Latest Acquisitions (2024)

[pjgtech]

More paint (Vallejo), and new magnifying lamp (Artdot)...

[pjgtech]

Collected my little auction haul, 5x model kits, all 1:72, all planes.... all still sealed in their boxes!
£15 in total, so only £3 each.... result! ?

[PaulTRose]

A few nice items there......the P47 should go together well as its Academy....and the Pzl and Hanriot look very interesting

[Geoffers]

My Airfix Black Friday bargain arrived today.

I used up my Airfix Hobby Reward points too so even cheaper ?.

Thanks Peter (pjtech) for posting about the sale ?.

Geoff.

[adt70hk]

Ok chaps.....

So normal service has been resumed in the past 10 days or so with a range of arrivals, some free, most not and one even in keeping with my last completed build.

ACW as usual

ATB

Andrew

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So the son of someone at our club got married recently and had some table settings for which these were the bases. He gave one to me and our club secretary to base models on. I'm not sure what tree it's from but it's very light and almost 'furry'...a bit like balsa wood.







Got put onto these by our very own @geoffers.....lost count of how many times I've wanted something like these...not that expensive and should last me a life time...











Reinforcements for my German artillery part....2nd hand on Fleabay for a good price






This fills a missing gap in my Japanese wingy stash....






One can never have too many Tiffies.....as you may recall, I have built this boxing once already and have another four in the stash to do a cab-rank rocket flight but this popped up on Fleabay for a good price and so I will do this as the bomber option.






Won this in a Facebook auction for temporary bases for my 1/72 wingy things. Whilst the kit is themed for the Far East/Pacific, PSPs were also used in NWE and I reckon the base is big enough to cut in half and still be big enough for one plane on each half.







Finally...in keeping with my last built....I saw this at the Imperial War Museum Churchill War Rooms site (pics to follow) and had to get it...got 10% off with my membership.

Special thanks to Tim Marlow as he mentioned the t-shirt version previously by this was cheaper, better quality (as Tim mentioned the material was a bit thin), more useful and will last much longer!

[PaulTRose]

Nice mug ?

[Jim R]

Coincidence Andrew Saw your post with the circle masks and thought "Good idea" and then checked emails and I had one from Premium Hobbies about the masking circles. So ordered a set of all their sizes.

[papa 695]

A bargain from World of Books, should complement what I hope will be arriving in January!

The new Airfix by any chance?

[OldWalrus]

Yup!

[pjgtech]

Some more items turned up today, the Wife is starting to notice! Lol..... ?
So as I am a self confessed gadget and tool geek, I had to get the Dspiae reciprocating sander.

Next to arrive was some Corks, I got three different sizes, I was struggling to find anything to hold my 1:16 figure whilst painting, eg: blutac didn't work and foam didn't either, (kept flopping and working loose!) but Cork is that that little bit denser, so looks ideal for the job.

Next up was make-up sponges, (no not for me at the weekends), but after advice from this very forum, to use them to wipe off excess oil paints, etc.

Then we have some mini (100mm) clamps, as again, I have sometimes struggled to find something adequate to help to hold a part together whilst gluing, etc. I have those very small clamps on the end of sticks, I also have a couple of clothes pegs, and I also have a couple of very little mini clamps, but all were not ideal or too small. These 100mm clamps are exactly the same as the larger ones and feel very sturdy and look ideal for those larger parts that need holding/clamping.

Next up was, again after recommendations from this forum, some "The Master" brush cleaner and conditioner.

Lastly I bought this a few days ago, a nice small model making fine saw, has a few different blades and seems well built and sturdy.

[OldWalrus]

You'll enjoy the sander, but careful monitoring required as it is very efficient. I found this out to my cost with the 1/48 Airfix Tiger Moth...reach for the filler!

[pjgtech]

Popped out to do some shopping, local Lidl, but no Xmas Airfix kits in mine yet, maybe next week, but then went to Aldi and Yah! they did have the little Airfix Xmas starter kits, so bagged myself the Spit and the Tomahawk, £6 each (or as my mate used to say an unwell Octopus, eg: sick squid!)
Pics are stock from the Aldi website, not the actual ones I bought, not photographed them yet.

[adt70hk]

Nice.....sadly no point me popping in as I already have these in the stash!

[pjgtech]

And the parcels just keep coming....! ?
As I have now doubled my desk space, I thought a new paint/tool stand would be good, so via our very own SMS I got a tool holder/stand and a paint holder stand that will neatly fit on top, (Hobbycraft I think). Just glueing them up in the garage.....


And also via our very own SMS, a new (spare) pair of nippers and some Tamiya paint brush conditioner. I actually bought this before the forum recommended The Master (B&J) brush paint stuff!!! So I now have two lots...!

[adt70hk]

It's amazing how parcels turn up on their own...... I'm also a regular victim of this disturbing phenomenon!!?

[pjgtech]

Todays wallet / income reduction strategy was to buy some Revell specific paint, as I want to use the paints recommended in the instructions for my current build (Revell German Half Track), so came home with these, (plus some more matt and gloss varnish and a black primer).

[adt70hk]

Nice mug ?

Coincidence Andrew Saw your post with the circle masks and thought "Good idea" and then checked emails and I had one from Premium Hobbies about the masking circles. So ordered a set of all their sizes.

Thanks chaps!

Jim R - either a great coincidence or big brother really is watching!! I've already used one and was pleased!

[adt70hk]

Todays wallet / income reduction strategy was to buy some Revell specific paint, as I want to use the paints recommended in the instructions for my current build (Revell German Half Track), so came home with these, (plus some more matt and gloss varnish and a black primer).

Nice! They are though very smelly for water based acrylics.

[Jim R]

Thanks to Andrew's post here and an email from Premium Hobbies.