Latest Acquisitions (2021)

[boatman]

Hi Chris, the StuG is on page 79, xmas stuff and light page 81!

YEA BOB IVE NOW seen it an what a whopper cant wait to see it built but hope u will build kgv first
chris

[BattleshipBob]

YEA BOB IVE NOW seen it an what a whopper cant wait to see it built but hope u will build kgv first
chris

KGV first Chris!

[The Smythe Meister]

They are very good Andy, some photos are poorer quality as they were shot by squaddies 'in the field' but are included for other reasons than photographic skill; others come from more proficient photographers! There are many, many great ideas for dioramas! And, of course, they are a valuable historical record! I have two copies of No 22 (Desert) - PM me your address and you can have a belated Christmas 'gissit'!
Steve

Wow,thanks Steve!!
I'll take you up

They are very good Andy, some photos are poorer quality as they were shot by squaddies 'in the field' but are included for other reasons than photographic skill; others come from more proficient photographers! There are many, many great ideas for dioramas! And, of course, they are a valuable historical record! I have two copies of No 22 (Desert) - PM me your address and you can have a belated Christmas 'gissit'!
Steve

Wow!! Very kind there Steve
PM on it's way shortly !!
Andy

[Lee Drennen]

Nice haul Lee, as for the Sherman, the M4A3 is Tamiya's first Sherman kit so many would have built it. Its a rebox with the added figures.
The two boxes of figures are classic early Tamiya offerings and still are nice for dios with a little deeper engravings of the detail.

Cheers,
Richard

Thanks Richard for your help

[Lee Drennen]

I built that Sherman a few times in its original guise. Yours seems to identical aside from the tracks, figures and having more accessories. As Richard says, it was good for its day, and because it’s Tamiya it will still assemble easily — it’s just a bit dated now you can get much better-detailed Shermans from the likes of Asuka, Meng and Rye Field Model. Nothing major wrong with it except that you shouldn’t fit the additional armour plates on the hull sides unless you also change the engine deck and hull rear plate to those of an M4A2 :smiling3:

Thanks Jakko for you input on this kit as well when I build it I’ll remember that

[yak face]

Bargain off ebay - £16 inc postage! Its a very nicely detailed kit , in typical late monogram fashion . The only area of the kit that needs improvement is ironically the most notable feature of the A10 , the gau 8 avenger gun . The kit part is unbelievably moulded integrally with each fuselage half , so not only has no vent holes but also a couple of nasty seams to deal with. So another £8 was spent on a beautiful aftermarket brass gun

[adt70hk]

Bargain off ebay - £16 inc postage! Its a very nicely detailed kit , in typical late monogram fashion . The only area of the kit that needs improvement is ironically the most notable feature of the A10 , the gau 8 avenger gun . The kit part is unbelievably moulded integrally with each fuselage half , so not only has no vent holes but also a couple of nasty seams to deal with. So another £8 was spent on a beautiful aftermarket brass gun [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1165885[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1165886[/ATTACH]

Always had a soft spot for these ugly beasts!!

[BattleshipBob]

Always had a soft spot for these ugly beasts!!

Only jet i like, beast of a thing!

[minitnkr]

One of my faves also. How many jets do you see w/exposed tires? Strictly mission function in design.

[Guest]

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You may remember my troubles spraying Mr. Color lacquer paints, so I ordered the corresponding thinner, plus a few other items: an aerosol can of Vallejo primer and airbrush flow improver by the same brand. On the site of the shop I ordered this, I also noticed the Trumpeter F-107, and thought I’d get that too due to it being a very unusual-looking plane. I was then informed that it was out of stock, and they would back-order it for delivery “most likely next week”. That was in November … apparently (per an e-mail I got from them), the shipment containing the back-ordered model was lost in transit to the shop, so it took until today for it to arrive at my house.

This is why I’m not a fan of online shops that don’t list only the things they actually have in stock (or at least give you the option of hiding the things they don’t have right now).

[Dave Ward]

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You may remember my troubles spraying Mr. Color lacquer paints, so I ordered the corresponding thinner, plus a few other items: an aerosol can of Vallejo primer and airbrush flow improver by the same brand. On the site of the shop I ordered this, I also noticed the Trumpeter F-107, and thought I’d get that too due to it being a very unusual-looking plane. I was then informed that it was out of stock, and they would back-order it for delivery “most likely next week”. That was in November … apparently (per an e-mail I got from them), the shipment containing the back-ordered model was lost in transit to the shop, so it took until today for it to arrive at my house.

This is why I’m not a fan of online shops that don’t list only the things they actually have in stock (or at least give you the option of hiding the things they don’t have right now).

Always thought that the Ultra Sabre was a dodgy piece of work - that intake just behind the cockpit - bet you couldn't run the engine with the canopy open - & ejecting must have been a real nightmare!
Dave

[Guest]

I kind of doubt the canopy could be open with the engine on, no. It lifted almost straight upward, by the way, instead of pivoting on the back (or front). As for ejecting, that was apparently no problem — North American did its homework with the design, and even though it looks unusual, everything worked well enough.

[Allen Dewire]

Seeing how Santa dissed me for Christmas, my first self pressie showed up today, Needed some of this stuff,



The botanics are for another plan of mine and I hope to finish it this time. I also kinda sorta broke my own rule, but a lot of you here on the forum are to blame this time. There are so many floaty thing builds going on, I felt I had to jump in and join the club,



Hey, you gotta start somewhere!!!!!!!..............Ok, now quit laughing folks.....................................

Prost
Allen

[Bobby Conkers]

Surprising bargain in the Midl of Lidl this week. £5 mini drill set with clamp plus various bridges, good range of precision bits and some sets of teeny tiny ones. Tested a few on plastic and wood and am rather impressed - nice clean holes and even if the bits break there are numerous spares (30 in sets of five I think). Have a shifty if The Enemy packs you off shopping.

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[The Smythe Meister]

Bargain off ebay - £16 inc postage! Its a very nicely detailed kit , in typical late monogram fashion . The only area of the kit that needs improvement is ironically the most notable feature of the A10 , the gau 8 avenger gun . The kit part is unbelievably moulded integrally with each fuselage half , so not only has no vent holes but also a couple of nasty seams to deal with. So another £8 was spent on a beautiful aftermarket brass gun [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1165885[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1165886[/ATTACH]

Well thanks for that !!
I bought the Tamiya version a couple months back..... and having seen your post,i think i`ll get me one of those AM Cannons also:thumb2:,
Andy