What's your latest purchase?

[Keeff]

Well, this arrived today.... 

 

 

The Takom 'Big Box' ..... 3 big boxes in a big box and a huge pile of plastic! 😬

 

Keith 😁 

[Andy H]

Tiggy-tastic! 👍

 

I don't feel so, er...eccentric about buying ships in bulk now. 😆

[Procopius]

A boatload of 20mm metal figures:

 

A platoon of US paratroopers and some supporting elements from Adler Miniatures, which will no doubt take some time, as they're retiring their napoleonic ranges and are deluged with orders from frantic grognards

 

and

 

Fallschirmjager and regular heer infantry from Simon's Soldiers in Australia. Every miniatures company making 20mm figures seems to be run by some genial wargamer in his sixties or seventies who's been playing miniatures games since Edward Heath was a going concern, and all of them are a delight to deal with, but Simon is particularly nice, reaching out to me to help me secure some extra HQ figures, throwing in copious extras, and all in all being extremely enthusiastic and helpful. And anyone who knows me knows how little I merit such consideration.

 

Also two books of retold Greek mythology by Bernard Evslin for Winston, who is hooked on the wretched Percy Jackson books and might as well get some good versions of the tripe he's ingesting.

 

 

[woody37]

On 3/5/2024 at 10:35 PM, MrB17 said:

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

Looking forwards to this, especially laden with nurses!

[Keeff]

My Jadlam order arrived .... 

 

 

This thing is huge ..... What have I done?! 😳

 

Keith 😁 

[Dads203]

34 minutes ago, Keeff said:

My Jadlam order arrived .... 

 

 

This thing is huge ..... What have I done?! 😳

 

Keith 😁 

Just wait until the CinC home front claps her eyes on that !! 

[Keeff]

14 minutes ago, Dads203 said:

Just wait until the CinC home front claps her eyes on that !! 

 She accepted the delivery! 🤣🤣🤣

[Spookytooth]

58 minutes ago, Keeff said:

This thing is huge ..... What have I done?! 😳

Said the bishop to the actress....

 

Simon.

[Andy H]

Yet more o' that fancy book learnin' and a dirt-cheap old battleship to practice on...

 

 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

27 minutes ago, Andy H said:

Yet more o' that fancy book learnin' and a dirt-cheap old battleship to practice on...

 

 

Nice May I ask what the kit cost ? 

[Andy H]

6 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

Nice May I ask what the kit cost ? 

£10  😁

 

The plan is to get the hang of building a big ship before tackling Tamiya's more recent Prince of Wales and Repulse.

 

 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

8 minutes ago, Andy H said:

£10  😁

 

The plan is to get the hang of building a big ship before tackling Tamiya's more recent Prince of Wales and Repulse.

 

 

Thank you, Im just starting to get into ships and have about 20-25 Id like to build someday. Im always trying to find prices for a tight budget $. 

[Andy H]

Tamiya's old Nelson, Rodney, KGV, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are available at very reasonable prices - it's worth shopping around to shave a bit more off. 🙂

[noelh]

On 3/6/2024 at 9:23 PM, Keeff said:

Well, this arrived today.... 

 

 

The Takom 'Big Box' ..... 3 big boxes in a big box and a huge pile of plastic! 😬

 

Keith 😁 

Unless you count the bottle of wine and pink lady apples in Tesco and the latest edition of Airfix  magazine. Then it's the  big box from  Takom. As a primarily aircraft modeller who  still  loves AFVs, it's a  big  commitment.

Edited March 9, 2024 by noelh

[stevehnz]

A Caracal Decals sheets for 1/72 A-10s, it's theJAWS scheme ones I'm most interested in.

Steve.

[Mr T]

10 hours ago, Andy H said:

Yet more o' that fancy book learnin' and a dirt-cheap old battleship to practice on...

 

 

Just finished reading the 'Battle of North Cape' It is a good read, and demonstrates the huge differences in the culture and capability between the Royal Navy and Kreigsmarine arine surface fleets in the later years  of WW2. North Cape seems to be somewhat lost among sea battles, possibly because it isn't American and in some ways quite an old fashioned sea battle. 

[Des]

Via Abe Books

After buying issues 1 and 4 at bargain prices from Naval & Military Press last week I sought out the rest of the series at slightly higher but still lower than cover prices this week , the launch issue described as second -hand although it appeared brand-new to me while the other issues were brand-new,

Wingleader Magazine Limited Edition Launch Issue book , published 2018 by Wingleader as a printed edition of their digital journal.

Wingleader Magazine Compendium Volume 2 book , published 2019 by Wingleader , printed collection of issues 4 , 5 and 6 of their digital journal.

Wingleader Magazine Compendium Volume 3 book , published 2019 by Wingleader , printed collection of issues 7 , 8 and 9 of their digital journal.

[AdrianMF]

These two turned up together this morning, for a tenner each plus three pound-odd combined postage:

 

I have a couple of FROG Barracudas and the awful Pioneer R5, and I will no doubt feel compelled to build them alongside these far more refined counterparts. Which is why I've ended up with a built FROG SB-2 and a half-finished ICM one...🙄

I was very impressed with the selection of stamps used:

 

Regards,

Adrian

[Mr T]

The MPM Barracuda isn't as much as a step up as might be expected. It might be why Special Hobby have replaced it with a newish mould. My MPM one is the donor kit for a Maintrack  resin conversion that has bee sat in my stash for ages. 

[AdrianMF]

41 minutes ago, Mr T said:

replaced

Ah, good to know. I'm expecting it to fit less well than the FROG one, regardless of whether it's a new or old mould. How Special Hobby manage to simultaneously produce accurate externals and poorly fitting parts mystifies and frustrates me (I'm looking at you, Bugatti 100!)

 

Regards,

Adrian

[scautomoton]

6 hours ago, AdrianMF said:

🙄

 

I was very impressed with the selection of stamps used:

 

Regards,

Adria

Almost worth keeping wherever your builds are displayed

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

13 hours ago, stevehnz said:

A Caracal Decals sheets for 1/72 A-10s, it's theJAWS scheme ones I'm most interested in.

Steve.

You & me both. 

[AdrianMF]

Ah, "JAWS" is experimental camouflage... No sharks tho'

 

Regards,

Adrian

 

[Procopius]

On 3/9/2024 at 5:36 AM, AdrianMF said:

 

I was very impressed with the selection of stamps used:

 

 

I feel like this is someone I could hang with. 

[Mike]

2mm sticky foam sheet to apply to my model jig.  Not very exciting, but useful