... Maybe one day I'll be able to add one to my 1/72 collection...

Personally, I'd go authentic, as authentic as possible based on reference material, because I love seeing small pieces of history in my collection. I've never been into "what-ifs", because they never existed. If you built it as true as possible to an actual airframe, then why not capture the source ...

Wow..talk about some shady business. FWIW- pilots are not a lost cause. I noticed the Ebay seller others have pointed out, but he looks low on inventory. I can tell you that a little kitbashing with some 25th ann. GI JOE pilots (I used Capt. Ace and Wild Bill from the dragonhawk) can make for some n...

Nice. I had the same ceiling fan as a kid. F4U fan for the win! I still have everything but the applique that makes the body. I plan on mounting it in my garage as a vent fan for when I am working on my Mustang.

They had a 104 on static display somewhere in Burbank, CA. It was a NASA bird, white with a blue stripe on each side of the fuselage. The thing looked fast sitting still, a total speed needle.

I can't wait for my bird to visit TKO this summer to transform into VF-101 Grim Reapers AD 160 low vis circa 2004, but after looking at these pics, I have an ugly feeling it won't be sitting alone on my shelf for long.... They just look so good in multiples that I can easily see some other great sch...

Hi guys. I have to say, I love my JSI Tomcat, but that thing just feels rickety. When I pick it up I feel like I'm moving a jigsaw puzzle, and I'm not a fan. Granted, I am used to 1/72 scale diecast that are hefty and solid, but still, I can't stand just watching parts and armament fall off every ti...

Not my favorite look for a Tomcat, but your workmanship is excellent. I wish I had that kind of talent.

I recognized the plane as soon as I saw it. I knew it was the one from US Marshals, that is a great flick that I've watched many a time. I don't think that is a Boeing 727 though, but I could be wrong. If I had the money and the space, I'd totally buy them, sell one, and display the other because th...

Oh man, seeing as I am a freak for the "I have the only one" status in collecting, I don't think I could have let that out of my sight. I do love the one with the dragon on the box though...good thing I'm limiting myself to Navy jets for my 1/18 collection or I'd be chasing that one down.

Haha, talk about fickle, I am changing plans again. I re-tried fitting my ROC Wild Bill into the cockpit and was able to get him in both seats without removing his legs. I watched several videos of F-14s shot in the cockpit and realized my smaller Joes pictured above were sitting way too low in thei...

Seems like F-4 Phantoms are a popular pick in here, I hope the companies take notice. I'm ashamed to say I don't know 3/4 of the older planes you guys have mentioned, I've always been more of a jet age guy. I'd also like some carrier deck tractors and maybe a SH-60 SeaHawk. I know there is a Blackha...

Well, I tried fitting my 25th Wild Bill in just for shiggles, and it didn't happen, he's just too tall and even when I finally got the legs in his head was against the ejection seat loops. I am bidding on an SRO Ace, because I figure he and the green Dragonhawk Wild Bill I have will make nice "outsi...

Oh god, where do I begin? -A-4E Skyhawk -EA-6B Prowler -A nicer F18* -A nicer AV-8B* -F-35B Lightning II -UH-1N/Y -AH-1W/Z -S-3B Viking -A new OH-58 Kiowa (Can't find any more BBI ones) -A nicer MV-22 Osprey* -SU-33 -MiG-35 -Super Tucano (Potential US variant and the Ecuadorian AF variant in digi c...

Hey guys. I know this summer is going to see the reissue of the F-16 in new colors from BBI, and I was wondering if anyone knows if a Hornet reissue is in the pipeline. I'm hoping the F-16 does well and prompts BBI to issue a new 1/18 Hornet, because the original bunch are extraordinarily expensive ...

Well, if we're gonna go there with the B-52, I'll take a C-130 in Fat Albert colors with JATO bottles strapped to the ass end :mrgreen: . But realistically, I hope the 1/18 market isn't dead but just dormant and soon enough another company is gonna blast us with something like the Tomcat. I've colle...

Hey guys. Just wondering what your wish list was for 1/18 aircraft, and what odds you see of them being produced. I'd like: F-4J Phantom (preferably in Showtime 100 colors)....odds of an F-4 might be better than most after the Tomcat, especially if it was already considered once. There might be some...

My SpotCat just arrived Can't wait to open it up and sit it on the shelf for a while, and hopefully later this summer it will be on its way to TKO! Can't think of a better way to break into 1/18 collecting!

Found the base for my second pilot: http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/images/shipwreck9_large.jpg Starting with VvV Shipwreck. I just scored an all gray version of this figure on EvilPay for $6, pretty sure it is a prototype or a test shot. Going to swap in VvV Duke's head, VvV TeleViper lower arms for...

Well, I just started buying stuff for pilot 2. Going to start with Ace unless a Slipstream pops up. Swapping head for VvV Duke, lower arms for VvV Televiper to give him a rolled up sleeve look. Probably will use Duke's lower legs as Ace's look like the boots are wrapped in ribbon. Going to add the v...

Also, I'm currently using two v.3 Slipstreams for my F-14; I think it is is GI Joe's most realistic looking pilot, though this fig is a bit hard to find. I think there's a bit of a passing resemblance to Maverick from Top Gun so I like him piloting my F-14 :) http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/slipstre...

Change of plans. After reading this thread again and realizing that Air Command Ace won't fit in the Tomcat without it's legs ripped off, I deduced that a Wild Bill of the same size will require the same leg-ectomy and abandoned him. However, he did come with an awesome vest that has greatly decreas...

Your pilot is awesome. I love the helmet, but that site is down. My VvV Ace figs each came with a helmet, so I am using those. I am going to do a VvV Ace head, torso, and arms with VvV Stryker legs and then a 25th Wild Bill with holsters and goofy belt buckle removed. Both are going to be repainted ...

I forgot the one in my living room, an F-14A from Dragon Wings in the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial celebration scheme. I bought this one because it was flown out of NAS Miramar back when it was Top Gun, and I was living right there in Fightertown USA. http://www.awesomecollectables.co.nz/uploads/84259/ima...

Oh, and I am aware that at no time an F-8 Crusader and F/A-18F Super Hornet were ever on the same deck together, but it's kind of an all-star carrier assortment :D I also know that the boarding ladder and platform aren't accurate, but they don't have integrated boarding ladders on the 1/72 stuff and...