Today I took a trip across town to Tempe to check out a different hobby shop, Hobby Depot. I primarily went there to see what paint lines that he carried, and also to see what else was in stock. First off, I saw a nice old school, good sized, multi subject hobby store. In addition to scale models, he also had a good stock of model railroad, rockets, slot cars, tools, multi use supplies such as wood, styrene, metal rod and tubing, etc. And paints. A nice big two sided aisle of paints. Vallejo, Testors, Tamiya, Gunze, Tru Color, Mission Models, and my personal favorite, Humbrol enamels!!!! As well as a nice wall of PE and resin supplies. In short, a nice all aspect brick & mortar proper hobby shop! 

Well after driving almost 30 miles to check the place out, I sure wasn’t gonna leave empty handed so...

Some Humbrol paints that I was running low on...

a couple of Vallejo paints that I can surely use...

And a new set of sable brushes and a new smaller pin vise...

So if you’re in the Phoenix area, I would highly recommend a visit here. Unlike Andy’s, the owner/operator here is very engaging with customers.

lewbud

Bish,

I like how you kept both sides of your modeling brain in balance.

Now does that mean i have to buy a couple of more aircraft seeing as i have 2 more armour kits on route.

Bish

 

 

lewbud

Bish,

I like how you kept both sides of your modeling brain in balance.

 

 

 

Now does that mean i have to buy a couple of more aircraft seeing as i have 2 more armour kits on route.

 

What about the swabbies? (or whatever you Brits call your sailors?)

This came in the mail yesterday. Picked it up off eBay for a great price

stikpusher

 

 

Bish

 

 

lewbud

Bish,

I like how you kept both sides of your modeling brain in balance.

 

 

 

Now does that mean i have to buy a couple of more aircraft seeing as i have 2 more armour kits on route.

 

 

 

 

What about the swabbies? (or whatever you Brits call your sailors?)

 

This came in the mail yesterday. Picked it up off eBay for a great price

 

 

Matelots, and i did get an HMS Vanguard kit a few months back. Of the 9 kits i have bought this year, 7 have been British.

Bish

 

 

lewbud

Bish,

I like how you kept both sides of your modeling brain in balance.

 

 

 

Now does that mean i have to buy a couple of more aircraft seeing as i have 2 more armour kits on route.

 

Maybe a couple of car kits.  Be interesting to see you do a car, non military with a shiny paint job. 

Lewbud: You do have a point. Guess I'll have to learn to do gloss finishes some day... (sigh)

SP: Cool, love Vallejo paint, still haven't tried Humbrol yet though. 

lewbud

 

 

Bish

 

 

lewbud

Bish,

I like how you kept both sides of your modeling brain in balance.

 

 

 

Now does that mean i have to buy a couple of more aircraft seeing as i have 2 more armour kits on route.

 

 

 

 

Maybe a couple of car kits.  Be interesting to see you do a car, non military with a shiny paint job. 

 

Now that just wouldn't be normal

Only picked up two so far this year.  Both Tamiya's, their 1/350 Fletcher and the 251 half track.

GH, that Fletcher is a good one I've heard. I've built the 251 several times in my life.

Well other than a truck load of detail sets and other AM I've been receiving over the weeks, this is what I picked up tonight at the local.

I don't know why because I don't have the room, but I liked the price.

And I can never have enough Zeros, so for the Akagi....

One set of marking is for the Akagi, the other.....my favorite Japanese Ace, Saburo Sakai's mount after he moved out of his Claude (on the box). Which do I do??? I guess I could get another kit 

I know what I'm doing for next years Japanese GB.

MC- I have that butcher bird in the pile.  Detail looks excellent for the price point.  The Beemer under the hood is almost a kit in itself.  I couldn't pass it up either.

Just been informed that this is now waiting for me at my supplier.

but no sign of this one yet...

However, these has arrived:

Still no sign of this yet though!

