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[monica]

for some time,I have been thing of getting a bigger AB,just for doing bigger area,s of work and for priming,
so I pickup this cheap ,single action one,with about .5 or so,maybe bigger AB,for that reason,a whole,$22.oo
so I can run cheap watered down, acrylic paint,
as I,m finding that the vallejo paint needs to be thinned,and makes my pore little compressor,work hard,
using it,where this one,having a bigger nozzle,dose ,it in less than half the time,
as I did not always wont to use the big bottle,I glued in the middle of the lid,a cap of a 17ml vallejo,bottle so,
I can change between the two,
plus also need to get a fitting which only cost,$1.87 so all cheap and good,

[yak face]

Just a heads up , anyone wanting a big 1/24 scale hurricane , i just got this at 'The Works' publishers outlet -£30 . Bargain , theyve got some other airfix stuff too, the pearl harbour three kit set and the battle of britain 1/72 four kit set at £20 each plus some starter sets at £4 . I dont expect theyll be around for long at these prices!

[Guest]

Just a heads up , anyone wanting a big 1/24 scale hurricane , i just got this at 'The Works' publishers outlet -£30 . Bargain , theyve got some other airfix stuff too, the pearl harbour three kit set and the battle of britain 1/72 four kit set at £20 each plus some starter sets at £4 . I dont expect theyll be around for long at these prices!

Nice score Tony, if it wasn't for my latest purchase that's emptied my wallet I'd be getting one of them

[Guest]

Here's my new compressor, the Clarke Air Ultra Quiet SHHH 30/9.

It uses a fridge-type compressor so it's very quiet in operation & has a 9 litre air tank. It's very well built with no leaks. The only thing to watch out for is the 1/4 output. Luckily I had a 1/4 to 1/8 adapter, so I can screw my airbrush hose straight on.

At £260 it's not cheap, but my previous homemade silent compressor setup was too prone to leaks, so I decided to go for a ready-made solution. If you've got the money & worry about the neighbours being bothered by your regular compressor, I'd heartily recommend this one. [ATTACH]271379[/ATTACH]

[monica]

that,s one nice looking compressor,Patrick,

[Guest]

that,s one nice looking compressor,Patrick,

I'm well pleased with it Moni. With the 9 litre tank & being able to run it up to 115 PSI, even at my usual 35 PSI spraying pressure I'll be able to paint for ages

[Guest]

Look what I got for £ 1.30 per kit all 1/72.[ATTACH]271380[/ATTACH]

[monica]

what a nice lot of kits,will look very forward to seeing them,

[Bigfoot57]

[ATTACH]271385[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]271384[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]271383[/ATTACH] My latest editions to the stash as it was my birthday on the 15th I treated myself to these
I know the Aston is not a good model just a large dinky toy but with some scratch building it can become one apart from the hideous wheels anybody know where I can get instructions on how to make new ones from scratch I have a rough idea but that's all at the moment
Ayrton Senna's Mclaren MP 4 is supposed to be a very good model so will look forward to that the other one the X15 A-2 is a rerelease from Special Hobby in 1/32 this time complete with external tanks and the ground dolly I have a matching 1/33 B52 to build with this unfortuately it has a 5ft wing span whoops

Regards

Colin

[yak face]

Nice score Tony, if it wasn't for my latest purchase that's emptied my wallet I'd be getting one of them

Cheers patrick, i wasnt intending to get one , i just went in to see if they had any interesting military books - theyve had some good ones in the past - and saw this I wanted this when i was a kid ( wow is the tooling THAT old !!!) so had to get it at the bargain price. Its still a very well detailed kit with lovely fabric effects and surface detail and rarely seen for less than forty quid. Best bit is the squaw bought it for me , usually she says things like , "you dont need any more , you havent built all the others yet!" Must be all this christmas rubbish thats sent her a bit soft!!

[Dave W]

Nice score Tony, if it wasn't for my latest purchase that's emptied my wallet I'd be getting one of them

My Dad gave me the Hurricane one christmas when I was probably 13 or 14.And Debenhams have been selling this kit and the Spitfire for the last few Christmases at £30 each. Must get one myself.

[rickoshea52]

Just a heads up , anyone wanting a big 1/24 scale hurricane , i just got this at 'The Works' publishers outlet -£30 . Bargain , theyve got some other airfix stuff too, the pearl harbour three kit set and the battle of britain 1/72 four kit set at £20 each plus some starter sets at £4 . I dont expect theyll be around for long at these prices!

I built this for the large aircraft GB last year, it turned out quite well but there are lots of mould seams.

[yak face]

Yes i remember yours rick, and looking at this one yesterday i did notice quite a few mould seams to clean up but its still amazingly well detailed and in great shape for a tooling that's now 43 years old!!

[Guest]

Just won this in a raffle at my local model club, along with some photo etch and a resin cockpit set for the Revell kit.
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[monica]

very nice ,Graham,should be a good build for you,