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

[GusMac]

Christmas present from the wife. First 1/16 kit I've got and it looks really nice in the box.

Apparently she's also got the first edition Revell Meteor but I'll have to wait until my birthday for it. 😡

[denders]

Christmas Goodies. I used to buy two of the calendar for decades, one for my father until he passed. Hopefully the tools will help my modeling along.

Lots of nice profiles in this book. It goes well with my current Spitfire project.

 

[belugawhaleman]

On 12/21/2025 at 9:22 AM, BlrwestSiR said:

Mr Surfacer in jars is much easier to find in Canada. There's also Aqueous Mr Surfacer which I have used and not really noticed any differences in. 

Another good option is to check out some of the Gundam stores for stock. They tend to carry a fair bit of Gunze/Mr Color products. 

 

I broke down and ordered two jars of Mr. Surfacer off Amazon ...was glad to find it despite the price😐

[BlrwestSiR]

 

Mecha squirrel!

 

Didn't get this one as it's too big to fit in my suitcase so settled for a smaller version. 

[HubertB]

4 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

 

Mecha squirrel!

 

Didn't get this one as it's too big to fit in my suitcase so settled for a smaller version. 

That is the kind of squirrel 😱 that would definitely keep me focused on whatever I am doing, without distraction …

Hubert

[belugawhaleman]

I was gifted these very nice items...... Over the holidays😀

First a very nicely made photo etch tool from Dspiae. Nice and sturdy, heavy, and beautifully finished.

a great tool. It gives you the choice of two bending surfaces ; Polished stainless or Grey anodized. 

Also included are two bending blades; long and short, both nicely made from polished stainless and anodized Aluminum.

I also was given a little M19  Hit & miss engine😀

This is a working, 4 stroke engine , nicely made of Brass and Stainless steel. It's very small . The bore measures

about 1/2" across. It Utilizes a fly-ball governor to control speed. Initially, I thought the compression was a little low, but

after lapping both valves to improve the valve seat it now has great compression and runs like a champ. The thing

about these little engines they invite you to work on them, modify them, and just play around.

Anyway, I was very touched by the thoughtfulness of these gifts😀

 

[PanzerWomble]

2 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

I was gifted these very nice items...... Over the holidays😀

First a very nicely made photo etch tool from Dspiae. Nice and sturdy, heavy, and beautifully finished.

a great tool. It gives you the choice of two bending surfaces ; Polished stainless or Grey anodized. 

Also included are two bending blades; long and short, both nicely made from polished stainless and anodized Aluminum.

I also was given a little M19  Hit & miss engine😀

This is a working, 4 stroke engine , nicely made of Brass and Stainless steel. It's very small . The bore measures

about 1/2" across. It Utilizes a fly-ball governor to control speed. Initially, I thought the compression was a little low, but

after lapping both valves to improve the valve seat it now has great compression and runs like a champ. The thing

about these little engines they invite you to work on them, modify them, and just play around.

Anyway, I was very touched by the thoughtfulness of these gifts😀

 

Both of those are beautiful examples of engineering , I'm jealous ! 

[PanzerWomble]

I've been drinking the Rinaldi Koolaid for a while now , just received the first of two books defining reductive chipping TG/01 and oil paint rendering TG/02 ( due March) 

 

 

 

[DocRob]

Got this little beauty along with some tools from Japan. It´s the "all metal" version of the Williams FW14 from Hasegawa in 1/24. All metal means, that the engine, exhausts, rims and other accesories are made from cast metal, the outer rims are turned aluminum and there is some PE included and some material for fabric seat belts.



Cheers Rob

[Spitfire]

As a huge fan of Spitfires the lack of straight from the box PR Spitfires has been a big missing factor in my modelling so I just had to order this one, it arrived yesterday straight from New Zealand with a poster as well. Kotare are also promising more PR types in the future.

Cheers

Dennis

 

[FullArmor]

1 hour ago, DocRob said:

Got this little beauty along with some tools from Japan. It´s the "all metal" version of the Williams FW14 from Hasegawa in 1/24. All metal means, that the engine, exhausts, rims and other accesories are made from cast metal, the outer rims are turned aluminum and there is some PE included and some material for fabric seat belts.



Cheers Rob

interesting. Please share more pictures of this.