Latest Acquisitions (2022)

[Airborne01]

Arrived today :smiling4:
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Hasegawa plastic with Cartograph decals, I’m very pleased.

Geoff.

I love Skyraiders - mmm, big ugly brutes, but so good at what they do! (Did I sound like a sailor then ... ?) :thinking:
Steve

[KarlW]

Nice find :smiling3: I’m guessing they just painted it from a photograph of an autogyro that was reasonably modern at the time.

TBH I was just curious as to whether it was real or made up.

[stillp]

My haul from Hinckley today:
didn't really need these paints, but for £10...



Some Mr Hobby masking fluid:

And finally, I'd made the usual "No more kits" promise to myself, but somehow this found its way into my bag:

Includes some PE and resin. Not bad for £10.
Pete

[Allen Dewire]

My haul from Hinckley today:

Wow Pete!!! Getting cheap in the old age??? Thought you would have spent a lot more. Good stuff Sir, and please let us know how the Mr. Hobby mask works, when you try it........

Prost
Allen

[Ian M]

Found a couple of things I have been after for a while:
Something as basic as a half decent sanding stick

And this little gem that was sold out befor I could get hold of one! Then I found one on line in a shop in Denmark! Bonus.

[Jim R]

let us know how the Mr. Hobby mask works,

I reckon it's the best I've used. Don't try painting it on - put a blob onto the area to be masked and use a pointed cocktail stick to push it into corners and edges.

That Walrus kit looks nice Ian. On my wish list.

[Tim Marlow]

Found a couple of things I have been after for a while:
Something as basic as a half decent sanding stick
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And this little gem that was sold out befor I could get hold of one! Then I found one on line in a shop in Denmark! Bonus.
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Loving the walrus…..I took a few shots of the one at Yeovilton, quite a crude aircraft close up. If you need any when you get to the build, just let me know.

[Guest]

That’s the thing: the M35 gun system was not just the gun, but also a streamlined ammo bin on each side above the skids:

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(from Bell AH-1 Cobra by Mike Verier, Osprey, 1990)

The box art shows that bin on the right-hand side, so they didn’t just recycle a painting from an AH-1G without the M35.

Matron has exactly the same system for her multi injection system, developed with help from the US at Alconbury .:smiling3::nerd:

[Dave Ward]

A fast delivery by postie - an ebay goodie

1996 Revell reboxing of 1990 Pit-Road model ( later by Dragon as well ).
- rather stingy with the planes! a TBM Avenger & a F9F Panther & that's it, but I do have a few appropriate spares.........
A 'best offer' of £15 delivered was a very good price, I reckon
Dave

[Guest]

A fast delivery by postie - an ebay goodie
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1996 Revell reboxing of 1990 Pit-Road model ( later by Dragon as well ).
- rather stingy with the planes! a TBM Avenger & a F9F Panther & that's it, but I do have a few appropriate spares.........
A 'best offer' of £15 delivered was a very good price, I reckon
Dave

Feeling more like it or still stocking up Dave?

[Dave Ward]

Feeling more like it or still stocking up Dave?

I'm now at the bench, working on the Mauretania.....................
Dave

[Peter Gillson]

Not the most exciting, but very useful - a number (more than shown in the photo - of wargame bases made from 2mm MDF, three size: 6cm x6cm, 6cm x 8cm and 6cm x 12cm which are for my 1/285 micro dioramas. previously I made my own using 5mm MDF but saw these and for a few quid they are all exactly the same size, and a lot less effort. i will mount them on small pieces of oak.


Peter

[The Smythe Meister]

I love Skyraiders - mmm, big ugly brutes, but so good at what they do! (Did I sound like a sailor then ... ?) :thinking:
Steve

YEP!!:dizzy:.......
....... Found the Golden Rivet yet ?!!

[Airborne01]

YEP!!:dizzy:............. Found the Golden Rivet yet ?!!

What ...? Do I look like a Jack? ... oh please, credit where credit's due (I'm a retired Local Authority Senior Sewage Superintendent Inspector (Class 1) by the way!) With a Masters in Forensic Poo Identification '... so there !!!
And. by the way. it was bronze .... !

[Dave Ward]

Not the most exciting, but very useful - a number (more than shown in the photo - of wargame bases made from 2mm MDF, three size: 6cm x6cm, 6cm x 8cm and 6cm x 12cm which are for my 1/285 micro dioramas. previously I made my own using 5mm MDF but saw these and for a few quid they are all exactly the same size, and a lot less effort. i will mount them on small pieces of oak.

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Peter

Peter
I get my MDF for bases from here https://www.woodsheets.com/ very quick & their edge finish is absolutely square & clean - and cutting to an exact size no matter how unusual.............
Dave