discussion Latest Acquisitions (2018)

[Guest]

Went into town today, and I bought a bunch of useful stuff:

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MiniArt WW2 German civilians, some of whom will receive post-war Dutch citizenship instead, and German jerrycans from Bronco, because I have a Italeri Sahariana whose jerrycans aren’t overly detailed.

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All sorts of things: some plastic strip and rod, a sheet of 0.4 mm wire mesh (not that I need it right now, but useful at some point, I’m sure), a spraying can of white primer (or at least, the shopkeeper said this is primer), some more paints, a roll of gold-coloured thread for my LVTP-5, a Nobby Nobbs figure, and some stowage boxes that I intend to use for many of the present contents of one or two of my parts boxes that are too full to find anything in anymore :smiling3:

Hi Jakko, Corporal Nobby Nobbs please he is from Ankh-Morpork don't you know.:smiling5::smiling5::smiling5:

 

[Guest]

If we’re going to be formal, it’s Corporal C. W. St J. Nobbs

 

[yambam26]

All sorts of things: some plastic strip and rod, a sheet of 0.4 mm wire mesh (not that I need it right now, but useful at some point, I’m sure), a spraying can of white primer (or at least, the shopkeeper said this is primer), some more paints, a roll of gold-coloured thread for my LVTP-5, a Nobby Nobbs figure, and some stowage boxes that I intend to use for many of the present contents of one or two of my parts boxes that are too full to find anything in anymore :smiling3:

Hi Jakko

For primer i would recommend halfords for the price as citadel tends to be a bit pricey.

Btw nice gathering of supplies :smiling3:

Cheers

 

[Gern]

If we’re going to be formal, it’s Corporal C. W. St J. Nobbs :smiling3:

So what's he gonna have hidden under his jacket then jakko? It can't be the Ankh Morpork Bridge 'cos Fred Colon guards that!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Have respect there chaps, remember, in “maskerade” he was promoted to Count DeNobbs....

 

[Guest]

For primer i would recommend halfords for the price as citadel tends to be a bit pricey.

No Halfords around here anymore (I just looked at the Dutch Halfords web site: the nearest one is over 50 km away), and even when there was, chances are that they might not have the exact same stuff as in the UK.The only other primers I can buy easily are Motif and more-or-less brandless types, neither of which are overly great. I’ve not used this type of GW primer, but the old one was very good.

 

[Guest]

Fred Colon

I still need him and Vimes to complete the basic Watch members. Then all I need to do is paint them …

 

[Guest]

Hi these two Toon Sherman tanks came today plus some copper wire.

The Shermans will be converted into a Mine roller consisting of two heavey wheels a bit like the T1 type and a Sherman w/T34 "Calliope" sorry :smirk:.


Old Puffer Pete.

 

[Guest]

I happened across a Hobbycraft shop today. Whilst looking for brushes, I was pleasantly surprised to see they had a small Tamiya section.
I couldn't resits these at six quid each

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[Guest]

The Shermans will be converted into a Mine roller consisting of two heavey wheels a bit like the T1 type and a Sherman w/T34 "Calliope" sorry :smirk:.

It sounds like you're going to make an attempt at modelling all Sherman variants, in cartoon style

I happened across a Hobbycraft shop today. Whilst looking for brushes, I was pleasantly surprised to see they had a small Tamiya section.
I couldn't resits these at six quid each

Those are both very old, but basically sound kits. There’s better-detailed ones of both available, but these still look the part and they’ll be easy to put together, at least. I built both the Tamiya and Italeri 7.5 cm PaK 40 back in my younger years, and the Italeri kit was better detailed but the Tamiya kit was much simpler to build. Also, Tamiya crew figures are posed like real people instead of the fashion dummies Italeri supplied with their kits.

 

[Guest]

It sounds like you're going to make an attempt at modelling all Sherman variants, in cartoon style QUOTE]
You got it in one mate :thumb2:.

 

[papa 695]

Hi these two Toon Sherman tanks came today plus some copper wire.

The Shermans will be converted into a Mine roller consisting of two heavey wheels a bit like the T1 type and a Sherman w/T34 "Calliope" sorry :smirk:.


Old Puffer Pete.

Looking forward to seeing these two builds Pete.

 

[Guest]

Those are both very old, but basically sound kits. There’s better-detailed ones of both available, but these still look the part and they’ll be easy to put together, at least. I built both the Tamiya and Italeri 7.5 cm PaK 40 back in my younger years, and the Italeri kit was better detailed but the Tamiya kit was much simpler to build. Also, Tamiya crew figures are posed like real people instead of the fashion dummies Italeri supplied with their kits.

I did wonder about their age. I am (and always have been) a bit wary of crew figures. I really don't think I could paint them to look anything other than exactly what they are...plastic immobile figures. One of these AT guns I'm planning of trailing behind something at some point. Or you can actually mount the PAK 35/36 on a Hanomag...well at least that's what their instructions say. So I'm wondering about that, although think the Hanomag is an oldun as well.

