discussion Latest Acquisitions (2022)

[Dave Ward]

Postie just delivered these:

The 'O' Class has two models - shows how small the RN destroyers were compared to others.
I'm having to be careful about Japanese destroyers- the individual boxing of each named ship means that you can end up with duplicate identical models in the same class - only the names ( and boxart ) being different! The u-boat was added because it was cheap ( flat rate postage! )
Dave

 

[langy71]

Finally bought myself a 'wet palette'... only £12.99 from that site that's named after a big rain forest..
link if anybody is interested.... Wet Palette

 

[KarlW]

Bit of a haul today, was working in Dublin and stopped off in a place I shouldn't really take my wallet into.




The BP Defiant has been on my radar for a while and is supposed to be good, even if the turret is a tight fit. And the Hurricane is supposed to be another excellent kit of a strangely under represented airframe.

Then I stopped at Argos on the way home to collect a few eBay purchases.

Some P-47 goodieness with a resin cockpit included.


And an F-111 to add to my expanding swing wing collection.

Then finally the chemist for some antibiotics in the hope of clearing this chest infection before it takes a proper hold.

 

[Dave Ward]

Bit of a haul today, was working in Dublin and stopped off in a place I shouldn't really take my wallet into.




The BP Defiant has been on my radar for a while and is supposed to be good, even if the turret is a tight fit. And the Hurricane is supposed to be another excellent kit of a strangely under represented airframe.

Then I stopped at Argos on the way home to collect a few eBay purchases.

Some P-47 goodieness with a resin cockpit included.


And an F-111 to add to my expanding swing wing collection.

Then finally the chemist for some antibiotics in the hope of clearing this chest infection before it takes a proper hold.

Admire your priority!!
Dave

 

[stillp]

Good luck with the chest infection!
Pete

 

[Guest]

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I needed thinner plastic rod than I had for the Sd.Kfz. 251 I’m working on for the group build, and also French rifles to stow in it. Since the latter are very thin on the ground, I ended up having to buy this set of Tamiya early-war infantry, and decided to add a bottle of airbrush cleaner (might as well give that a try) and the canopy masks since I have the kit they’re for in the stash and they were all of €4.35.

The magazines were thrown in for free (as was a biro, not pictured ), though I already have that issue of De Tank because I’ve been a member of the Dutch Armour Association, whose club magazine it is, since 1987

 

[langy71]

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Some P-47 goodieness with a resin cockpit included.

I'm sure i've seen a film called 'jugs over Italy' many years ago... I seem to remember it didn't have many planes in it though...lolz

 

[KarlW]

I'm sure i've seen a film called 'jugs over Italy' many years ago... I seem to remember it didn't have many planes in it though...lolz

If you have a copy can you lend me my friend it?

 

[The Smythe Meister]

If you have a copy can you lend me my friend it?

My mate would quite like a copy too...... :thumb2:

 

[Airborne01]

My mate would quite like a copy too...... :thumb2:

Presumably for research purposes only ... ? My mate was interested in pottery, particularly jugs
Steve

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Bit of a haul today, was working in Dublin and stopped off in a place I shouldn't really take my wallet into.


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The BP Defiant has been on my radar for a while and is supposed to be good, even if the turret is a tight fit. And the Hurricane is supposed to be another excellent kit of a strangely under represented airframe.

Are you sure you're not stalking me?!!.... about a fortnight ago I bought both of these kits within days of each other !
Must admit they both look very nice.... I'm particularly drawn to the Defiant though :smiling3:

 

[Ian M]

A nice little surprise for me.

A friend just up the road (aka in the town) put this up on the book of faces for a fair price. For here at least. £75. No postage or import duties

 

[langy71]

A nice little surprise for me.

