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

[belugawhaleman]

This just came.......

From Das Werk, It's their Sd.Kfz. 250/3 Ausf.A in 1/16 scale (DW 16019).

Much of this kit is newly tooled having new parts differing from their earlier 250/1 kit..

BTW Andy is having some kind of sale on 1/16th scale kits week, mentioning it in his last video.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I68IBW1rDmc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=culNihSl57I

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/das-werk-dw16019-sdkfz-250-3-ausf-a--1697765

 

I have both of Das Werk's 250 kits and their 251 half track. They all look like nice kits. The

251 looks to be more complicated. This kit has 5 decal choices  and two figures; a driver and The Desert Fox

himself.  

[DocRob]

Finally something other from Japan than sophisticated car kits, my first Gundam kit arrived some weeks ago, but I had to wait for the Kosmos LED lighting kit for almost two months. Initially, I wanted to start the project as a relaxing easter time build, but due to the late arriving of the LED´s, I´m not sur, if  I start immediately or not. It´s a ton of plastic in a huge box, but no drilling, excessive sanding, etc. As far, as I know, there isn´t even glue needed and the large perfect grade Gundam kits from Bandai are said to be of extremely high quality.





Cheers Rob

 

[BlrwestSiR]

Rob, I can't wait to see you work your magic on the Unicorn Gundam. 

The only thing to watch out for is that some parts are ABS plastic (mostly the inner frame) and supposedly they don't like lacquer too much. I haven't experienced any issues but I've heard it mentioned several times by reviewers. 

[DocRob]

16 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Rob, I can't wait to see you work your magic on the Unicorn Gundam. 

The only thing to watch out for is that some parts are ABS plastic (mostly the inner frame) and supposedly they don't like lacquer too much. I haven't experienced any issues but I've heard it mentioned several times by reviewers. 

Thanks Carl, but no real magic this time,  I plan to build the Unicorn straight from the box, only with the added lighting set. No paint no glue  and I even read somewhere, that cleanup is minimal, because the sprue connectors are hidden and don´t need a lot of attention.

Cheers Rob 

[JohnB]

Two more for my stash! 🙂

[denders]

Nice, I picked up a Tamiya VIII kit at a show, it had a bunch of AM in it, but no mouse pad. 

[BlrwestSiR]

9 hours ago, DocRob said:

Thanks Carl, but no real magic this time,  I plan to build the Unicorn straight from the box, only with the added lighting set. No paint no glue  and I even read somewhere, that cleanup is minimal, because the sprue connectors are hidden and don´t need a lot of attention.

Cheers Rob 

I was thinking about you're not painting it and then I looked at the Gundam kit my son just built. It's from the standard HG series in 1/144. It's much smaller and less detailed and he didn't paint it either, just used a Gundam marker to do some panel lining.  It still looks good though. 

[Martinnfb]

Looks amazing. Well done!

[DocRob]

5 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

I was thinking about you're not painting it and then I looked at the Gundam kit my son just built. It's from the standard HG series in 1/144. It's much smaller and less detailed and he didn't paint it either, just used a Gundam marker to do some panel lining.  It still looks good though. 

 

Nice one, I may paint another one later, when I have a feeling for abrasion due to articulation, but will do panel lining as well and paint some details with the Unicorn.

Cheers Rob

[belugawhaleman]

Got this today from Amazon......

From Dspiae, their ORBIT ELECTRIC DRILL (AT-EDO1).

Meant to be used with their "Spin-Lock" bits. These bits have a pair of flats milled on the back end of their shanks

that engage with a slot within the drill...to prevent slippage. I found that Dspiae's regular (3mm) shank drill bits

work just fine. I did order some of the new bits and some screw driver bits and adapter. They haven't come yet.

I also have an adapter, that I bought previously, to allow me to use drill bits with smaller shanks.

The drill has controls that allow it to turn clockwise and counter clockwise and a lock so that it can be turned 

Manually 

This drill turns at a slower rate than the Dspiae grinder. This drill should be useful for easing the tedium of drilling Friulmodel tracks.

It measures: 18x110 mm. I'm impressed by the quality of this product.The exterior is anodized aluminum and

it is very well-made.

     I also picked up some Extra Thin (3 bottles) and some Tamiya Airbrush Cleaner (2 bottles).

