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

[BlrwestSiR]

10 hours ago, ScottsGT said:

Now I just need to find the unobtanium elusive K model.  Or the tail parts…wink, wink,…nod, nod Carl. 

"Toss me the idol, I'll throw you the whip!!!"

Oh wait, that doesn't quite work in this case. 

Let me get my kids back to school and then we can sort it out. 

[BlrwestSiR]

A small order from Great Hobbies.

Some Despise brushes and a panel liner. 

The brushes are an interesting approach. The handles are aluminium and you replace the brush tip. 

Next up are some of their paint markers.

Lastly some dry brush paints and the AK sand I need for my M551 Sheridan build .

[Spitfire]

For a future build of a Hobbycraft P51A, from Aerocraft Models, spinner and blades.

Cheers

Dennis

[BlrwestSiR]

I didn't know Aerocraft made a prop for the P-51A, thanks for pointing it out Dennis. 

 

[FullArmor]

15 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

A small order from Great Hobbies.

Some Despise brushes and a panel liner. 

The brushes are an interesting approach. The handles are aluminium and you replace the brush tip. 

Next up are some of their paint markers.

Lastly some dry brush paints and the AK sand I need for my M551 Sheridan build .

Drybrush paint? How is this different from regular? Wax based? Please share feedback when tested.

[BlrwestSiR]

They're a thick acrylic paint. Looks like they have a fairly fine pigment to them. I'll let you know how they work out. 

[Peterpools]

16 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

A small order from Great Hobbies.

Some Despise brushes and a panel liner. 

The brushes are an interesting approach. The handles are aluminium and you replace the brush tip. 

Next up are some of their paint markers.

Lastly some dry brush paints and the AK sand I need for my M551 Sheridan build .

Carl

Never knew about the Despise brushes and an interesting approach to keeping them in tip top shape by replacing the brush tip.

Despise product line continues to grow with a lot of innovated products. 

[Peterpools]

36 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

They're a thick acrylic paint. Looks like they have a fairly fine pigment to them. I'll let you know how they work out. 

Carl. I've often wondered myself about dry brush paint and will have to give them a try. Looking forward to your mini-review.

[ScottsGT]

My Phase Hanger Resin stuff from their super secret banner sale showed up.  
 

 

I had no idea this was the old Two Mikes resin operation. Always wondered what happened there.  

[Peterpools]

Scott ... Nice! Now you are set and ready. 

[mark31]

Just recievd my price from the twin engins gb.

Many thanks to you.

Mark

[Peterpools]

Mark

Enjoy the kit. 

[belugawhaleman]

Two orders from Plaza Japan came today the first delayed by the

Typoon. Well, lots of items including a pair of "Egg Girls" but mostly

Tamiya kits and accessories. Two of these are classics; The Brewster

Buffalo and the Sd.Kfz.222.  There is also the re-release of their Ki-46 this time with the Type 95 Kurogane. Also Tamiya's new Leopard 2 A7V this

kit looks impressive!. I also got Jagdpanzer IV/70 (V) Lang. I bought two

tamiya accessory barrels to go with these.

      From Finemolds , an Ohka trainer and a set of seat belts in 1/32 for

Japanese aircraft.

 

[belugawhaleman]

Got this last week but didn't post as I found one piece defective.

It's AFV Modeller's driver compartment for the 1/16 Das Werk StuG III.

Well, an email to AFV and a replacement was quickly sent out. Actually,

2 parts were sent ( a spare). Very pleased with products and service!

[Peterpools]

On 9/9/2024 at 7:21 PM, belugawhaleman said:

Two orders from Plaza Japan came today the first delayed by the

Typoon. Well, lots of items including a pair of "Egg Girls" but mostly

Tamiya kits and accessories. Two of these are classics; The Brewster

Buffalo and the Sd.Kfz.222.  There is also the re-release of their Ki-46 this time with the Type 95 Kurogane. Also Tamiya's new Leopard 2 A7V this

kit looks impressive!. I also got Jagdpanzer IV/70 (V) Lang. I bought two

tamiya accessory barrels to go with these.

      From Finemolds , an Ohka trainer and a set of seat belts in 1/32 for

Japanese aircraft.

 

Paul

Some nice additions to the stash.

[Peterpools]

On 9/10/2024 at 12:20 PM, belugawhaleman said:

Got this last week but didn't post as I found one piece defective.

It's AFV Modeller's driver compartment for the 1/16 Das Werk StuG III.

Well, an email to AFV and a replacement was quickly sent out. Actually,

2 parts were sent ( a spare). Very pleased with products and service!

Mighty nice customer service. Surely wish every company was that good. 

