Peterpools Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Rog Nice additions to the stash. Surely you are a ZM fan and I have a few in my stash as well. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 4 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: My boys are the same way. They really enjoy the big Lego sets. Our oldest wanted the Hogwarts castle set so much he saved up hm to buy it. It helped that the grandparents knew what he was doing and gave him a bunch of Lego gift cards. My son was much the same, loved all the big Star Wars Lego, and spent many happy Xmas Days assembling them with him. He's away at Uni now, so I have been tempted to pull a couple from his cupboard and do them myself. Might be worth a few quid in the future as they're all intact. He's funny as he laughs at people who moan at Ikea pictogram instructions and says they should have built more Lego as kids! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 On 1/6/2023 at 1:33 PM, HubertB said: Someone, somewhere, is going to complain that it’s over-engineered, with too many (6785 !) parts 🤣😂🤣 Hubert And the “wrong scale”……………… 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 9 minutes ago, Bomber_County said: And the “wrong scale”……………… 1/35 is always wrong for a flying thing, but OK for armour, which this is, technically Hubert 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Just now, HubertB said: 1/35 is always wrong for a flying thing, but OK for armour, which this is, technically Hubert I could say why is it wrong………..but let’s not…………..whatever floats someone’s boat is good for me……. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 not yet here but in pre order. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, mark31 said: not yet here but in pre order. I’d be tempted by any of these, got an itch to do a helo….. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bomber_County said: I’d be tempted by any of these, got an itch to do a helo….. Phil Same here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I'm also interested in doing the Takom Apache .......been a long time since I made a 'copter. I last did a Huey on break from college in the '80s 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 A couple of kits showed today: First, a kit from Miniart, their Tempo E400 Hochlader Pritsche 3-Wheel Truck. I've been aware of these kits before and I finally decided to get one after seeing one of these odd little vehicles in old archival footage of Germany early post war. The kit looks great, with lots of detail including; a complete engine, cab interior, and suspension.... Cool! Second; My order from Hobby easy HK came after languishing in customs since December 29. From Takom, it's their M3A1 Lee (2114). This is the version with the cast upper hull, giving an already strange-looking tank a weird..almost organic....look. This kit, like many Takom kits, is hard to find in stock.....anywhere. Glad I found one! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 2 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: A couple of kits showed today: First, a kit from Miniart, their Tempo E400 Hochlader Pritsche 3-Wheel Truck. I've been aware of these kits before and I finally decided to get one after seeing Hang on Paul………………………NO TAMIYA………………???.?…?? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 18 hours ago, Bomber_County said: Hang on Paul………………………NO TAMIYA………………???.?…?? I think he's bought them all already and the shops are waiting on a restock. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 30 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: I think he's bought them all already and the shops are waiting on a restock. No, only the newest kits. I want to buy their M40 and the Sheridan then that'll do it. Then, I'll move on to their aircraft kits😀 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Not what I just got, but what I Will get when it's available. A new WW I subject from Miniart......an armored truck. I like the look of this thing. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I was reading about the Armoured Lorry on The Modelling News this morning. Definitely looks unique. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 47 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: I was reading about the Armoured Lorry on The Modelling News this morning. Definitely looks unique. Yes, that's where I saw it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 1/6/2023 at 8:33 AM, HubertB said: Someone, somewhere, is going to complain that it’s over-engineered, with too many (6785 !) parts 🤣😂🤣 Hubert And NO sprue!! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 1/6/2023 at 5:22 PM, Artful69 said: A few weeks ago I had Metro's call me up and advise that a few of the kits I was chasing had arrived. So I placed my order and collected this from the post office yesterday ... A few quick slices of the knife and the box came apart ... not exactly inspiring confidence in the packaging!! The latest Zoukei-Mura 1/32 scale kit had arrived ... but the latest 1/48 F-4 Phantom II kit hasn't. Still I had decided to grab the 1st three 1/48 kits made to round out the collection ... Funnily enough, the 1st two in 1/48 are the same as the first two in 1/32 ... The J7W1 and the Ta-152.H-1 ... While, for whatever reason, the Horten Ho-229 made the cut for the 3rd 48th kit made ... Of course the 1/32 kit that I was waiting on is the Hs.129B-3 ... with the big gun! ... It means I can toss out my resin kit of the same ... sans Schatton Modelblau turned brass barrel, which will be repurposed for this kit ... I wonder if we'll get another Bf.109G kit next ... or we'll get the first of the Fw.190A's?? ... either way ZM has a smart release schedule - 1 super detailed, expensive kit per year, it seems ... so it won't smash my new "paying-of-a-mortgage-tightened" budget! ... Speaking of Bf.109s ... Revell's new G2/4 boxing just arrived also ... I believe I saw written somewhere that the original CAD / sprue layout / moulding design of the latest tooled 109's was based around this particular kit and not around the G-6 or Erla G-10 ... which is why they ended up as error ridden as they were - not enough attention was paid to the "adjustments". How accurate this information is, I have no idea ... But considering that reviews, for the most part, seem to indicate that this one is about where it should be in terms of accuracy, it would also seem to imply that the story has some merit. I'm really waiting for a couple of 1/16 Panzers to make an appearance at the store ... but there's more than one or two kits on backorder 😏 heh heh!! Rog Whoo hoo! Now THAT is a stash! Has anyone else noticed that ZM seems to like displaying US bombers with the right inside engine on fire? That is some mighty fine shooting! 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, CANicoll said: Whoo hoo! Now THAT is a stash! Has anyone else noticed that ZM seems to like displaying US bombers with the right inside engine on fire? That is some mighty fine shooting! Wow, you're right! lol 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 14 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: Not what I just got, but what I Will get when it's available. A new WW I subject from Miniart......an armored truck. I Now that is unusual, I have the Takom Male Mk1 which would make an interesting diorama…….if anyone ever builds the Mk1 get an AM set of tracks… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 From Burbank's House of Hobbies came this kit from Copper State Models; Their French AC Mod. 1914 (Type ED) csm 35013. I've been wanting this one fo a while and found this one at Burbank's for a decent price. Built on a Renault chassis, and armed with its St. Etienne M1907 mg , I like the clean lines of this vehicle.....kind of reminds me of the later U.S. M3 scout car. The gun was a bit of a arcane marvel.....using a blow-forward gas piston and transmitting rearward motion to the bolt using a rack and pinion system and cam track on the bolt. Also, it was fed by metal feed strips like the 1914 Hotchkiss. There's an interesting video on YouTube on a channel called Forgotten Weapons about this gun. Anyway, being a CSM kit, It's pretty good. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Just got this in the mail today after Canada Customs had it for two weeks. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Nice Carl !....harv 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Carl Awesome. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 50 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: Just got this in the mail today after Canada Customs had it for two weeks. Two weeks! I got off easy, I guess , with my Hobby Easy shipment. Anyway, I hope you post your conversion when the time comes around 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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