ChairmanMilo's Airplanes & Armour

[CVW-507]

Gee Gads! Someone mixed a WACO glider and a Beaufighter! That is butt ugly, the night fighters are nice though. Nice update!

[ChairmanMilo]

Gee Gads! Someone mixed a WACO glider and a Beaufighter! That is butt ugly, the night fighters are nice though. Nice update!

I won't argue - it isn't the most beautiful plane, and aircrew were suicidally brave to fight in 'em.

They did do what was asked of them until something better came along, though.

[ChairmanMilo]

Here are my first updates for about half a year

With my new job in the heart of Toronto's financial district, not as a security guard this time but as an actual participant in the madness that is the financial industry, I haven't had a lot of time to take photos and post them. I have had time, however, to add a significant number of new aircraft to my collection, not to mention dramatically downsize my collection of 1:32 armour.



^ the equally long-awaited USAF A-7 "SLUF", which has since been put away to make room for HM Thuds.



^ my SEA collection after a bit of a reorg. That CW stand looks god-awful, but it wasn't on display like this for long.



^ my SEA collection after the most recent reorg to get all three F-105s and those three F-4s on display together. Note the Israeli F-4 and A-4 on the shelf below. Even with the wrong wing leading edge, that F-4E looks pretty slick. I wish the A-4 had different weapons options.



^ my "Shamrocks" F-8 by CW & F-4 by Hobby Master. My cunning plan worked - the wife loves the shamrocks.



^ the most recent Corgi Spitfire in my collection, an early release - the Malta-based Maurice Stephens Mk.VB/trop.



^ my most recent Corgi Hurricane, another early release - the Malta-based Robertson Mk.I/trop (see a pattern here?)



^ my John Landers set - the "Big Beautiful Doll" P-51D from Dragon & recent "Texas Longhorn" by Corgi.



^ my first Helldiver, as flown by the FAA. Even if it wasn't used in combat operations, it looks great in those colours.



^ the Galland & Schroer Bf 109Es by Carousel 1, since swapped on display with the two new Buffalos.



^ my first two Buffalos by Hobby Master, the Dutch & the long-awaited Finnish releases.



^ two lovely photo-recce Spitfires by HM. It is nice to finally have something Swedish in my collection.

[Tri-Motor]

". It is nice to finally have something Swedish in my collection."...................Be Careful (look what happened to Tiger) The Swedish Buffalo takes first prize.

[ChairmanMilo]

Got Swedish on the brain? Did you mean the Swedish Spitfire or the Finnish Buffalo?

They both look great though, eh? Now that I have my first two Buffalos, I can't wait for the next release to be announced.

[Tri-Motor]

"The Swedish Buffalo takes first prize"...............(To quote myself)

[ChairmanMilo]

I finally had a chance to display some newer additions to my collection.



^ three "Desert Storm" aircraft by Corgi, a Jaguar, Tornado & Buccaneer. I'm very happy to finally have these three.



^ three Falklands War Harriers by Corgi, with the GR.3 & FRS.1 from the HMS Hermes set, and the "Sharkie" Ward FRS.1 released last year.



^ my first Century Wings F-14, AJ210. A gigantic fast mover if there ever was one.



^ my night fighter collection, the most recent addition being the LX*A Hurricane IIB by Easy Model.



^ my 1:72 armour collection, with all of my WW2 German collection put away & replaced with a row of Centurion main battle tanks, Korean War armour and modern tanks (Leopard 2A4, Leopard 2A5, Leopard 2A6 and Challenger 2 with bar armour). It is nice to finally have the Centurions out. I have yet to add the first, third & sixth releases to my collection. Give me time.

[Tri-Motor]

I see you have the "Dragon Wagon" on display. Mine's still in it's box That EM Hurricane fits right in.

[lanslide]

My God, Chairman, you have an excellent collection!

[ChairmanMilo]

Here are some updates.



^ Hobby Master "Black Sheep" A-4M sitting next to the only other jet I have from that era in US carrier aviation, which is also my only Century Wings F-14. I figure they look pretty good displayed together.



^ Another shot of the same A-4.



^ new cheap Ikea shelf that has RAF night fighters on top, boxed 1:400 aircraft below that, my "to read" pile below that, and tons of boxed 1:72 armour below that. It's nice to be organized, and even more nice to have that many 1:400 aircraft (including three of the hard-to-find C-5 Galaxy heavies released by Dragon eons ago).



^ I shuffled my 1:72 armour display around a bit to fit in yet another Hobby Master Centurion. I managed to pick up the three I didn't already have (Australian, British and British Suez Crisis) from the Flying Tiger last month. It is nice that they don't have to worry about mandatory pricing over in the UK when it comes to HM products. I managed to squeeze the Suez Crisis Centurion in the second shelf.



^ Gemini's "Snoot's Sniper" at long last.



^ newly re-arranged RAF night fighter collection, with the new HM Guy Gibson Beaufighter in the back row.



^ even better than finally getting "Snoot's Sniper", a mint RAF Coastal Command Flying Fortress!