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

[DocRob]

  On 11/29/2024 at 10:01 PM, GusMac said:

Nice pick Rob.

My memory of those Parmalat Brabham's as a kid was wondering what the hell Parmalat was! Back in pre-internet days it was hard for a kid in rural Scotland to find out about Italian dairy companies. 😆

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Yeah Gus, the sponsoring has an unsexy hue of dairy megalomania. Somehow, I knew then about their sponsorship through a Lancia Stratos, if I remember it correctly. Fila as well looks to me like a producer of clumsy sports clothing, but the car has some sexiness, which erases all the negs for me.

Cheers Rob

[BlrwestSiR]

  On 11/29/2024 at 10:57 PM, DocRob said:

Yeah Gus, the sponsoring has an unsexy hue of dairy megalomania. Somehow, I knew then about their sponsorship through a Lancia Stratos, if I remember it correctly. Fila as well looks to me like a producer of clumsy sports clothing, but the car has some sexiness, which erases all the negs for me.

Cheers Rob

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That's like Ueno Clinic which sponsored the winning '95 LeMans McLaren. They're a Japanese beauty salon I believe. 

Or Jacadi, a French children's clothing company. I only learned what they were after we had our boys. 

[belugawhaleman]

  On 11/29/2024 at 9:40 PM, Martinnfb said:

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Yup, that's the one......well, not really, but we do have a massive squirrel that

has learned to steal from our bird feeder with impunity......Normally I'm

all for Squirrels , no really I am, but this one gives them a bad name, besides, he has a face like a rat!

[RalphSarc]

Ordered some AK camouflage plastic putty for laying down camouflage lines on my 251!!!

[DocRob]

  On 11/30/2024 at 11:45 AM, RalphSarc said:

Ordered some AK camouflage plastic putty for laying down camouflage lines on my 251!!!

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Please keep in mind, this stuff is "flowing" with gravity, especially, when applied thick. I found it partly usable for objects with lots of distinct surface details, for larger flat areas not so much. Kabuki or liquid mask will work better under these circumstances.

Cheers Rob

[RalphSarc]

  On 11/30/2024 at 1:59 PM, DocRob said:

Please keep in mind, this stuff is "flowing" with gravity, especially, when applied thick. I found it partly usable for objects with lots of distinct surface details, for larger flat areas not so much. Kabuki or liquid mask will work better under these circumstances.

Cheers Rob

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Thanks Rob for your kind heads up. I’ve actually used a product similar to this for years with great success doing all sorts of camouflage patterns. Unfortunately I’ve return to Richmond for the holidays and forgot my can in Woodstock. I do love how it flattens itself in the can after use, lol!!

[belugawhaleman]

How well does silly putty work for masking? 

Anyone.....?

[belugawhaleman]

Got this today....... 

From Andy, and his Hobby Headquarters it's his big M 10 in1/16 scale.

It was on sale and I had a coupon related to a previous purchase, basically

the coupon covered my shipping. These were previously $149.00 on sale

For $ 99.00. A good deal. I already have the Achilles.

Oh, I also got some Mr Color paint from the brothers of Sprue.

 

 

 

 

 

[ScottsGT]

  On 11/30/2024 at 8:11 PM, belugawhaleman said:

How well does silly putty work for masking? 

Anyone.....?

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I tried using it a few months back. Granted, it was old and still in the package from probably 10 years ago, but it wouldn’t stick and when it came up it left an oily residue.  I use “ticky-tac” instead.  
At Hobby Lobby

[belugawhaleman]

  On 11/30/2024 at 10:30 PM, ScottsGT said:

I tried using it a few months back. Granted, it was old and still in the package from probably 10 years ago, but it wouldn’t stick and when it came up it left an oily residue.  I use “ticky-tac” instead.  
At Hobby Lobby

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Thanks for the info.......mine has been around about 5 years unopened..

I'll give it a pass.

[FullArmor]

some of my purchases. I was impressed about ICM quality.

[belugawhaleman]

  On 12/2/2024 at 4:56 AM, FullArmor said:

some of my purchases. I was impressed about ICM quality.

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Wow! A truckload of great projects there! I'll be looking forward to to

seeing your upcoming builds.

[Lusitanian]

Mailman delivered this today!  Chrisoph Wolfsberger in Austria is working on 3D printed parts to do an accurate early A-10A.

