Our Latest Acquisitions 2017-2024

modelcrazy

That Indy builds into a nice kit. You may want to look into the Eduard PE set for it.

 

PatW

A Molotow Chrome Pen from Jacksons Art Supplies in London. Tried it out on rims and winscreen surround, superb! Goodbye BMF around windows and Alluminium sprays for wheels, radiators,rocker boxes etc.

 

US members can also get those pens from HL with the 40% coupon. I keep forgetting to swing by and getting one.

A Molotow Chrome Pen from Jacksons Art Supplies in London. Tried it out on rims and winscreen surround, superb! Goodbye BMF around windows and Alluminium sprays for wheels, radiators,rocker boxes etc.

Thanks Steve, will do.  I envy the job you did on yours, just flat out beautiful.  I know this one won't turn out as well

That Indy builds into a nice kit. You may want to look into the Eduard PE set for it.

Just ordered out my Christmas presents to myself  from the latest Squadron flyer. Academy 1/350 Indianapolis and Bismarck, and the Tamiya 1/48 A1J Skyraider.  Also tossed in the Seaforth booklet on Yorktown class carriers, for the future build of Merit's Enterprise CV-6

For a USAF guy, have enough ships in the stash to keep me going for the rest of my life.

That will be nice. Been meaning to grab myself a couple of Sea Kings. Airfix have a couple of new tooled ones including an HC 4 that works for the Falklands.

Will certainly be looking forwardto seeing yours.

Thanks Bish. I have seen Sea Kings up close on several occasions. First Navy SH-3s while doing a dependants day cruise on a LPH long ago, and later some ex Navy SH-3s that my department received to use as our SAR choppers. They got a spiffy new paint job after the low viz TPS paint was removed. It's a big noisy beast, but it gets the job done. 

But after looking at what's in the box with this one, I'm pretty sure I can build a HAS.3 version, and with some decals in my collection, do a Falklands War Sea King from 825 Squadron. At least that is my plan for now...

Nice score tehre Carlos, looking forwardto that Sea King. I worked with those a few times while down in the S Atlantic, but they were yellow by then.

Mike, Griffin, and MC, those are some fine scores. Mike in my eyes, that P-38 is a truly excellent find. I remember getting that exact boxing of that kit as a boy. That box art always stuck in my head.

And while I was away on travels, these items showed up in the US Mail on my doorstep. It was a high note to end vacation, on a trip full of high notes.

1st up, a 1/35 Bronco US 37mm AT gun. I had ordered it off eBay after I found it for dirt cheap overseas...

Then this beauty showed up, courtesy of Lyle at SPAM and Hobbico... thank you so much to both!!!

Let’s just say the wheels are already turning for the Sea King...

For my birthday gifts this month my wife and daughter got me kits.  I got the DML kit of the Conqueror mark II and the DML Sdkfz 250/7.  I just finished the Amusing kit of Conqueror mark I and I thought it would be nice too have the mark II as well.  It looks good to me.  

Thanks for the tip Brindos. I noted it on the instructions. The Tamiya kits from Japan on Amazon are always cheaper than anywhere else plus free shipping. Usually get them within 2 weeks. Got the Tamiya hobby knife and extra blades for bargain as well.

Griffin25

I'm building a Tamiya T-55 and I'm starting to dig this armor thing. I got this off of Amazon for$22 from Japan. Vietnam style. 

( Tamiya M48A3 PATTON )

Griffin25, I love this kit. I built it last December. It has a lot of nice extra parts included for a great price.

Griffin25

I'm building a Tamiya T-55 and I'm starting to dig this armor thing. I got this off of Amazon for$22 from Japan. Vietnam style. 

 

That's not a bad kit and there's lots of builds here to reference for your build. Just make sure you don't put the .50 on the pintel backwards. That happens a lot lol.

Other than that, there are motorization holes to plug on the lower hull. It's builds up easy like all Tamiya kits so you'll enjoy it.

Looking forward to seeing the build thread! :)

Outstanding score Steve.

I'm building a Tamiya T-55 and I'm starting to dig this armor thing. I got this off of Amazon for$22 from Japan. Vietnam style. 

 

I ran across another Hobby Shop in my travels today.

Hobbies Unlimited has been around since 1934! They also claim to be the first Hobby store in Portland. 

