discussion Latest Acquisitions (2020)

[outrunner]

Last major purchases for this year.
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New compressor as the one I was using is borrowed from a mate and it is time it was returned to him.
And this...............
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If you are going to buy a gun, buy a big one.

Andy.

 

[EdStep]

My latest additions to the kits. They are so different from the cheap crud I bought, broke, and sent back.

 

[Jim R]

I use Gator Glue rather a lot so having read Alan G's post about Gator Glue ceasing production I thought I had better build up my stock. Hard to find but eventually found a shop in Germany with stock. It arrived this morning :tongue-out3:




I've not tried the Thin stuff before.

One interesting thing - those white packing pieces. Well these aren't plastic. They are made of corn starch and dissolve easily in water. So instead of plastic in the environment you just wash them down the sink :thumb2: I thought that was good.

Jim

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nice buy Jim. WRT the corn starch packing, it’s great stuff, but don’t use them to pack finished models if you’re moving. If they get damp they can stick to the model.....guess how I know!

 

[boatman]

YEA Tim you found out the hard way
chris

 

[BattleshipBob]

The right tracks, yeehaa.



3D tool clamps, look very nice, will see though!

 

[dave]

Few more books for reference today, you can never have too many books.

 

[spanner570]

Thanks to Dave's heads up, I've just returned from L**l with this fistful of 'Starter' kits.

Superb little models to construct.

The glues, paints and brushes will all keep me going for ages - and all at a fraction of the cost of similar 'superior' stuff.


...and guess what? I'm off out to Al** tomorrow for some more!

Regards.
John Noakes

 

[Dave Ward]

An extremely late delivery from my postie - 2 more ebay pounces................

The Pfalz is one of the earlier Eduard models ( 1996-7 ), the ICM, a 2019 reboxing of their 2015 Soviet version.
Purchases made sweeter, due to some very nice auction prices!
Dave

 

[AlanG]

Very jealous of your books Dave. Some great reads there

 

[Peej]

Received this kit this morning from my son, David, for my birthday.

 

[papa 695]

Very nice Paul and happy birthday.

 

[Mini Me]

Yes, Happy Birthday old boy.

 

[Peej]

Thanks guys.

 

[peterairfix]

A quick dive into lidl and I came out with these four.

 

[Steven000]

In our Lidl (over the channel) only vegetables... :sad-face:

 

[adt70hk]

I'm blaming my complete lack of will power on Dave and Ron for this purchase.

Whilst out on my end of day constitutional, which takes me past Lidl, I somehow found myself inside armed with my credit card like a number of others on here. I did manage to restrict myself to one item though.....

ATB

Andrew

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[spanner570]

Nice one Andrew. It makes up into a great kit. That's why I bought another two of these Hurries yesterday.

 

[Guest]

To my great surprise we had a postal delivery today, a Sunday. normally we do nt have any deliveries over the weekend so our local postoffice must be busy.

this what was delivered:
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i have wanted these for a while but everywhere I looked was out of stock. I happended to be flicking through an Axminster Tools catalogue and lo and behold, they had some. Only ordered on Thursday so pretty good service.

as an aside, my children (In their 20's) were amazed When I told them that buying mail order in the 70's could mean waiting 28 days so the cheque would clear - how times have changed!

Peter

Great company to deal with Peter, I can remember their first catalogue, it was in black and white and consisted of about 5 pages. Different from today. Bought most of my workshop equipment from them.

 

[peterairfix]

Just dropped off at the door it's one that I have always promised myself.