discussion Latest Acquisitions (2021)

[GerryW]

Oh yes , lovely watch !

Well out of my price bracket!

 

[outrunner]

Put in an offer for this and got it.
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It was marked as used but was in the box like new.

Andy.

 

[Dave Ward]

Poor postie delivered these in the middle of a nasty hailstorm!

paints for my Japanese WWII Fighters etc........

An ebay swoop - one bid & got it for less than £20 - it doesn't have the outer box, as if that matters!

Dave :smiling4:

 

[Guest]

New airbrush arrived.
Thanks to everyone for their feedback. Had a quick handle and it feels solid.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Chris
I am sure you have made a good choice and the Iwata will serve you well.
Jim

The nozzle is very tiny and the screw threads are delicate. You will rarely need to remove it but unscrew it carefully over a tray and put it back gently so as not to cross thread it and don't over tighten it.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Tim!

I have to point out that this is the first time I have bought an airbrush from new! I just tried it out and my goodness what a difference! This is so responsive and accurate, the coverage is amazing and the level of control you have means I will have to unlearn some of my bad habits.

I don't know why I was worried about needle size; I was able to paint a 1mm wide line with no effort. I was lucky if I could get a 10mm line with the old one!

 

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So these paints have arrived over the last few days and so I can now get on with painting my DAK figures.

And no I'm not taking up golf.....I saw Tim used them as stands for painting his 1/72 figures and thought genius idea. I've tried to be a bit environmentally friendly by getting wooden ones.

ATB

Andrew


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[adt70hk]

New airbrush arrived.
Thanks to everyone for their feedback. Had a quick handle and it feels solid.

Chris

Take Jim's overtightening warning very seriously.......I sheared mine off using the supplied spanner......cost me £40 to replace......AB only cost £100......

Get one of the Iwata Nozzle wrenches - they work with any similar nozzle type......I'm not saying it's impossible to overtighten with them but it takes a lot more effort.

ATB

Andrew

 

[Guest]

Take Jim's overtightening warning very seriously.....

Thanks Andrew, I will. Finger tight for now!

 

[Mark1]

Chris

Take Jim's overtightening warning very seriously.......I sheared mine off using the supplied spanner......cost me £40 to replace......AB only cost £100......

Get one of the Iwata Nozzle wrenches - they work with any similar nozzle type......I'm not saying it's impossible to overtighten with them but it takes a lot more effort.

ATB

Andrew

I've done that too, lucky it was just a cheapy a.b.

 

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So these paints have arrived over the last few days and so I can now get on with painting my DAK figures.

And no I'm not taking up golf.....I saw Tim used them as stands for painting his 1/72 figures and thought genius idea. I've tried to be a bit environmentally friendly by getting wooden ones.

ATB

Andrew


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So it turns out I wasted my money in two of these bottles......:tired::sad::sad:

In one case, when doing my usual home made swatch with the new arrivals I discovered that I already had a Revell and Humbrol that were VERY close.....

Annoyingly the app I (and a few of us use) said there was no equivalent and on the screen the colour definitely had a greenish tinge to the brown, which it definitely didn't have out of the bottle..... C'est la vie....

More annoyingly though, with the other paint, I clearly hadn't properly checked my list of paints I already had in stock......and so now I have two....DOH!!!

 

[Mark1]

So it turns out I wasted my money in two of these bottles......:tired::sad::sad:

In one case, when doing my usual home made swatch with the new arrivals I already had a Revell and Humbrol that were VERY close.....

Annoyingly the app I (and a few of us use) said there was no equivalent and on the screen the colour definitely had a greenish tinge to the brown, which I definitely didn't have..... C'est la vie....

More annoyingly though, with the other paint, I clearly haven't checked my list of paints I already had in stock......and so now I have two....DOH!!!

You'll just convince your self everything looks good in them colours for a while :tongue-out3:

 

[The Smythe Meister]

So it turns out I wasted my money in two of these bottles......:tired::sad::sad:

In one case, when doing my usual home made swatch with the new arrivals I discovered that I already had a Revell and Humbrol that were VERY close.....

Annoyingly the app I (and a few of us use) said there was no equivalent and on the screen the colour definitely had a greenish tinge to the brown, which I definitely didn't have out of the bottle..... C'est la vie....

More annoyingly though, with the other paint, I clearly haven't checked my list of paints I already had in stock......and so now I have two....DOH!!!