Nice little shop specializing in that silly RC stuff, but they had quite the neat little corner of retro kits!

Alas, I found a couple of items that took my fancy and I can't walk away from a Hobby Shop without buying anything. I'm weird like that.

Ive been looking for that Monogram for a while, but the 1/32 Revell P-38J looks like too much fun with a 19 1/2 inch wingspan!

(insert diabolical laughter here) :D

RX7850

I haven't been active on the forums lately, but I wanted to share this:

 

https://flic.kr/p/ZPSRgU][/url]Banana-01 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

Sorry it's just a link; I still don't know how to paste urls from the phone.  Me so stupid.  (Updated!)

This was an impulse buy while going through Retrokit's site looking for legitimate stuff - honest!

 

 

 

 

REAL G

Very cool purchase. I love those guys. Hope you can get him done soon. Just an observation, and maybe its me,  but is the frown he shows on the package more pronounced than the actual kit figure .

 

RX7850,

I'm not sure - here is a better lit photo.

https://flic.kr/p/ZYpAjp][/url]Judge Banana-08 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

littletimmy

 

 

tempestjohnny

I've got that compressor. Works pretty good. Fairly quiet too.

 

 

That was my main concern. Dont care about the Harbor Freight airbrush... figured I would expirement with it and then go to a "better " one when I was ready.

I will eventually be looking for a gravity feed, internal mix, dual action airbrush.

( My wife will "HATE"me for going the "expensive" route... but it's her fault for buying me this ! ... Next year I will be lucky to get a bag - o - rocks....)

 

Hunter

 

Bish

I sure will when i get to it.

Looks like thats gong to be an interesting dio.

 

 

 

 

That's good too hear.

 

I hope it's interesting, My plan is to a "Air Assualt" dio of the Army's 101st Screaming Eagles division. My dad was in the 101st, and had gone through and received his air assualt wings. So my plan is to do a helo in motion and the soldiers at ready on the skids to rapel. If you remember I was hunting down the Huey UH-1. I am on a backorder list to get one when Dragon gets back in stock. Like the photo below.

These are the Air Assualt wings

This is my plan, but with just 2 soldiers on each side standing ready with a deck observer.

Carlos was an immense help tp me about this dio. He provided a lot of information to me so I could be as realistic as possible. 

 

Nice plan, you certainly have enough figures for it and some spare.

modelcrazy

Bish,

That's a good looking kit. Is it on the water???

 

Ye, that one is, i had to look twice when i first saw it on Hannants. The box art is in the markings of an aircraft that ditched off the Dutch coast. I think it said its only one of 3 Typhoons where the pilot survived ditching. Not often you see that short of thing on a box art.

But no, i won't be doing a water dio lol

Seriously, congrats on the compressor and airbrush.  You can get a very decent airbrush that won't break the bank.  Watch the sales.

tempestjohnny

I've got that compressor. Works pretty good. Fairly quiet too.

That was my main concern. Dont care about the Harbor Freight airbrush... figured I would expirement with it and then go to a "better " one when I was ready.

I will eventually be looking for a gravity feed, internal mix, dual action airbrush.

( My wife will "HATE"me for going the "expensive" route... but it's her fault for buying me this ! ... Next year I will be lucky to get a bag - o - rocks....)

littletimmy

 

 

modelcrazy

I'm curious how well that air compressor works. I have one of those airbrushs and it isn't bad. But don't care for suction feed though.

 

 

I have only used an airbrush twice in my life, 15 year's ago, and it was a borrowed one at that so this will be an "Experiment" for me. I will let you all know how it work's...... 

BTW. You can't "BLOW YOURSELF UP' with one of these ?  ....... Can you?.....

 

Hunter

OOOH good call Steve....may we see a water dio from Bish in the future?? 

I was thinking the same thing when I saw the box art.

Ditching in the "Channel" could be very interesting.

modelcrazy

Bish,

That's a good looking kit. Is it on the water???

 

ManCityFan

Well....you can....but it takes work.

If there's a way to "Shoot your eye out" I will be the one to do it!

modelcrazy

 

 

littletimmy

BTW. You can't "BLOW YOURSELF UP' with one of these ?  ....... Can you?.....

 

 

LOL no