What's your latest purchase?

[Heather Kay]

Putting my analyst on standby…

 

 

Vaccum? 
 

 

 

 

Oh dear. Oh deary deary me.
 

I suppose this should be classed as an aid to scratch building. No wonder the previous owner(s) never quite got round to attempting to build it.

[Karearea]

An Iwata 0.35 needle from a local auto parts shop that was having a store wide sale. Have been using one I damaged and sanded smooth for a couple of months, looking forward to the improvement.

 

A Special Hobby P-40M and Arma Airacobra from a supplier in Aus. Both roughly half the price I would have bought them for here, and postage across the ditch wasn’t too bad either.

 

Finally an original bagged Frog Sea Venom which I’ll build in the GB. I was going to sit that one out, but I couldn’t resist the Venom to go with my recent Vampire completions.

[IanC]

On 2/25/2024 at 11:52 PM, marvinneko said:

The wife encouraged me to go to the LMS today as I wanted some cement. Turned out they had a book sale and a 15% off sale on used items... two models for $3.75 each! Great surprise.

 

 

 

That Roy Cross Lancaster artwork! I never tire of it. 

[marvinneko]

7 hours ago, Heather Kay said:

Putting my analyst on standby…

Vaccum? 
 

 

Oh dear. Oh deary deary me.
 

I suppose this should be classed as an aid to scratch building. No wonder the previous owner(s) never quite got round to attempting to build it.

 

You are a brave woman. I had a vacform Avro York in my hand from the bargain bin and I put it back. 

[Heather Kay]

3 minutes ago, marvinneko said:

You are a brave woman.

While I need this model in my collection (damned completist that I am), if Hannants had posted better images I might well have passed it over. It’s going to be some time before I even begin to think about building this kit, though, so plenty of time to work out potential solutions. 

[stevehnz]

A couple of LF decals sheet via Aviationmegastore with Hellcat markings similar to aircraft in the recent thread on early Hellcat colours.

Steve.

[PhantomBigStu]

some xtradecal Vulcan decals yesterday and an promised trip to hobbycraft wasn’t as successful as I’d hoped from a browse of their website (was a smaller store.m than the one in the other direction I thought it would be), still left with some Revell paint, a mistercraft spitfire viii and storage diveder that turned out to be too big for my desk draw as intended, but ended up replacing a cardboard box and big basket underneath so can’t complain, also just missed out on an airfix trs2 on eBay tonight. 

 

Edit 29/02, thanks to ebays leap year special discount and some saved vouchers I've just got some more AK paint and the new Tamiya F-35A for little over 20 quid delivered, result  

Edited February 29, 2024 by PhantomBigStu

[Procopius]

The hideously expensive Kampfraum Arnheim, 2nd Edition, by RZM Publishing. Hope it's good.

 

1/72 Special Hobby Suez F-84F

 

The Roer River Battles: Germany's Stand at the Westwall, 1944-45 by David Higgins

 

And the Polar Lights 1/2500 Strange New Worlds iteration of the USS Enterprise, for Mrs P, who likes it for Spock-related reasons that I choose to remain as ignorant of as possible.

[Keeff]

Well, ahead of the Tiger group build, I ordered some weathering effects and some figures .... 

 

 

I've no experience of Zvezda, but a quick look reveals they look ok ....

 

 

Keith 😁 

 

 

[AliGauld]

I've been tempted by this since it was announced and after finally pulling the trigger this arrived today.

 

 

 

Trying desperately not to start it right now.

 

 

 

[PhantomBigStu]

Popped to my local to try a Vallejo air that was supposed to be good for extra dark sea grey based of measurements, turned out my local had old stock where it was labelled different and it’s way too dark for that (or indeed the grey Vallejo think it should be), least I also got an airfix mustang so it wasn’t a wasted trip 

Edited March 1, 2024 by PhantomBigStu

[Karearea]

Some Vingtor decal sheets arrived today- a RNoAF F-16 in 1/72 and RNoAF F-86 in 1/48.

 

Also bonus decals for a 1/144 Starfighter which are lovely in their own right.

