BlrwestSiR Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 40 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said: Two weeks! I got off easy, I guess , with my Hobby Easy shipment. Anyway, I hope you post your conversion when the time comes around It was sent out from the US on Dec 12, arrived in Canada on the 22nd and was forwarded to Canada Customs for clearance the next day. It then sat there with no updates until this morning when they said it was out for delivery. I have to find an HK Meteor kit now for the base kit as well as decals. Thankfully the Zotz ones seem to be still around with a couple shops. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: It was sent out from the US on Dec 12, arrived in Canada on the 22nd and was forwarded to Canada Customs for clearance the next day. It then sat there with no updates until this morning when they said it was out for delivery. I have to find an HK Meteor kit now for the base kit as well as decals. Thankfully the Zotz ones seem to be still around with a couple shops. I'd like to do one of the HK Meteor kits myself....like the looks of that 'plane. The customs thing...is that recent? I purchased 3 items from Hobby Easy before without any customs problems.... The last two, well, I had delays. Well, honestly, my delay was about a week.. not so bad....but what has changed from before? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Not sure what changes have happened. I think that it's probably volume more than anything. But, it got here and in one piece so I'm fine with it. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Yes, you're probably right...but darn annoying! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Martin... ....Aston Martin. A fun read on the history of the car through the films. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Another ....."What I'll get" ...when available. This big 1/16 ONTOS by Takom. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 13 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: Another ....."What I'll get" ...when available. This big 1/16 ONTOS by You must do a WIP on this, never seen one built in any scale……. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Bomber_County said: You must do a WIP on this, never seen one built in any scale……. Haven't got it yet......who knows when it will be available ...but a WIP seems likely! Academy and Hobby fan both released versions in 1/35 but neither seem to be available anymore. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 From Amazon, came another Tamiya kit. This time their French Battle Tank B1 bis (35282). I purchased this same kit a while back but the partially built model was damaged during moving and some of its parts lost. I was determined to purchase another if I could find it at a good price. I did. I found a seller on Amazon selling it at about $20.00 cheaper than my usual sources....and shipping was free..so, a pretty good deal. It's a nice kit....and it has individual working track links. Being a French inter-war tank, it has the usual weirdness to make it an interesting subject. I now have three Tamiya kits of French tanks, a few big Takom Ft-17s, and a Takom St Chamond to build. Most of these have paint schemes that are a little challenging. I also intend to get the Schneider tank by Hobby Boss , that's if I can find that one at a decent price.....the lowest I've seen is $49.00 for that one. Anyway, I'm glad I found this one. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 I stopped by my LHS and they had a sale on Revell car kits so I decided to go down memory lane and pick up a kit I built when I was around 8. Hopefully I do a better job this time and it doesn't keep falling apart on me like the original one did. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 On 1/13/2023 at 7:58 PM, belugawhaleman said: From Amazon, came another Tamiya kit. This time their French Battle Tank B1 bis Nice choice Paul, I built that one some years ago, it's a great kit with maybe the best non-AM-tracks I've ever seen. Highly detailed and the links click together securely. The tank itself has the rough beauty of these early French designs, a bit of a dinosaur. Along with the interesting French camo schemes, it makes for a nice in between builds. Cheers Rob 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 6 hours ago, DocRob said: Nice choice Paul, I built that one some years ago, it's a great kit with maybe the best non-AM-tracks I've ever seen. Highly detailed and the links click together securely. The tank itself has the rough beauty of these early French designs, a bit of a dinosaur. Along with the interesting French camo schemes, it makes for a nice in between builds. Cheers Rob Nice work on your Char, Rob.Yes, it's a great kit. Echelon made a couple of decal sets for these tanks...one had markings for a Tank that was apparently used by the French in Germany post war ( I think) it was overall OD with White stars like a U.S. tank. A dull marking choice..but historically, interesting. Anyway, I won't be doing that one as that decal sheet can't be found. The kit has an option of hull red and green camouflage... that's the one , I think, I might do. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_t Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Just received this yesterday. It is a BEAST 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 On 1/15/2023 at 4:33 PM, belugawhaleman said: Nice work on your Char, Rob.Yes, it's a great kit. Echelon made a couple of decal sets for these tanks...one had markings for a Tank that was apparently used by the French in Germany post war ( I think) it was overall OD with White stars like a U.S. tank. A dull marking choice..but historically, interesting. Anyway, I won't be doing that one as that decal sheet can't be found. The kit has an option of hull red and green camouflage... that's the one , I think, I might do. Or go German . Two training battalions (100 & 206) used them in Normandy , plus a few sent to Yugoslavia . Completely decimated in Normandy in 48 hours or so . 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 With the gift card I won in the Christmas raffle (thanks @GazzaS!) I picked up a Water Buffalo. I thought this would be a good back up for the Get Wet group build but I'm enjoying doing the Vosper build. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 26, 2023 Administrators Share Posted January 26, 2023 To all of y’all who got together and sneakily sent me a Sprue Brothers gift card for Christmas, thank you! This is what I bought with it: It’s even the Christmas Special Edition! 😁 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Awesome my friend, you deserve it ....harv 👏 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Ernie, looks like a nice choice. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 26, 2023 Administrators Share Posted January 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: Ernie, looks like a nice choice. I think so, too. Gotta be one of the ugliest and most boring schemes out there for that bird, but it’s incredibly historically significant. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 18 minutes ago, Clunkmeister said: To all of y’all who got together and sneakily sent me a Sprue Brothers gift card for Christmas, thank you! This is what I bought with it: It’s even the Christmas Special Edition! 😁 Nice!, Years ago, I suffered from what I called then, " The P-40 Curse". That is, every attempt at building a model of a P-40 failed.. That is until I built an Otaki one in 1/48. Satisfied, I never tried another one.....That was n 1983, a long, long time ago. Truth was, there wasn't a lot of good kits available then.....at least, that was my excuse. Well, now, I just might give it another try. That kit is tempting me.....although it's a little expensive. Best of luck with yours...and please, show us your build! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 37 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said: That is until I built an Otaki one in 1/48. I gave that SOB away to a buddy who thought he give it a crack that was years ago still not built.You Paul got lucky in my book. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 26, 2023 Administrators Share Posted January 26, 2023 1 hour ago, belugawhaleman said: Nice!, Years ago, I suffered from what I called then, " The P-40 Curse". That is, every attempt at building a model of a P-40 failed.. That is until I built an Otaki one in 1/48. Satisfied, I never tried another one.....That was n 1983, a long, long time ago. Truth was, there wasn't a lot of good kits available then.....at least, that was my excuse. Well, now, I just might give it another try. That kit is tempting me.....although it's a little expensive. Best of luck with yours...and please, show us your build! I’ve stalled out on a Hasegawa E. No reason, just chugged to a stop. This one oughta do it: challenging but accurate. My problem is that I try to outsmart the kit. Leave off internal detail that will be hidden, etc. at times, that gets me into trouble.. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Ernie Enjoy and the perfect purchase.🎅 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 26, 2023 Administrators Share Posted January 26, 2023 On 1/17/2023 at 9:17 AM, scott_t said: Just received this yesterday. It is a BEAST Dang! That thing looks truly monstrous! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Well these two were delivered today. Thanks to Carl’s generous gift card in the raffle the Avenger was pretty cheap! Thanks Carl!! Will be a perfect match with my Fisher guppy I built a few years back. I found a set of hard to find decals at a hobby shop in Poland that are now on the way as well. Hopefully this will be the end result. oops! Image is on my iPad. I’ll edit it later. Let me see if this works. 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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