discussion Latest Acquisitions (2025)

[John]

New year new thread.

 

[rickoshea52]

 

[Steven000]

Got a few more books for Xmas,

Erlawerk VII is about our local airfield in Antwerp which was used by the Luftwaffe as a repairshop, the Allies tried to bomb it, but missed and killed 936 civilians Instead...

Cheers

 

[langy71]

Been completely out of the modelling 'game' for a while, major mojo loss,

However my son purchased the 1/48 Hawker Hunter from Airfix for my christmas present and that got me fancying building a couple of aircraft to break up the armour I normally do,
so a quick wander around the interwebs and I managed to grab this the other day,
After having a look over the sprues I'm totally stunned by the level of detail packed into the kit, so after way too long I'm looking forward to making a start,

 

[pjgtech]

Just couple of bits from the local model shop....

 

[pjgtech]

Another item from our very own SMS, cheers...
A small AK PE bending jig.

 

[adt70hk]

Nice!

 

[adt70hk]

Saw this at Telford a couple of years ago and they are stunning!

 

[adt70hk]

Hi all

Firstly apologies for not being around much recently but sickness hit the house over Christmas and I'm still not fully over it a week later.

So the following is a summary of recent arrivals, some Christmas related and some 'general' purchases, so not strictly speaking 2025 but you'll have to forgive me

ACW as usual

ATB

Andrew

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'General' arrivals

• The brown packaged contains 650 sheets of the packing paper I use to line the bottom of my spray booth (someone on a local FB group was getting rid of it very cheap just before Christmas....for those familiar with the UK, it's the same paper that fish and chip shops use!!
  
• The paint in the middle is for my entry to a Mustang GB on another forum I am on.
• Masks for some recent wingy purchases

Christmas arrivals

• Tempest and tea were Secret Santa presents from someone at work - clearly they know me very well!!!!
  
• The Spitfire, mask, SdKfz231 and chocolates were from the kids. I think you will agree that they have a keen eye!
  
• Bought the Hasegawa Typhoon with some Christmas money and even got some cash off the sticker price thanks to a birthday voucher from early December. I've been debating getting one of these for a while now, as even though the kit is 25 years old it's still the best 1/48 Tiffy out there and it's the one kit missing from my collection. Not saying that this is the final kit for the stash but there aren't any others I want when I browse the internet.

 

[Tim Marlow]

The 231 is a nice kit. I did the 263 for a shelf of doom build a little while ago, which you might remember?

 

[adt70hk]

Thanks Tim Good to hear and I do indeed remember it! Hope all is well with you you.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Thanks Tim Good to hear and I do indeed remember it! Hope all is well with you you.

Yep, all good. Not greatly enthused about modelling at the moment, but I’m sure that will improve….

 

[Jim R]

Toblerone - yum, yum, yum

 

[wotan]

Here's my latest acquisition. 21" electric snow blower. I'm too old for all that shovelling. I understand that some of you guys could use this today.


John

 

[Jim R]

My son lives in Michigan and has one very similar. Some winters it gets plenty of use.

 

[Tim Marlow]

My son lives in Michigan and has one very similar. Some winters it gets plenty of use.

Must admit, I looked at it and thought “if I’d had one of those when I was twenty it wouldn’t have ten hours in it yet”…..great tool in the right climate though…

 

[pjgtech]

New just in from the Airfix Jan / New Year Sale... a nice little Mk1 Tank in 1:76 scale....

 

[minitnkr]

We got about 6" of powder last night & it's still falling at a pretty good rate. No wind so easy shoveling. About 20F so pretty brisk.
Well another 3" since breakfast, still powder thank god, but now a little breezy. Brrrrrrr
BTW, love the Ferrari badge on the tractor.

 

[pjgtech]

Got these yesterday from local model shop.... couple of brushes, only cheapies, some new glue (Contacta) and couple of small sanding strips (Ammo)...

 

[Jim R]

That Contacta is very useful stuff. Much slower to dry but that can often be an advantage.