Soo.... What did you just get???

[belugawhaleman]

9 hours ago, FullArmor said:

Got this cheap. Out of stock everywhere. So grabbed while i can👍

Nice! AFV modeler sells a corrected sprocket for this kit.

https://www.afvmodeller.com/product/corrected-drive-sprockets-to-fit-trumpeter-116-m1a1-abrams/

[FullArmor]

10 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said:

Nice! AFV modeler sells a corrected sprocket for this kit.

https://www.afvmodeller.com/product/corrected-drive-sprockets-to-fit-trumpeter-116-m1a1-abrams/

I was thinking to fabricate one my self. Scale up sprocket and create teplate with computer. Then trace it to brass sheet. Create new gear and add this to stock part. At least this is my plan🧐

 

[belugawhaleman]

1 hour ago, FullArmor said:

I was thinking to fabricate one my self. Scale up sprocket and create teplate with computer. Then trace it to brass sheet. Create new gear and add this to stock part. At least this is my plan🧐

 

Sounds like a lot of work!....please, when the time comes, show us how

you do this.....it would make a cool build thread.

[FullArmor]

36 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said:

Sounds like a lot of work!....please, when the time comes, show us how

you do this.....it would make a cool build thread.

Yes of course.

[mark31]

Just recievd 

Mark

[Peterpools]

Mark, nice buy and I'm sure it's going to be a terrific addition to your collection.

 

[Jeff]

Now that is COOL. I hope a WIP is in the works for this Mark. 

[mark31]

4 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Mark, nice buy and I'm sure it's going to be a terrific addition to your collection.

 

Thanks Peter and ontwerp special one

55 minutes ago, Jeff said:

Now that is COOL. I hope a WIP is in the works for this Mark. 

Will do a wip but first i have to find more pics and finnish my tornado.

 

Mark

[Jeff]

4 minutes ago, mark31 said:

Thanks Peter and ontwerp special one

Will do a wip but first i have to find more pics and finnish my tornado.

 

Mark

Mark, I will be looking forward to this one.  

[belugawhaleman]

Two vintage Tamiya kits today:

First; their British 25PDR. Field Gun & Quad Gun Tractor (Canadian Ford F.G.T)

(35044) in 1/35. This kit dates back to 1974! I was ten years old when it

came out. Never built this one, but I saw it in the Tamiya catalogs most of

my life...I saw it on Amazon for $24.00, and thought why not? An interesting

subject, a fun weekend build perhaps.

Second; Tamiya's  British Infantry Tank Mk.IV Churchill Mk.VII (35210) in 1/35. I built this kit 22 years ago, the model long since gone. The basic kit

dates back to 1977. In '96 some nice figures were added to the kit; consisting of a "farmer" figure offering wine to the tanks crew and his cart.

The cart has a basket with more wine bottles (clear plastic), bucket,milk can, and lantern. There are also 3 British soldier figures. I wanted to build

a Churchill. The AFV kit looks good, but I chose this one for price, and the

nostalgia factor.

[BlrwestSiR]

Nice couple of vintage kits Paul. Hopefully they're a nice trip down memory road for you. 

[FullArmor]

19 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

Two vintage Tamiya kits today:

First; their British 25PDR. Field Gun & Quad Gun Tractor (Canadian Ford F.G.T)

(35044) in 1/35. This kit dates back to 1974! I was ten years old when it

came out. Never built this one, but I saw it in the Tamiya catalogs most of

my life...I saw it on Amazon for $24.00, and thought why not? An interesting

subject, a fun weekend build perhaps.

Second; Tamiya's  British Infantry Tank Mk.IV Churchill Mk.VII (35210) in 1/35. I built this kit 22 years ago, the model long since gone. The basic kit

dates back to 1977. In '96 some nice figures were added to the kit; consisting of a "farmer" figure offering wine to the tanks crew and his cart.

The cart has a basket with more wine bottles (clear plastic), bucket,milk can, and lantern. There are also 3 British soldier figures. I wanted to build

a Churchill. The AFV kit looks good, but I chose this one for price, and the

nostalgia factor.

