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  • Mini Me
    SMF Supporters
    • Jun 2018
    • 10711

    #646
    No Red Ball acquisitions allowed Paul, you simply have to buy more trucks. That is how it works! LOL..That bridge is a beauty. Glad you're building it or is it always going to be cargo?
    :smiling2: Rick H.

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    • Lee Drennen
      SMF Supporters
      • Apr 2018
      • 7711

      #647
      Yes I agree with Rick buy more trucks you need a Brockway bridge truck I think you can get one from Roco

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      • Lee Drennen
        SMF Supporters
        • Apr 2018
        • 7711

        #648
        Mail Man drooped this off today. Going to use the wheels and decals for the P-40B and the cockpit for the Hellcat

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        • Guest

          #649
          Originally posted by Paintguy
          One thing I know for sure is that it won't be red!
          I have a feeling you shouldn’t have too much trouble getting hold of an authentic colour for it, though

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          • Guest

            #650
            We've just paid a visit to Ikea for some new kitchen dining chairs and I came across this.

            Being sold as a coffee frother, but looking suspiciously like a Badger/Trumpeter paint mixer. I wasn't really in the market for one but for a single English Pound it had to be worth a shot.

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            I'll take the springy frothy making thing off and see how it goes with just the ring at the bottom.

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            • BattleshipBob
              SMF Supporters
              • Apr 2018
              • 6792
              • Bob
              • Cardiff

              #651
              What about the meatballs, very nice

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              • Mini Me
                SMF Supporters
                • Jun 2018
                • 10711

                #652
                Suggestion: Try it out in something other than paint at first just to see how it acts. If it was made to froth coffee it may turn at too high an RPM for your purposes. Have fun, Rick H.

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                • JR
                  • May 2015
                  • 18273

                  #653
                  That looks a bargain Andy. Like to hear what you think of it please .


                  Originally posted by Paintguy
                  We've just paid a visit to Ikea for some new kitchen dining chairs and I came across this.

                  Being sold as a coffee frother, but looking suspiciously like a Badger/Trumpeter paint mixer. I wasn't really in the market for one but for a single English Pound it had to be worth a shot.

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                  I'll take the springy frothy making thing off and see how it goes with just the ring at the bottom.

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                  • Guest

                    #654
                    Will do John.

                    Like I say, I wasn't really looking for one as I'm still able-bodied enough to stir manually :smiling5: especially in the volumes we deal with. Try stirring a 5 litre tin of high build primer and it's a different story! But I figured it might be a cheap alternative for those in the market.

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                    • Guest

                      #655
                      Worst-case scenario: you have to put the metal bit into paint stripper and subsequently use it to froth your coffee

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                      • JR
                        • May 2015
                        • 18273

                        #656
                        Originally posted by Paintguy
                        Will do John.

                        Like I say, I wasn't really looking for one as I'm still able-bodied enough to stir manually :smiling5: especially in the volumes we deal with. Try stirring a 5 litre tin of high build primer and it's a different story! But I figured it might be a cheap alternative for those in the market.
                        Andy .
                        Been there with wood finishes, shaking the tin to mix up so agree.
                        I made a small ply box that was glued on to a jigsaw blade for our small bottles, including the 60 ml primer, it was perfect until I left the saw on high speed and reciprocating and ripped the box off. Never got around to cleaning the blade or box up. Reminded me that I ought to do it again .

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                        • Guest

                          #657
                          Originally posted by John Race
                          I made a small ply box that was glued on to a jigsaw blade for our small bottles, including the 60 ml primer, it was perfect until I left the saw on high speed and reciprocating and ripped the box off. Never got around to cleaning the blade or box up. Reminded me that I ought to do it again .
                          There was an article in the TWENOT club magazine, De Tank, a few years ago about building a paint shaker for Vallejo-style bottles from a glue clamp and an electric jigsaw.

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                          • stillp
                            SMF Supporters
                            • Nov 2016
                            • 8093
                            • Pete
                            • Rugby

                            #658
                            Originally posted by John Race
                            Andy .
                            Been there with wood finishes, shaking the tin to mix up so agree.
                            I made a small ply box that was glued on to a jigsaw blade for our small bottles, including the 60 ml primer, it was perfect until I left the saw on high speed and reciprocating and ripped the box off. Never got around to cleaning the blade or box up. Reminded me that I ought to do it again .
                            I made an adaptor so I could fit a Tupperware plastic box to my lathe chuck, and packed it full of the 'old' Tamiya bottles I bought from Munkster a couple of years ago. Set the lathe on a very low speed, left it running for about a day. Result - no difference to the paint. It needs a bit more violent shaking action rather than just rolling.
                            Pete

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                            • stillp
                              SMF Supporters
                              • Nov 2016
                              • 8093
                              • Pete
                              • Rugby

                              #659
                              Met up with Dave, PJ, and John at the Coventry show today. Managed to resist buying until just before leaving, when I spotted this:
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                              A lot of plastic for a tenner:
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                              Just after buying this we were having a chat outside when a Spitfire flew over and gave us a display for a few minutes! Presumably one of the BBMF Spits. Great sight and sound.
                              Pete

                              Edit: it was the BBMF. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/...epa=SEARCH_BOX

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                              • BattleshipBob
                                SMF Supporters
                                • Apr 2018
                                • 6792
                                • Bob
                                • Cardiff

                                #660
                                Hi chaps,

                                Spent last week looking into my retirement pot and hoping to go at the end of the year, yippeeee! I am owed a shed of holiday money as I have been off since February so, one last big splash for a while

                                Really enjoying building the Marder and its interior, so in a for a few pounds!

                                New Tamiya Hummel plus metal barrel, looks superb

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                                One for the future carrying either a striped down Stug (looking for a photo, if it exists) or a Marder (got a photo of that), looks superb with great instructions and fit
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                                Tamiya Pz IV H plus load of PE sets

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                                This is the resin set for the Pz 111 N
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                                Finally to save me ruining the Elefant a cheapy for zimmerit practice
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