discussion Latest Acquisitions (2019)

[Guest]

I kind of like these quick-assembly kits from Hobby Boss, with the fuselage and wings moulded as single pieces. They’re simple, but far from rubbish, is my experience. If only they’d add a separate part for the cockpit rather than moulding it integrally with the fuselage. Oh wait, this one seems to have just that — the three I have (all WWII planes) don’t.

If they were to package these with a pot of glue and some paint like Airfix, Revell, etc. do, they would probably make far better starting kits than most others.

 

[Guest]

Stocking up with a few more goodies from SMS

Colours & clears for the A-10
Some (hopefully) decent CA glue since mine is rubbish!
Croc clips were cheap as chips and I already had the skewers
A slower brush on glue as I seem to get Contacta everywhere :smiling2:
And some other bits & bobs to play around with.

 

[AlanG]

A lovely little package arrived from John today. My Hataka Red Line Su-27 Flanker B paints. This build is starting to move it's way up my list now. Just a little PE and decal sets to get then she's a go'er

 

[Allen Dewire]

Evilbay strikes again and me knowing I don't need any more kits, but for under €12 delivered, I couldn't resist.

A package deal with a twist. Only the 13th MD 'Handshar' set is 100% complete. The other 3 sets contain only 2 figures and have the complete weapons sets included. The real reason I went for this package was I needed the the weapons from the Nachtjäger set with the IR scopes and power packs. Does anyone remember my project Night Moves '45???

 

[minitnkr]

Absolutely. Been waiting patiently for you to return to it. Glad to see you haven't forgotten. PaulE

 

[Jim F]

Just to make Allen feel better here is my ebay haul from the last 2 weeks,










a good haul that got even better as bar one has a set of Dragon figures.
regards Jim

 

[Dave Ward]

Jim,
do I detect a theme?.............. have you looked at the Zvezda 251's ? They're quite good!

Dave

 

[Guest]

Absolutely. Been waiting patiently for you to return to it. Glad to see you haven't forgotten. PaulE

Indeed Paul, I'm another, I think he thought we'd forgotten. On no Dude 1 we are waiting, but get that V2 finished first.
Dzhon .

 

[Jim F]

Hi Dave,
Yes there is a bit of a theme, yes I've seen the Zvezda 251's, but considering what you get in the box I'm more than happy with this lot each kit comes with a driver and 3 out of the 4 came with additional figures
regards Jim

 

[Guest]

Hi Dave,
Yes there is a bit of a theme, yes I've seen the Zvezda 251's, but considering what you get in the box I'm more than happy with this lot each kit comes with a driver and 3 out of the 4 came with additional figures
regards Jim

Factory No. 75

Factory No. 183, 1936

Factory No. 185

Factory No. 100 until 1941

Factory No. 174

Have increased their out put to meet the threat !

 

[Guest]

Today brought the delivery of those wheels for the BA series armoured cars. Also in the haul was some smg barrels and 3 aluminum barrels.

Allen aka Dude 1 had kindly bought them on my behalf from a German Model shop.



looking more closely.


Now for the complete surprise.....................



Allen has very kindly included this in the package, I had wondered why it was quite large, just suspected he had gone to a lot of trouble to pack it well , how wrong can you be . Top Man

Thanks Buddy.


Well nor we can get on with the BA20 in style .


While I was out and about in town I managed to pick up a " reed " brush , they've been out of stock for some time.





John.

 

[stillp]

Bought this from a make-up shop my wife likes:

It's made of flexible silicone rubber, and is intended to be used for cleaning make-up brushes, but it works pretty well for paintbrushes:

Certainly helps to work up a lather, and avoids having too much skin contact with the brush soap.
This was from a shop at the East Midlands Designer Outlet near Mansfield, but I think Wilko have something similar.
Pete

 

[Dave Ward]

As a little gift to myself - I've acquired these:


Two of the most ridiculous concepts that really flew! The Kopro model is old school injection, the Valom more of a modern short run...................
Dave

 

[papa 695]

Got this for Ron’s re

As a little gift to myself - I've acquired these:


Two of the most ridiculous concepts that really flew! The Kopro model is old school injection, the Valom more of a modern short run...................
Dave

I've honestly just been looking at photo's of these two Dave.

 

[Guest]

Here’s a good, brief history of them.

 

[Guest]

Here’s a good, brief history of them.

Fascinating article Jakko, and well worth the read. I can quite see why they were abandoned , esp

Photo for discussion only

 

[Dave Ward]

The Convair actually did take off, and land vertically. The Lockheed only ever flew with a cobbled up fixed conventional (!) undercarriage - the Valom model gives you the choice of the designed, and actual!
Dave

 

[SimonT]

I seem to remember having a really bad Lindberg kit of the Pogo back in the 70’s, purchased from the local home furnishings store ‘crap left over from Christmas’ department

 

[Dave Ward]

They don't look bad - here's a few sprue shots of the Pogo

The canopy is pretty good, too

The Valom Salmon is short run - no locating pins & a fair amount of clean up...................

The canopies are vac-form, and there are two to insure against disaster. There's also a tiny PE & film instrument panel ( not shown! )
The decals in both look pretty good, not that there is a great deal.....
Dave

 

[papa 695]

Just got this for the Scimitar I’m doing in Ron’s Reconnaissance GB