Latest Acquisitions (2021)

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So these paints have arrived over the last few days and so I can now get on with painting my DAK figures.

And no I'm not taking up golf.....I saw Tim used them as stands for painting his 1/72 figures and thought genius idea. I've tried to be a bit environmentally friendly by getting wooden ones.

ATB

Andrew


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So it turns out I wasted my money in two of these bottles......:tired::sad::sad:

In one case, when doing my usual home made swatch with the new arrivals I discovered that I already had a Revell and Humbrol that were VERY close.....

Annoyingly the app I (and a few of us use) said there was no equivalent and on the screen the colour definitely had a greenish tinge to the brown, which it definitely didn't have out of the bottle..... C'est la vie....

More annoyingly though, with the other paint, I clearly hadn't properly checked my list of paints I already had in stock......and so now I have two....DOH!!!

[Mark1]

So it turns out I wasted my money in two of these bottles......:tired::sad::sad:

In one case, when doing my usual home made swatch with the new arrivals I already had a Revell and Humbrol that were VERY close.....

Annoyingly the app I (and a few of us use) said there was no equivalent and on the screen the colour definitely had a greenish tinge to the brown, which I definitely didn't have..... C'est la vie....

More annoyingly though, with the other paint, I clearly haven't checked my list of paints I already had in stock......and so now I have two....DOH!!!

You'll just convince your self everything looks good in them colours for a while :tongue-out3:

[The Smythe Meister]

So it turns out I wasted my money in two of these bottles......:tired::sad::sad:

In one case, when doing my usual home made swatch with the new arrivals I discovered that I already had a Revell and Humbrol that were VERY close.....

Annoyingly the app I (and a few of us use) said there was no equivalent and on the screen the colour definitely had a greenish tinge to the brown, which I definitely didn't have out of the bottle..... C'est la vie....

More annoyingly though, with the other paint, I clearly haven't checked my list of paints I already had in stock......and so now I have two....DOH!!!

HA!! Done that myself a few times Andrew!!:tears-of-joy::loudly-crying:
....... That`ll be why i have 3 German Dark Greens and several Khaki Greys!!
Andy

[The Smythe Meister]

Well..... It seems that the "Phrase ,"Slowly,slowly,catchy monkey",might apply here!!......
Some of you may remember that i was after a 1/35th "Huey" about a month ago,but the only one that REALLY got my attention was a Dragon kit. Unfortunately the myriad of online stores had sold out,leaving 3 on Evilbay....... 1 bidding at £75 plus outrageous P&P,and 2 with a starting bid of £100:dizzy:,obviously that wasn`t gonna happen....... SO,i left one of those "Please Email me when it`s back in stock" messages on an online shop,(Based in French France i now know!), that i`d never used before,expecting nothing positive to be honest.....mainly because they were showing it for £29.99 plus £8.99 P&P:flushed:,
I read mixed reviews about them,but PayPal was an option,so, "Nothing ventured,nothing gained" thought I !!
3 days later i got the "It`s in stock" Email,i paid instantly,crossed my fingers and waited,that was on Saturday 10th of this month........

..... and today here it is!!......
It`s HUEY HUGE!!..... what an absolute result,one chuffed bunny down ere in Devon,even if i did have to get it from a French based company......( sorry,inbuilt Devonian rivalry with ANYTHING French rearing it`s head there:tears-of-joy: !!),i have to say that their service,IMHO,is first class:thumb2:,
I just can`t wait to get stuck into this,HOWEVER...... My Patton dio WILL be completed,the Sheridan WILL be built/painted first......
........ Well,that`s the plan!
ONE thing that is for sure though...... no more buying of kits for me this year:thumb2: ,
Andy

[GerryW]

