You have better boot sales there than we do here Chris!
Pete
Pete
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HI Pete its jen who finds them an buys them for me im to busy ZZZZZZZZZZ in the car
chris
Hi Simon, yes it comes with the rail tracks, base and sleepers. I thought it was a good buy. Won't be doing the Stug soon as I take ages and it won't be fair to the GB. I still have to get over the animal and even the night fighter build which is long overdue.
Cheers,
Richard
I will be building the Stug IV from Italeri which I already have fingers crossed.
Just acquired something which was once described as opening a can of worms...basically starting a ship genre of 1/700 and 1/350. I have enough already on my plate but I just couldn't resist this...
I have always wanted to do the USS Texas which was the sister ship to the USS New York and missed the Dragon kit which is not being produced and hard to find. I walked into the LHS and there it was, the new tooled New York by Trumpeter.
So it's now added to the growing stash of ships or should I say an overflowing can of worms. It has the basic PE for the catapult, cranes and mast but I will still need to stock up on the railings.
Cheers,
Richard
I have always wanted to do the USS Texas which was the sister ship to the USS New York and missed the Dragon kit which is not being produced and hard to find. I walked into the LHS and there it was, the new tooled New York by Trumpeter.
So it's now added to the growing stash of ships or should I say an overflowing can of worms. It has the basic PE for the catapult, cranes and mast but I will still need to stock up on the railings.
Cheers,
Richard
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I went to the largest model show in the Netherlands today, and though it was the usual fare (lots of model railroads, large-scale ships, etc.) I did buy some interesting books, a kit and some tools:
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Though I already have a Historex punch and die set, this RP one has a lot more sizes, and I also have a Chopper already, but this RP one is a lot more practical and, well, better quality — not to mention has scales marked on it in real, usable units
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Though I already have a Historex punch and die set, this RP one has a lot more sizes, and I also have a Chopper already, but this RP one is a lot more practical and, well, better quality — not to mention has scales marked on it in real, usable units
HI jakko
Nice stuff there. I saw that RP cutter at a show and wish I'd bought it. Very sturdy and well made. I also have a cutter but it was cheap and is pretty useless. Let us know how you find the RP one.
Jim
Nice stuff there. I saw that RP cutter at a show and wish I'd bought it. Very sturdy and well made. I also have a cutter but it was cheap and is pretty useless. Let us know how you find the RP one.
Jim
HI Jakko did you take any pics ?I went to the largest model show in the Netherlands today, and though it was the usual fare (lots of model railroads, large-scale ships, etc.) I did buy some interesting books, a kit and some tools:
Though I already have a Historex punch and die set, this RP one has a lot more sizes, and I also have a Chopper already, but this RP one is a lot more practical and, well, better quality — not to mention has scales marked on it in real, usable units
chris
G
I wasn’t overly happy with my Chopper II, I can tell you that. It works, but it feels, well … as the American quality it is (apologies to the American members here
). The RP one is much more sturdy and simply feels much better, which IMHO is always a good indicator when it comes to tools — plus it has adjustable angle thingies instead of a couple of loose ones that need grinding to even have flat sides. I’ve not used the new one yet, but I’ll try to remember to mention my experience with it it when I do In the Zeelandhallen in Goes, which is, at a guess, maybe 200 km from Roermond as the crow flies. Oh, good guess: I just asked Google Maps for a route between the two, and it says it’s 198 km by the fastest way
In case you’re ever in the area, the show is held every third weekend of February, if I’m not mistaken.Sorry, no. I didn’t see anything interesting enough to me to want to take photos of
However, I did find an impression of last year’s show on YouTube when I looked for pictures just now. All the talk is in Dutch (and the automatically generated English subtitles that YouTube provides are atrocious), but it give a good idea of what’s to be seen.
I also attended a model show today at the Tank Museum, like Jakko I didn't take photos either but I did part with some pennies and got the following...
I have a weird interest in Israeli armour at the mo???
Lee
I have a weird interest in Israeli armour at the mo???
Lee
G
I would have loved there to have been a kit of that when I was on an M48/M60 trip about twenty years ago
The IDF have awesome hardware, ok, it has spawned from other vehicles but what a difference!
Lee
:hugging-face: Still sitting on the shelf of doom, it gets looked at periodically - probably should finish that one first, although I suspect the Miniart will be much better due to more information being available these days
Couple of nice purchases arrived today. Off e bay , the caracal decals sheet for nato ‘hinds’, this will eventually be used on the second minihobby 1/48 hind i bought , the green /grey/ blue czech scheme being the one i want to do. The other bundle was a purchase from John at our own scale models shop. The IBG models 1/72 pzl 23 karas polish light bomber and the hataka polish paint set. The IBG kit is a beautiful bit of tooling , with very detailed interior , crisp delicate mouldings and even a pe fret ( although strangely no seat belts on it ?) I did the old Heller kit as a kid and have always loved the look of this aircraft, so when i saw this and it was only about £11 i had to get it.
what search parameters do you all use to trawl ebay - I only ever seem to see people selling overpriced kits etc.
G
I was in the (rough) area of Hannants today, so stopped in to Lowestoft and was welcomed in by the excellent chaps within!
Came away with this lot:
Only realising when I took this picture that I don’t need the buccaneer wing fold set. Whoops.
Came away with this lot:
Only realising when I took this picture that I don’t need the buccaneer wing fold set. Whoops.
Hi warren the kit was from John at our very own scale models shop , £10.67 plus postage ( i bought the paint from him too so the postage was combined ) bargain! I do use ebay quite a bit , I search - model kits , then turn off the newly listed button , then filter it to military aircraft, civilian aircraft and helicopters , and then sort it to ending soonest and sometimes auction only . I just have a trawl through the first dozen pages every day or so then i dont miss much . There are bargains to be found and you soon get to know what a kits worth (ie. what it sells for as opposed to what people ask for it !) cheers tony
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