What AFV kits/stuff have you recently picked up?

[szeregowy]

1 hour ago, Stef N. said:

It was a "had to have" purchase. 😁👍

Please make the three tone camo version. 🙂

[Stef N.]

22 minutes ago, szeregowy said:

Please make the three tone camo version. 🙂

Yeah, it was going to be simple grey but I just looked at that scheme. 😀😁

[IanC]

3 hours ago, Stef N. said:

I stumbled upon this kit today sampling a new to me shop in Rushden. I can't remember seeing this one before.

 

 

Is that Airfix Churchill for the Group Build, Stef, or do you just want to punish yourself? 😀

[szeregowy]

37 minutes ago, Stef N. said:

Yeah, it was going to be simple grey but I just looked at that scheme. 😀😁

You know that there is only one correct scheme for this tank 😜 

[Stef N.]

39 minutes ago, IanC said:

 

Is that Airfix Churchill for the Group Build, Stef, or do you just want to punish yourself? 😀

If I have a bit of time it will be for the GB. I haven't done a classic Airfix kit for decades so it maybe fun, or terrible.😂

[Morantbay]

Couple beautiful trinkets came in the mail this week

 

 

And just in time to show me the error of my ways in the Churchill group build .... better late than never?

 

 

[Milan Mynar]

15 hours ago, Stef N. said:

I stumbled upon this kit today sampling a new to me shop in Rushden. I can't remember seeing this one before.

 

The BT 42 is a good kit, it was built by one boy in my modeling class. It looks very nice i Finsh three tone camo.

[Stef N.]

7 hours ago, Morantbay said:

Couple beautiful trinkets came in the mail this week

 

 

And just in time to show me the error of my ways in the Churchill group build .... better late than never?

 

 

ITA must be wondering what is going on. They have sold more copies of that book in the last few weeks than the previous year.😁

[SimonL]

Picked up second hand from the swap and sell at WA scale model expo this morning. 

 

[Milan Mynar]

Nice kits you bought SimonL.

[SimonL]

Thanks @Milan Mynar. While the Grant and Sherman are part of my usual interests, the other two are a bit of change  for me. I know very little about the subjects, and in the case of the RFM Tiger II it’s such a new kit I can find very little about how it might build. Perhaps sit it on the shelf with my M36 once I complete them as a Battle of the Bulge double?

[Muchmirth]

On 10/08/2025 at 13:24, SimonL said:

Picked up second hand from the swap and sell at WA scale model expo this morning. 

 

Oh yes! Nice bitty gear that! 

[PatrikF]

It's been a long time since my latest pick up... Well it was two weeks but I just had to 😂 

I remember it as yesterday, I was like 11 y.o. listing through Czech magazine with plastic kits news and I saw this as "hot news." As a small kid, price of Dragon kits were too high for me and I lacked skills and rushed through my builds.

I've spend last week in Italy, Florence and around so I convinced my other half to check local hobby shop. There was a large section of Dragon 1:35 scale kits and this one immidiately catched my eyes. Shop wasn't that cheap, but I already know that price of kits in Italy are on higher end, but anyway. It's good to support well supplied local hobby shops so they can remain open. It's good for newcomers to hobby to go to these places, check content and maybe even get a recommendations for good kits.

 

Here's my Dragon Aufklarungspanzer 38(t) mit 2cm Kw.K 38 finally purchased after 18 years 😁

 

[Morantbay]

On 8/10/2025 at 8:24 AM, SimonL said:

Picked up second hand from the swap and sell at WA scale model expo this morning

Can't speak to the others but the Takom grant is fun.

[badger]

My latest purchase is a Revell 1/35 109 Series 3 Landrover off ebay. Been looking for one for a while and got this at a good price.

Added the Firing Line upgrade set and a driver figure, then from BNA models in Australia a set of DEF resin wheels as sadly the Firing Lines are no better than the very poor kit ones (both have totally inaccurate tread patterns).

 

Currently contemplating a FFR version so looking up radio fits.

[scootsmgoots]

On 10/08/2025 at 06:24, SimonL said:

Picked up second hand from the swap and sell at WA scale model expo this morning. 

 

I have the RFM King Tiger. Its a bit of a step up detail/skill wise compared to the Tamiya that I usually build, but its starting to take shape.

[SimonL]

I would be interested to hear how the tracks go together.

[scootsmgoots]

On 27/08/2025 at 06:13, SimonL said:

I would be interested to hear how the tracks go together.

I will let you know when I start them. Might be a few weeks since I’m going on a trip soon. 

[stevehnz]

A Dragon 1/72 Churchill Mk IV NA75 arrived from China. The kit looks OK in the box, tempted to borrow a 6 pdr barrel for my Italeri Mk III build. So far the DWS tracks seen happily pliable, but I'm wondering should I trust them or shell out for some OKB Grigorov ones? Oh hell, just seen the price of them from Super Model, sod that.  

Steve.

[bigfoot]

Picked up some bits from historex for a forthcoming project. Can you tell what it’s going to be…

 

Medical supplies are for a different forthcoming project!

 

https://imgur.com/a/Ckx47hc#eXjAjQm

 

hmmm… Imgur won’t insert the picture 

 

 

Edited August 29 by bigfoot

[Stef N.]

6 hours ago, bigfoot said:

Picked up some bits from historex for a forthcoming project. Can you tell what it’s going to be…

 

Medical supplies are for a different forthcoming project!

 

https://imgur.com/a/Ckx47hc#eXjAjQm

 

hmmm… Imgur won’t insert the picture 

 

 

Tricky one. 🤔😁

I had a good look Resicast's offerings. Some really good things available. 

[MartinL]

This landed last week.

Kit and Legend set Purchased from a Facebook seller for £50 😀

 

Edited August 30 by MartinL

[bigfoot]

On 8/29/2025 at 11:31 PM, Stef N. said:

I had a good look Resicast's offerings. Some really good things available

They do have a lot of interesting bits, especially if you like British armour.

[Muchmirth]

I sold one of my dioramas recently so allowed me to replen my “non-stash”… should keep me going a long time what with what I already have:

From the one35 shop, model workshop (who I highly praise) and eBay.

  I fit my buys into two categories, what I call ‘stand alones’ or bought to fit a diorama I have planned. 
   The boxer, tiger, Humber are my stand alone and rest for dios. 

  The revel box is massive! And has fairly large pin injection marks. I’m hoping their on the inside.

   Just want to add three Sherman’s, a bronco adler, six wheel rad by italeri, skif mtlb, m3 grant by ilk and the Meng namer, the ibg Chevy fat four… then I’ll be happy….ish! 
Paul 

Edited September 5 by Muchmirth

[StuartH]

10 hours ago, Muchmirth said:

I sold one of dioramas recently so allowed me to replen my “non-stash”… should keep me going a long time what with what I already have:

From the one35 shop, model workshop (who I highly praise) and eBay.

  I fit my buys into two categories, what I call ‘stand alones’ or bought to fit a diorama I have planned. 
   The boxer, tiger, Humber are my stand alone and rest for dios. 

  The revel box is massive! And has fairly large pin injection marks. I’m hoping their on the inside.

   Just want to add three Sherman’s, a bronco adler, six wheel rad by italeri, skif mtlb, m3 grant by idk and the Meng namer, the ibg Chevy fat four… then I’ll be happy….ish! 
Paul 

 

Nice haul 👍