HA!! Done that myself a few times Andrew!!:tears-of-joy::loudly-crying:
....... That`ll be why i have 3 German Dark Greens and several Khaki Greys!!
Andy

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Well..... It seems that the "Phrase ,"Slowly,slowly,catchy monkey",might apply here!!......
Some of you may remember that i was after a 1/35th "Huey" about a month ago,but the only one that REALLY got my attention was a Dragon kit. Unfortunately the myriad of online stores had sold out,leaving 3 on Evilbay....... 1 bidding at £75 plus outrageous P&P,and 2 with a starting bid of £100:dizzy:,obviously that wasn`t gonna happen....... SO,i left one of those "Please Email me when it`s back in stock" messages on an online shop,(Based in French France i now know!), that i`d never used before,expecting nothing positive to be honest.....mainly because they were showing it for £29.99 plus £8.99 P&P:flushed:,
I read mixed reviews about them,but PayPal was an option,so, "Nothing ventured,nothing gained" thought I !!
3 days later i got the "It`s in stock" Email,i paid instantly,crossed my fingers and waited,that was on Saturday 10th of this month........

..... and today here it is!!......
It`s HUEY HUGE!!..... what an absolute result,one chuffed bunny down ere in Devon,even if i did have to get it from a French based company......( sorry,inbuilt Devonian rivalry with ANYTHING French rearing it`s head there:tears-of-joy: !!),i have to say that their service,IMHO,is first class:thumb2:,
I just can`t wait to get stuck into this,HOWEVER...... My Patton dio WILL be completed,the Sheridan WILL be built/painted first......
........ Well,that`s the plan!
ONE thing that is for sure though...... no more buying of kits for me this year:thumb2: ,
Andy

 

[GerryW]

Well..... It seems that the "Phrase ,"Slowly,slowly,catchy monkey",might apply here!!......
Some of you may remember that i was after a 1/35th "Huey" about a month ago,but the only one that REALLY got my attention was a Dragon kit. Unfortunately the myriad of online stores had sold out,leaving 3 on Evilbay....... 1 bidding at £75 plus outrageous P&P,and 2 with a starting bid of £100:dizzy:,obviously that wasn`t gonna happen....... SO,i left one of those "Please Email me when it`s back in stock" messages on an online shop,(Based in French France i now know!), that i`d never used before,expecting nothing positive to be honest.....mainly because they were showing it for £29.99 plus £8.99 P&P:flushed:,
I read mixed reviews about them,but PayPal was an option,so, "Nothing ventured,nothing gained" thought I !!
3 days later i got the "It`s in stock" Email,i paid instantly,crossed my fingers and waited,that was on Saturday 10th of this month........

..... and today here it is!!......
It`s HUEY HUGE!!..... what an absolute result,one chuffed bunny down ere in Devon,even if i did have to get it from a French based company......( sorry,inbuilt Devonian rivalry with ANYTHING French rearing it`s head there:tears-of-joy: !!),i have to say that their service,IMHO,is first class:thumb2:,
I just can`t wait to get stuck into this,HOWEVER...... My Patton dio WILL be completed,the Sheridan WILL be built/painted first......
........ Well,that`s the plan!
ONE thing that is for sure though...... no more buying of kits for me this year:thumb2: ,
Andy

Hope you've tied it down - the winds you've got might blow it to Wales! :tongue-out3:

 

[The Smythe Meister]

HA!! Very true Gerry...... It`s blowing a Gale here today.......
...... it may well make it past Wales!!:dizzy:

 

[GerryW]

HA!! Very true Gerry...... It`s blowing a Gale here today.......
...... it may well make it past Wales!!:dizzy:

Yes, my sister's at Hatherleigh

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Blimey,I know it well........,nice little place!!
A bit North from me,about 35mile i reckon,but as most of my work is for SWW,and their training centre is up there,i visit often!

 

[GerryW]

Blimey,I know it well........,nice little place!!
A bit North from me,about 35mile i reckon,but as most of my work is for SWW,and their training centre is up there,i visit often!

She 'splits' her time between there & Oke - farm at Hatherleigh, home at Oke (not that she gets 'home' that often due to the stock!)

 

[Jack L]

I suppose technically an acquisition...have begun renting a new house, and to my surprise, a very suitable man cave waiting in the loft with a couple of desks, chair, display shelves and more power sockets than I can shake a stick at. Have done some repair work on the desks so will have to decide on a layout while the wood glue sets. But should do the job nicely.