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  • Member since
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Posted by GreySnake on Monday, August 26, 2019 3:40 PM
Purchased a couple Tamiya kit’s I’ve been wanting last week.  For being a MBT the LECLERC is tiny compared to a Challenger or Leopard.
 
Also picked up this Alpine panzer commander for the next King Tiger I’ll build.
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Posted by Bish on Sunday, August 25, 2019 4:08 AM

Mopar Madness

Bish, I’ve heard that Hummel is superb.

 

I had read some positive reviews and it does look very nice.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, August 25, 2019 4:05 AM

Mopar Madness

 

 
Bish

 

 
modelcrazy

 

 
Bish
John, can you imagine if somone actually totaled up whats been spent on this thread so far.

 

My guess is over 10 grand. My stuff alone is over $1000, and 95% of them were on sale!

 

 

 

Over the 2 years of this thread, i bet mine isn't far off that.

 

 

 

I think it’s best we just don’t think about it! Lol!

 

And even better that the others halves don't see it Big Smile

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Saturday, August 24, 2019 9:28 PM

John, that size comparison is amazing! 

Chad

God, Family, Models...

At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

On deck: Who knows!

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Saturday, August 24, 2019 9:27 PM

Bish, I’ve heard that Hummel is superb.

Chad

God, Family, Models...

At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

On deck: Who knows!

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Saturday, August 24, 2019 9:26 PM

Bish

 

 
modelcrazy

 

 
Bish
John, can you imagine if somone actually totaled up whats been spent on this thread so far.

 

My guess is over 10 grand. My stuff alone is over $1000, and 95% of them were on sale!

 

 

 

Over the 2 years of this thread, i bet mine isn't far off that.

 

I think it’s best we just don’t think about it! Lol!

Chad

God, Family, Models...

At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

On deck: Who knows!

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    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, August 24, 2019 7:58 PM

modelcrazy

 

 
Bish
John, can you imagine if somone actually totaled up whats been spent on this thread so far.

 

My guess is over 10 grand. My stuff alone is over $1000, and 95% of them were on sale!

 

Over the 2 years of this thread, i bet mine isn't far off that.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by modelcrazy on Saturday, August 24, 2019 7:46 PM

Bish
John, can you imagine if somone actually totaled up whats been spent on this thread so far.

My guess is over 10 grand. My stuff alone is over $1000, and 95% of them were on sale!

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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Posted by Bish on Saturday, August 24, 2019 6:57 PM

I had planned on getting the Dragon Hummel for years. But i have been going off their kits and with this new Tamiya one coming with figures which fit the dio idea i have always had in mind since getting the CH kit, it was a no brainer.

John, can you imagine if somone actually totaled up whats been spent on this thread so far.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Saturday, August 24, 2019 6:49 PM

This is an expensive thread!  Cool kit bish, if I dabble back into armor I will go for those open gun platforms.   Really like them and the figure possibilities.  

Thanks,

John

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Posted by armornut on Saturday, August 24, 2019 6:44 PM

Keavdog, LOVE the 747, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 

  My wife just let me order the 35th Trumpy Moser Gerat on rail transport for my b-day.

   I look in to this thread often....and to no big suprise you folks ALWAYS show something I think I need to add to my stash.....yes Bish you to with the Tamyia Hummel. Forgot I wanted it until I saw yours. Of course I still beed to finish the one a friend gave me but....

we're modelers it's what we do

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Posted by Bish on Saturday, August 24, 2019 6:30 PM

Nice haul John, happy B-Day.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by Bish on Saturday, August 24, 2019 6:26 PM

Haven't added anything new to the stash for a while. I have been after a Hummel for a few years to go with the Cyber Hobby Munitions carrier, and opted for the new Tamiya kit.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: Southeast Kentucky
Posted by The Drifter on Saturday, August 24, 2019 6:19 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Very nice additions to your stash!!

