GreySnake

It’s been a time since the last update I’ve made I believe almost three months. Here’s what I’ve picked up during my various travels and eBay.

 

My new hobby seems to be collecting model kits and occasionally gluing a few pieces together.   

 

 

I am sure you will enjoy the S-Boat and good to see someone with a couple of 251's.

Those are some nice Tamiya goodies snake.

Thanks guys!!! I just want a hamburger vending machine though!

RCguy & Greysnake: Some very choice purchases there!

Just finishing up one of those Tamiya 251 ausf.D half tracks.

You will enjoy the build.

Gamera

Thanks guys!!! I just want a hamburger vending machine though!

RCguy & Greysnake: Some very choice purchases there!

Gamera,

I have seen with my own eyes some pretty odd vending machines in Japan.  There are ones that sell big bottles of sake, comics (manga), and even adult toys/accessories(!).

Good stuff GreySnake. Love the German Lancer. I built the Emhar WW1 tank some years ago. It was not a great kit.

Real G

 

 

Gamera

Thanks guys!!! I just want a hamburger vending machine though!

RCguy & Greysnake: Some very choice purchases there!

 

 

 

 

Gamera,

I have seen with my own eyes some pretty odd vending machines in Japan.  There are ones that sell big bottles of sake, comics (manga), and even adult toys/accessories(!).

 

I've heard about a few of those, I think one that dispenses gashapon or cheeseburgers is probably more my speed than the ones that dispense used ladies panties...  

We had a 4x4 club member years ago....had a CJ with rear mounted spare and two 5 gallon fuel cans.  One was labeled SCOTCH, the other SODA.

Would go well alongside the sake machine

Just picked this up at my LHS.  very nicely detailed. 

Will be using some micro scale decals for VMF-312

John

When it rains, it pours.  Max Factory's "Sirbine" dropped unexpectedly on my door the other day.

This injected plastic kit is a scaled-down version of their gorgeous 1/35 vinyl kit from the 1990s.  Unlike the current crop of Japanese mecha kits, this one is fixed pose like it's larger progenitor.

The Sirbine exists in a fantasy-esque world where Lord of the Rings meets Gundam.  Hence the organic design with the filigree trim.  Others might suggest Game of Thrones, but I never watched the show.  And there really wasn't much in the way of male nudity in either the TV anime or the OVAs.  

This arrived in the mail today, which is fine since it was shipped yesterday. 

That's what happens when your mail order business is less than 200 miles away!

Time for Silent Service.

Gary

GreySnake

Bish, I’m looking forward to building the S-Boat eventually. My plan is to add AM and some figures from CMK when I can finally track them down.

 

 

Dodgy, those Emhar kits are pretty rough I built the Whippet and Mk. IV Female a number of years ago and they left a lot to be desired. Regardless the Emhar kits have a certain charm to me and I’m trying to collect the 1/35 tanks Emhar came out with. I already have the Mk. IV Male in the stash and now need to find the Tadpole and another Mk. IV Female.

 

 

Thanks Chad, Gamera and rcguy.

 

Nice purchase on the F-8 John.

 

The Griffon sets are amazing, not sure if they are still around now though. Arwox did a wooden deck set which i found very useful.

Gosh, I built those Emhar kits 30+ years ago, some on commission build, back when I did such things.  They were okay, their tracks were basic, but they got the job done. There were very, very few WW 1 tank models around back then.  Heck, I've built the Tauro MK 7 C three times.  I still have two of them  on display.

Gamera

I've heard about a few of those, I think one that dispenses gashapon or cheeseburgers is probably more my speed than the ones that dispense used ladies panties...  

OH!  You had to go there.    Yeah, I saw one of those in Kyoto a long time ago.  The cities in Japan have since cleaned up the streets of the weird vending macines.  Now it's just sake, cigarettes, manga, office supplies (like a clean pressed dress shirt), and the usual drinks and snacks.

Oh wow!

Gary: Very cool! Hope you're not going to paint her pink...

John: Looks like a great kit, that's one plane I've never built...

Greysnake: I built a Emhar Mark IV Male years and years ago. Other than the plastic being really thick and the details a bit heavy it was a pretty nice kit and it did look just like the Mark IV.

Real G: Love that knight mech! Beautiful! And frankly I don't like vending machines all that much, they always take my money. I don't think I could complain to someone about some machine that dispenses some weird stuff taking my cash though.

tankboy51

Gosh, I built those Emhar kits 30+ years ago, some on commission build, back when I did such things.  They were okay, their tracks were basic, but they got the job done.

I'm glad to hear some positive comments on these, 'cos I've got the Emhar Mk V Hermaphrodite in the stash!  It's part of my background project to build a range of British tanks from their invention to the modern day, and I didn't fancy parting with £55 - £75 (about $75 - $100ish) for a Tamiya or Takom kit (I also have the Meng Whippet, which is calling me from the back of the cupboard)

Due here Friday..

Nice Pat.  Is that a new kit?

Nice Bronco

Yes a new kit from Revell, I understand that the online shop had just one left, so I was lucky there!

The Bronco kit came today just two days after buying. I opened the box, plans, decals, and three bags, the truck, the trailer and the buggy superb! Oh and Dave sent me a free sprue cutter!

Really looking forward to this one:  

I've never built an HK kit, but I'm betting just from a glance at the instructions and the parts in the box that it will make me forget about the ancient Tamiya Lanc that was literally coming apart at the seams the last time I took it down for cleaning.

Oh wow dude, I understand these are really nice kits.  Clear some shelf space.  Can't wait to see what you do with this one!

I'll have to keep an eye out for that Bronco kit when it hits.

The HK kits are supposed to be the cat's claw.

Mail call!

Keavdog where did you get these kits?

I'm  a huge F1 fan but I can't find any kits up here in Canada 

I found these kits at https://www.megahobby.com/

keavdog

I found these kits at https://www.megahobby.com/

 

 

Thank you!

Cool F1's. I love the look of those cars.

Nice Lanc. Got to get one some day. Arguably the best heavy in WW2.

This was  total impulse buy,  it's a "classic"  Airfix kit, so that means lots of sanding, scribing and adding detail.  Cool looking plane however.

Anyone know if the natural metal is paited siver or polished aluminum?

I'm going to assume it's polished metal

John