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Oh dear, thought now you were a ship builder we would be safe:smiling3::flushed::surprised::cold-sweat::sad: , any way do you really need any more ?First of the new kits:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:
More to come lol
Latest Acquisitions (2021)
- Thread starter John
- Start date
Oh yes Andrew, 1 16 arriving soon, then new Border with interior, then possibly Takom new StuG
Now where to hide comrade Race, ships and StuG on the menu ! You can never have enough
:tongue-out::tongue-out2::tongue-out3::thumb2:Big box packed with sprues lol
My haul from ScaleModel World at the weekend, been saving a few pennies a month for the last two years !
Bonaparte Miniatures 230mm scale Busts - very big chunks of resin.
French Hussar and drummer
Polish Lancer 1812
90mm Cuirassier
Elan13 Miniatures 75mm Corporal Philip Smith VC 17th Regt Sevastopol 1855
RDG 1/9th 4th Hussars Trumpeter (BIG)
AK interactive 1/10th Battle of Midway (TARFU)
Should keep busy for a week or two !!
Bonaparte Miniatures 230mm scale Busts - very big chunks of resin.
French Hussar and drummer
Polish Lancer 1812
90mm Cuirassier
Elan13 Miniatures 75mm Corporal Philip Smith VC 17th Regt Sevastopol 1855
RDG 1/9th 4th Hussars Trumpeter (BIG)
AK interactive 1/10th Battle of Midway (TARFU)
Should keep busy for a week or two !!
Went to Salute 2020 wargames show at ExCel in London on Saturday. It had been postponed twice, hence 2020 in 2021…..bit of a surreal affair, very spread out and attendance much lower than normal. Well under the usual quota of demo games and displays, and some well known traders cancelled last minute. At least it happened….lighting was very bad so I never took any pictures. Got a little loot though…
To be used as Southrons in my slowly growing Oathmark set up….
Three figures I’ll use as Trolls in my fantasy games…..they look like they’ve been working out ….
Beja camel cavalry for my slow burner Mahdist war set up….
And, this was this year’s freebie figure. Commemorating the Battle of Britain, a year late :loudly-crying: No other freebies this year :worried:
To be used as Southrons in my slowly growing Oathmark set up….
Three figures I’ll use as Trolls in my fantasy games…..they look like they’ve been working out ….
Beja camel cavalry for my slow burner Mahdist war set up….
And, this was this year’s freebie figure. Commemorating the Battle of Britain, a year late :loudly-crying: No other freebies this year :worried:
This almost killed poor old postie
Its a lump of a book, and yes Bismarck! Over 600 pages, so will take a while to read, thankfully lots of photos!
Its a lump of a book, and yes Bismarck! Over 600 pages, so will take a while to read, thankfully lots of photos!
Just arrived by Hermes delivery van a varible power mini soldering iron kit for those hard to get at soldering places of which i have loads to do an quite a few extras for only a tenner an im very pleased with it ready for when i start on tiger again
Looks like good value for a tenner Chris. The desoldering pump on the far right is really useful for unsoldering wiring joints.
Nice collection Steve, but I noticed you didn't buy a few gallons of paint for them while you were there......
Nice haul Tim! I'm surprised that metal cast figures are still so popular. You should be quite busy for a while there Sir......
I don't know Bob.....Are you sure it's not over 550 pages of photos and the rest are to read????? Would make your life easier Buddy!!!...
Nice buy Chris and a great price too. Who makes it if I may ask?????
Me, I've been a good boy lately and only got stupid one time. Snagged this from evilbay to go along with the 2 kits of the single Bailey that I have in the stash. Now I can almost cross the Rhine river...........
One can never have enough bridging materials, can they??????
Prost
Allen (almost Ret.)
HI Allen it dont say who makes it but its on ebay
chris
HI TIM is that s what it for how do i use it as never had one before of these desoldering pump
chris
Thanks Chris, I'll take a look and see what I find.........
Hi Chris
It works like a spring loaded syringe……push the plunger in and it should lock. Melt the solder to be removed with the soldering iron. While the solder is still molten, hold the tip of the desolderer in contact and push the black button on the side. The plunger springs back and sucks away the molten solder…..it’s like having a syring that you can operate with one hand.
Hi Allen
White metal figures are still popular in gaming circles because they enable a much wider range of figures to be available. The whole production process, from sculpting to moulding, is cheaper and simpler than injection moulding. It allows a company to produce a far wider range of figures than the costs involved with injection moulding would allow. Resin figures are not really robust enough to replace metal in the smaller sizes, so that material has not completely supplanted metal. Companies like Perry miniatures and Foundry make literally thousands of figure types. The moulding costs would be completely prescriptive if they tried to do this in plastic……however, I think younger sculptors will work exclusively in the digital realm and the whole will be eventually replaced with 3D printed models……
White metal figures are still popular in gaming circles because they enable a much wider range of figures to be available. The whole production process, from sculpting to moulding, is cheaper and simpler than injection moulding. It allows a company to produce a far wider range of figures than the costs involved with injection moulding would allow. Resin figures are not really robust enough to replace metal in the smaller sizes, so that material has not completely supplanted metal. Companies like Perry miniatures and Foundry make literally thousands of figure types. The moulding costs would be completely prescriptive if they tried to do this in plastic……however, I think younger sculptors will work exclusively in the digital realm and the whole will be eventually replaced with 3D printed models……
Thanks for the info Tim and I can see the point to that. I guess I'm still thinking of years ago when most figures were made in white metal/ lead such as IR, Old Guard, Valiant and Cavalier miniatures. I also keep forgetting that your gaming figures are mostly 28mm in size and trying to mold them in plastic or resin would be very cost prohibitive. Learn something new everyday here and I do hope you had a good time at the show. Ours have all been cancelled until (maybe) next year.
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I used to love playing with one of those from my father’s tools when I was a child. Having it pop up when I pressed the button was somehow very cool
Allen.......never.......I now have footbridge, Baily, & M2 Treadway.
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Yes !
:smiling5: :smiling5: Got plenty of big tubes of Oils
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Just arrived in the post room here at Race Towers.
I remember Jim talking about them some time a go.
I remember Jim talking about them some time a go.
Nice hand vice john. What make?
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