discussion Latest Acquisitions (2022)

[Dave Ward]

Ooo I like that Dave

I'm wondering where I can get a suitable pilot - civilian clothes, bare headed, perhaps a little too much to expect I'll find one.................
Dave

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I'm wondering where I can get a suitable pilot - civilian clothes, bare headed, perhaps a little too much to expect I'll find one.................
Dave

I might be able to help, Dave. PM inbound

 

[peterairfix]

First new kit of the year and decals and for once dropped off together.

 

[Tim Marlow]

First new non-figure kit for ages. Bought from the LHS for the Russian group build…

 

[The Smythe Meister]

First new non-figure kit for ages. Bought from the LHS for the Russian group build…

Interesting stuff Tim
Never heard of those before... It looks very cool , I like it a lot!!
Andy

 

[adt70hk]

Interesting stuff Tim :smiling3:
Never heard of those before... It looks very cool , I like it a lot!!
Andy

First new non-figure kit for ages. Bought from the LHS for the Russian group build…

I'm just waiting for Bob to claim that its a relative of a StuG.....

 

[Airborne01]

I'm just waiting for Bob to claim that its a relative of a StuG.....

Relative --- it's the great grandfather Tovarich! Read your (revised) history!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Compared to this bad boy ‘ers more slug than Stug….this beastie had thicker frontal armour than a Tiger…..

 

[Mark1]

For the Falklands GB, just gotta try and find some Argentinian decals :rolling: easier said than done going by what I found(or not found) trawling the Internet so far.

 

[adt70hk]

Compared to this bad boy ‘ers more slug than Stug….this beastie had thicker frontal armour than a Tiger…..

Had a quick look up on line.... Interesting backstory.

 

[prichrd1]

just gotta try and find some Argentinian decals

Mark - the Argentine landing craft did not have a lot of markings on them - the main were the flag on either side and a vehicle number -
sometimes duplicated on the front but larger.

Gecko Models did a set in their LARC-V kit # 35GM0040 (This consists of 3 decals).
( Scroll down to Page 20 here - Gecko Instructions - the decals are P21 !).

You could contact Gecko direct or their UK distributor - or ask John inn the shop can he obtain them ??
Or maybe post a link on For Sale/Wanted to see if there is anyone with un-used decals from this kit?

HTH,

Paul.
:smiling:

 

[Mark1]

Thanks paul :thumb2: yeah the number I can paint, number 11 ! Nice and easy lol just the 2 flags, there's a few 1.72 plane sets I've been looking at,i know the flags are not big. Didn't think to look for larc v sets so cheers.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

............ some great stuff to see the New Year there Guys:thumb2:.
As for me? Some Figures to go with the FW I had for Christmas......

And you get the little "Extras" that you see as well as the figures,so i should be able to get a decent Dio together:rolling:!! Also,to help me get to grips with the Wingy thing camo ect,i bought this........

From AFV and figure publications i have,i think this should help a lot,i really like this Osprey stuff!
Andy

 

[Guest]

For the Falklands GB, just gotta try and find some Argentinian decals :rolling:

The Hobby Boss kit has Argentinian decals (last page but one), for a camouflaged vehicle rather than an all-green one but I doubt it will make a lot of difference. You could normally have mine, but unfortunately, as I said in the other thread, I kind of need them myself for that kit … Sorry

 

[Mark1]

The Hobby Boss kit has Argentinian decals (last page but one), for a camouflaged vehicle rather than an all-green one but I doubt it will make a lot of difference. You could normally have mine, but unfortunately, as I said in the other thread, I kind of need them myself for that kit … Sorry :smiling3:

I still have the later version of the hobby boss kit coming, I'll see what that comes with.

 

[adt70hk]

So nothing special, more of a lessons learnt issue......

.....when you're in the middle of cleaning an AB and have the needle cover off, do not, under any circumstances drop the AB point down onto a very hard surface.......:tired::tired::tired::crying::crying::crying::crying:

....fortunately the Iwata needles are about a 1/3 of the price of the nozzles....let's not get into how I know that!! :tired: :crying:

Interestingly though (at least I think so), I don't actually have an Iwata AB. Officially, my 0.2mm AB is a Tamiya Superfine AB (74514) but a number of the parts are actually Iwata, including the important bits like needle and nozzle (link). So when you consider this was well under £100 I don't think I did too badly - until of course you break bits........:sad::sad:

 

[Guest]

I still have the later version of the hobby boss kit coming, I'll see what that comes with.

I hope they’re in there, but I kind of doubt they will be, as all the later versions are of the LVTP-7A1, AAV-7A1 or later, and IIRC Argentina only had the “A0” version with the rounded headlight guards.

 

[rickoshea52]

An unexpected day off work while in Valencia lead me to Maqueta’s Casa Gimenez where I bagged Tamiya’s 1/350 Fletcher class destroyer and a tube of fine polishing paste.

Now that business travel is starting to pick up again I hope to get more model shop visits done. If all goes well my next stop will be Stoppel in Copenhagen.

 

[Lee Drennen]

First new kit of the year and decals and for once dropped off together.

Peter. Which decal variant are you planning on using for this kit

 

[Lee Drennen]

Great looking stuff guys