Latest Acquisitions (2020)

[JR]

Arriving at Race Tower mail room have been the following.

What you may ask is that, well its a sheet of 1.5mm Birch ply. Hoping to be able to use it to beef up foam board sections to stop them from bending, following a conversation with Neil. Already used some for the backing for some doors.
This morning saw this arrive.


Now where-er its as good as they make out, anything to stop me flooding the plastic with glue is worth a try.
John.

[Steven000]

Just went to the post office to receive a package,
an other time-frame then my usual WWII projects but these were on my bucket list for a while now :upside:


Kind regards,
Steven

[Guest]

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I was in need of a figure for my blown-up M113, and ended up thinking the Vietnamese soldier/pimp in the above MB set looked suitable for minor conversion (helmet, carbine, etc.) for this purpose. I then ended up also ordering markings for my M4A3 HVSS and assorted bits and pieces, and a book, for other models I have in stasis or in mind

[adt70hk]

Guess where I went after work?! :thinking:
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Lee

My wife's boss also did the same thing.

I know him quite well and I interrupted their zoom call as I walked past.

He asked me how I was and then knowing I was into modelling showed me his purchase. I then showed him some of my recent builds and we spent the next 5 minutes talking about modelling. He made it very clear to my wife that I need to have my own dedicated modelling room. You can imagine how that went down!!!! :smiling5:

My wife doesn't know I bought one the kits too!!

[bilbo]

Arriving at Race Tower mail room have been the following.
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What you may ask is that, well its a sheet of 1.5mm Birch ply. Hoping to be able to use it to beef up foam board sections to stop them from bending, following a conversation with Neil. Already used some for the backing for some doors.
This morning saw this arrive.

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Now where-er its as good as they make out, anything to stop me flooding the plastic with glue is worth a try.
John.

I had the pin flow it’s great for not flooding the place with glue. But the needle does get blocked frequently, easy solved by soaking the tip in glue and wiping on paper. Only downside I found was that the needle head (the purple bit) emended up glued to the tube, and trying to remove it broke the glass tube

[Tim Marlow]

Looking at the pin flow, the needle end looks like a hypodermic needle and the tubing looks like lab glass capillary tubing? That might be the things to look for if you need spares.....a quick look shows pink (they are colour coded for size) to be an 18 gauge needle.....

[Tim Marlow]

https://www.premierhh.co.uk/bd-microlance-hypodermic-needle.html

like this....

[JR]

I had the pin flow it’s great for not flooding the place with glue. But the needle does get blocked frequently, easy solved by soaking the tip in glue and wiping on paper. Only downside I found was that the needle head (the purple bit) emended up glued to the tube, and trying to remove it broke the glass tube

Dom, thanks for the warning about the head part. When looking at it the first time I noticed how hard it was to get off and on, and that's before I fill it with glue !

Looking at the pin flow, the needle end looks like a hypodermic needle and the tubing looks like lab glass capillary tubing? That might be the things to look for if you need spares.....a quick look shows pink (they are colour coded for size) to be an 18 gauge needle.....

Thanks for the advice there Tim, I'll have a look at that link. Like a lot of tools it looks a good idea, whether it will be helpful or not time will tell .

[peterairfix]

I have decided to forgo my current card bismark in favour of a new build with laser cut frames which will make the build a whole lot easier.

[The Smythe Meister]

Arrived today....need the crew figures for my Simon T build. I could build the guns as stand alones, perhaps one with the Stielgranate rocket....
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Very nice Tim,
I like these little Zvezda Kits,although i must admit that the scale is beyond my "skills"!!! :dizzy:
That Gun looks very neat,(Or should i say "Those Guns!!),i for one would like to see at least one of them built up with your talents in this teeny weeny world!:thumb2:
The crew figures do indeed look great poses..... how are their "crispness"?!
Andy

[The Smythe Meister]

did a different version of the ZSL a while back and really enjoyed it and fancied doing something else PLA............these were on Creatives websites weekly bargains list and a friend gets discount from them so it would have been rude not to......both for less than £16 total!

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Good looking kits indeed there Paul,
One thing you can say about HobbyBoss is their attention to detail....... "Length 192.19" MM and "Width 81.3" MM!!!!!!!! Now that IS accuracy from a manufacturer !! :thumb2::tears-of-joy:
Andy

[The Smythe Meister]

Well Chaps,Despite being currently immersed in all things "Scratchy",i still can`t help myself adding to the stash!:flushed:
I must admit that i`m leaning more to the more unusual,but still WW2 era, type AFVs these days,(Well,"more unusual"to me anyway!),and with that in mind i was tempted by these three kits on Evilbay,not exactly a "Bundle",but all from the same seller,so a combined postage rate of just £4!!.....

Yeah,I know what you`re thinking...."But they`re MIRAGE kits!!!oop:
Hmmm,i like the subjects and did read several reviews before i took the plunge,(At a VERY reasonable price i may add!:thumb2,whilst i agree with the comments i read about the Tracks,i think the actual kits themselves aren`t that bad,and with some imagination,cunning and TLC they can turn out to be a respectable finish....... that`s my humble opinion anyway,but we shall see!!
Cheers for now,
Andy

[Tim Marlow]

Very nice Tim,
I like these little Zvezda Kits,although i must admit that the scale is beyond my "skills"!!! :dizzy:
That Gun looks very neat,(Or should i say "Those Guns!!),i for one would like to see at least one of them built up with your talents in this teeny weeny world!:thumb2:
The crew figures do indeed look great poses..... how are their "crispness"?!
Andy

Hi Andy
The crew are pretty good, but the guns are not quite as refined as the S model versions. Unfortunately there are only two per gun. I’m using one crew for the cobbled together version. The later modified version is getting PSC crew from the skdfz 250 box. I may make up a gun, but it’ll be later as I have other projects to get through first....

[Tim Marlow]

Well Chaps,Despite being currently immersed in all things "Scratchy",i still can`t help myself adding to the stash!:flushed:
I must admit that i`m leaning more to the more unusual,but still WW2 era, type AFVs these days,(Well,"more unusual"to me anyway!),and with that in mind i was tempted by these three kits on Evilbay,not exactly a "Bundle",but all from the same seller,so a combined postage rate of just £4!!.....
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Yeah,I know what you`re thinking...."But they`re MIRAGE kits!!!oop:
Hmmm,i like the subjects and did read several reviews before i took the plunge,(At a VERY reasonable price i may add!:thumb2,whilst i agree with the comments i read about the Tracks,i think the actual kits themselves aren`t that bad,and with some imagination,cunning and TLC they can turn out to be a respectable finish....... that`s my humble opinion anyway,but we shall see!!
Cheers for now,
Andy

Not actually sure what the left hand model is? Is it the trailer with the oildrum, or is it the one their knocking the petrol out of?

[Gary MacKenzie]

Not actually sure what the left hand model is? Is it the trailer with the oildrum, or is it the one their knocking the petrol out of?

http://armouredworld.blogspot.com/20...owy-wozek.html ... sellect english translation