 

 

[DocRob]

9 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

From Dspiae, their ORBIT ELECTRIC DRILL (AT-EDO1).

I thought about this one too, Paul. I would be interested, how useful it is. How fast is the change of bits and things like this. I like the low revolution modus, as my Proxxon is to fast for many things. There are hundreds of holes to be drilled in metal or resin with every MFH build and I mainly hand drill, which is time consuming and sometimes finger cramping, but better to control. This thing could be helpful. 

Cheers Rob

[belugawhaleman]

14 hours ago, DocRob said:

I thought about this one too, Paul. I would be interested, how useful it is. How fast is the change of bits and things like this. I like the low revolution modus, as my Proxxon is to fast for many things. There are hundreds of holes to be drilled in metal or resin with every MFH build and I mainly hand drill, which is time consuming and sometimes finger cramping, but better to control. This thing could be helpful. 

Cheers Rob

Right now, this thing looks promising. I like how you can get the drill into position and then start it going unlike my grinder. I found

that the clockwise button is easier to use than the more forward "on" button and direction can be changed easily. A variable speed

option would be great, but that, I guess, would just complicate things. Bit changing is by a twist chuck like Dspiae's manual drill and

Is relatively quick. Keep in mind, I haven't used the "Spin-Lock" bits yet, so I don't now the full story of this thing yet. We'll see if the

regular bits slip or not. I do a lot of work on tiny engines, so I went for the screwdriver bit set. I'll see how useful that is when it comes.

** please note: I found it necessary to use the supplied charging cord. The C type USB cord

I normally use could not be used because the tip wasn't long enough.....I don't know if this is

case with all cords....  The longer tip is the supplied cord. 

[denders]

I celebrated another trip around the glowing orb, a few weeks back.

 

My wife gifted this. I've used it and like it very much. Using the 0.28mm nozzle/needle set.

 

 

One of my sons sent an Amazon gift card, so it went for this and some other items.

 

 

The other son gifted this 0.5mm fan cap for the Grex airbrush that I bought at last year's NATS. I had previously purchased the 0.3mm fan cap for painting cars and it worked well and I wanted to try out the 0.5mm. I already had the correct needle/nozzle set. These things are expensive.

 

 

And of course, I bought the vacuum machine that I used for the Spitfire model.

 

 

[BlrwestSiR]

So a follow-up on my Dspiae rotary tool. As some may recall, my first one stopped working for no apparent reason. I can't recall whether it was @belugawhaleman Paul or @Spitfire Dennis that mentioned that they had to use the supplied USB-C charging cord to get theirs to charge. Well, I tried that today and lo and behold, it works just fine. The battery was completely drained and now that it's charged,  I have a backup. 

[belugawhaleman]

30 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

So a follow-up on my Dspiae rotary tool. As some may recall, my first one stopped working for no apparent reason. I can't recall whether it was @belugawhaleman Paul or @Spitfire Dennis that mentioned that they had to use the supplied USB-C charging cord to get theirs to charge. Well, I tried that today and lo and behold, it works just fine. The battery was completely drained and now that it's charged,  I have a backup. 

Yes I also found that with new drill my usual usb c cord bottomed out before it was fully engaged. I kept getting angry saying; "Where's the indicator light'

until I found the supplied cord worked and a little extra push was needed. Then i saw the light😀  (the indicator light) Glad to hear you

sorted it out😀

 

[belugawhaleman]

Some items today.........😀

From FusionFirm, some of their LIQUID CHROME  paint. Saw a YOUTUBE video about this stuff...Looked promising.

 

 

From DSPIAE; some drill bits, and screwdriver bits for recently purchased ORBIT drill.

 

Some Glue Applicators

 

 

Also a couple of palettes, and some circle stickers😀

I have to escape the habit of blotting my paint brushes on my workbench....So, the palettes.

Also, the circles are for marking model sprues...more visibly. I hope to avoid the searching for the needed sprue.

 

 

Lastly, From Gecko Models; Their PANZER JAGER II fur Pak 40 Sd.Kfz 131 (Early Production)

In 1/16 Scale. (16GMOO10). A big Marder . The box is stuffed with plastic-----don't know the parts count, exactly, but Holy Moly!!

Anyway, I hope someone finds this interesting or useful😀