Latest Acquisitions (2023)

[Ian M]

been watching a guy on YouTube, he uses a folder/book with A5 plastic pockets, so £2 from evilbay later, hey presto

Great tip that. My office supplies might just have a few of those.

[Waspie]

Afternoon

When using especially Eduard PE frets I have always tried to put them back into the original packet to protect them but the packaging is always a bit tight and have damaged a few fragile bits in the past sliding them back into the packet.

So been watching a guy on YouTube, he uses a folder/book with A5 plastic pockets, so £2 from evilbay later, hey presto

I have a couple of those in the loft, (A4 and A5), may see if they are salvageable as they last saw action some 30 years ago!!!
The A4 folders may be good to insert instruction sheets.
Nice reminder Bob, SWIMBO has tasked to have a look see in the loft to check for 'stuff' from a house move a year or so ago!!! Two birds one stone!! :thumb2:

[Andy T]

Nice lot of stuff there Andy. You’ll like the SMS paint, it sprays beautifully and cleans up well with MLT. You’ll have to let us know how you get on with the dust brush as well.
Ive seen the Shturmovic built a couple of times and the feedback is always that it’s one of the best kits out there…..

I've only managed a few quick squirts so far but it does seem really nice. Great covering power too.

Not so keen on the bottles though. Have you had a problem with the lids? The inner seals keep falling out on mine. Fixable I know, just a bit annoying.

[stillp]

I've only managed a few quick squirts so far but it does seem really nice. Great covering power too.

Not so keen on the bottles though. Have you had a problem with the lids? The inner seals keep falling out on mine. Fixable I know, just a bit annoying.

That's worth feeding back to the supplier/manufacturer Andy.
Pete

[BattleshipBob]

Great tip that. My office supplies might just have a few of those.

Now why did I not think of that lol

[Tim Marlow]

I've only managed a few quick squirts so far but it does seem really nice. Great covering power too.

Not so keen on the bottles though. Have you had a problem with the lids? The inner seals keep falling out on mine. Fixable I know, just a bit annoying.

No trouble so far, but I’ve only used two…..
I find the coverage excellent as well, but unfortunately this level of pigmentation makes it difficult to carry out subtle effects like showing preshading under the top coat easily. It adheres well so masking isn’t an issue either.

[Andy T]

That's worth feeding back to the supplier/manufacturer Andy.
Pete

It'll probably turn out to only be me having the problem lol

Tim - 4 out of the 5 are like this every time I open them. I've tried a sliver of CA in one and will see if it works with the plastic & vapours.

[Tim Marlow]

As I said, I’ve only got a couple but they certainly don’t do that Andy.

[Guest]

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I’ve wanted to buy that Lysander kit for 40 years or so, now I came across it and decided to go for it. Chances are I’ll never build it because I don’t like building old and rare kits, so maybe I’ll eventually buy the Revell reissue to build, if I come across that at some point :smiling3:

The railway crossing is intended as a base for photographing models on, simply because I like the way it makes a more interesting groundwork than just a road. The T1E3 mine roller is for sometime after I finish the M32B1 with T1E1 roller (if I ever will … ) so I can have its companion sitting next to it :smiling3: And finally, browsing the site where I bought this, I also came across the Zwillingsockel 36, and bought it because of this photo:

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This is a picture from sometime in the Second World War, I assume from before when the beaches were made off-limits to the local population, taken on Boulevard Evertsen¹ in Vlissingen. At a quick guess, it’s approximately where I placed the marker if you follow this link. The empty plot on the map, to the northwest of the marker, is the site of the elaborate building in the right background of the photo. (That building is the Grand Hotel Britannia, known locally as the “Brit”, which burned down in November 1944 due to heavy fighting inside of it. A replacement was built in the 1950s, but torn down in 2010 to leave the empty plot; a third incarnation is currently under construction.)


¹ In Dutch, boulevard refers to a seaside promenade rather than a grand avenue. It’s named after this man, his father, and/or his brothers (not sure which of them exactly :smiling3: ).

Always an interesting read, looking at the photo from today you wouldn't think there was all that war history .