A friend just up the road (aka in the town) put this up on the book of faces for a fair price. For here at least. £75. No postage or import duties :smiling3:

looking forward to seeing you build this beauty

 

[David Lovell]

Having no intrest in climbing up to the dining table for ages now my intrest was given a nudge by daves half track gb so started to mooch about on the Internet looking for a suitable subject ,well you know how easy it is to get distracted especially after looking at reams and reams of German and American subjects and if I'm honest nothing that makes you think I've got to get me one of them ,so before you get bored and side tracked I came across this at just over 20squids to much of a bargain to miss and if its as good as their little Italian ac all well and good




The little tru scaler

Nicely boxed ,instruction manual printed on posh waxy paper ,only four sprues so hardly going to get boring if and when. I know jumbo stuffs not my bag but I do dabble occasionally photographic edevence available on request.
The groupe build (if they will have me) came down to Polish or russian both under a tenner the Polish subjects were very basic kits so went russian with a PST kit ,their rubbish probably a badly fitting box of twisted flash covered plastic but worth the effort ,will show when postie delivers. Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

A packet from postie - not a real surprise - but read on.................
In my hunt for 1/700 warships, I looked at several Japanese sites - particularly HobbySearch - their on-site price was pretty good, but the air shipping costs made them expensive - unless I chose surface mail. To dip my toe in the water, I ordered a small destroyer. I placed the order on 22nd June & it was delivered today 15th September, so a week shy of 3 months.

The total delivered price was £11 - which is pretty good!
I've never seen a Yamashita Hobby Model before, and it's not like Tamiya/Fujimi/Aoshima 1/700, but more like the Flyhawk models. Very delicate mouldings & multiple sprues - first impressions are very good.
If you're not in a hurry, then surface mail may be an option. There are certain models that only appear on Japanese sites and are very tempting, but the air shipping costs push them way up, so I may be doing some long-term shopping - for around Christmas!
Dave

 

[Tim Marlow]

That CSM kit looks worth it for the instruction book alone David.

 

[David Lovell]

That CSM kit looks worth it for the instruction book alone David.

It is very nicely produced on lovely thick paper have given it a quick blimp got some of the colour callouts confused but seems ok not to confusing more used to bad perspective drawings and sprues with no numbers so won't know myself if and when.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

We'll,I got this through the post today... An interesting read,and not to mention,a help for my Half track GB entry...

A right rivetting read... And for just under 9 Devonian Groats delivered :smiling3:
Excellent stuff!!

BTW,I have a bit of a dilemma!!...
It's my birthday in a few weeks time,and with that in mind Rach put a £100 in my PayPal account to treat myself to "a kit" !! NO WAY would I spend all that on a solitary kit.... BUT,do I get loads of upgrade sets/masks/etch,for existing stash candidates or ...
Do I burn the majority of it on a kit I wouldn't normally pay a large amount for?!!!....
Decisions, decisions... I MUST be getting old!!

 

[Airborne01]

We'll,I got this through the post today... An interesting read,and not to mention,a help for my Half track GB entry...

A right rivetting read... And for just under 9 Devonian Groats delivered :smiling3:
Excellent stuff!!

I Devonian groat = 4 Devonian Gissits, I Devonian Gissit = 1 Cornish Pastie ... Wow, now I remember scratching those mathematics on a slice of Delabole slate! ( Can't remember the lower rate of exchange for a Pastie though :thinking: )
Steve

 

[The Smythe Meister]

I Devonian groat = 4 Devonian Gissits, I Devonian Gissit = 1 Cornish Pastie ... Wow, now I remember scratching those mathematics on a slice of Delabole slate! ( Can't remember the lower rate of exchange for a Pastie though :thinking: )
Steve

You're very close there Steve...
... A good memory for a man of your  fading advancing years!!
1Gissit is indeed a fair price for a Cornish pasty... BECAUSE as we ALL know,the ORIGINAL Pasties did originate in Devon... therefore the,inferior, Cornish ones only cost "Gissits".... (As in "Gissit"...Give it to me for free),...
Eveyday's a school day eh?!!