I have this Churchill also👍

[belugawhaleman]

A couple of Items today:

The first, from Hobby Boss, their Vickers Medium Tank Mk II (83879) in

1/35 scale. Hobby Boss makes a lot of inter-war tank subjects that other

manufacturers seem to avoid , these Vickers tanks in three Mks, and in

particular, Soviet Tanks like the T-26,T-28, T-35 and etc. I find these pretty

interesting.. And they seem like decent kits.

Also today more Fruilmodel tracks. This time their ATL-04 PZ III/IV. I plan to use these on my Tamiya Nashorn.

 

 

[CANicoll]

Getting ready for the Twin GB, this arrived today.  $155 in a VERY small box.  And it is not even measured in carats....

 

[mark31]

Finale i spend my gift card that i get from the raffle here

 

Thank you cannicol.

These where one sale 30% discount

And some stuff for my tornado diorama.

[belugawhaleman]

Another kit from Copper State Models today and it's an odd one;

It's their 5.3 cm Gruson Fahrpanzer (CSM 35011) in 1/35.

This was a a mobile pill-box artillery piece with a rotating turret that

could be relocated on a horse-drawn carriage to a site. Once there, it could

be fired from the carriage, or set up on a narrow gauge set of rails. A short

section of rails was suspended on chains below the carriage. These were

used from the 1890's  and to the end of WW1. They were sold to other

countries as well. An interesting subject. CSM sells accessories for this

kit including figures and a pair of Horses.

  Also today some White Putty from Tamiya.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrpanzer

[Martinnfb]

Now we know what happened to R2D2's grandpa  

Sweet subject Paul, I would love to see your building log on this one. 

[belugawhaleman]

Either that, or an H.G. Wells vision of what a 19th century German speaking

Dalek might look like! Imagine; "Vernichten!" , "Vernichten!" (exterminate).

[CANicoll]

9 hours ago, mark31 said:

Finale i spend my gift card that i get from the raffle here

 

Thank you cannicol.

These where one sale 30% discount

And some stuff for my tornado diorama.

Well spent!!!  Acrylic Asphalt??  Cool stuff.

[PanzerWomble]

15 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

Another kit from Copper State Models today and it's an odd one;

It's their 5.3 cm Gruson Fahrpanzer (CSM 35011) in 1/35.

This was a a mobile pill-box artillery piece with a rotating turret that

could be relocated on a horse-drawn carriage to a site. Once there, it could

be fired from the carriage, or set up on a narrow gauge set of rails. A short

section of rails was suspended on chains below the carriage. These were

used from the 1890's  and to the end of WW1. They were sold to other

countries as well. An interesting subject. CSM sells accessories for this

kit including figures and a pair of Horses.

  Also today some White Putty from Tamiya.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrpanzer

Can you imagine how insane it would be, to be inside a metal bell when the cannon fires. 

[Martinnfb]

Both Iwata airbrushes just died on me. I had them for more than a decade, replacing parts as the time progressed and eventually just gave up and got this one. 
 

[BlrwestSiR]

Hope the new airbrush works out better for you Martin. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Just picked this up from one of the guys on LSP. 

It also came with a Yahu IP, Master barrels and an Eduard seatbelt set. 

[Peterpools]

Paul, WOW, those kits look awesome and have to be a build thread for sure.

[Peterpools]

12 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

Both Iwata airbrushes just died on me. I had them for more than a decade, replacing parts as the time progressed and eventually just gave up and got this one. 
 

Martin

Enjoy the Paasche Talon AB, I've read a lot of good things about it. I have two H&S Infinity Plus and Iwata AB's for many years and as time has gone on, spend more and more time stripping them down, doing deep cleaning and replacing parts, which especially for the H&S AB's, the cost of the parts is insane. I've been looking at replacing them as they are all over a decade old. No complaints as I've surely gotten my money's worth but the upkeep costs, have made the decision for me on replacing them before ordering more parts when needed.

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