luis pacheco Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 This beauty arrived today. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Ah, Paris-Dakar. I miss the days when a privateer could actually make a run for it with a souped-up DAF 3300 truck normally used by his transport company. Now, if someone would make this as a kit... The two-headed monster DAF: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Ordered some resin/etch aftermarket for the Hobby 2000 Harrier that was delivered last week which I want to do with wall-to-wall stores in the ‘Op Herrick’ marking option so some of these have started to arrive as have a couple of reference books for future projects. From Creative Models Eduard Brassin 648273 1/48 Sniper Designator Pod in resin/etch From SGS Model Store Two x Pavla 48030 1/48 Martin Baker Mk.12 Ejection Seat in resin , one for the Hobby 2000 kit and one for the Hasegawa boxing long resident on the shelf. From Amazon Mil Mi-24 Attack Helicopter: In Soviet/Russian and Worldwide Service, 1972 to the Present book , by Michael Norman , published 2020 by Schiffer as a translation of a German title released in 2016 by Motorbuch Verlag. C160 Transall: 59 ans au service de la France book , by Frédéric Lert (text) and Alex Paringaux (photography) , published August 2022 by Zephyr , in French throughout however as to be expected the 300+ images are stunning and maybe a motivation to do something about the stack of 1/72 Heller and Revell kits in the pile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHx Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 On 11/17/2022 at 9:34 PM, IanHx said: Being easily led astray by the purchases of others, I found myself on scalpelsandblades.co.uk , and sometime in the not too distant future I shall finally be able to work out what the difference is between a No 1 and No 2 (stop sniggering at the back!) and a No 5 Swann Morton handle....... Ordered Thursday evening, arrived Saturday lunchtime, great prompt service - well pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Went for a drive today to scope out some lesser known model stores. Not that much special, mostly RC stuff but one of them had - surprise - a last lot of Model Master paint. Probably because they stash a lot of Italeri as well... So I grabbed some not-oft seen elsewhere colours : Euro1 grey & green, US dark Earth, International Red & dayglo orange. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 In order of acquisition today: 1. A baggy and infinitely comfortable gentleman's cardigan, despite not being a gentleman. 2. John Burrow's: 3. Eric Hobsbawm's: 4. Seafood chowder and wheaten bread for two. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Six pages from 111 Squadron's ORB, covering 25-30 January 1965, from the National Archives. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 It's here, and it looks fantastic. Halberd's Mustang Mk.X RR Merlin testbed. The Marauder I got earlier is safe from building, instead this silver-plastic Humbrol edition will end up on the mat. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 A few from Hannants The main reason for ordering was (were? ) the Roden kits, especially the Blitzbuses Others were to qualify for free shipping Don't know what I've let myself in for with the MiniArt T34. 😱 It's not going to be a quick build 🐌 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) Xtradecal meteor decals, kitsworld p-51 decals and some Vallejo paint from etaiker who was offering double reward points for Black Friday though it wasn’t showing on their website as in place, hope they honour it, that takes over the limit for a nice tenner off to use on the new hobbyboss u-2…..edit got the email and I did get double points and it’s actually £12 off nice Edited November 25, 2022 by PhantomBigStu 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) My haul from Telford, all bargains I must say! Didnt realise I was such an Airfix fanboy… Edited November 25, 2022 by Doccur 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 4 hours ago, Doccur said: My haul from Telford, all bargains I must say! The only two kits that could tempt me to build 1/48 at the bottom of that haul, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 ESM in Houten today. I may have mentioned I didn't have a shopping list, but... well.. Some sensible shopping may have occurred. Unless indicated otherwise all 10 euros (most importantly, both Mossies, B-17 and F-101 all in factory sealed bags - nice) Spent a bit more time and money rifling through decal sheets, though - and some less-frequent encountered paints (of which I snatched the last jars of each ) sheets on bottom 3 to 5 euros each. Some fun ideas there. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Most of my recent purchases are bobbing around in the chaos which is currently Royal Mail (well worth the three-quarters of million its CEO received last year in salary, bonuses and allowances for a job well done) so only arrival this week was - Via Britmodeller From Bigfoot – AFV Club AF25035 1/35 Modern US Cal .30/.50 40mm Ammunition Boxes some of which I have a cunning plan for as well as some more mundane uses for the others. