discussion Latest Acquisitions (2022)

[Airborne01]

Still short of one or two! Some I think will never resurface............... the Katori I got today had one of the tiny tubes of Japanese glue & the whole thing smelled like an abandoned bookshop - it had a Riko sticker on the side - at least 30 years old, I reckon It also had a leaflet with all the 1/700 ships - at least 70.............
Dave

Are there class ships you can modify to fill those gaps Dave?
Steve

 

[Dave Ward]

Are there class ships you can modify to fill those gaps Dave?
Steve

The ones which are difficult to find are the weird ones, like the seaplane carriers ( IJN Chitose ) that eventually were converted to proper aircraft carriers, but I have a lot of patience - but scarcity pushes those prices up...............
Dave

 

[Airborne01]

The ones which are difficult to find are the weird ones, like the seaplane carriers ( IJN Chitose ) that eventually were converted to proper aircraft carriers, but I have a lot of patience - but scarcity pushes those prices up...............
Dave

Good luck - look forward to the end result!
steve

 

[Allen Dewire]

Uhh!!!.......Just needing some Ca and de-bonder for my halftrack build, I found my online hobby shop had raised its postage. Now not being a real Pfenning pincher, I looked around for some stuff to add to my basket to make the postage worthwhile. I must have had an intense brain fart (sound familiar) and in the end, got free postage out of it....Oh lawdy!!!.......


Yea, got my CA and stuff, but then stumbled across these,



Cheaper than what MBK (Das Werk's parent firm) sells them for. The 2cm was only a prototype and it supposably sits in a Moscow Museum today.......Upon further looking around on Sockel's site, I found this beauty at a totally killer price,


Regularly €113.35 (from Brach Italy, €106.26)........I stole it for €50 and it was the last piece in stock!!!......

I've gotta stop this buying disease, so please send Matron immediately, with a shot to cure me!!!!!!!!!!...............

Prost
Allen

 

[Ian M]

A few paints, som for the Mustang others just to fill up holes in the supply

 

[KarlW]

Why do we do things like this to ourselves??????? (That's a UK 5p)

 

[AlanG]

Totally understand where you're coming from Karl. They are fiddly as #$&* but they certainly look the part when complete

 

[Allen Dewire]

Why Karl???....Because we love our hobby and love a challenge even more....Like Alan said, they do look great in the pit...........

 

[Dave Ward]

The Post Office called off their strike in respect for HRH, and so I had an unexpected delivery:

Unopened box ebay auction < £12!


Also from ebay - a best offer got this - not cheap, but I decided to treat myself!
Dave

 

[Allen Dewire]

This showed up yesterday via Hermes. From evilbay @ €22 delivered and still wrapped in cellophane,


An oldie, but a goodie..........And cheap too!!!...The buying disease continues......Just wait till next Monday or Tuesday............................

Prost
Allen (Hopeless in Bamberg)

 

[The Smythe Meister]

This showed up yesterday via Hermes. From evilbay @ €22 delivered and still wrapped in cellophane,


An oldie, but a goodie..........And cheap too!!!...The buying disease continues......Just wait till next Monday or Tuesday............................

Prost
Allen (Hopeless in Bamberg)

Very nice Allen,
You're bang on,it IS "an oldie but a goodie".... I had one in the stash but sold it a few years back when trying to "do the right thing" and thin said stash out......
..... Regretted it many a time since

 

[Allen Dewire]

Thanks Andy...I need to thin the stash too, by about 40-50 kits...Then finish about 25 WIP to get somewhere with it!!!.......

 

[Mark1]

Some etch for nagato and yamoto,a few other handy bits too.

 

[rickoshea52]

A little detour to Hannant’s in Hendon on my way home from Heathrow today.

 

[Dave Ward]

Postie has achieved the art of slipping things through my letterbox without any noise! This was delivered sometime this morning

From ebay, 2 for < £10 - from China, about 2 weeks, not bad
Dave

 

[Valeron]

A little detour to Hannant’s on my way home from Heathrow today.

Amazing place isn't it. (Hannants, not Heathrow) I've only been there once, earlier this years and it's a wall to wall modellers paradise.

 

[rickoshea52]

Amazing place isn't it. (Hannants, not Heathrow) I've only been there once, earlier this years and it's a wall to wall modellers paradise.

It was the Hendon shop, I should been clearer.

 

[Allen Dewire]

The buying disease continues......Just wait till next Monday or Tuesday............................

But the postman rang at 10:00 this morning and handed me a large box,


No, it's not a coffee machine...It was from a seller on evilbay who had 3 Panther kits for sale in one lot. Now you know I love my kitty's, so I got up a gawd dark thirty on Thursday, had a fit of crazy and threw a stupid bid on it....And won the lot. He also had written that maybe some of the tracks could be missing. No probs, as I have enough Friuls for them.......Anyway, here's what was in the box,




Upon inspecting each one, there was nothing missing at all. 100% complete kits in each box. Nice!!!......Being retired is getting rather expensive lately and my building of kits isn't getting any faster either, but for under €115 delivered (in 2 days) I ain't complaining at all, but the wallet sure is...........MATRON, MATRON!!!...WHERE YOU AT???....................................

Prost
Allen

 

[minitnkr]

Just like 'upper', never around when needed and underfoot when not.

 

[Andy the Sheep]

But the postman rang at 10:00 this morning and handed me a large box,

No, it's not a coffee machine...It was from a seller on evilbay who had 3 Panther kits for sale in one lot. Now you know I love my kitty's, so I got up a gawd dark thirty on Thursday, had a fit of crazy and threw a stupid bid on it....And won the lot. He also had written that maybe some of the tracks could be missing. No probs, as I have enough Friuls for them.......Anyway, here's what was in the box,

Upon inspecting each one, there was nothing missing at all. 100% complete kits in each box. Nice!!!......Being retired is getting rather expensive lately and my building of kits isn't getting any faster either, but for under €115 delivered (in 2 days) I ain't complaining at all, but the wallet sure is...........MATRON, MATRON!!!...WHERE YOU AT???....................................

Prost
Allen

Allen, 3 full interior kitties on the home threshold for just 115€! That's what I call a bargain! :money-face:
I have to keep myself at safe distance from evilbay or .... well, you know what I mean, spirit is strong but the wallet locker is weak and the stash cannot take the upper hand, SWMBO has it! :tongue-out2:
I guess those three are already merrily purring in your stash. :smiling:

Andrea