discussion Latest Acquisitions (2025)

[Nicko]

When I saw this book, I had to get a copy.



There's some great inspiration in here and I have some association with the place. Back in the early/mid 80s I got on site at Bentwaters to replace a crankshaft oil seal on a road plane that was being used as part of a job to resurface some of the taxi-ways. I spent perhaps a liitle too much time watching the planes that day. In the summer of 1990 I was working outside in the general area and got to watch plenty of A10s flying about - as well as the RAF doing rehearsals for BoB 50th Anniversary. More recently between 2010 and 2018, I spent quite a bit of time working on site at Woodbridge when 23Engrs were base there. One of the jobs was as part of the refurbishment of the old school on the base - all the coat hooks still had the names of the last American kids to have attended. I'm hoping there'll be a Wattisham edition at some point.

Nick

 

[Airborne01]

Way back in the 70's there was an exercise involving landing long, flexible, floating fuel barges , called 'Dracones' from a tanker out at sea with' tank farms' (temporary fuel depots based on flexible rubber tanks (called pillow tanks as I recall)) built on shore to service these airfields!
Steve

 

[stillp]

Back in the early/mid 80s I got on site at Bentwaters to replace a crankshaft oil seal on a road plane that was being used as part of a job to resurface some of the taxi-ways. I spent perhaps a liitle too much time watching the planes that day. In the summer of 1990 I was working outside in the general area and got to watch plenty of A10s flying about - as well as the RAF doing rehearsals for BoB 50th Anniversary. More recently between 2010 and 2018, I spent quite a bit of time working on site at Woodbridge when 23Engrs were base there. One of the jobs was as part of the refurbishment of the old school on the base - all the coat hooks still had the names of the last American kids to have attended. I'm hoping there'll be a Wattisham edition at some point.

Nick

I spent some time at Bentwaters sorting out sensors on the hangar doors. Those A10s are loud aren't they!
Pete

 

[adt70hk]

Ok chaps, so this lot has arrived in drips and drabs over the past three weeks....all of course absolutely essential and some of it even free thanks to some special offers and a complaint on eBay.

ACW

Andrew

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One can never have too much paint....need it for the Corsair






Most of this was free thanks to an offer.....snippers very cheap but not at all bad for the price....will probably give them away to someone new to modelling that has just joined our club.







Not free but a good price and looks very good on the sprue







My first ever bad experience on eBay...

.....missing part and IP decal, not sealed as promised and completely misrepresented the nature of the kit, and in hindsight photoshopped the box to make it look better than it was.

Fortunately, before buying it I had asked him if it was intact and he said yes - all recorded on eBay messenger. When I complained he refunded all of the money and didn't want the kit back....his response was "Sorry to hear that.....", like he could not have known. I think I basically caught him out.......so in the end this was also free.







Thanks to an introductory offer online, I only had to pay for the Buffalo and the clips, so reckon it came in about half price.

The clips are bendable and stick to the base using magnets, which is already proving handy. The Buffalo comes with very nice looking resin printed tyres.













Picked these three up at the Coventry and Warwickshire IMPS show last week, again all for at least half price on them new...if not more.

£5 for the Mustang and £10 for the Swordfish. The Famo and gun kit is like hens teeth and goes for silly money - the Famo on it's own goes for about £16 new and I only paid £20 for the whole kit.

 

[adt70hk]

VERY nice haul Bob!

 

[adt70hk]

You could always sell them and get some of your money back!

 

[Geoffers]

Nice haul Andrew

Glad you managed to avoid being ripped off on eBay, most sellers are fine but you do have to tread carefully

 

[adt70hk]

Geoffers - Geoff, I'm actually lucky in some respects. When I found all the issues, I asked for £5 so I could get an AM instrument panel and also to cover the inconvenience, and was so mildly surprise when he refunded it in full soon after getting my message. The missing part is not a biggy all-in-all and I have a way around it.

 

[Miko]

Another tank for the stash



To be built as . . .

 

[LeytonO]

Bought this little gadget, its a Green Stuff World brush rinser and also did a little write up on it here too
https://www.scalemodelling.co.uk/fo...-reviews/1261380-gsw-brush-rinser#post1261380

 

[stillp]

I was dragged round the East Midlands Designer Outlet today while SWMBO "saved a fortune" by buying loads of bargains, but she very kindly bought me this:
I haven't built one of these wooden models yet, but for only £13.59 of her ladyship's money I'll have a go.
Pete

 

[PaulTRose]

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I haven't built one of these wooden models yet, but for only £13.59 of her ladyship's money I'll have a go.
Pete

Ive seen that built up......looks quite impressive

 

[spanner570]

Pete, a word in your ear.

With all of these type of 'Press together' wooden models, don't try and push the parts together with your finger ends. You will soon regret it - Unless you like a bit of pain later on that is!

Use summat metal and flat to squeeze them together. A letter opener for instance.

Here endeth the lesson.....

 

[stillp]

Thanks Ron. The back end of my tweezers works well.

 

[Richard48]

Not another Phantom i hear you say!!

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

I am on a roll with this space stuff. Just bought one of these for £30 including postage. Seems like quite a fair bit of model for a half decent price. Only downside is it is of the ill fated "Columbia" and I would rather it have been of one of the others. Looks like it makes up into a decent model.

 

[scottie3158]

I understand your feelings about it being the Columbia, build it as a tribute to the crew.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

I understand your feelings about it being the Columbia, build it as a tribute to the crew.

Its a valid point Paul. I will do that.

 

[PaulTRose]

Not another Phantom i hear you say!!

Can never have too many Tooms!

Such an interesting aircraft

 

[Richard48]

Can never have too many Tooms!

Such an interesting aircraft

Yes but i have a serious addiction.8 Fujimi FGR2s,One F4m which is again an FGR2 with earlier tail and parts to do a recon/Strike version,Now got to get Fujimis FG1 kit so i have the missile rails all my FGR2s havent.A kind gent Neil is kindly going to help me by doing the Sidewinders and rails for me.Teach me to buy kits without looking at in depth reviews to access the contents etc.Lesson learnt!!!