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 17 hours ago, Procopius said: The only two kits that could tempt me to build 1/48 at the bottom of that haul, too. Got them for a bargain price too! Couldn’t resist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treker_ed Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 After a really bad day... I had an unexpected knock at the door around 18:30. Placed on the floor, was my Airfix/Hornby Hobbies parcel for which I had received no notification that it had even been despatched! Inside said parcel was an Avro Anson which cost me the princely sum of £3.95 all for the cost of delivery only! Those flying hours certainly added up this year It certainly cheered me up (My bad day consisted of having to spend time in the town centre, doing a few bits, which I don't like doing as I hate large crowds, and get very anxious as a result - its an autistic thing. And then on the way home, had some idiot pull out from a junction, causing me to slam on my brakes at 40mph.... He didn't like me beeping my horn, as further down the road, is a set of traffic lights, and the driver got out of the car, and started shouting at me as to why I beeped him, and what was the problem??? I ignored him, pointed to my dashcam- as I turned it towards him at my window- and said I was not engaging with him, or winding down my window, and he should just get back in his car. At this point the lights turned green, and I just pulled round his car and drove off, along with everyone else behind me. I think we had the last laugh, as he was still stuck at the lights getting back into his car. The incident was all on camera, and was reported to the police. I was still shaking an hour later whilst talking to 101 when reporting the incident. I was able to get a good description of the car, and of the person from the footage.) 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Some books dropped onto the front doorstep yesterday, Carrier Fighters by David Brown, A History of the RAF servicing Commandos by Kellet & Davies & the March 2002 SAM with Merlin Spitfires featured. I'm blaming the denizens residing here for each & everyone of them. That's what I told her anyway, aka The big boys made me do it. Steve. 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 A copy of Christopher Wilson's: arrived unexpectedly early. Equally unexpected is the Introduction providing some inadvertent parallels with aircraft design! To assist with lounging on the sofa reading such volumes on winter evenings, one of these 'Saturn' programmable LED floor lamps from FIMEI: Will probably be affordable to buy Twitter too in a couple of weeks the way things are going there under EM if anyone wants to club together? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Just delivered! Eleven days from eastern England to the Backside of Beyond. Now that's service. Chris 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) My modeling Mentor was in Chicago today, he was going to close out his deep stash. He lives in Florida and his backup stash is in Chicago if anyone was curious. I had free reign over the whole thing except the 1/350th Carriers (2). So I came away with the following list. *1/35 Tamiya challenger 2 1/35 Academy M60a1 with blazer & dozer *1/35 Tamiya leopard 2a5 1/48 Hasegawa F-4J(S) 1/48 Hasegawa FGR. 1/48 Italeri Tornado IDS 1/48 Monogram P-61 1/48 Monogram B-25J *1/48 Academy P-47N Thunderbolt 1/48 Academy Mk.XIVc spitfire 1/48 Monogram F-86D 1/48 Hasegawa F-104J 1/48 Hasegawa F-16D *1/48 Hasegawa A-4M *1/48 Monogram AV-8B *1/48 Tamiya Lancaster 1/72 Italeri AC-130A *1/72 Hasegawa Shinmeiwa The leopard is started as is the challenger but will finish the Leopard in @modelling minion’s STGB provided he is fine with it. Might do the Challenger 2 in “The Desert GB”. The P-47N will be in the STGB I'm hosting. The lancaster is one I have been trying to replace since the original I built in 1987. One which was destroyed by my mother when I was in basic training. The A-4M and AV-8B will be Blacksheep planes. I had options on three Hasegawa Harriers however Ive built both and will take the Monogram. Just because of the horrible time I had with the Hasegawa kit. The 1/72 Shinmeiwa will be built in the Salty dog group build. Edited November 27, 2022 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I’ve never posted within these ‘latest acquisition’ threads before, however thought this latest purchase was something to show. There’s a really lovely local chap who has an amazing collection of rare and OOP books and is slowly selling them off ‘warehouse style’. I’ve purchased quite a number of books in the past from him and this was last Saturday’s happy choices. I’ll be going back for more when the opportunity arises. Cheers.. Dave 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 19 hours ago, TheBaron said: Will probably be affordable to buy Twitter too in a couple of weeks the way things are going there under EM if anyone wants to club together? I'll chip in if you promise to shut it down....!! Keith 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, keefr22 said: I'll chip in if you promise to shut it down....!! A large part of my work revolves around Twitter. I suspect that it will continue to limp along, because the draw of it has never been the service, it's that extremely important people and the people who write about them are on there and make fools of themselves daily, and ordinary people can get on there and make fools of themselves at them. Mastodon can't replace that, because on Mastodon the instances are very compartmentalized, so you can't talk about, say, anime and then seamlessly pivot to calling some woman who made a movie you didn't like a bitch, to her face. Only Twitter gives its users the raw, bestial inhumanity they crave. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 17 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: provided he is fine with it. He most certainly is fine with that my friend.👍 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 18 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: I had options on three Hasegawa Harriers however Ive built both and will take the Monogram. Just because of the horrible time I had with the Hasegawa kit. Having built the Monogram AV-8B I can say that you shouldn't be disappointed mate, I enjoyed the one I built and bought another. Just watch the joint of the upper wing section at the rear, the only bit that needed some extra work. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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