Latest Acquisitions (2024)

[Guest]

Oh yeah, almost forgot. I bought this kit at the show this morning too:

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Picture off Scalemates, not of the actual kit I bought — as this is the kind of show where we sit at our stand and build models (some of the time), so it’s still there. That’s because I had decided beforehand that I would go round the trade stalls and see if there’s a kit that caught my interest, and which looked buildable in a reasonably short time (so no tanks with full interior or anything ), then buy it and start on it right away. That ended up being this one.

Right off the bat, though, I must say: I would not really recommend it. It’s about five years old, but when you’re putting it together, it feels more like it’s from the 1980s. I mean, I hadn’t packed my tube of filler and sandpaper with the rest of my tools, but soon went round the trade stalls again looking for filler to close the huge gaps left between the halves of pretty much all of the main parts that make up the launcher Nothing I can’t deal with, but I may have gotten a bit spoilt with modern kits that Just Fit.

[Guest]

My whole haul from the show:

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The second picture is mostly old crap The Skybow M113 tracks have been out of production for years, but are still some of the best around (IMHO), and for €6.95, how could I pass on them? The AFV Club M10 etched sets, I got one for the €5 indicated on it, and the other for 3 the following day (It had no price on it; I asked the seller how much, he looked at it and said, “Three euros?”) The Humbrol paint is all pre-Super Enamel, so from when they were still good, which made me decide to stock up on colours I think I’m likely to use.

The last photo, with the resin bits, is not stuff I actually bought at the show, but which was my share of a group order a bunch of us placed at Tiger Model Designs in the USA last year, to save on shipping, handling charges, etc. It took until Saturday for me to get the parts, though, because that was the first time I saw the guy who had actually placed the order last September. Good thing I didn’t need it yet for anything I’ve actually been building of late.

[Jim R]

A lot of very useful stuff there Jakko. Is that Booknook garden house like the one John made? That enamel paint was a good buy.

[Guest]

It’s the same one. I had never heard of them until John started building it, but it just appealed to me. Then on Saturday I noticed the Dutch importer had a stand at the show, and I was debating whether to get this one or the bookshop they also do (the others in the series didn’t strike my fancy as much) and eventually decided I like the greenhouse better

[peterairfix]

Found this one today half the normal price being asked it will probably replace my billings one

[Neil Merryweather]

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Exactly HOW MANY Titanic kits do you own , Peter? I've lost count....

[peterairfix]

Exactly HOW MANY Titanic kits do you own , Peter? I've lost count....

Don't worry I have forgotten but not all will be built once I have my wooden decks the trumpy one will be the last

[Jim R]

A couple of things. Firstly an airbrush holder which will hold both trigger and normal ABs. Iwata make one but it is silly expensive. The one I bought works in a similar way but was much cheaper although of much poorer quality. Works fine though.




Second is a win on an auction site. Paid about two thirds the normal retail price.

It is a subject I really must build as my dad was one of the designers. We lived in Brough and dad worked for Blackburn Aircraft. The Buccaneers were built at Brough but the runway was too short so they were transported by road the 16 miles to Holme-on-Spalding Moor. As a youngster we would watch them being taken through the village.

[Guest]

You must not be very old, if that’s a photo from when you were a youngster

I’ve been meaning to bend myself an airbrush holder similar to that from some brass wire … but, as usual, keep forgetting to actually do it.

[Waspie]

You must not be very old, if that’s a photo from when you were a youngster

I’ve been meaning to bend myself an airbrush holder similar to that from some brass wire … but, as usual, keep forgetting to actually do it.

Well it's a S2 to its the newer version!!!!!

[Mark1]

Stocking up some paints for kits in the stash,my favourite primer and a few other bits thatll probably sit in a draw for 18 months before i get round to trying them out. :smiling3:

[Jim R]

You must not be very old, if that’s a photo from when you were a youngster

That photo is off the web. I can remember when the plane was towed on it's own undercarriage. Probably the early to mid '60s.

[Guest]

I know, I was just making a joke about that picture being fairly recent

[Miko]

That photo is off the web. I can remember when the plane was towed on it's own undercarriage. Probably the early to mid '60s.

It's true the early Buccaneer prototypes (NA39) were towed on their undercarriage from Blackburn Aircraft at Brough to RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor for it's longer runway. My father-in-law worked on the NA39 at Brough back in the late fifties and early sixties

Miko (my latest Buccaneer was a JASDF what if?)

[Miko]

This might be an interesting distraction

Sword 1/72 U125a, the aircraft has it's heritage back in the Hawker Siddley HS125 developed into the RAF navigation trainer Dominie T1





Miko (light or dark blue version? decisions decisions!)