Rick Griewski Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Not jealous, me LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 Two new small items. A fuel truck (for my 1:48 HKM B-17G): A flash from the past that I'd been wanting for quite a while, too cool: Rick Griewski, chrish, Gazzas and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Two recent acquisitions. I've been eagerly awaiting this, as I want to do an A-10 but did not want to try it with the dated Tamiya 1/48 kit: It was hard to find as the first wave that hit the hobby stores seems to have sold out in about -3 seconds. Curiously, despite limited remaining availability of this kit (or so I've heard): I put in the minimum bid for it on an eBay auction and to my surprise got it - no one else even bid. I am really hankering to build something that's good enough to do OOB once I wrap up with my current "maximum aftermarket" Ukrainian Flanker, and I think it's probably going to be one of these two. Both have gotten rave reviews, and a quick look at the sprues certainly doesn't disappoint... jeroen_R90S, Rick Griewski, Kagemusha and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Alex said: Two recent acquisitions. I've been eagerly awaiting this, as I want to do an A-10 but did not want to try it with the dated Tamiya 1/48 kit: It was hard to find as the first wave that hit the hobby stores seems to have sold out in about -3 seconds. Curiously, despite limited remaining availability of this kit (or so I've heard): I put in the minimum bid for it on an eBay auction and to my surprise got it - no one else even bid. I am really hankering to build something that's good enough to do OOB once I wrap up with my current "maximum aftermarket" Ukrainian Flanker, and I think it's probably going to be one of these two. Both have gotten rave reviews, and a quick look at the sprues certainly doesn't disappoint... Nice find, id say it depends on what that minimum bid was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Neo said: Nice find, id say it depends on what that minimum bid was $15 less than the (out of stock) retail price at Sprue brothers, so I'm pretty happy about it... Neo, LSP_K2, chrish and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Just FYI fellas, but I've just been through and given this thread a massive prune, and it's now over 200 pages shorter. I can also report on my latest arrivals, the first being a large assortment of airliner accessory decals (windows, doors, vortex generators, supplementary details) from Authentic Airliners Decals: These are mostly for my planned 1/72 scale builds, but there's some smaller scale stuff in there too. I've also just taken possession of some new rivetting tools from Galaxy Tools, courtesy of our own Eric Galliers of Manscale Models: I have to confess that I've only ever rivetted one model, and while I definitely felt it was worth the effort for that particular model, I haven't otherwise been convinced of the need for it more generally. Until I started following (and publishing) John Kim's (Thunnus) builds, that is! With the RB Productions rivetting wheels now out of production, these seemed to be a suitable replacement, though I wouldn't call them cheap. Just need to find a project to use them on, now! Kev Alex, Gazzas, chukw and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 6 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Just FYI fellas, but I've just been through and given this thread a massive prune, and it's now over 200 pages shorter. I can also report on my latest arrivals, the first being a large assortment of airliner accessory decals (windows, doors, vortex generators, supplementary details) from Authentic Airliners Decals: These are mostly for my planned 1/72 scale builds, but there's some smaller scale stuff in there too. I've also just taken possession of some new rivetting tools from Galaxy Tools, courtesy of our own Eric Galliers of Manscale Models: I have to confess that I've only ever rivetted one model, and while I definitely felt it was worth the effort for that particular model, I haven't otherwise been convinced of the need for it more generally. Until I started following (and publishing) John Kim's (Thunnus) builds, that is! With the RB Productions rivetting wheels now out of production, these seemed to be a suitable replacement, though I wouldn't call them cheap. Just need to find a project to use them on, now! Kev Nice decals! I’m going to have to look into that… LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 27 minutes ago, Alex said: Nice decals! I’m going to have to look into that… I used their '3D' window decals on my Minicraft 1/144 Electra build, and they look quite convincing: However, on the sheets at least, they seem a little less convincing in 1/72 scale. Of course, context is everything, and it may well be that they will look fine on the model. I'm looking forward to finding out! Kev chukw, chrish, dutik and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Who woulda thunk it... 3D Windshield decals! Anyways... A brace of Gustav's arrived from Volks Japan today. They came with two surprise resin figures. Thank you, Volks. Alas, the figures are cockpit sitters in full gear with oxygen mask. I don't think I will have much use for them as I generally place my aircraft on the ground. Scale32, scvrobeson, LSP_K2 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 49 minutes ago, Gazzas said: Who woulda thunk it... 3D Windshield decals! Anyways... A brace of Gustav's arrived from Volks Japan today. They came with two surprise resin figures. Thank you, Volks. Alas, the figures are cockpit sitters in full gear with oxygen mask. I don't think I will have much use for them as I generally place my aircraft on the ground. How much did they set you back, Gary? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: How much did they set you back, Gary? Kev 366 AUD including S&H. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 15 minutes ago, Gazzas said: 366 AUD including S&H. Ouch! Kev LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 9 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Ouch! Kev Considering what I paid to get a Revell G6 passable, worth it. Shipping from Japan is killer. Then there's the exchange rate. dutik and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 27 minutes ago, Gazzas said: Considering what I paid to get a Revell G6 passable, worth it. Shipping from Japan is killer. Then there's the exchange rate. I'm going to have to stick with the Revell kits, unfortunately. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Latest arrivals: Henschel was on offer last week at Jadlam models - now all gone. I don't 'officially' have it yet - it's my birthday prezzie for late May - so being hidden so that I can have a 'surprise' And these - I'm not greedy - one is for a good friend of this parish - pre-order boxings with some extra goodies... Looks an absolutely superb kit - and the one I want to build is one of the options - so happy days! Iain scvrobeson, LSP_K2, TankBuster and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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