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[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.

 

[Guest]

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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?

 

[john i am]

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

I live in West Bromwich in between Birmingham and Wolverhampton Paul. A great location for local model shops.

 

[john i am]

Hi everyone as pointed out by Pete a few days ago Aldi are selling starter kits at £4.99 so today I paid them a visit and came away with these. Thanks Pete

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[stillp]

I was lazy, and ordered online for free delivery...

Pete

 

[john i am]

I was lazy, and ordered online for free delivery...

Pete

Lol I went for the exercise and a look around. I popped into Hobby Craft and the same kits are priced at £10 each. I've ad a poke around inside the boxes and their nice little kits with crisp detail. I look forward to building them one day and was thinking of a nice raspberry ripple Provost.

 

[Dave W]

Ive just treated myself to one of these. No excuses for a crap paint job now!

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[Gern]

That looks like it should almost do the painting for you with all those features Dave!

I'm curious. What are all those things hiding behind the lid of the box?

 

[Dave W]

That looks like it should almost do the painting for you with all those features Dave!

I'm curious. What are all those things hiding behind the lid of the box?

They are part of a clock. Just decorated the living room. The wife wants the wooden ends painted white to match the room

 

[Guest]

Had these two busts delivered yesterday.
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[rickoshea52]

A visit to Aldi and TK Maxx in Ayr yielded these. The Beau (£12.99) was on a shelf with a Shack(£24), Lightning 1/48 (£20) and Trop Hurricane (£10).

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[Guest]

I've been trying to find suitable Flak models for my Schwerer Gustav build later in the spring and I just got these.
I don't know if they existed anywhere in I. Flakkorp but they look the part - and it's not that easy to find everything in 1/72 scale - especially when you have almost zero experience in that scale...

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Recommendations for 1/72 kits/vehicles/tanks compatible with a German Flak brigade in Sevastopol are more than welcome!
I will also probably be adding more tracks and at least one Panzerlok BR57 and some carts...

I also got a FT-17 from Meng in 1/35 scale because building the Takom Mk.IV was so fun!
The plan is to build more WWI tanks in the future
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[dave]

Picked this up for my next build, first time with an AZ model so it will be interesting to see how it goes.
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[Gern]

I've been trying to find suitable Flak models for my Schwerer Gustav build later in the spring and I just got these.
I don't know if they existed anywhere in I. Flakkorp but they look the part - and it's not that easy to find everything in 1/72 scale - especially when you have almost zero experience in that scale...

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Recommendations for 1/72 kits/vehicles/tanks compatible with a German Flak brigade in Sevastopol are more than welcome!
I will also probably be adding more tracks and at least one Panzerlok BR57 and some carts...

I also got a FT-17 from Meng in 1/35 scale because building the Takom Mk.IV was so fun!
The plan is to build more WWI tanks in the future
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There seems to be plenty of German AA stuff available in 1/72 Jens. 10 minutes on ebay and I found these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Revell-1...057555&hash=item590269eddd:g:XUYAAOSwH-daFxaR

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zvezda-F...hash=item25dd2ec6de:m:m95F7ngODHujEXYn6Ei_gMw

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Horch-10...-1-72-scale-by-MAC-Distribution/142584225814?
hash=item2132aea016:g:7xkAAOSwSutaDcdM

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7026-ITAL...083466&hash=item48a4d998a9:g:wEYAAOSwpOxaBCJs

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RODEN-72...646475&hash=item54526b3c80:g:SCgAAOSwopRYeoC6

 

[Guest]

There seems to be plenty of German AA stuff available in 1/72 Jens. 10 minutes on ebay and I found these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Revell-1...057555&hash=item590269eddd:g:XUYAAOSwH-daFxaR

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zvezda-F...hash=item25dd2ec6de:m:m95F7ngODHujEXYn6Ei_gMw

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Horch-10...-1-72-scale-by-MAC-Distribution/142584225814?
hash=item2132aea016:g:7xkAAOSwSutaDcdM

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7026-ITAL...083466&hash=item48a4d998a9:g:wEYAAOSwpOxaBCJs

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RODEN-72...646475&hash=item54526b3c80:g:SCgAAOSwopRYeoC6

Cheers Dave!
I've seen most of them apart from the top two ones.
I'm trying to find Flak guns used in I. Flakkorp, 1&2 Flak battalion and apart from it being a hard detective work to find data - finding the correct models is even harder, so I've decided to be a bit flexible with regards to the particular Flak armaments in use.

I was also hoping that some of my favourite Chinese suppliers would join in on this "Black Friday" malarkey and lower their prices but sadly no, they haven't... Not that I've seen.
My local place has 25% off if you order for £250 or more - which I won't at the moment, so no good deals for me right now.

Do you know any place that's got such a sale on at the moment for modelling stuff? Paint, models etc?

 

[Gern]

Do you know any place that's got such a sale on at the moment for modelling stuff? Paint, models etc?

Not really Jens. My first site for paints and tools is John at the Scale Model Shop here. His prices are always competitive and his service is second to none.

For kits, I always start with ebay as I'm quite happy with used/second hand kits (as long as the ebay feedback is good) - sorry John.

When I find kits on ebay, I do look at their sites for other items they may have for sale (most people will combine purchases which reduces the postage costs), but I can't say I've found any consistently cheap dealers. I suppose a lot depends on the popularity of kits in their stock at the time. If they're not selling well, they'll often reduce the price, but I ask myself why they're not selling. Maybe the kit isn't accurate or poor quality or just an odd subject.

As for sales, most ebay shops have a sales/reduced/clearance section on their site. To be honest, it's very rare for me to find anything worthwhile.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

 

[PaulTRose]

visit to aldi for a few bits and bobs and they had airfix git sets at £4.99 each.....would have been rude not to

the cromwell might end up on the back of a scammel transporter.......no idea what i shall do with the provost but i doubt it will be red lol