Here's my first update post in a couple of months.
I received a lot over the last month, and I managed to put quite a few new pieces of diecast on display. Most of my new diecast is as always from Merritec... my friendly neighbourhood diecast supplier. He came today, on one of the coldest days that I can remember (and I lived in Southwestern Ontario for a long time, which is a very cold place indeed) to drop off a few huge boxes of the most recent releases. Many kudos and thanks to Scott Merritt for being such a great all-round guy and for being a great diecast retailer.
^ my three Ernst Udet warbirds; the Fokker DR.I and Messerschmitt Bf 109V-14 by Carousel 1, and the new Corgi Albatros D.V.
^ my second & third Hobby Master Spitfire; HA7102 (R. Newbery's XIVc) and HA7104 ('Ginger' Lacy's XIVe).
^ my first Franklin Mint Hurricane, the Hurricane I as flown by Stanford Tuck during the Battle of Britain. I have yet to receive the decals with which I'm going to replace the squadron emblem on the starboard side of the plane. The original water slide decal had crumbled into dust, but that's no bother really.
^ my two Corgi SE.5s (Bishop & Mannock) and two SPAD XIIIs (Biddle & Guynemer).
^ my newly expanded Dutch collection, the most recent additions being the Hobby Master F-104G and AT-16-ND Harvard IIB.
^ my RAF shelf, now including several RCAF and RAAF warbirds.
^ my long-awaited Corgi Sea Hurricane.
^ thanks to the sale at the Flying Mule last month, I was able to get my hands on the 'Eddie' Edwards Spitfire VIII. I'm glad that so many hard-fighting Canadian pilots and aircrew are represented by Corgi's releases. Sitting next to the Corgi Spitfire is my second Dragon Spitfire V.
^ another Corgi Spitfire VIII that I picked up during The Flying Mule's sale last month, as flown by Robert Gibbes. I took the Gibbes Kittyhawk out of storage to sit next to this new Spitfire. The RAAF never looked so good.
^ my second Dragon F-51D. The first one ended up being in rough shape when I received it after buying it off of eBay; I couldn't display it. Thanks to my dear friend in diecast Tri-Motor, I have another one - this one in mint condition. I just have one more Mustang to go and I'll have all of them (outside of the three impossible-to-find ROCAF Mustangs).
^ anyone for a serving of Bomber Command deliciousness? Three Lancasters, two Halifaxes and a lil' old Mosquito.
^ the latest Corgi Lancaster, as flown by Les Knight during the Dambusters Raid.
^ 'Friday the 13th' in all her glory.
^ my only four Vietnam War jets on display at the moment, including my second F-8E, AH200 of VF-162 Hunters.
^ my four WW2 US Army vehicles in 1:32, including the latest M35 "deuce-and-a-half" by Forces of Valor.
^ four WW2 Wehrmacht heavies in 1:32, including the latest - the Elefant. It is the largest 1:32 AFV in my collection.