Newly Acquired

[rickstef]

Hi all,

I wanted to share some of the kits I have been able to purchase and win through auctions.

first up are 6 books, authored by Edmund V. Gillon

I really wanted to get the movable kits he released.
All of these were bought through Amazon.

Up next is the Utility 3 in 1 kit trailer set, published by Z-Art.

You can build one of 3 of the pictured trailers, and on the website, a blank version for the Curtain Side option is available if you care to do your own.

With all of the hype surrounding Episode VII(Star Wars) Jazwares has released figures and kits, 4 different characters, 12 inches tall, Darth Vader, a Stormtrooper, Han Solo and Chewbacca, the kits include a Death Star play set, and a Millennium Falcon, and Tatooine scene.


Also part of the Blueprints Papercraft line, are the Avengers.


And the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles


If you have kids or grandkids and you want to expose them to paper modeling, I recommend looking at the Blueprint lines, the kits are simple to put together, no gluing or cutting required.

And I have more kits on the way, and will share them here

Rick

[airdave]

The Build Your Own Guillotine book I bought somewhere about 1982-84.

I built the supporting structure, but never finished anything else.
I transported the remaining parts, the book, and the partially built structure around, in a cardboard box, through two or three home moves
and finally pitched it all in the trash a few months before getting hooked on Paper Modeling via the Internet.
(I'm so angry at myself for throwing it away now.)

From what I can remember, it was a great model.
I'd love to have it once again.

[rickstef]

I had an itch that needed to be scratched, so Darth was made

10 Parts, 1 12 inch figure at the end

[Richschindler]

Looks like you got your self some nice items their. Now I want to build a saw mill.

[The-EDSEL]

Interesting My there Boss.
I Would Love to get that Trailer.
The Saw Mill looks interesting too!

[Mike Stamper]

Looking for a saw mill?

How about a wind saw mill!

Leon Schuijt A44 De Gekroonde Poelenburg Zaandam 1:100

I made this some time ago - turn the vanes and the blades go up and down.

Cheers
Mike

[rickstef]

I wanted to share some more winnings and purchases

After Darth, I decided the rest of the band needed to join


And to finish off the Avengers Super Group, I was able to add Iron Man and Thor, with a guest appearance by Spiderman


One of the more simplistic "models" is the Cobra helicopter
From a company called Cubic Fun, this model, while technically made with paper is not a paper model, it is 2 sheets of paper, with a layer of foam sandwiched in between.
Some other kits include a Kiev aircraft carrier, and a Sukhoi Su-355 jet.


From our friends at Z-art, I was able to bid on and win their second 1:32 trailer model, a 200 Barrel tanker trailer


Also bought on ebay, are the Gundam metal models, the MS-06 Zaku II and RX-78-2 Gundam
3 sheets of instructions, 5 sides showing the step by step work.
included are the Axe handle for the Zaku, and Laser Sword for the Gundam.
the sheets are longer than the Iconx line of Metal Earth models from Fascinations.


Last up is an interesting book, the Star Trek Action Toy Book
I found it after reading bgt01's thread on the punch out bridge
contains 9 different models that you can build, all with some method with which you can interact with the model, including wearing Mr. Spock's ears


And I do think I will be buying more in the future, so stay tuned if you are interested

Rick

[rickstef]

One last picture to complete the recent buying spree
Bought on ebay, two kits from the company Piececool, a Samurai, in both Gold and Silver platings
two sheets, the same length as the Gundam kits

[elliott]

Santa was good to you last year huh?
Nice haul I must say.

[rickstef]

yes especially when Santa looks an awful lot like me