You may have bought some of the books I’ve passed on over the years Andy :tongue-out3:
Latest Acquisitions (2022)
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Been lucky, the ladies at the cat rescue charity we help ring me if kits turn up, most are part built or missing parts or cr*p but I have had a few goodies! I always give a good price and recently gave them some vinyl albums to sell and military books.
Last delivery from Padua: resin wheels and some paints (a special offer with a 25% rebate) from various brands
and thinners are never enough.
Now it's time to resume Centauro build.
Andrea
and thinners are never enough.
Now it's time to resume Centauro build.
Andrea
Looking good Andy. What are the scale seven acrylics like to use?
Likewise!
I'll test them as I never used that brand before. The 25% rebate was too good not to give them a try and I was looking for a gold and some leather colour.
Elven gold, which I tried on a pair of 54mm epaulettes, brushes well and dries rapidly; brush required a thorough cleansing so my educated guess, for the moment, is that the pigment density is rather high and adherence too. I'll get more impressions after some more extended tests.
I'll let you know as trials go on.
Andrea
A few bits dropped off by Mr postie.
They are a full cockpit instrument panel for my hellcat some instruments for my sea venom and a masking set for my Victor.
They are a full cockpit instrument panel for my hellcat some instruments for my sea venom and a masking set for my Victor.
They're gel based so dry a bit slower and can be wet blended. You can also thin them to glazes using just water. They're actually quite nice to use.
My meagre Telford haul. The MRP paint is for my 1/24 Hellcat winter project. I’ve never used it before so I’m interested to see if the hype lives up to the results.
You'll not be disappointed with MRP but I think AK real Color has the slight edge. Now I've had a chance to use both.
My swag from Scale Model World.
I loved being able to browse the equivalent of several excellent model shops, all in the same place. It's so much easier than Internet shopping, when you can see and compare the actual stuff.
Brushes: I got some Pro Arte scrollers (aka riggers) and some workhorse synthetics. I'm likely doing more with white metal, so I beefed up my prep equipment with mini needle files, sanding needles and sanding sticks, and a 2mm glass fibre burnishing pen for crevices (I've already got a 4mm one).
The tweezers looked nice, so I had them, of course.
Paint: I got some Abteilung 502 high density acrylics. The idea is to dilute these with equivalent coloured acrylic inks to get a highly opaque paint that flows well, for lining out freehand work. We'll see how that goes...
And the 3rd Gen AK metallics are because I've dismissed NMM (for me), so I need to up my game with TMM. And YouTuber Miniac loves them, so I thought I'd give them a go.
The bottle is to dispense airbrush cleaner more economically. And the mini mole wrench is for my dinghy cruising toolkit - but that's another story entirely.
I loved being able to browse the equivalent of several excellent model shops, all in the same place. It's so much easier than Internet shopping, when you can see and compare the actual stuff.
Brushes: I got some Pro Arte scrollers (aka riggers) and some workhorse synthetics. I'm likely doing more with white metal, so I beefed up my prep equipment with mini needle files, sanding needles and sanding sticks, and a 2mm glass fibre burnishing pen for crevices (I've already got a 4mm one).
The tweezers looked nice, so I had them, of course.
Paint: I got some Abteilung 502 high density acrylics. The idea is to dilute these with equivalent coloured acrylic inks to get a highly opaque paint that flows well, for lining out freehand work. We'll see how that goes...
And the 3rd Gen AK metallics are because I've dismissed NMM (for me), so I need to up my game with TMM. And YouTuber Miniac loves them, so I thought I'd give them a go.
The bottle is to dispense airbrush cleaner more economically. And the mini mole wrench is for my dinghy cruising toolkit - but that's another story entirely.
Nice haul Paul. It’s amazing what you find that you didn’t need before you went isn’t it
Small tip on the glass fibres brushes, the fibres fly everywhere and can be really irritating if you get them in your hands and quite nasty if you breath them in. You can minimise that by keeping a small dish of dilute washing up liquid on your bench and dipping the GF brush in it before use
Interesting idea on the heavy bodied acrylics and inks. Let me know how that goes, it’s not an idea I’ve come across before :thumb2:. I don’t use inks much at the moment, but when I do I tend to use Daler Rowney FW inks. Really highly pigmented and flow beautifully. Last forever as well……inks are really the only way to get good depth of colour into oranges and yellows that I’ve found.
Tim, you're a star. The glass fibre brushes are incredibly effective, but very nasty to use. I was wondering if there was a way to reduce the irritation the stray fibres cause - and there you were with the answer all along!
You can soften or stiffen the abrasive effect by varying the length of the bristles as well. They were a real “go to” tool back in the day……especially for etched brass work.
Courtesy of hobby craft vouchers. 
My Telford shopping haul.
No kits :surprised: I just didn’t see anything that shouted buy me.
However I was very pleased to pick up the decal set with markings for a RN rescue Wessex which will be my entry to the next GB.
The little trees will be used in a couple of little dio’s I have planned and the rest are things I was running short of or needed replacing.
Geoff.
No kits :surprised: I just didn’t see anything that shouted buy me.
However I was very pleased to pick up the decal set with markings for a RN rescue Wessex which will be my entry to the next GB.
The little trees will be used in a couple of little dio’s I have planned and the rest are things I was running short of or needed replacing.
Geoff.
Biggest order ( Yet ) from John
Aqueous paints, thinner, varnish, Mr surfacer, burnishing fluids, Mr surfacer 1500 and AK antique bronze for propellers
And Hobbyzone stuff, extra sprue module, find these very useful . Large paint bottle rack and storage for odd bottles
Aqueous paints, thinner, varnish, Mr surfacer, burnishing fluids, Mr surfacer 1500 and AK antique bronze for propellers
And Hobbyzone stuff, extra sprue module, find these very useful . Large paint bottle rack and storage for odd bottles
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