 

[Guest]

The Sd.Kfz. 251/10 was basically the troop carrier with a 3.7 cm PaK 36 mounted like Tamiya shows. As I recall, though, most didn’t have the gunshield, or at least one not as big as on the normal AT gun. I also think they were mostly fitted to the later Ausf. D version, with the reverse-sloped rear plate.

As for painting the figures, that doesn’t need to be very difficult to get reasonable results. Nothing that will win prizes, but better than just plain blocks of colour isn’t difficult I’ll write a post about it someday soon, I suppose …

 

[Guest]

The Sd.Kfz. 251/10 was basically the troop carrier with a 3.7 cm PaK 36 mounted like Tamiya shows. As I recall, though, most didn’t have the gunshield, or at least one not as big as on the normal AT gun. I also think they were mostly fitted to the later Ausf. D version, with the reverse-sloped rear plate.

I wasn’t near my books when I wrote there above yesterday night, but have now dug up Schützenpanzer by Bruce Culver and Uwe Feist (Bellingham: Ryton Publications, 1996, no ISBN) for more info. It says that the /10 was issued from 1940 (but doesn’t mention when in 1940 …) and the initial versions were basically as Tamiya shows them, with the full gun shield. The rear bench on each side of the hull, though, was replaced by ammunition stowage — going by the drawings, probably eight of the normal ammo boxes as supplied with the Tamiya 3.7 cm PaK 36 kit on each side, standing vertically one behind the other.

 

[peterairfix]

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[Guest]

I wasn’t near my books when I wrote there above yesterday night, but have now dug up Schützenpanzer by Bruce Culver and Uwe Feist (Bellingham: Ryton Publications, 1996, no ISBN) for more info. It says that the /10 was issued from 1940 (but doesn’t mention when in 1940 …) and the initial versions were basically as Tamiya shows them, with the full gun shield. The rear bench on each side of the hull, though, was replaced by ammunition stowage — going by the drawings, probably eight of the normal ammo boxes as supplied with the Tamiya 3.7 cm PaK 36 kit on each side, standing vertically one behind the other.

Many thanks for your research

 

[Dave W]

I got these two from a work mate today. The F82 Twin Mustang is just in a bag with a nice decal sheet and photocopied instructions. It normally comes in a box like the one in the second pic. It’s a rather crude kit but I really wanted one.




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[Allen Dewire]

Afternoon All,

Just back from the SMC in Holland on Sunday night. Great show, but not so great for the wallet, but hey, we all need a few things for our hobby….
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€5 each for the resin sets (VW motor too). The Miter box, rolling tool and the punch set were a bit more I'm afraid...
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A re-stock of the MM stuff, replacement for my 25 year old bottle of Kristal clear and new weathering materials. The brush looks cool...
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Lots of grass, no not that type! Different lengths and shades and at €3,50 each...Cheap!!!
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Pine trees for my dio (it's set in the woods). Not cheap, but I will use these as masters and make another 10 myself. Top quality!!!
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Some etch sets and Didier from Azimut didn't have the kit I wanted re-mastered yet, so I got the resin tires for the Meillerwagen and a set of Opel Blitz tires too. The upgrade for the launch table was thrown in for free...
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A ref book of my favorite thing's and the first 15 from 19 issues of Steel Masters. Missing are #'s 6, 11, 12 and 15. each issue is themed and are from 1999 forwards. In French with English subtitles and over 80 pages an issue...

I didn't buy any kits as the stash is too large, but everybody needs a rocket now and then...
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I couldn't resist buying this one...
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This is what I love the most and at €22 a set, you gotta love them even more. Giuseppe from Friul is da man!!!

They also have a raffle and you can get 3 envelopes for €5. I bought 3 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday. For my €10 worth, I had 4 winners out of 6 envelopes...

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I really love Fish Face holding the egg!!!

Time to start saving up for next year……………………………..

 

[Fernando N]

Hi all, well here's my haul from SMC found most I was looking for and some other things too...:tongue-out3:
Some kits old and new with two missile sets, the smaller SW stuff is superbly detailed BTW:
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Some figures, the anniversary fig from SMC looked like a challenge paint up:
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Tools and supplies, got a little discount on the RP Toolz and luckily Allen found the guy selling the Czech-made tools again, simple functional tools and cheaper than other manufactures:
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A bunch of add-ons with almost a complete set to upgrade a 104, detail on the Gaspatch guns is very fine too BTW:
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Some reading and reference material:
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And a stack of etch, fruils and such, don't look at the prizes got most of the FE sets for 4 each and the bigger Eduard for 8 each....
Got a good deal from Giuseppe of Fruil too 5 were 22 and 1 was 24 but since I bought them with 6 others for JR he gave a very nice discount...:smiling4:
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Always great about those big shows, that you can find a lot with some good discounts.