discussion Latest Acquisitions (2025)

[spanner570]

A delivery from the Easter Bunny (Well, a good mate of mine)
A few days ago I happened to mention to him about using foam board in my model making.

"Oh, right" He replied, somewhat dismissively..

Today he turned up with these.....It turned out he knew someone who made advertising and display stuff.

"He owed me a favour" said my mate, with a wink.

Here is the haul. Around a dozen off-cut boards. Each one is approx. 4ft. X 18" All are 5 mm thick. I've tried a bit of one and the engraving/ carving capabilities are first class. Top quality boards.








Should keep this old fa** going for a while......

Cheers.
Ron

 

[stillp]

I wish my old mates were that useful!
Pete

 

[Jim R]

Very useful. A nice gift from your mate.

 

[PaulTRose]

Another wooden kit.....one ive not seen before so had to get it

At least it aint a boat lol

 

[Stefee]

That looks really interesting.

 

[Stefee]

As my mojo returns with a hunger I decided to feed it.
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[PaulTRose]

That Sunny truck looks nice

 

[Stefee]

That Sunny truck looks nice

We had one for many years back in South Africa as the workshop run around, bought after the original owner rolled it during a snowstorm in Johannesburg.

 

[PaulTRose]

These days the sunny pick up is a bit of a cult collectors car.....especially in europe where we never had it officially

 

[Stefee]

It was a great series of vehicles, had a 1200 GX 4 door ( Twin carbs which were a copy of SUs). The engine was a direct crib of the BMC A series engine but no oil leaks. The engine was later bored out to 1400cc and continued in production as a pick up until the 2000s.

 

[pjgtech]

Forgot to add this during the week. new vaccy.....

 

[BattleshipBob]

Another for the fleet!
got more than the imperial Japanese navy!

 

[adt70hk]

Nice haul Tim. I've got the RFM Firefly in the stash too!

 

[adt70hk]

nice one bob!

 

[Miko]

Soooooo, as mentioned elsewhere in the forum I discovered 'Girls und Panzer' recently, (or 'GuP as the cool kids are calling it) in the last week or so I've binge watched the initial series the film the OVA's the specials and the 'finale' set thus far, it's kind of compelling viewing with brilliant amination well written and authentic plot (although the whole concept is a bit daft and much artistic licence is taken) sub plots and intriguing character development leading to me being invested at an emotional level, (yes, I know, they're anime characters) I find myself hoping for a positive outcome for the girls of Oorai Academy! After a late night session this happened . . .



missus Miko is already suspicious of me watching high school girls battling WWII era tanks for sport and must never know of this impulse purchase! Ha!

 

[PaulTRose]

missus Miko is already suspicious of me watching high school girls battling WWII era tanks for sport and must never know of this impulse purchase! Ha!

Well this could be fun lol

 

[Geoffers]

Latest and last purchase for a while as I’m self imposing a bit of a halt on buying for a while as over done it a bit lately


I’ve been after one of these for a while but not been able to find one at a reasonable price until now

Geoff.

 

[Jim R]

Interesting. A subject we very rarely see.

 

[LeytonO]

Just bought these DSPIAE Tweezers, mine from a three for a fiver Revell set were getting a bit past their best set.
Look and feel very good, points meet accurately, maybe the tips can be replaced, not sure though.
Might well get the flat and angled versions having seen and tried these ones first

 

[Richard48]

Whitley in white scheme looks great.Ive had to stop buying so much as well.100 kits in stash and not decreasing.But retail therapy doesnt hurt its good for the soul i say.