De Havilland DH 98 Mosquito

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Spanjaard very nice!

Arkadios Rapos Thank you for your kind words

Greg Baker Oh, yeah. I can't wait to see this one.

Robert W Martel Great news on the Mosquitos Wilky ! Padded envelopes !! Yikes !! I suppose some folks just don't realize how F'd Up a package can get, or how unsturdy some kit boxes are. You & I get lots of them in the mail (post), so we see it more often than most.
I've gotten as I'm sure you have, kits in some pretty stout boxes that have been so damaged I was amazed that the kit wasn't damaged. These delivery people have no respect for our "stuff" !! And for the prices they get these days, they should be treated w/TLC !
Either of those 2 willing to make good for you ?? Anything salvageable??

wilky Haven't heard back from either of them at this time. I guess the decals would be okay with a settling agent as they are dented and the broken bits can be glued back together. No help to me because I wanted to add them both to my collection and the boxes are really bad.
I'm going to have to start selling at swap meets but it will look like I'm rough on my kits because all the ones I want to sell have squashed boxes and broken bits

wilky Okay, just heard back from the Scalemate. Apparently it's my fault I only paid €16 for shipping and I should have paid €40 with insurance. I wouldn't have needed insurance if it was in a box. I'm fing pissed off with his response and won't be buying anything from him again.

Robert W Martel Ouch !! Bum luck. Hope you didn't overpay for those 2 !!
I'm still looking (well,,,) for a model show/swap meet somewhere near me. Nearest I've seen is San Francisco, Los Angeles or Bakersfield,,, all too far!!
Like I said Wilky, I sure wish I had mucho $$$, I'd come down under for a visit ! lol

wilky I'll have to drive 550km to go to a swap meet but I can stay with my family

Robert W Martel Well, that's cool.

wilky Okay, have an update on proceedings. I have received a full refund from the eBay seller. I don't know why but that is pending until the 27th. So hopefully I do get that.
Also received a €12 refund less fees from the Scalemate. I had to pay the fee when I sent the money to him and have had to cop the fee when I received the money he sent me, which sucks but it's better than nothing.
There are a couple of online suppliers of the RS kit but I'll have to save up to get another as they will probably be about the same cost as the initial purchase

Robert W Martel Well, at least you got SOME satisfaction my friend ! Better than not. The ebay one should get through, just has to go through "procedure". Better luck next time !!
Fees,, fees,, fees,,,, fees for the fees!! it's always something ! lol

Scott Tait Trying to remember which i've completed this one in 1995

Dale Marston Beautiful model.

gorbygould Utterly stunning work Kent! I could easily believe that photo 40 is the real beast.

Gary Brantley Too right! That photo is tremendously realistic! Well done Kent!

Bart Goesaert superbly done...

Alexander G. Unreal

Spanjaard a realy work of art and inspiration for all of use. well done!

Rui S All round impressive work, Kent.
Respect

Spanjaard and now with the figures it is even better... fantastic!!

gorbygould Congratulations Wilky! I'm jealous. I think I would start building it the minute it arrived. Have fun.

wilky I am tempted to do that myself but there are two reasons I have to be patient
Firstly this particular boxing is now hard to find and secondly I made a rule when I got back into modelling to only make what I have two of.
So now I'm hoping to get one of the latest boxing of this kit and aftermarket decals. How long that will take, no one knows.
Just received notification that it is on it's way. It may make it home before I do

Robert W Martel 1/24.....oooh weeee, that should be a sweet build! NICE

wilky Hi Robert, this one is going in the collection. I'm saving up to buy the latest release of this kit and some aftermarket decals for one to build.
Back in the Eighties when I stopped making kits unlike most I became a collector and was still buying kits. Then years later I lost my job and had to sell pretty much everything I owned.
Four years ago I developed acute angina and lost my job and was stuck at home and to amuse myself I bought an Airfix 1/72 Boomerang kit as I never built one of those before and the model kit bug bit me hard and I set about reinstating the collection of Australian Air Force aircraft I had to sell years earlier.
So now I collect first and have a couple of kits I am currently assembling. Ones I never built as a child, mainly.
The Mosquito is another aircraft I never built, so I am keen to get the latest boxing and the aftermarket decals so I can build one. Meanwhile I am pretty stoked to have acquired this one for the collection.
I now have four 1/24 kits. I couldn't even afford one back in the Eighties. I was always very envious of my friends that had 1/24 kits so I am just dying to build one

Robert W Martel OH YES, I'd like some 1/24th kits of some of the WWII fighters !! But, they are pretty $$ for me. I have quite a few WWII 32nd Trumpy kits I'm still saving till I get a bit better at painting, and that will have to do for me.! I do also have quite a few British aircraft too. Besides I'm limited to space, as it's all here in my bedroom.
I know, I wish I had kept all the kits I've sold when I thought I wouldn't want them ! Yikes
I also have had the heart issues (quadruple bypass) 13 years ago, 3 years ago an Aortic stint. I've been disabled basically all my life, caught Polio at age 2 in 1955. These past few years I've had to slow to a crawl, arthritis in my lower back has gotten pretty bad, and 60 + years huffing around on crutches has taken it's toll on my shoulders and elbows! I pretty much live in my electric chair and don't do much walking anymore.
So modeling is what keeps me sane these days. And yes I have a closet FULL of models. As a matter of fact I was just in there today re-arranging so that I can fit a few more. Seems I can't build them as fast as I can buy them. LOL But I can't seem to stop buying them!!
What's left over I hope my grandson will take interest in. He's only 5 but definitely loves cars, trucks, planes, helis, construction vehicles, emergency vehicles, basically anything that moves !!
I'm hoping to stay around long enough to teach him what I've learned and to have fun building them.
I'll bet the detail on the 24th scale kits are just awesome. I bet that Mosquito is just Bad Ass !!
I know you'll have fun with that one!! LOL Can't wait to see it.

wilky In it goes. Now to get another so I can build