[belugawhaleman]

It's been some time since I bought some Friulmodel tracks.

I recently ordered these:

 

ATL-02 PZ III/IV (1938/1941)

ATL-28 PZ III/IV (1944/1945)

ATL-30 PzKpfw. II / Wespe, German Halftrack L 4500R Maultier

 

I also got a mask set for the Tamiya Ki-46 Dinah from Eduard (EX179)

 

 

[Peterpools]

Paul

Glad to see you are stocking up on needed AM so when needed you won't have to hunt for them.

[ScottsGT]

I thought I’d never be lucky enough to post this….

But after searching for over 10 years, Rare Plane Detective listed this on eBay.  I put a stupid high bid on it, and even went back and raised my bid higher within the last hour.  After the hammer dropped and shipping and taxes I paid $65 for it.  No way in hell was I going to go cheap and miss out.  Now I can finally pull that DC-130 from the stash and build it! 

 

[belugawhaleman]

34 minutes ago, ScottsGT said:

I thought I’d never be lucky enough to post this….

But after searching for over 10 years, Rare Plane Detective listed this on eBay.  I put a stupid high bid on it, and even went back and raised my bid higher within the last hour.  After the hammer dropped and shipping and taxes I paid $65 for it.  No way in hell was I going to go cheap and miss out.  Now I can finally pull that DC-130 from the stash and build it! 

 

It looks like persistence paid off!  I'm not familiar with this c130 variant,

I'll google it for sure and wait for your build!

[ScottsGT]

28 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said:

It looks like persistence paid off!  I'm not familiar with this c130 variant,

I'll google it for sure and wait for your build!

For some reason Italeri decided to go with the non Pinocchio nose version, which was accurate. But I’d rather build the odd.  

[FullArmor]

On 9/14/2024 at 10:12 PM, belugawhaleman said:

It's been some time since I bought some Friulmodel tracks.

I recently ordered these:

 

ATL-02 PZ III/IV (1938/1941)

ATL-28 PZ III/IV (1944/1945)

ATL-30 PzKpfw. II / Wespe, German Halftrack L 4500R Maultier

 

I also got a mask set for the Tamiya Ki-46 Dinah from Eduard (EX179)

 

 

You have become regular customer of friul tracks😄

[Bomber_County]

8 hours ago, FullArmor said:

You have become regular customer of friul tracks😄

I’m to damn mean to double the price of a kit on tracks. One reason I like Dragon and they’re Magic Tracks but I do have a real problem on my last Tamiya kit in the stash with vinyl tracks. That’s it on Tamiya AFV’s never again……

[belugawhaleman]

4 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

I’m to damn mean to double the price of a kit on tracks. One reason I like Dragon and they’re Magic Tracks but I do have a real problem on my last Tamiya kit in the stash with vinyl tracks. That’s it on Tamiya AFV’s never again……

You're welcome to your opinion but seem uninformed regarding Tamiya

Afv kits these days as most include their link & length tracks  including some of their prior kits which have been re-released now with link

and length tracks. Their Somua, Mk Iv, char b1 bis, and russian Matilda include working tracks. Tamiya makes working track kits

for their Panther Tanks.

Their Sherman tanks do have rubber tracks , but the Sherman track system

Never shows sag. Most of the Tamiya kits I buy them for don't need them

but  I find the Friuls fun to build and I view them as a kit in themselves.

Anyway, I mostly buy the Friuls because they weren't available to me before and are still kind of a novelty for me...I like them.

All I can say is, you're missing out on a lot of very fine, well engineered kits

due to this bias you have. I am now determined Never to buy another

kit from Dragon after looking at my Welbike kit in 1/6 scale. It's missing

a lot of detail ; an oil filler boss on the crankcase, the projection for the clutch cable on the crankcase, a bracing strut for the cylinder head, fuel connections on the fuel tanks, and the engine manufacturer logo cast into the

crankcase is missing..a prominent feature on the original. No decals are provided in

the kit despite the  original having unit markings and instruction stencils.

Also no cables are included.  The instructions are very bad  and don't include  placement of some of the parts.

Very sad. I only bought the kit as my uncle brought one back from the war

but now, I'll probably never build it. The Chinese Communist Party got me with that one.

[belugawhaleman]

13 hours ago, FullArmor said:

You have become regular customer of friul tracks😄

Yes, I like these things. They were kind of hard to find before for me but

there recent availability an some online shops has been great. I get most

of them from a supplier that charges a decent price for them....about

$ 39.00 U.S.. Sprue brothers charges a bit more. I put in an order from

the manufacturer in Hungary for some less commonly offered tracks

but they haven't been shipped yet. I find them fun to assemble and I like the

added weight they give to the model.