discussion Latest Acquisitions (2022)

[Niho]

As our club have chosen to have a selection of korean War themed builds (1953-2023) for next years show season, A book ive owned but I've lent it out, and forgot as much as peeps not returned it. So, i bought another copy from WoB.... £2.80 free p+p..... how do they do it!!!! Same copy as i first had too lol
I do recommend this read, compelling stuff,..... I'll lend out to clubbies for ideas

Happy days
Nick

 

[Airborne01]

You're very close there Steve...
... A good memory for a man of your  fading advancing years!! :smiling3:
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?!!

I concur completely O Forge Master - except in the matter of something to do with the advance of time (forgotten the actual words unfortunately ...) Approved School made me what I am (or was ...?) Ah, I recall - we were talking about Brains faggots I think ------------
Steve

 

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So some general supplies that arrived have arrived sporadically since Saturday - the rods on the left are 5 and 6mm round rounds.

ATB

Andrew

 

[Steve Brodie]

Saw this on eBay so put in a cheeky bid and got it for £49, it used to sell for £119, has been out of production for a few years now and with the impending demise of Tommy's war was surprised i got it so cheap;

Tommy's War TW32S01 – ‘L’ Battery RHA and the action at Néry, 1st September 1914 £119.00

 

[Steve Brodie]

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:

How times have changed £75 for a Airfix box of goodies, still remember the pocket money Airfix kits in polythene bags and a weird shaped 'thing' of glue lol.

 

[David Lovell]

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

I used to save up for the day out at Telford not for kits but all thoes top up things brass rod plastic card plastic strip ,razor saw blades paint sets brushes scalpel blades new interesting products all the stuff you don't think of at home till its not in your armory anymore ,any change was then spent on plastic. Let us know how the spending goes. Dave

 

[Ian M]

How times have changed £75 for a Airfix box of goodies, still remember the pocket money Airfix kits in polythene bags and a weird shaped 'thing' of glue lol.

Very true Steve, but even I must say that the box, which is a good size 45x25x7 cm is stuffed full of very nicely detailed, fairly hard plastic.
I was going to give it a miss due to the price but when a friend has one... well it would have been rude not to.

 

[Dave Ward]

A courier delivery..................

Wooden deck for my Trumpeter 1/700 HMS Warspite 1915 - ebay purchase from China, just over £11 & about 3 weeks delivery
Dave

 

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So I have been paying attention to Dave's comments on being patient on eBay auctions and not getting sucked in, and it's finally paid of with this for my Hunters and Hunted collection

Revell did both the old Matchbox kits and their own newer versions from the early 2010s.

Including P&P, the cheapest recent eBay sale was £23.70. There are handful in the mid to high £20s. Most go for between £30 and mid-£40s. I've even seen the old Matchbox ones go for over £50......the highest price I've seen is £80 incl. P&P.

So what did I pay? £24.19 all in..........and the sale was a buy it now from a a charity, so I the money went to a good cause too and I can thus feel free of all guilt!!

The only downside........my wife was in when the parcel arrived.....and it's not a small box! :sad-face:

ATB

Andrew

 

[Guest]

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

I'm telling Rach on you !:smiling2::smiling2::smiling2:

 

[Guest]

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

Great finds Dave .
Beautifully painted .worthy of

Congratulations.

 

[Mini Me]

Found this Studebaker US6 on evilBay.....listed as an Opel blitz 3 ton. Got it for minimum bid with free shipping for $10.50 USD! Cheapest I have seen these selling for is $17.99.....huge savings on an uncommon model.

 

[Guest]

Found this Studebaker US6 on evilBay.....listed as an Opel blitz 3 ton. Got it for minimum bid with free shipping for $10.50 USD! Cheapest I have seen these selling for is $17.99.....huge savings on an uncommon model.

Nice buy Rick , you'll enjoy building this, hope you will blog .

 

[Mini Me]

I'll do that when I can get some free time JR. Got to get the P51 started before I run out of GB time.

 

[Dave Ward]

Really early delivery from postie ( got me out of bed! ) an odd one, this!

From ebay - this is the ICM 1/48 Polikarpov I-16 Model 24................... The seller has added a ROPos Finnish decal sheet & a couple of stickers on the front. ( don't know if ICM approved this! ). The original model is complete with original decals, so I can go with the original markings if I choose.
Cost was <£16 delivered, - nice price :smiling::thumb2:
Dave

 

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So an extremely productive morning and lunchtime......I gave the lawn a quick trim before I scarified it and Junior aerated it ahead of the winter. We then went on a 2.5 mile walk to get out of the house and him off the screen, stopping off at the supermarket for a few bits and pieces.

On the way we also passed the local Age UK book shop where I picked up the book and saw the DVD set at the till, which I've been thinking about for while as I've never seen it.....all in £7 and of course the money has gone to charity - £6 cheaper than a certain streaming site will charge you for the box set!

ATB

Andrew

 

[AlanG]

saw the DVD set at the till, which I've been thinking about for while as I've never seen it

BoB is a superb tv series Andrew. I have watched it SO many times. Day of Days, Crossroads and Bastogne being my fave episodes. Never could get into the follow on 'The Pacific' but still excellently produced. Enjoy!

 

[adt70hk]

BoB is a superb tv series Andrew. I have watched it SO many times. Day of Days, Crossroads and Bastogne being my fave episodes. Never could get into the follow on 'The Pacific' but still excellently produced. Enjoy!

Thanks Alan.

I was reminded about it on here not that long ago and I'm also wading my way through the Al Murray James Holland podcast. One of the older episodes I recently listened to was an interview with one of the writers.

 

[Tim Marlow]

BoB is a superb tv series Andrew. I have watched it SO many times. Day of Days, Crossroads and Bastogne being my fave episodes. Never could get into the follow on 'The Pacific' but still excellently produced. Enjoy!

Absolutely agree. I would say there isn’t a bad episode in there, and the clips of the actual guys talking about the events really makes it. The book is worth reading as well.
It was premiered on D-Day in Normandy on (I think) Utah beach. We were holidaying in Normandy at the time and started at Pegasus bridge and worked our way through to St Marie Eglise on the same day, through revellers, reenactors and visiting veterans. American Para veterans were bussed in specially for it. The French were very much in evidence getting all the veterans to sign their photographic history books. We had lunch on the sea front at Arromanche in an atmosphere that must have been like the real liberation. A truly great day!
Never saw Spielberg or Hanks though :disappointed2:
Oh, and I never got into Pacific either. It just seemed too bitty and abstract, possibly like the conflict itself.

 

[adt70hk]

Absolutely agree. I would say there isn’t a bad episode in there, and the clips of the actual guys talking about the events really makes it. The book is worth reading as well.
It was premiered on D-Day in Normandy on (I think) Utah beach. We were holidaying in Normandy at the time and started at Pegasus bridge and worked our way through to St Marie Eglise on the same day, through revellers, reenactors and visiting veterans. American Para veterans were bussed in specially for it. The French were very much in evidence getting all the veterans to sign their photographic history books. We had lunch on the sea front at Arromanche in an atmosphere that must have been like the real liberation. A truly great day!
Never saw Spielberg or Hanks though :disappointed2:
Oh, and I never got into Pacific either. It just seemed too bitty and abstract, possibly like the conflict itself.

Actually Tim....I think you might be in part responsible for the purchase, as I'm sure you've recommended it to me previously....at least that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!! :smiling5: