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[john i am]

Payday! So off to one of the LMS for some top ups coffee and a chat. So after a good rummaging of the shelves I came away with these. I really must get back to actually sticking some of them together at some point.o_O

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[Guest]

I have just got one of these. It is a massive kit. Looks like it has got lots of detail. Should be a nice build.

Nice one!
I don't know why I hesitated and waited so long to buy it? Ok, some of it was still dreaming that I should buy the Trumpeter 1/35 scale Dora - but that's not really realistic with regards to size so it had to be this 1/72 scale version - which's still 120 cm long!!!
There's plenty of detail from what I've seen and it should make the centre piece of a really nice diorama.

When are you building yours?

[Gern]

So having resisted that tempation I can consider myself to have saved £280......

Only for a short while Barry - the temptation will get you in the end; so don't go spending what you think you saved!

[Gern]

Hi everyone here's my purchases from scalemodel world at Telford.Nice to meet up with the lads in the cafe/bar as always with some new faces in attendance. I have to say my time around the show wasn't a really pleasant one. After queuing over an hour to get in it was hard to get to things off interest due to the high volume of people trying to do the same.Bit of a free for all really and probably my own fault as I normally go on a Sunday which is a more pleasurable experience. So if I do go next year I'll makesure I'm a IPMS member or at the very least pre booked my tickets.If I'm honest I enjoyed Cosford much better.
Anyways after fighting my way around I left with these.
Cheers John

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So you found that jeep you mentioned recently and got an M1070 then! How much did that set you back if you don't mind me asking.

[Gern]

Nice one!
I don't know why I hesitated and waited so long to buy it? Ok, some of it was still dreaming that I should buy the Trumpeter 1/35 scale Dora - but that's not really realistic with regards to size so it had to be this 1/72 scale version - which's still 120 cm long!!!
There's plenty of detail from what I've seen and it should make the centre piece of a really nice diorama.

When are you building yours?

It was Soar Art that made the 1/35 Dora. Even though I've seen it advertised as a Trumpeter kit, I don't think they released one.

One day maybe if I live long enough, I'll build the Hobby Boss version to go with the 1/35 one I have which takes up a whole shelf!

[Guest]

It was Soar Art that made the 1/35 Dora. Even though I've seen it advertised as a Trumpeter kit, I don't think they released one.

One day maybe if I live long enough, I'll build the Hobby Boss version to go with the 1/35 one I have which takes up a whole shelf!

You are right with Soar Art Workshop. I do wonder why it's referred as a Trumpeter kit so often? Perhaps they've manufactured the sprues for Soar Art Workshop? Who knows.
I must be an enormous kit for sure!!!

[PaulTRose]

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i got some of those magnifying jobbies a while back, to be honest dont know how i managed before, very useful bit of kit

[john i am]

So you found that jeep you mentioned recently and got an M1070 then! How much did that set you back if you don't mind me asking.

Hi Dave Jeep £120 M1070 £90.Snatched the jeep as soon as I saw it as the cheapest I'd seen was £140 and upwards. The M107o I'd waited a year to get as I was hopping to get one for around £70. My impatience got the better of me in the end. I nearly brought the one you got earlier this year as that was about £90 if I remember correctly. Trouble is I visited my LMS yesterday and he'd just received some 1/16 Tamiya kubelwagens.
A furture purchase I feel.
Cheers John

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[yak face]

Payday! So off to one of the LMS for some top ups coffee and a chat. So after a good rummagingof the shelves I came away with these. I really must get back to actually sticking some of them together at some point.o_O

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Loving the trojan john , i bet the bloke who owns your lms rubs his hands every time you walk in !! Or does he twist your arm ?

[john i am]

Loving the trojan john , i bet the bloke who owns your lms rubs his hands every time you walk in !! Or does he twist your arm ?

To be fair Tony I don't need a lot of persuasion. A quick cup of coffee a chat and an healthy discount and I'm anybody's. I do get a 10% discount on everything. I always do a little reasearch on the pricing of the kits I'm interested in before I go. As I'd hate to pay over the odds. As we're relocating to the Lake District next year were there's not a model shop within miles I'm ferreting away as much as possible. At the moment I have four LMS within striking distance so for now but not much longer I'm spoilt for choice.
I've wanted the Trojan for an age and was pleased to finally get my paws on it. But I have to say the ICM spitfire for £11 is a great kit nicely detailed and comes with figures and field accessories which I'd strongly recommend. I'm so looking forward to the Black Friday Sales. Cheers John

[Paul Davies]

Nice one!
I don't know why I hesitated and waited so long to buy it? Ok, some of it was still dreaming that I should buy the Trumpeter 1/35 scale Dora - but that's not really realistic with regards to size so it had to be this 1/72 scale version - which's still 120 cm long!!!
There's plenty of detail from what I've seen and it should make the centre piece of a really nice diorama.

When are you building yours?

not sure when I will start this one. Going to see if I can get some figures etc to go with it try to bring it to life abit.

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[Gern]

I must be an enormous kit for sure!!!

Yeah! The track supplied is about 80" (2030mm) long and the gun itself about 72" (1830mm).

It's only about 12" (300mm) wide and 21" (530mm) high so it fits on quite a narrow shelf though, so in a way it's easier than displaying large aircraft which may be 20" x20" (500x500mm) which need much wider shelves.

[Gern]

Hi Dave Jeep £120 M1070 £90.

Bargains galore! If I'd seen that jeep, I'd have snatched the guy's hand off at that price!

[PaulTRose]

. At the moment I have four LMS within striking distance so for now

got to ask, where abouts are you to be so lucky?