[Spitfire]

The next Italian subjects that I build just must have smoke rings, so, as I am not a wizard with the old airbrush I have bought these masks.

While I was at SMW at Telford I stopped by the people from EBMA Hobby & Craft who made the nice paint storage drawers for my Humbrol, Revell and Colourcoats paints. I asked if they had simlar items for my Testors Model Master enamels.

They said that they could make me a custom set of drawers for the MM paints, so I emailed the measurements of the jars to them and within a short time had everything stored away neatly. The cost was roughly the same as the "off the shelf" ones.

Cheers

Dennis

 

[FullArmor]

  On 12/3/2024 at 2:27 PM, Spitfire said:

The next Italian subjects that I build just must have smoke rings, so, as I am not a wizard with the old airbrush I have bought these masks.

While I was at SMW at Telford I stopped by the people from EBMA Hobby & Craft who made the nice paint storage drawers for my Humbrol, Revell and Colourcoats paints. I asked if they had simlar items for my Testors Model Master enamels.

They said that they could make me a custom set of drawers for the MM paints, so I emailed the measurements of the jars to them and within a short time had everything stored away neatly. The cost was roughly the same as the "off the shelf" ones.

Cheers

Dennis

 

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neat🙂

[KevinM]

  On 12/3/2024 at 2:27 PM, Spitfire said:

as I am not a wizard with the old airbrush I have bought these masks.

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Smart move I have both 1/48 and 1/32.

[KevinM]

  On 12/3/2024 at 2:27 PM, Spitfire said:

They said that they could make me a custom set of drawers for the MM paints,

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Cool I opted for a three door tub assembly from Micheal's the other day when out shopping with the Wife to hold my bottles of MrHobby lacquers.I started looking at my inventory of paint I figure Dennis I got 300+ bottles of paint from MM,Tamy,Testors,AlClad,AK and MrHobby.

[GusMac]

  On 12/3/2024 at 2:27 PM, Spitfire said:

The next Italian subjects that I build just must have smoke rings, so, as I am not a wizard with the old airbrush I have bought these masks.

While I was at SMW at Telford I stopped by the people from EBMA Hobby & Craft who made the nice paint storage drawers for my Humbrol, Revell and Colourcoats paints. I asked if they had simlar items for my Testors Model Master enamels.

They said that they could make me a custom set of drawers for the MM paints, so I emailed the measurements of the jars to them and within a short time had everything stored away neatly. The cost was roughly the same as the "off the shelf" ones.

Cheers

Dennis

 

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Great service and nice looking result.

[Winnie]

I just got a new job... So I'll be packing the bench again (feck, it may stay packed for a bit, we may be able to buy a house in the not too distant future!)

But it's exiting!

[ScottsGT]

  On 12/4/2024 at 5:27 AM, Winnie said:

I just got a new job... So I'll be packing the bench again (feck, it may stay packed for a bit, we may be able to buy a house in the not too distant future!)

But it's exiting!

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Congratulations!  

[Martinnfb]

Great news, congrats!

[BlrwestSiR]

Congrats on the new job!

[belugawhaleman]

Some more items.......

 

      From Copper State Models; a resin exterior detail set for their

Gruson Farhpanzer. (A35-030)

 

      From DEF Model; a replacement  Grill set for my Tamiya M151A2 MUTT. (DM35133)

 

        I added a pic. Of a Fahrpanzer....

[HubertB]

Got myself a DSPIAE linear sander. As usual with them, a nice and well built item, well packed, and well thought out. It is a cordless item, with a battery autonomy of about 100 minutes, rechargeable through a USB cable. 

You get a number of different heads to adapt to different shapes and areas, and a number os self-adhesive pads in different sandpaper grits.

I bought it on Ali Express, and it was both cheap and fast.

Hubert

[belugawhaleman]

  On 12/5/2024 at 7:05 PM, HubertB said:

Got myself a DSPIAE linear sander. As usual with them, a nice and well built item, well packed, and well thought out. It is a cordless item, with a battery autonomy of about 100 minutes, rechargeable through a USB cable. 

You get a number of different heads to adapt to different shapes and areas, and a number os self-adhesive pads in different sandpaper grits.

I bought it on Ali Express, and it was both cheap and fast.

Hubert

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I picked up one of those a while back. I've found it to be useful.

Hope you enjoy yours. BTW , I hope you enjoy your retirement... Congrats!

I hope that it results in seeing more of your work on the forum.