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  • The Smythe Meister
    • Jan 2019
    • 6248

    #1831
    Originally posted by outrunner

    I have one more kit on the way and that's enough money spent for this year!

    Andy.
    ....... Yeah,yeah, yeah.......

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    • AlanG
      • Dec 2008
      • 6296

      #1832
      I was really impressed with Hubert Meyer's book about the 12.SS.Pz.Div in Normandy and i've wanted to know what they did after Falaise. I did some searching around and have found Hubert Meyer has done a follow up book (Vol 2) from Falaise onwards until the end of the war. It has very good reviews so i have gone ahead and purchased it. It shall also help me decide what kits to buy for my upcoming Ardennes dio as well.

      I shall do a review of it once read.

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      • SteveH
        • Apr 2018
        • 1287

        #1833
        Originally posted by PaulinKendal
        Can you see how I ripped into this package with feverish enthusiasm? Raphael 8404's - do you blame me?
        [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1186398[/ATTACH]
        My Favourite weapon of choice
        Time to get some painting done!
        Steve H

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        • BattleshipBob
          SMF Supporters
          • Apr 2018
          • 6855
          • Bob
          • Cardiff

          #1834
          Despite rumours I really bought this

          From AFV modeller, for the Das Werk 1/16 StuG.
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          Never worked on these so will be after advice! The details are superb but not cheap.

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          • Nicko
            SMF Supporters
            • Apr 2019
            • 1505
            • Nick
            • East Anglia

            #1835
            Looks lovely Bob. I imagine in 1/16 the parts take a fair while to print...

            Nick

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            • BattleshipBob
              SMF Supporters
              • Apr 2018
              • 6855
              • Bob
              • Cardiff

              #1836
              Originally posted by therapy
              Looks lovely Bob. I imagine in 1/16 the parts take a fair while to print...

              Nick
              Hi Nick, would have thought so
              They are designed by David Parker, and you could spend a fortune, really got to be careful!!

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              • langy71
                • Apr 2018
                • 1957
                • Chris
                • Nottingham

                #1837
                Had a bit of a modelling windfall today,
                An old army friend cleared out his uncle's house after he'd died and found the following, he passed them on to me with wishes that i do whatever i want with them..

                I'm a bit unsure what to do,
                I'm not a big figure painter.. and will probably end up selling them off and using the cash generated to purchase stuff i'll use on my current builds.. (not sure on prices though).
                I'll probably have a crack at the Achilles...(still not sure though),

                1/35 Accurate armour (k27) Achilles iic Tank destroyer ...(full kit)

                1/72 Airfix Short Stirling B.I/ III 1:72 Scale 1981 box Series 6 906002

                1/16 Fort Royal Review 12OMM WW1 British Lewis Gunner

                1/16 The Roll Call 120mm Coldstream Guards (Waterloo 1815)... this has been started...just basic paint blocking done.

                1/16 The Roll Call 120mm Ensign Royal Scots (1st Foot Waterloo 1815)

                1/16 Warriors Scale Models U.S. Infantryman E.T.O. 1944-45

                Custom Dioramics 1/35 oil barrels

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                • Guest

                  #1838
                  Originally posted by langy71
                  I'll probably have a crack at the Achilles...(still not sure though),

                  1/35 Accurate armour (k27) Achilles iic Tank destroyer ...(full kit)
                  Heh, I have that one in the stash, purchased a year or two (I think) ago for less than a plastic kit of the same vehicle sets you back. Still not sure if I’ll build it or leave it in its box for historic/collector reasons, though.

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                  • Steve Brodie
                    • Sep 2014
                    • 4652

                    #1839
                    I would be interested in a couple of those figures

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                    • langy71
                      • Apr 2018
                      • 1957
                      • Chris
                      • Nottingham

                      #1840
                      Originally posted by Steve Brodie
                      I would be interested in a couple of those figures
                      feel free to drop me a pm dude

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                      • Guest

                        #1841
                        For my next model, when the French Sd.Kfz. 251 is finished (construction-wide, anyway), I need some reasonably major bits from a Leopard 2. After an attempt to get hold of somebody’s leftover or partly built kit failed, I decided to buy the cheapest one I could find:

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                        Plus some other bits I need or that will prove useful in general. The bottle of glue (blue cap) may surprise those who’ve read about how I make my own, but it’s really there for the bottle … the brush in the one I’ve been using is knackered Also some primer-with-the-stupid-name, because I decided to give it a try plus same-brand cleaner to hopefully get it out of my airbrush again — and, because I saw it on the web site I ordered this stuff and wanted to try it, also this thing:

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                        A glass file … I had never heard of such a thing existing, but why not see how well it works? Here’s a close-up that I hope shows the back of it reasonably well:

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                        Keep in mind the whole thing is about 9 cm long …

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                        • Jim R
                          SMF Supporters
                          • Apr 2018
                          • 15932
                          • Jim
                          • Shropshire

                          #1842
                          Glass file - how odd ..... but interesting. Is Dspiae a branch of Meng?

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                          • Guest

                            #1843
                            The glass nail file was first patented in Switzerland over 50 years ago. Most are made with Czech glass that’s been tempered and is therefore uniquely wear-resistant. That means you can file and file and file and the abrasiveness will stay just as strong. Normally used to file nails ( human :smiling3: ) Let us know how it fairs please.
                            Originally posted by Jakko
                            For my next model, when the French Sd.Kfz. 251 is finished (construction-wide, anyway), I need some reasonably major bits from a Leopard 2. After an attempt to get hold of somebody’s leftover or partly built kit failed, I decided to buy the cheapest one I could find:

                            [ATTACH=CONFIG]n[/ATTACH]

                            Plus some other bits I need or that will prove useful in general. The bottle of glue (blue cap) may surprise those who’ve read about how I make my own, but it’s really there for the bottle … the brush in the one I’ve been using is knackered :smiling3: Also some primer-with-the-stupid-name, because I decided to give it a try plus same-brand cleaner to hopefully get it out of my airbrush again — and, because I saw it on the web site I ordered this stuff and wanted to try it, also this thing:

                            [ATTACH=CONFIG]n[/ATTACH]

                            A glass file … I had never heard of such a thing existing, but why not see how well it works? Here’s a close-up that I hope shows the back of it reasonably well:

                            [ATTACH=CONFIG]n[/ATTACH]

                            Keep in mind the whole thing is about 9 cm long …

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                            • Guest

                              #1844
                              Originally posted by Jim R
                              Glass file - how odd ..... but interesting. Is Dspiae a branch of Meng?
                              I have no idea. Could well be that one said to the other, “How about selling tools from one of us in the other’s packaging?”

                              Originally posted by John Race
                              The glass nail file was first patented in Switzerland over 50 years ago.
                              I didn’t know that, but it makes sense — when I was running my fingers over the file a bit to get a feel for how fine it is, I thought it might make a good nail file The box does say to only use it on plastic, and specifically warns not to use it on metal because that will wear it down quickly.

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                              • David Lovell
                                SMF Supporters
                                • Apr 2018
                                • 2186

                                #1845
                                I used to have a coupe of these not sure but got them from wilko ,BnM ,super drug one of thoes sort of places whilst looking for emery boards they weren't as well defined as yours much smoother but lasted for ages being the only male in the house these kind of items mysteriously disappear.

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