Jeff

 

On The Bench: Coming Soon

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Posted by modelcrazy on Saturday, August 24, 2019 6:03 PM

Oh wow! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Great haul!

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Saturday, August 24, 2019 5:25 PM

Birthday haul!

And this monster - didn't realize how big it was going to be

Same scale 737

 

Thanks,

John

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  • From: Denver
Posted by tankboy51 on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 7:54 PM

I just received the new Broncos 1/35 M19 A1 40mm gmc.  It's very nice and complex.  I have built the Duster from Bronco so it will be a nice companion to it.  I also bought a Tamiya 1/35 Pzfpkw 2ausf C, to replace one I did build several years ago, but was boxed up, with 4 other kits  and then lost.  I hope to find them.  It has been 5 years and I have looked everywhere for them.  My wife and others had to move my built models to make room for a new bed for a medical emergency I had.  They did a great job, except for those 5 kits.  I've rebuilt 2 of them.  I'll probably find them all when I've redone them all.  But one is out of production right now.  Oh well, c'est  la vie.   (By the way, I'm better now.)

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Posted by GreySnake on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 5:10 PM

Gamera: I’ve looked at the Meng set a few times and it doesn’t do much for me. Two of the figures in the set have the (Schutzweste Infanterie) or Infantry Protective Vest, which is standard issue for troops stationed in hostile areas. If I want to be 100% accurate I couldn’t use those figures in something such as a Leopard since the issue of the vest to my knowledge.

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Sunday, August 11, 2019 4:00 PM

Cool stuff guys!

German Armour: Nice haul there! Those Alpine figures are amazing, the detail on them is incredible.

Grey Snake: Nice sets of figures there! I picked up this set of modern German tankers. I like yours better, the Meng has two figures in winter uniform and two in summer. So you can only use two figures out of the set in any tank... Bang Head

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by GreySnake on Thursday, August 8, 2019 3:03 PM
Found these Miniart Bundeswehr figures.  Think these are some of the best plastic figures I’ve seen. A couple of them will be added to my Tamiya Leopard 2A6 once I get around to building it.

Found this ICM Ural 4320 with East German Infantry for cheap. Really only got it for the NVA infantry. I think apart from these figures there have only been a couple metal figures made years ago. The truck looks alright. It was an early effort from ICM so it’s a little rough in places.
 

 

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Posted by German Armour on Thursday, August 8, 2019 9:25 AM

I bought stuff.

1606 Dragon British Airborne "Red Devils" (Arnhem 1944)
2755 Verlinden British Paratrooper (WWII)
16025 Alpine Miniatures Italian Paratrooper "Nembo" Division
1603 Dragon German Fallschirmjager (Monte Cassino 1944)
1613 Dragon German Panzer Grenadier (Kharkov 1943)
1614 Dragon German 13th Mountain Troop (Handschar)
1628 Dragon German Jager Fallschirmjager Batallion 500 WWII

And books!

Golden Wings, 1941-1945: USN/USMC Aircraft of World War II - Aircraft Specials series (6059)
Hummer Humvee in Action - Armor No. 32 (Paperback)
Viper F-16 - Modern Military Aircraft series (5009) (Paperback)
Battledress 1939-1960 (British Soldier in the 20th Century) (Paperback)
Personal Equipment Since 1945 (Paperback)
Field Service Head Dress: 1902 to the Present Day (British Soldier in the 20th Century)
Battledress 1939-1960 (British Soldier in the 20th Century) (Paperback)
Service Dress 1902-1940 (Paperback)
The Canadian Army at War (Men at Arms Series, 164)
U.S. Army 1941-45 (Men at Arms Series, 70)
Tank Combat in North Africa: The Opening Rounds Operations (Schiffer Military History)

The alpine and verlinden figures I bought for a really good price! The amount of detail is pretty amazing on alpine.

 Never give up, never quit, never stop modelling.Idea

 

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, August 8, 2019 1:57 AM

Mopar Madness

Postman left this at my door today.  This will make for a nice winter project. 

