[ChairmanMilo]

Indeed it is.

I think I'll stick to 1:72 with the occasional 1:48 (WWI biplanes & WW2 planes of famous aces), 1:144 (Dragon B-17s) and 1:400 (Gemini Macs) for now.

If you think my display is an expression of madness, you should see how many are stuffed in the one closet that the wife assigned to me!

[ChairmanMilo]

A few photo updates of the good ol' collection.



^ my eighth Hobby Master/Corgi Predators MiG-21 - a MiG-21SMT of the Soviet Air Force (HA0125). Thanks to Starman 352nd @ TMH for helping me out.



^ eight Hobby Master/Corgi Predators MiG-21s. Three more (Romanian, Czech and the 2nd Soviet version) to go!



^ my two latest Corgi Spitfires - RAF Spitfire PR IB (AA31928) and RAAF Spitfire VIII (AA31917).



^ the latest Hobby Master Bf 110G on the left (HA1805) and a custom Witty Wings Bf 109G-6 - many thanks to Harry Worthan for a unique Gustav.



^ two Canadian F-104s by Hobby Master - the old "Tiger Meet" release (HA1005) and the new Cold Lake recce bird (HA1011). Thanks to Scott Merrit for both.



^ the first two Halifaxes by Corgi (AA37201 and AA37202) - two gorgeous Mark IIs that I picked up from Merritec. I'm extremely happy with both of them, and I just like everyone else around here, I'm looking forward to getting my fourth Halifax - "Friday the 13th" - later this month (if our luck holds up re: the new Corgi releases). God help Corgi if they got that one wrong. If they screw this one up the only way they'll be able to make it up to me is by releasing "Ruhr Valley Express" after the Berlin Airlift livery.

[Cruver Collecter]

Impressive (and sweet) selection of Mig 21s. Have to ask, who did the darkly painted Bf 109?

[ChairmanMilo]

hworth18 was the one that did the custom "Wilde Sau" Bf 109G. It looks great sitting with the Hobby Master Bf 110Gs.

[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by ChairmanMilo

hworth18 was the one that did the custom "Wilde Sau" Bf 109G. It looks great sitting with the Hobby Master Bf 110Gs.

Well hats off to HW on a slick looking bit of work. Your right about it looking great sitting next to your Bf 110 night fighter.

[ChairmanMilo]

Some update pics.



^ I decided to get good ol' "Phantom of the Ruhr" out to display with the first Halifax II (AA37201). I'm going to swap this Halifax for "Friday the 13th" when it arrives... I don't know if the wife will notice. Probably not.



^ RNLAF 323rd Squadron F-16C "Dirty Diana" by Witty Wings (WTW-72-010-009).



^ my four Dutch aircraft - the Corgi "Flying Diamonds" Meteor, WItty Sea Fury & Spitfire IX, and Witty F-16C "Dirty Diana".



^ one of the new Easy Model AH-64As, the IDF/AF version (EM37027).



^ the lastest Hobby Master MiG-21, an MF Fishbed J of the Romanian Air Force (HA0142).



^ nine Hobby Master MiG-21s on the top shelf, and three IDF/AF aircraft on the second shelf (Easy Model AH-64A, Hobby Master A-4 and Witty F-16C).



^ Don Schmenk's F-100D "Carol Ann/Mary Jane" by Hobby Master (HA2102). Waited a good long while for this one.



^ my 60s/70s collection in its entirety.



^ the gorgeous, recently-released Jack Charles Spitfire IX by Corgi (AA31932).



^ my fourth Hobby Master Airacobra, a P-400 that flew in the Pacific (HA1704).



^ recently re-organized fighter collection... RAF on top, Luftwaffe in the middle and USAAF on the bottom (including P-40s, P-47s and the P-400 that haven't been on display yet). The P-40s look especially cool sitting side-by-side for the first time, all five of them. I had to put some of my 1:32 tanks away for the first time to make room for more planes. Those big tanks take up far too much room. Had to make room for the new Forces of Valor 2 1/2 tonner and Elefant, anyways



^ my newest Dragon tank - an M4 Sherman (DRR60369), another release I've been waiting for forever.

[STARMAN 352ND]

Very nice updated pictures...
FTT would look good next to POTR when you get it.
JP

[ChairmanMilo]

Thank you.

I think it'll be the last Halifax I get for a while - unless they release an RCAF version, but I doubt that'll happen anytime soon.

I don't have room to store more heavies, and the way the economy's going... my budget for heavies is shrinking just a lil' bit.

[trex0770]

Great photos and collection CM! I still have a hard time with the Halifax's birdcage turret so your idea to swap it out for a Friday the 13th sounds like a good one. I'm going to do the same thing and my wife will not notice b/c of the mess of boxes in the spare bedroom......an advantage of being disorganized!!

[ChairmanMilo]

Thank you.

I can't afford to be disorganized - I have one closet and I've fit a few hundred diecast plane boxes in it somehow.

A certain amount of it is stacked outside of the closet... that doesn't seem to have gotten the wife's attention yet though