Latest Acquisitions (2019)

[Guest]

If you break the aerial, you can also build the tank without. Far from all tanks had radios at this stage, especially Russian ones.

[Guest]

Hi picked this lot up.

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Pete.

[stillp]

At an autojumble today looking for classic car bits, but somehow this came home with me:

Missing the brushes and cement, but that's no great loss. The sprues are still in sealed bags. I got it down to £8.
Then I picked 4 of these up for £1 each, but I'd got home before I realised they're "For Polycarbonate", so presumably lacquer that will shrivel polystyrene into a gooey mess.

Pete

[Tim Marlow]

The polycarbonate paint is go on radio controlled car bodies I think....I don’t think it dries properly on styrene, but you could trial it on sprue offcuts....

[Allen Dewire]

Morning all,

Yesterday I attended the annual Model Days at the museum in Stammheim, Germany. Of course it would have been rude not to support the vendors in attendance. I had also stated that I would not buy anymore kits. I almost kept my word (it's not a whole kit) really......

This one is from Schatton Modellbau here in Bayern. When I saw this kit, I had to know how much it costs as I really wanted it. The firm owner runs the stand, so I asked. He said €45 which is a fair price. we got talking and I asked if he had a kit of this trailer without the side boards and front/back boards. He said no, opened the box, took out the 4 pieces, and said, "now I do"......He further said, "I mold these and it's no problem and the 4 parts can be used for another trailer kit". I then asked what he wanted for the rest and he said €35,

Whipped out the wallet and it was a done deal and it's not a complete kit! We talked and I told him I needed the trailer for a piece of V2 equipment. He pulled out a book on the V2 and showed me what he hopes to cast one day. The launch pad assembly that was mounted on a railroad car. Now that would be one hell of a kit. What a really nice person!!! Anyway, a few needed things,

The bus wheels are the same as the normal 8 hole Blitz wheels, but €2 cheaper. Go figure...References are also really nice to have as long as they aren't too expensive,

A great series of books with loads of pics, info and color profiles. The motocykle book was €5, Maultier €12.

The Heinkel book was €5 too and no, I'm not going over to the dark side of wing thingys. I do have the Revell kit in the stash to try one day. The paint book was €8 and nicely done in color. I also heard good stuff about the MIG cement. It's supposed to work better and faster than TET. Gotta give it a shot and see!!!

Sorry for the long post and that's all folks. No kits (ok?) and pics from the show/museum will be posted later.

Prost
Allen

[Guest]

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The bus wheels are the same as the normal 8 hole Blitz wheels, but €2 cheaper. Go figure...

Does that set contain only one wheel while that for the L 4500 A contains multiple wheels? (Sorry, I don’t deal well with inconsistencies like on these labels )

[Allen Dewire]

Jakko,
These are complete sets with 7 wheels in both. The Opel Blitz bus set is cheaper than the normal Opel Blitz truck set and I don't know why, as they are identical, but €2 saved is great….

[Guest]

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Got this bargain set of brand new Tankograd photo books from Paul Meekins tent at the Yorkshire Wartime Experience on Sunday
Hard backed and each with 450-500 pictures at a great discount - couldn't resist

Wow Simon.
That was a great find, don't think you can better Tankograd books anyway but at that price it was a no-brainer.

[Guest]

Morning all,

Yesterday I attended the annual Model Days at the museum in Stammheim, Germany. Of course it would have been rude not to support the vendors in attendance. I had also stated that I would not buy anymore kits. I almost kept my word (it's not a whole kit) really......
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This one is from Schatton Modellbau here in Bayern. When I saw this kit, I had to know how much it costs as I really wanted it. The firm owner runs the stand, so I asked. He said €45 which is a fair price. we got talking and I asked if he had a kit of this trailer without the side boards and front/back boards. He said no, opened the box, took out the 4 pieces, and said, "now I do"......He further said, "I mold these and it's no problem and the 4 parts can be used for another trailer kit". I then asked what he wanted for the rest and he said €35,
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Whipped out the wallet and it was a done deal and it's not a complete kit! We talked and I told him I needed the trailer for a piece of V2 equipment. He pulled out a book on the V2 and showed me what he hopes to cast one day. The launch pad assembly that was mounted on a railroad car. Now that would be one hell of a kit. What a really nice person!!! Anyway, a few needed things,
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The bus wheels are the same as the normal 8 hole Blitz wheels, but €2 cheaper. Go figure...References are also really nice to have as long as they aren't too expensive,
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A great series of books with loads of pics, info and color profiles. The motocykle book was €5, Maultier €12.
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The Heinkel book was €5 too and no, I'm not going over to the dark side of wing thingys. I do have the Revell kit in the stash to try one day. The paint book was €8 and nicely done in color. I also heard good stuff about the MIG cement. It's supposed to work better and faster than TET. Gotta give it a shot and see!!!

Sorry for the long post and that's all folks. No kits (ok?) and pics from the show/museum will be posted later.

Prost
Allen

I give up

[Guest]

HI these came late yesterday afternoon.

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Pete.

[Allen Dewire]

Great buys Sir,

Can't wait to see these going on. Have fun Pete!!!

[Guest]

Great buys Sir,

Can't wait to see these going on. Have fun Pete!!!

Of course I'll be upgrading them all :smiling5: .
Pete.

[Guest]

These are complete sets with 7 wheels in both.

I was making a joke about the labels One says (for the benefit of those here who don’t speak German): “Wheel set” while the other says “Wheels set”.

[Allen Dewire]

Damn Jakko,

I just noticed that myself….Radsatz versus Rädersatz. I never really paid attention to the wording, only their contents! Too cool!!!

[stillp]

Of course I'll be upgrading them all :smiling5: .
Pete.

Now there's a surprise! :tongue-out3:
Pete