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The Ranger Cache (aka Pig Pile)
Ranger74
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Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 02:08 PM UTC
I took a random poll of my total stash and here are my candidates:

Flying Thingies:
Matchbox SBD-5 1/32
Hasegawa P-26A Peashooter 1/32
Accurate Minatures SBD-3/4 1/48
Accurate Minatures Gulfhawk III 1/48
Classic Airframes Curtis Hawk II 1/48
Aeroclub F3F-1 1/48
Classic Airframes P-12E 1/48
Minicraft XF5F-1 1/48
Tasman DH 89 Ambulance 1/72
Williams Brothers B-10B 1/72
Contrail Blackburn Baffin 1/72
Matchbox Heyford Mk II/III 1/72
Heller PZL 23A/B 1/72
AMT XB/YB-35 1/72
Williams Brothers World Cruiser (Wheels or floats) 1/72
Airfix Bristol Bulldog 1/72
VPCanada F2F-1 1/72
Aoshima F4F-4 1/72
MPM FF-1 1/72
Matchbox Hawker Fury 1/72
Heller I-153 1/72
Heller MS225 1/72
Aoshima P-36 1/72
Heller PZL 11a 1/72
MPM XF-85 1/72
RS Models XP-79 1/72
Airfix J2F-6 Duck 1/72
Pavla O-52 1/72
Hasegawa SOC-3 (Wheels or floats) 1/72
Alliance He-72 1/72
Italeri V-22A Osprey 1/72

Ground Hogs:
HiPM SdKfz 231 1/35
SDS Zis-44 Ambulance 1/35
Academy M113 Zelda 1/35
Accurate Armor M114 1/35
Peerless M6 Gun Carriage (37mm) 1/35
Heller H-35/39 1/35
DML M-46 Patton 1/35
DML/Verlinden M4A4 Crab 1/35
Italeri M60A1 w/Blazer Armor 1/35
ICM PzKpfW IIL 1/35
RPM Renault TSF Radio Tank 1/35
Bandai PzHGWII Wespe 1/48
RPM Ford T Ambulance 1/72

Egg Beaters:
Testors/Cobra Company HH-43 1/32
MPC Ka-25a 1/72
AMT/ERTL Mi-24 Hind D 1/72
Fujimi CH-53G Sea Stallion 1/72
Italeri UH-1B 1/72
MPM R-5 1/72
MPM R-4B 1/72
Fujimi UH-1H VIP 1/72

Floating thingies:
Revell Hospital Ship Haven Scale TBD
DML USS Ohio (SSBN) 1/350

Jeff
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Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 02:22 PM UTC
M46 Patton cool tank
TankCarl
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Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 02:22 PM UTC
DML M-46 thats my vote and I'm sticking to it. Nice big list.
WeWillHold
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Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 02:22 PM UTC
Lord Ranger

Accurate Armor M114 1/35 - should be a nice build




Steve
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Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 02:23 PM UTC
Ranger-

You gotta do the M4A4... hehehe

DML/Verlinden M4A4 Crab 1/35

This little sucker gets my vote :-)

Later-
Jeff
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Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 06:30 PM UTC
Hi Jeff,
its the Contrail Blackburn Baffin for me.
Cheers
Peter
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Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 07:20 PM UTC
DML/Verlinden M4A4 Crab 1/35 yup yup thats a nice one!
andy007
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Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 08:32 PM UTC
Ranger,
My vote goes to the M4A4 crab never seen one before
Merlin
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Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 09:23 PM UTC
Hi Jeff

I vote for the Minicraft XF5F-1 - I love the Skyrocket! :-)

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 10:16 PM UTC
Master cool number,

I vote for the M4A4 as well.

PS. Cool descriptions to the catagories....egg beaters.... LMAO, haven't heard that for a long time....

(++)
Stormbringer
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Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 10:34 PM UTC
Matchbox Heyford 1:72

Pete
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Posted: Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 01:04 AM UTC
1/400 scale Revell Hospital Ship :-)
TOMCAT14
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Posted: Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 01:34 AM UTC

Hello ,

Please - do the "Jolly Green Giant " from Fujimi - I like those Big Mamma Chopers - so CH-53 - 1 vote !!!

Take Care
Pnzr-Cmdr
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Posted: Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 02:13 AM UTC
M4A4 crab
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Posted: Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 03:01 AM UTC
:-) I'm with Merlin on this one, Minicraft XF5F-1 :-)
Mal
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Posted: Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 02:02 PM UTC
Unless there are some more votes for different items, I better dust off the crab!
ladymodelbuilder
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Posted: Monday, February 09, 2004 - 01:45 PM UTC
I'm gonna have to go with the Accurate Minatures SBD-3/4

(++)
Ranger74
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Posted: Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 06:16 AM UTC
Ya'll -

How about some of the new pile owners coming into the jungle corner of the sty and voting on my cache .............. ooooinkkk pleeeeease!!!!!!!!!!!!!
greatbrit
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Posted: Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 06:29 AM UTC
ive got to go for the M4A4, its british after all!!!!!!!

oink

joe
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Posted: Friday, March 05, 2004 - 02:03 AM UTC
No way! Do the 1/72 Tin Lizzie!
garrybeebe
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Posted: Friday, March 05, 2004 - 02:54 AM UTC
Ok Lord Ranger, I got to root out the M46 By Dragon. To cool not to build!

And yes, today I will take inventory of my hog stash and post a list! (++)

Cheers and Oinks,

Garry