discussion Latest Acquisitions (2024)

[Bri62]

Just arrived

 

[Guest]

Ordered two days ago.

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Well, with the amount of biplanes I've got / doing / BUILD ME! I've gone and got this

The Hobbyzone AJ-01 Aircraft building jig. That's it put together ( a whole days work!), and the Hawker Horsely (1/72) In there for scaling.
And ALREADY it's giving me problems with bolts and butterfly nuts...
Still, needs must, and the smaller one is no longer available!

 

[Andy T]

I've got plenty of my favourite curved #15 blades to last me for years but I was getting low on straight ones.

I also bought another retractable handle while I was at it.



Horrendous postage costs that I didn't notice until after I'd ordered. I'm so used to Amazon Prime that I forget to check!

 

[Miko]

With my fascination for research types and always ready for a challenge I paid thirty pounds on eBay for this

Maintrack - Project X, Handley Page HP88



The seller neglected to pay enough postage, cost me £3.50 to accept it from the nice postie lady

Miko (my last vacuform was an Aeroclub EE P1 [Lightning predecessor] )

 

[Easyrider5258]

Couple of kits for my stash and a pot of black for the Night-Fighter Hurricane currently on the bench.

 

[adt70hk]

Evening all

So as usual I've bulk ordered the masks for my latest wingy additions.

ATB

Andrew
https://www.flickr.com/gp/139640818@N02/L95p1q3e5a

 

[Tworrs]

Just arrived :smiling2:

 

[Mark1]

Some after market for my mi-17 ,wessex hu.5 and a mask for a cessna 02a

 

[Miko]

This one will be build as the 'Empire Test Pilot School' T5 XS422 only in 'full' raspberry ripple!



Miko (every aircraft type that served at Boscombe Down and Farnborough had the red white and blue testing colours applied except the Lightning, why?)

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Not EXACTLY modelling,but it IS going up on my modelling room wall,(once I get a frame of course).......

.... Damned cool I reckon.:thumb2:

 

[Richard48]

I traded this Border models Panzer 1v G late for a RFM DAK Tiger 1.I know very little about Panzers.Was kind of hoping i would have been able to make this one as a Tunisian campaign.one.
Rich.

 

[Guest]

Delivery at Towers this afternoon.
Very detailed time line which is most helpful.
Uniforms covered as well with both ww2 photos and reenactors.

 

[Tworrs]

I bit the bullet and bought a new airbrush compressor, an AS186, which seems to have been highly regarded on this forum.
I have been using a 20 year old 25lt very noisy beast of a compressor that was a problem to keep moving around at 25kg, so here is the new baby that only weighs 5kg.

 

[Guest]

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On another forum recently, there was talk about this book (well, the UK edition) so I went looking for it, and found a copy for sale in the Netherlands, which I bought right away. This is the American edition published by Squadron/Signal, but oddly, in A4 size — I guess to avoid having to reduce it in size to fit American paper.

(For those who’ve never heard of it, this is a compilation of articles on basic and more advanced modelling techniques published in Military Modelling magazine in the 1980s, written by Bryan Fosten under the pseudonym Stan Catchpol.)

 

[Jim R]

I'll bet that book, Jakko, will be a fascinating read. Modelling 40 years ago.

 

[Tim Marlow]

On another forum recently, there was talk about this book (well, the UK edition) so I went looking for it, and found a copy for sale in the Netherlands, which I bought right away. This is the American edition published by Squadron/Signal, but oddly, in A4 size — I guess to avoid having to reduce it in size to fit American paper.

(For those who’ve never heard of it, this is a compilation of articles on basic and more advanced modelling techniques published in Military Modelling magazine in the 1980s, written by Bryan Fosten under the pseudonym Stan Catchpol.)

I never realised Stan Catchpole and the great illustrator Brian Fosten (The thin red line, by Bryan and his brother Don, is one of the great British uniform references) were one and the same…….cheers for that Jakko :thumb2:

 

[Dave Ward]

Whilst I haven't had any benchtime - I can't resist a good bargain................

£18.70 delivered!!
The suspension looks really complicated - 4 wheel drive, independent suspension with four propshafts - oh, and 4 small anti bottoming wheels -and it looks ODD
Dave

 

[Tim Marlow]

Heard that described as looking like it’s “giving birth to a jeep”. Such a great description I thought it worth repeating…..

 

[Andy the Sheep]

I traded this Border models Panzer 1v G late for a RFM DAK Tiger 1.I know very little about Panzers.Was kind of hoping i would have been able to make this one as a Tunisian campaign.one.
Rich.

Richard, try this LINK ; you'll find plenty of info and pics about Pz IV ausf G.