discussion Latest Acquisitions (2022)

[Dave Ward]

I see on the box, it says Canopy is injected. Any idea what that means? I'm pretty new to this so it may mean nothing special. I've just never seen it before.

The original Special Hobby Beaufort had vac-formed canopies ( like plastic blister packing ), which was tricky to deal with - the later versions had injection moulded clear parts - much easier. Vac-forming was pretty common in the 70/80s, from mainly 'garage' manufacturers, who specialised in unusual subjects. Tooling for this process was generally home made, labour intensive, had a high reject rate & didn't last long. Not something that is common, these days.........
Dave

 

[Valeron]

The original Special Hobby Beaufort had vac-formed canopies ( like plastic blister packing ), which was tricky to deal with - the later versions had injection moulded clear parts - much easier. Vac-forming was pretty common in the 70/80s, from mainly 'garage' manufacturers, who specialised in unusual subjects. Tooling for this process was generally home made, labour intensive, had a high reject rate & didn't last long. Not something that is common, these days.........
Dave

Thanks Dave. You learn something new everyday in this hobby.

 

[Guest]

Vacuum-formed kits aren’t really made anymore largely because they’re difficult (at the least) to build. I called it “assisted scratchbuilding” on here before, because that’s pretty much what it is: you get the main parts, often with the larger detail moulded in in a not-too-sharp way, and had to decide for yourself how to best add them together and build all the other details.

 

[Peter Gillson]

Wow! I thought 0.5mm was thin enough (I was thinking of mechanical pencil lead refills size).
Are your pins made of special steel? Are they bendable without breaking?.

Sorry for the delay in replying - they are made of steel and can bend without breaking.

Peter

 

[stillp]

I'm just a cheapskate who re-uses envelopes from Christmas!

Peter

My late mother-in-law and I exchanged the same birthday card for about 5 years. It had about 5mm thickness of Tippex on it when we stopped!
Pete

 

[Dave Ward]

Thanks Dave. You learn something new everyday in this hobby.

About the only vac-forms widely available are the 1/35 buildings from MiniArt...............

Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

By birchbark canoe, then sealskin kayak, all the way from Canada by courtesy of Wotan ( John )

Again, many thanks to John - this has now leaped to near the top of the build list
Dave

 

[Guest]

And the final part of my order from IMA arrived already:

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This box doesn’t look as nice as those of the other kits I ordered, but inside it’s not as basic as it appears at first sight:

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My model has pneumatic tyres instead of the spoked wheels shown in the instructions, but both types are available so I guess they include the same instructions.

 

[Jim R]

What I will say Jakko is that it looks very well packed. Occasionally I have had parcels, not just modelling related, where the packaging is so inadequate it's a miracle anything arrived. If I give feedback on an online purchase I often comment on the standard of packaging.
Well done IMA.

 

[Guest]

My late mother-in-law and I exchanged the same birthday card for about 5 years. It had about 5mm thickness of Tippex on it when we stopped!
Pete

You are as bad as me and the lady I garden for , same envelope used for my monthly account. The front of the envelope is full of names , to and fro.
Why waste an envelope when it coming back to you.

 

[Jim R]

On Adrian's thread asking for AB advice Barry spoke highly of the Procon PS-275 trigger airbrush. Occasionally I get a kind of cramp using my ordinary AB and thought this might help. I bought it from Plaza Japan at about 2/3rds the price of UK suppliers. Ordered on 14th delivered today. I also bought the pistol grip.






..... all ready to go complete with a quick release.


I had to smile at the label on the parcel. Someone thinks I'm important :thinking:


Jim

 

[Mark1]

Ordered a few bits from there in the past but find their delivery charges are pretty horrendous now, I've just looked at two items a total of £17 and £28 delivery costs!!! Or £42 if I want it in a hurry!

 

[Jim R]

Delivery cost will be proportionately higher on cheaper items. Even with postage I saved almost £50.

 

[AlanG]

On Adrian's thread asking for AB advice Barry spoke highly of the Procon PS-275 trigger airbrush. Occasionally I get a kind of cramp using my ordinary AB and thought this might help. I bought it from Plaza Japan at about 2/3rds the price of UK suppliers. Ordered on 14th delivered today. I also bought the pistol grip.






..... all ready to go complete with a quick release.


I had to smile at the label on the parcel. Someone thinks I'm important :thinking:


Jim

Any chance you can do a review of it after you've used it for a while. I am getting cramp more and more these days using the airbrush and this could help

 

[Niho]

And now for something completely different ....... for me anyway, bought at Club night ...... £25

 

[Mark1]

You

And now for something completely different ....... for me anyway, bought at Club night ...... £25

Be rude not to for that price :thumb2:

 

[Jim R]

And now for something completely different

- definitely different. I look forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

[adt70hk]

So I was very restrained at Tankfest yesterday and bought nothing in the shops!! :anguished::anguished:

Junior likes to buy a commemorative present when he goes and so got himself this, this time around - normally he gets a t-shirt.

ATB

Andrew

FYI it's a pint in capacity.

 

[Tim Marlow]

You bought nothing in the shops :anguished: Who are you, and what have you done with Andrew?

 

[adt70hk]

You bought nothing in the shops :anguished: Who are you, and what have you done with Andrew?

It's ok Tim. I'm alive and well.....they didn't have anything I was really after.

TBH though I just missed out a rare eBay find for my Hunters and Hunted collection yesterday.....

....and then today found an item in eBay for cheaper than anywhere else...

....not cheap and I think the most expensive kit I have ever bought - but compared to the price some are going for on model sites and eBay it's the best price I could find anywhere and even included P&P - it's a brand new tool and some model shops want 20% more than I paid for it. It's also the cheapest 'Recent' eBay sale but you'll have to wait to find out more!!