Really impressed with the quality of both design and print, and the excellent customer service. I’ll definitely be buying more sometime. Thanks @Vingtor 

[John Laidlaw]

Due to a recent orbit anniversary:

 

Mr. Color Thinners x 2, Mr Color Leveling Thinners, Mr Rapid Thinners x 2.

Vallejo Airbrush Thinner, Vallejo Flow Improver.

A "High Roller" trigger for the tiny, tiny, tiny Badger Renegade Krome airbrush in the hope my hand will stop cramping the instant I try to use it.

Vallejo red, green, yellow, blue and smoke "transparent" colours which turned out to be so pigment-rich I've had to experiment with mixing them with acrylic gloss medium to get them to a see-through state.

A bunch of Gunze Mr Metal Color and Mr Super Metallic 2 paints.

 

All the following are 1/48th:

Tamiya P-51B

Tamiya P-51D

Tamiya P-38J

Kinetic Dassault Mirage IIIE

Kinetic Republic F-84F Thunderstreak

[Vingtor]

10 hours ago, Karearea said:

Some Vingtor decal sheets arrived today- a RNoAF F-16 in 1/72 and RNoAF F-86 in 1/48.

 

Also bonus decals for a 1/144 Starfighter which are lovely in their own right.

Really impressed with the quality of both design and print, and the excellent customer service. I’ll definitely be buying more sometime. Thanks @Vingtor 

 

Glad they arrived rather fast (10 days?) to the other side of the world.  Hope you find the decals easy to work with.

 

Nils

[scautomoton]

A very nice chap in the US of A posted a Victoria Models Avro Arrow vacform which arrived today. For something from the 70s it's got amazingly accurate dimensions and detail. It even comes with a 1/72 scale set of drawings. But, and here's the only negative side of the kit, you have to scratchbuild the undercarriage.

[Des]

Mainly books this week , some newly released , some older and much reduced , one older and second-hand.

Via Ali Express

1/35 'Die Casting Resin Model Set Kit, Panzer Spahwagen Mecha' resin kit , woodlouse shaped hover-tank (base approx. 5” x 3.5”/12.7cm x 8.9cm at its widest) with a remotely operated gun on top , possibly ‘inspired’ in 1/35 scale by one of several limited-run multimedia kits of the Maschinen Krieger genre OSKAR Panzer Spahwagen genre but typical of Ali unbranded items with no instructions and none of the metal detail parts such as the gun , aerials and piping shown in the sale listing images below but on the other hand far cheaper than the originals if you could ever find them.

 

 

 

From Aero Research

USAF Collection No.17 PDF Download , latest release with 154 High Resolution images.

From Amazon

B-24 Illustrated book , by Lou Drendel , published by Amazon as the latest release in the Aviation Art Inc. series , usual format with a mix of images , author’s own artwork and Technical Manual extracts , also covers the C-87 and the Privateer although post-war coverage on the latter is a bit thin and as regards French use somewhat dismissive.
 

From Phoenix Publications

The McDonnell Douglas FG.1 , FGR.2 And F-4J(UK) Phantom British Versions book , by Andy Evans , latest release by Phoenix Publications as their Phantom Series Volume 4 / Real to Replica White Series No.5. , usual format - well illustrated along with colour profiles and model builds.

 

From Postscript Books

Bargain books with a cover price of £45 for £20 and with some other books for different family members in the order qualified for free shipping.

The Privatisation Classes – A Pictorial Survey Of Diesel And Electric Locomotives and Units Since 1994 book , by David Cable , published 2017 by Pen & Sword , not into rail as such but have a few of the author’s books and enjoy his style of photography and the way it captures changes in the post-industrial landscape which today increasingly involves rat's nests of overhead cables.

Planes A Complete History – A Model-Making and Collector’s Book In One book , Brian Bartle ; Neil Capel ; Simon Morse et al , published 2014 by Thunder Bay , thought I might make a very simplified but a bit caricaturish start into paper modelling with a choice of 50 pre-printed press out models to choose from and see if it encourages anything more complicated.