[Guest]

Nice acquisitions Neil. The neck on the Sergeant looks a little weird in the box art though? A bit like his neck is too long and the collar is too small. Sure it won’t be an issue for you though.

Not just me thinking that then Tim.

[Neil Merryweather]

Nice acquisitions Neil. The neck on the Sergeant looks a little weird in the box art though? A bit like his neck is too long and the collar is too small. Sure it won’t be an issue for you though.

Cheers Tim
The head will have to be changed anyway as I have already built him out of the box. I didn't notice the issue but I think I must have addressed it unconsciously

https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/1-32-scale-sergeant-motor-machine-gun-corps-1917.41778/

I need the helmet with the badge on, though

[Guest]

Always an interesting read, looking at the photo from today you wouldn't think there was all that war history .

That’s largely because the whole promenade was extensively reconstructed in the 1980s, to bring it up to modern standards of defence against the sea. Right after the war, of course, as many signs as possible of the German occupation were quickly removed already.

Still, one bit of war history is still very apparent if you just follow the promenade in the direction of the wartime photo:

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That’s a German bunker, with a wind organ (pipes that make noise when the wind blows through them) installed on top. The bunker normally has a very prominent ZIMMER FREI painted on it — German for “Room to let”, as in for tourists to stay in — in but the local council removes that every so often. And then somebody soon paints it back on (I read the story behind how that came to be painted on originally a while ago. Apparently, an Italian living in Vlissingen did it in the early 1980s because his father had been a forced labourer in the area during the war, and had been mistreated quite badly by the Germans. In a pub, the son said he would like to paint something on the bunker as a form of revenge, and the pub owner said that if he did, he would get a free beer. So one day he bought a tin of paint and a big brush, and late at night, went to the bunker to paint ZIMMER FREI on it.)

[adt70hk]

Good morning all

So this week's arrivals......

So having corrupted Andy Smythe into buying 1/48 wingy things - mostly Eduard - we are now in a never-ending feedback loop of sorts, in which I will see something he has bought and I go "I must have that!!" and vice versa.

In this case he bought the below P-47 and immediately I went "I don't have a P-47 in the stash!!". The Eduard and Tamiya offerings are not cheap whereas this was only £16 delivered and yet as these two reviews (link and link) show it's not a bad kit at all.

And as you can see from the below they really have taken care with the packaging....a good sign....and although you can't make it out, the detail is very good.










I ended getting all these from the same seller having spotted the Spitfire on sale but then made the mistake of looking at his other other items for sale!

I was the only bidder on the Spit and Pz III, with only one other bidder on the Elefant and so I got them for reasonable prices. The seller then agreed to combine the P&P, only charging me one lot and and so each of these only cost about 2/3 of the going rate.






ATB

Andrew

[Guest]

That’s largely because the whole promenade was extensively reconstructed in the 1980s, to bring it up to modern standards of defence against the sea. Right after the war, of course, as many signs as possible of the German occupation were quickly removed already.

Still, one bit of war history is still very apparent if you just follow the promenade in the direction of the wartime photo:

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That’s a German bunker, with a wind organ (pipes that make noise when the wind blows through them) installed on top. The bunker normally has a very prominent ZIMMER FREI painted on it — German for “Room to let”, as in for tourists to stay in — in but the local council removes that every so often. And then somebody soon paints it back on :smiling3: (I read the story behind how that came to be painted on originally a while ago. Apparently, an Italian living in Vlissingen did it in the early 1980s because his father had been a forced labourer in the area during the war, and had been mistreated quite badly by the Germans. In a pub, the son said he would like to paint something on the bunker as a form of revenge, and the pub owner said that if he did, he would get a free beer. So one day he bought a tin of paint and a big brush, and late at night, went to the bunker to paint ZIMMER FREI on it.)

Great story, and quite believable.

[Guest]

Here at the Towers the post room has been very busy. I bought some stuff from the TEMU app. Cheap prices, so worth the risk.
Also a few minutes later another delivery, some Veneer and double sided tape , look out for better finished dioramas.


Hoping to have a large carton from 4D Model shop later if not monday.