Other things which have arrived recently are these

If anyone knows of a suitable metal barrel replacement for the above, please post!

That's some shopping list - hope you've got room in your car for that lot if it all turns up at once!  I was tempted by the Conqueror mk I at my (not-so-local) LHS the other day, but resisted the temptation.  I settled for Tamiya's Matilda instead (not the Red Army version).

Steve: Awesome! And you know there's a place for your giant Zero in the GB!

James: WHOA!!! Love those Zeros too! And that cool Panzer I and E-75! That Conqueror Mk I has the better looking box art but I picked up the Mk II since I've read the Mk I was only produced in very small numbers before the improved Mk II came out. In any case congrads!!! 

Snapdragonxxx,

That’s a LOT of big kits!  Did you get the 1/35 Soar Art Dora railway gun?  A friend has one and said it was too big/heavy to cram into his car when he picked it up from our (former) LHS.

I have had the Soar Art 1/35 Dora Railway Gun in my posession but at that time of my life was unable to actually build it as it seemed to be some kind of different plastic to the normal styrene and I was not really doing well with the old brain.

I did actually dump it earlier this year during a declutter as I had been messing about with it with no actual real plan and now wish I had just left it alone in the box until I was sure of what I was going to do with it.

I may replace it in the future, but I am interested in their other offering but need to do some saving and lots of reading about the kit(s). They are quite large!

Finally, the other kit i ordered at the same time as the Centurion, back at the end of May, has arrived. The stuff from China is taking longer than normal. Been wanting this one for ages.

And ashide from some new tracks, i won't be getting any other AM for this one.

Bish

stuff from China is taking longer than normal

That SP is a new one on me - what chassis is it based on? 

I recently ordered Bronco's A34 Comet from China, it's supposed to arrive in the 1st week in August.  Perhaps not, then - still, I've plenty else to be getting on with.  Meanwhile, to help support newly re-opened shops I picked up Airfix's 1/72 Jet Provost T3 & P51D Mustang locally, and my Airfix Club membership with Nakajima B5N2 Kate arrived yesterday (special edition, it has 2 extra sets of markings).

Its based on a Pz I. It was a stop gap by taking off the turret and just sticking the gun, carrage and all, on the hull. Less than 40 were converted.

I have found they are gurning up earlier than stated, this was meant to be here by the end of this month. So it would be no surprise if yours turns up in the next 2 weeks.

Bish

Its based on a Pz I

I bet they strained a bit under all that weight, but a 150mm punch probably made it worthwhile.

Bish

no surprise if yours turns up in the next 2 weeks

Fingers crossed!

Cheers,

          Hutch.

Ye, it did, they broke down quite a bit. And they couldn't carry any ammo. So 150mm punch is nice if it can get to where you need it and it has something to throw at the other side when you get there. I bet they were glad to get proper guns in service.

I have another armour kit on route thats suppossed to be here early Sept.

Fingers crossed for both of us, then!

GreySnake, that is some seriously good stuff there! How much was the bill for all of those?

Nice colection of armour there GS. Good luck doing the MTP camo on that Modern British tank crew set.

Those figures can be used in a Chally 2, but not the kit you have as it doesn't have the operatonal fit that would have been added in the last 10 years. I think the new Rye Fields kit is the only one that these figures would work in if you want an operational setting.

I splurged during Squadron's free shipping deal and got a kit on a whim, something I rarely do. It is not in stock anymore so I got it at a clearance price. I was envisioning a what if Korean War version.

Rob Gronovius

I splurged during Squadron's free shipping deal and got a kit on a whim, something I rarely do. It is not in stock anymore so I got it at a clearance price. I was envisioning a what if Korean War version.

 

Thats a serious beast of a tank! 

Bish

Those figures can be used in a Chally 2, but not the kit you have as it doesn't have the operatonal fit that would have been added in the last 10 years. I think the new Rye Fields kit is the only one that these figures would work in if you want an operational setting.