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[stillp]

I went to the Hanslope show on Saturday, just for a look around, promised I wouldn't buy any more kits, but these cried out to be brought home!

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[Guest]

That Scammel looks interesting Dave.

[Ian M]

We need to see inside the box for the Scammel.

[flyjoe180]

What is it with cats and boxes? We got the Christmas tree stuff out yesterday and the cats are into the boxes before you could say anything.

[Gern]

We need to see inside the box for the Scammel.

OK

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[PaulTRose]

:smiling5::smiling5::smiling5:

[Gern]

OK

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For those that might be interested in the contents of the box:

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Apologies for the poor pics - I'm clearly no photographer!

Briefly:

There are two full colour pages showing the four schemes available. Colour call outs are for Ammo Mig paints.

The instructions are two separate booklets with good clear pictures.

The parts themselves look good with plenty of detail although I saw some small amounts of flash here and there.

The PE seems to be made from copper (?) and is very thin.

There's a better review here:

https://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=13511

[Gern]

For those that might be interested in the contents of the box:

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Apologies for the poor pics - I'm clearly no photographer!

Briefly:

There are two full colour pages showing the four schemes available. Colour call outs are for Ammo Mig paints.

The instructions are two separate booklets with good clear pictures.

The parts themselves look good with plenty of detail although I saw some small amounts of flash here and there.

The PE seems to be made from copper (?) and is very thin.

There's a better review here:

https://www.armorama.com/modules.php...ntent&id=13511

For some obscure reason, one of my pics was too large so I've re-done it in two parts

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[Guest]

I do like the look of that, nice one:smirk:

[monica]

My haul from the winter Fayre at Coventry (Midland Air Museum) today:

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Picture 1 shows why I haven't had much chance to do any modelling recently. That was about a minute after I brought the boxes in from the car and stacked them neatly in the corner ......

Reasonable prices for all, but I thought the taxi for £10 and the 1/24 190 for £35 were pretty good.

very nice haul,Dave,but the two muggy win me,

[Gern]

very nice haul,Dave,but the two muggy win me,

They are rather nice but I can't claim credit as I bought them ready-made.

[Mr Bowcat]

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Picture 1 shows why I haven't had much chance to do any modelling recently.

Too cute.

What is it with cats and boxes? We got the Christmas tree stuff out yesterday and the cats are into the boxes before you could say anything.

Ain't that the truth. We put our tree up at the weekend. I left the tree box leaning up against the wall, within seconds one of the cats was in the bottom and clawed her way up to the top and got stuck!

[Guest]

In preparation for the Schwerer Gustav diorama I've ticked a few more items off the list.

2 sets of HobbyBoss German Railway Curved Track 82910
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2 sets of HobbyBoss German Railway Straight Track 82902
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HobbyBoss German WR360 C12 Locomotive 82913
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TheHobby Boss Dora kit came with a dual straight track but in reality they always used curved tracks because that was the only way they could aim the gun and I want to reflect that fact in my diorama.
They only used diesel-electric trains to move the Schwerer Gustav and Dora because of the smoke of the coal fired trains let out - which would've given them away long before they could fire the first shot

I was also going to include an armoured train with a flakwagen in the diorama but I think it's going to be enough with the main railway gun and the supporting armour and the bucketload of figures...
It's enough for now anyway. Also these little 1/72 trains and carts are much more expensive than I thought and that's also a factor.

Anyhow, my fingers are itching to start but I've so far resisted. I need to setup a new building area anyway, and design the layout of the diorama. I've also got a lot of Christmas things to do so this'll have to wait a bit longer.

[peterairfix]

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[Guest]

Nice one Peter!! That’s a lovely car!