 

Nice, i built the Z-1 a few years back. Its a good size but not as big as you would think. Wingspan was about the same as a B-17.

Edit: Tok this at the time as someone had asked about the size and i had not long built a B-17.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by steve5 on Thursday, August 8, 2019 1:55 AM

it would still be big at 1/72 , does it give dimensions ?

 

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  • From: MOAB, UTAH
Posted by JOE RIX on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:53 PM

Mopar Madness

Postman left this at my door today.  This will make for a nice winter project. 

 

Ooooh! I like it. I like it a lot.

"Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did". George Carlin

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:29 PM

1/72, but 1/48 would be cool too!

Chad

God, Family, Models...

At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

On deck: Who knows!

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    March 2005
  • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
Posted by Devil Dawg on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:01 PM

Mopar Madness

Postman left this at my door today.  This will make for a nice winter project. 

 

NICE!!!!! It's 1/72nd scale, correct? If it's 1/48th, that thing is gonna be HUGE!!

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

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  • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
Posted by Devil Dawg on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 8:59 PM

Gamera

Well it's sorta a model- a 3D printed copy of my Romulan Star Republic Aelahl Light Warbird battlecruiser. She came already painted, pretty darn well but no lighted bits for the impulse engines or other glowy bits. I'm thinking of painting them a silver or white with a little translucent green. 

Dang!! The name of that thing is bigger than the model! It is nice, though. Looks almost like it was carved from a wooden block, then all the panel lines scribed into it.

Gary Mason

 

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 8:34 PM

Postman left this at my door today.  This will make for a nice winter project. 

Chad

God, Family, Models...

At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

On deck: Who knows!

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    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 11:36 AM

JOE RIX

That is awesome Gamera. That is a choice addition for sure.

 

I was pleasantly shocked! I'd bought small 3D printed stuff before but this is about 1 foot/30cm long and a solid hunk of plastic probably at least a pound/.5 kilos. And the detail is amazing, they just take the 3D model from the game, send it out to the 3D printing company, and they run off a copy. It's all one piece of plastic!   

I'm just amazed at the detail and complexity! 

Only real complaint is the faceted nose section where in the ingame version it's a smooth curve. Guess the 3D printer won't do the curve. I've thought about sanding the thing down but I'm not sure I could match the paint and it's so nicely painted I don't want to try to repaint the whole thing. 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:52 AM

Nino

 

 
goldhammer

 

20mm's.  Have to remove the shields and straighten the barrels.

If anyone has fooled with the 3D material and has suggestions I'm open to hearing them. Don't know if warming them up in warm water or a hairdryer will do the trick.  I know they will harden up under UV in sunlight.

 

 

 
From Model Monkey's tips:
 

  How can I fix warped acrylic plastic parts?  Sometimes microscopic bits of uncured resin remain within the acrylic plastic.  This is a normal characteristic of 3D-printing (this does not affect metal nameplates).  The presence of uncured resin can permit acrylic plastic to warp when wrapped tightly for shipping.  Should you receive a warped acrylic plastic part, no worries!  Tape the part to a sturdy, flat surface with clear "Scotch" or cellophane tape in the desired flat or straight position.  Set the part in direct sunlight (or place it under a UV lamp) for a few hours.  Any uncured resin will fully harden when exposed to UV light.  The now fully-hardened plastic will remain flat or straight when you remove the clear tape.  Clear tape is recommended because it helps UV light reach all of the plastic and fully cure all of the resin.

 

I would think the above tip is dependent on the material used. 

Maybe request replacements or inquire if a replacment can be sent if the above warpage is not Fixed by the Tape-UV light method.

   Nino

 

I had contacted the designer of them, and followed his suggestion of getting replacements.  Sent the pics to Shapeways and they are re-printing them and sending at no charge.

Now that is GREAT customer service.

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