Collection fever

[Splitpin]

Hi , Im Marty and Im a collectoholic
I told you about the 1:6 scale "action figure" ... flatmates call it a doll , Bazza thinks its a fetish , whatever well , Ive moved on .... (i did get another one ... but thats for later)
.... i found this dude on trademe selling 1:6 scale rifles and such.
I now have an M:14 sniper rifle , a Barret M82A1 (50Cal) ,a SOCOM Mk13 sniper, a M249 Para machine gun , a ZB-26 , and a Remington MSR Modular sniper . Amazing detail and only (on average ) 180mm long.

But .... then !, i found another guy selling 1:3 scale diecast weapons (200-260mm long) so i added an H&K MP-5 and a Colt MK-18 (CQBR) to the collection. The man cave is looking real good if only to scale.

I do have a (1:1 scale) 308 bushmaster (part of the Armalite family) that Im keen to try out with AB sometime , but until then its the little ones .

Bit of a waste of bandwidth sorry , but the smell of gun oil got me going I will take some pics for you all asap .

[Ian Warren]

You should have joined the party couple weeks back at the Arms and Weapons display.

[AlisterC]

I'd be keen to see photos - you've got me very curious (not that I can afford a new hobby, but don't mind enjoying what you doing instead!)

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (AlisterC @ Aug 10 2014,3:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'd be keen to see photos - you've got me very curious (not that I can afford a new hobby, but don't mind enjoying what you doing instead!)

I'll see what i can do Al ..... i cant afford it either really . But being single again ..... well almost I think of it (the fever) as a midlife man thing ... some guys buy a Harley , .... i buy ..... little guns and .... action figures
Oh god , Ive opened myself up to some b/s now.
Anyway ... photos asap

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Aug 10 2014,9:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Oh god , Ive opened myself up to some b/s now.
Anyway ... photos asap

It really is amazing to see the , what many collectors collect evening only to display, found that out couple weeks back , and Jimmy Jillickers - I could not believe some off the stuff and Cripes even the gear out there .. my goggle eyes planted on a bloody great Browning 0.5 machine gun .. Mustangs carried 6 and bolt 8 .. that was WWII .. big thing the same spat Spatter is still in use today and is really amazing to get up and close to one

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Aug 10 2014,9:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It really is amazing to see the , what many collectors collect evening only to display, found that out couple weeks back , and Jimmy Jillickers - I could not believe some off the stuff and Cripes even the gear out there .. my goggle eyes planted on a bloody great Browning 0.5 machine gun .. Mustangs carried 6 and bolt 8 .. that was WWII .. big thing the same spat Spatter is still in use today and is really amazing to get up and close to one

Can you imagine an A-10 back in WW2 .... Milk bottle sized rounds raining down .

[Ian Warren]

Strange the things I thought about and looking at the different weapons, the M-61 display unit , surprising how noisy they are even before the bang pops out off them , these are electric yet sound like 7/8/22mm hex bar in a automatic lathe ... really has that bang , then to watch the mechanics off it working , they then plop it in hidden spots on the aircraft ... really is impressive engineering !

[AdrianPetford]

I've always liked diecast aircraft models and this proved too hard to resist:



Three months later...



Sometimes I wish I didn't have compulsive collectormania

[Ian Warren]

You missing one there Ade the Wigram NZ1050 Harvard, that is really a sweet collection