 

Military & Naval Press

Bargain books with a total cover price of £105 for £35 including shipping

Hunters Over Arabia - Hawker Hunter Operations in the Middle East book , by Ray Deacon , published 2019 by Pen & Sword , 380 heavily illustrated pages , mainly in colour and not confined to Hunters and the cheapest of the lot at £4.99.

Wingleader Magazine Printed Compendium Volume 1 book , published 2019 by Wingleader , printed collection of issues 1 , 2 and 3 of their digital magazine.

Wingleader Magazine Printed Compendium Volume 4 book , published 2019 by Wingleader , printed collection of issues 10 , 11 and 12 of their digital magazine.

British Combat Aircraft In Latin America book , by Santiago Rivas , published 2019 by Hikoki , I have a few of their titles on the shelf but this one is quite literally a heavyweight.
 

From Cancer Research in Dundee

Britain's Modern Royal Air Force book , by Peter F. Guiver , published 1994 by PSL , second-hand copy for 50p.  , with slight tear to dustcover , well illustrated mainly in black & white and an 18 image colour section , covers aircraft (with three-view plans (1/72 up to Canberra sized , various scales beyond) , vehicles , weapons and organisation , had been awarded as a prize in a Weapons Technician Course at Cosford in 1996 with suitable inscription and a course photograph.

[PhantomBigStu]

Some good news to counter yesterday wrong paint purchase was just browsing eBay for the grey and found some cheap xtracrylix raf dark green, might not have enough for my Vulcan and was cheaper than Hannants so ordered it straight way and as the seller had two I got that as well

[Memphis]

Here are my latest purchases that I received this week.

I'd like to review Trump's Intruder, but it will not be soon. I know about the mistake with the main wheel well and I think there are more mistakes.

 

[treker_ed]

1 x modelling purchase, and 1 x non modelling!

 

Finally getting my hands on one of the excellent Fairy Gannets from Airfix! Have had to wait a while to save a little of that funny stuff called money before I could get one - however, as it has also been double Hornby Hobby points over the last few days on in stock items, I thought now was a good time to buy one. Along with what points I had already, and the 10% club discount, managed to bag one for less than £43!

 

My second purchase is not so much of a bargain! Being a gamer (PC) Good sound is a must, and sadly my current speaker set up is beginning to sound less and less high end, and more and more bargain basement, with lots of popping and crackling coming from the speakers and subwoofers (it's a 5.1 surround system). Just decided to buy a new set of speakers from Overclockers, by a company called Edifier. Not a company I'd heard of, but the speakers themselves seem to have had some really good reviews since they were released, so decided to go with them. Seems to be very few actual 5.1 speaker systems around these days, they are either ultra high end (several hundreds of pounds) or just piddly little desktop speakers £20 or £30 or so. Everyone wants headphones that emulate surround sound! No thanks. I'd rather have proper speakers (besides I find wearing headphones very uncomfortable, and annoying - could be a sensation thing as I'm autistic and don't like certain sensations/touches/smells/tastes etc). Anyway, £160 plus delivery!

[bentwaters81tfw]

Magna Shorts Seamew.

[Keeff]

Well, after discovering that Jadlam are having a sale, I appear to have ordered one of these .....

 

 

Saved quite a bit on it ..... and it should be delivered in the next day or so ...... adding another kitty to the litter! 😬

 

Keith 😁 

 

 

 

 

[klr]

Not much happening recently, but I did get a second Roden Junkers D.I, the long fuselage version to go with the short version I got a couple of months ago. The refined corrugated detail on these kits looks very impressive.

 

[MrB17]

I just had to get one of these, especially after seeing what @woody37 has done with his. Now all I have to find are a bunch of 1/72 British nurses.

Cheers

 

Jeff

[scautomoton]

Had an Olimp BAC 221 just handed to me by the Postie. This will compliment the Dora Wings FD2 I recently received. I suspect I'll build both simultaneously. In fact, to get through the stash, I may have to start doing this with a few of the others...... 2x SR P.177, multiple Lightnings..... I think I may be losing track of what I have under the desk....

[bentwaters81tfw]

Dora Wings FD2 and a Hasegawa F-22 Egg plane appeared yesterday. I'm sure I didn't order them . Now waiting on a Kitty Hawk 1/48 Starfire.