Latest Acquisitions (2022)

[adt70hk]

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....... How did that happen?!!:flushed::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:

Err...... You were weak and showed absolutely no backbone when faced with temptation??? Says he who managed to persuade his wife he really did need four kits for his 20th wedding anniversary present!!! :smiling5: :smiling5: :smiling5:

[Jack L]

As I have said before…my career has not recovered from Covid, and since Christmas I have been really struggling financially, most months worried about the rent. However, I have a consultancy role for two weeks that will pay quite well, and has me out in Singapore, where there are some fantastic modelling shops. Think SMS in physical form, with huge discounts. I have been to a certain Miniature Hobbies before so knew what to expect and went with a wishlist of sorts. I of course got distracted by shiny things, ignored my list completely and bought the below. All for under £100.

In all fairness, the shelves are stacked so high you would be lucky to find specific items without asking.

[rickoshea52]

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[langy71]

Had this delivered today,
another Israeli tank, got another idea for a Israeli based dio,

[Mark1]

Fancied trying two wheels for a while now so added this to the stash

[Airborne01]

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Yum, yum! What's not to like with bananas! (Or oranges dependent on your initial colour perception!)
Steve

[Guest]

As I have said before…my career has not recovered from Covid, and since Christmas I have been really struggling financially, most months worried about the rent. However, I have a consultancy role for two weeks that will pay quite well, and has me out in Singapore, where there are some fantastic modelling shops. Think SMS in physical form, with huge discounts. I have been to a certain Miniature Hobbies before so knew what to expect and went with a wishlist of sorts. I of course got distracted by shiny things, ignored my list completely and bought the below. All for under £100.

In all fairness, the shelves are stacked so high you would be lucky to find specific items without asking.

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Good for your Jack, hope things improve as the year moves on . Been some worrying times for many .

[Jack L]

Good for your Jack, hope things improve as the year moves on . Been some worrying times for many .

Thanks John. Fingers crossed. Yeah I’m certainly not in the worst situation.

[Dave Ward]

Sometimes you take a gamble - this was the description on ebay:

"THIS IS AN UNBOXED REVELL 1/24 SCALE DOUBLE FERRARI CAR SET
SET CONTAINS
FERRARI F50 COUPE
FERRARI F-310B
INTRUCTIONS
BOX GOT DAMAGED SO SELLING AS LOOSE AND AS SPARES
JUST INCASE SOME MINOR PIECES HAVE BEEN LOST BUT ALL PIECES
LOOK HERE.
THE F50 COUPE AS BEEN 1/4 MADE
NO PAINTS BUT GLUE STILL HERE"

Took a punt & got it for £9.85 delivered. The F50 has been part made & it looks like I can do a salvage job on it, but I'm not really bothered. The biggie is the F 310B. The loose bits were all in a big ziploc back. I had a worrying couple of minutes, but checked that all bits were there & the decals are OK.
Sometimes taking a risk does work on ebay ( although £10 is pushing it! ) :thumb2:
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Sometimes you take a gamble - this was the description on ebay:

"THIS IS AN UNBOXED REVELL 1/24 SCALE DOUBLE FERRARI CAR SET
SET CONTAINS
FERRARI F50 COUPE
FERRARI F-310B
INTRUCTIONS
BOX GOT DAMAGED SO SELLING AS LOOSE AND AS SPARES
JUST INCASE SOME MINOR PIECES HAVE BEEN LOST BUT ALL PIECES
LOOK HERE.
THE F50 COUPE AS BEEN 1/4 MADE
NO PAINTS BUT GLUE STILL HERE"
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Took a punt & got it for £9.85 delivered. The F50 has been part made & it looks like I can do a salvage job on it, but I'm not really bothered. The biggie is the F 310B. The loose bits were all in a big ziploc back. I had a worrying couple of minutes, but checked that all bits were there & the decals are OK.
Sometimes taking a risk does work on ebay ( although £10 is pushing it! ) :thumb2:
Dave

King of the bargain bins strikes again…great find Dave.

[PaulinKendal]

These two miniatures arrived today. The dwarf gem collector is from Mr Lee's Minis, the girl with the raptor (or dragon) on her arm is Kuri, from Black Crow Miniatures, purchased from El Greco Miniatures.

I'll probably start with the gem collector, and I'm thinking of trying object source lighting, making the gem in his hand glow. Not done OSL before, so it could get messy. I'll start a build thread in the appropriate section.

[Tim Marlow]

Look forward to that Paul. OSL has always scared me off for some reason…

[PaulinKendal]

It scares me too, Tim, as does non-metallic metal. I might try that on one of these, too.

[Tim Marlow]

It scares me too, Tim, as does non-metallic metal. I might try that on one of these, too.

Never tried that either. I always think it photograps well, but can be less successful from other angles. I seem to remember John (Wotan) doing a whole Mustang fighter in NMM once, but he’s a genius LOL.

[The Smythe Meister]

Well,this is the VERY LAST purchase for this year!!:thumb2:
After the Huey i fancied another large flying thing...... so i bought THIS......


.... and BOY.... is it BIG !!...... 320mm Long and 600mm Wingspan:dizzy::flushed:!!....
Should be fun!
Andy