Well..... It seems that the "Phrase ,"Slowly,slowly,catchy monkey",might apply here!!......
Some of you may remember that i was after a 1/35th "Huey" about a month ago,but the only one that REALLY got my attention was a Dragon kit. Unfortunately the myriad of online stores had sold out,leaving 3 on Evilbay....... 1 bidding at £75 plus outrageous P&P,and 2 with a starting bid of £100:dizzy:,obviously that wasn`t gonna happen....... SO,i left one of those "Please Email me when it`s back in stock" messages on an online shop,(Based in French France i now know!), that i`d never used before,expecting nothing positive to be honest.....mainly because they were showing it for £29.99 plus £8.99 P&P:flushed:,
I read mixed reviews about them,but PayPal was an option,so, "Nothing ventured,nothing gained" thought I !!
3 days later i got the "It`s in stock" Email,i paid instantly,crossed my fingers and waited,that was on Saturday 10th of this month........
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..... and today here it is!!......
It`s HUEY HUGE!!..... what an absolute result,one chuffed bunny down ere in Devon,even if i did have to get it from a French based company......( sorry,inbuilt Devonian rivalry with ANYTHING French rearing it`s head there:tears-of-joy: !!),i have to say that their service,IMHO,is first class:thumb2:,
I just can`t wait to get stuck into this,HOWEVER...... My Patton dio WILL be completed,the Sheridan WILL be built/painted first......
........ Well,that`s the plan!
ONE thing that is for sure though...... no more buying of kits for me this year:thumb2: ,
Andy

Hope you've tied it down - the winds you've got might blow it to Wales! :tongue-out3:

[The Smythe Meister]

HA!! Very true Gerry...... It`s blowing a Gale here today.......
...... it may well make it past Wales!!:dizzy:

[GerryW]

HA!! Very true Gerry...... It`s blowing a Gale here today.......
...... it may well make it past Wales!!:dizzy:

Yes, my sister's at Hatherleigh

[The Smythe Meister]

Blimey,I know it well........,nice little place!!
A bit North from me,about 35mile i reckon,but as most of my work is for SWW,and their training centre is up there,i visit often!

[GerryW]

Blimey,I know it well........,nice little place!!
A bit North from me,about 35mile i reckon,but as most of my work is for SWW,and their training centre is up there,i visit often!

She 'splits' her time between there & Oke - farm at Hatherleigh, home at Oke (not that she gets 'home' that often due to the stock!)

[Jack L]

I suppose technically an acquisition...have begun renting a new house, and to my surprise, a very suitable man cave waiting in the loft with a couple of desks, chair, display shelves and more power sockets than I can shake a stick at. Have done some repair work on the desks so will have to decide on a layout while the wood glue sets. But should do the job nicely.

[The Smythe Meister]

I suppose technically an acquisition...have begun renting a new house, and to my surprise, a very suitable man cave waiting in the loft with a couple of desks, chair, display shelves and more power sockets than I can shake a stick at. Have done some repair work on the desks so will have to decide on a layout while the wood glue sets. But should do the job nicely. [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1151893[/ATTACH]

Blimey..... What a result that is !! Get on there mate,that`s DEFINATELY an "Acquisition" Jack:thumb2:
You lucky Devil you!!
Andy

[Mark1]

I suppose technically an acquisition...have begun renting a new house, and to my surprise, a very suitable man cave waiting in the loft with a couple of desks, chair, display shelves and more power sockets than I can shake a stick at. Have done some repair work on the desks so will have to decide on a layout while the wood glue sets. But should do the job nicely. [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1151893[/ATTACH]

Just mind your head :thumb2:

[adt70hk]

You'll just convince your self everything looks good in them colours for a while :tongue-out3:

So it turns out three bottles were duplicates......

In this case I discovered this afternoon that I had a Humbrol paint that was only marginally darker than the green one I got..... That said it was an enamel one from when I very first came back to the hobby and so at least the Vallejo one will dry quicker....

[Mark1]

So it turns out three bottles were duplicates......

In this case I discovered this afternoon that I had a Humbrol paint that was only marginally darker than the green one I got..... That said it was an enamel one from when I very first came back to the hobby and so at least the Vallejo one will dry quicker....

And smell a lot better!

[Mini Me]

Score! well done Jack, should be a great place to model in once you have spruced it a bit. Rick H.