From a totally impartial and unbiased position, I think you should do Clive Caldwells aircraft!

That looks like an amazing set of options, nice pick-up!

Cheers, D

Finally got a kit I've been after for a long time. Now I just need to find some RAF decals for it.

After the incident at customs managed to convince the free sample Prize of MoM OKTOBER Winer.
I got a sponsor Lucky Model, KINETIC kits
https://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/features/6856
thank you all!!!





Maketar/primorska/P.k

Hi again

Dohh! I think my "present to me" arrived a day too late for Christmas - there was a note from Postie waiting on the doormat when I got home from work yesterday. No matter - it can be a New Year's present.

What has arrived, though, is a great range of new cockpit details from Airscale, and a really useful Helping Hand from a colleague at Oxfam.





All the best

Rowan

Mine arrived late for xmas also. Guess Santa had the postman (postal worker) deliver it. Like I need another 4 FW-190's. Guess I will stick them with all the Spits I have in the stash. Oh tested the beer glass out first thing. Works great.



Cheers

Hi Robbie

Wow! That does look worth waiting for!

Postie's back in action here on the Island and delivered a great package of resin goodies, courtesy of Roy at Barracuda Studios:



If anyone's building the new Airfix 1:72 Shackleton or their classic 1:24 Mossie and would like to Review Roy's upgrades - drop me a line.

All the best

Rowan

Hi again

I'll kick off the New Year with a very neat book that I treated myself to from Steve Ginter:



It'll be big help when I tackle Special Hobby's Guardian one day - and, for anyone planning to fit out that empty rear cabin (I'm not - because the work will be hidden) it's totally indispensable.

All the best

Rowan

Hi again

Christmas came a little late to Castle Aeroscale, but it was certainly worth the wait!



All the best

Rowan

Very nice haul for the festive season Rowan Those third hands come very useful . Find myself using my more and more for smaller items .




Terri

Hi Terri

Yes - my colleague Denise at Oxfam could hardly have chosen a better gift for a modeller.

Talking of Oxfam - forgive me if I take a moment to make a shameless plug.

Karl very generously sent me a pack of Press'nSeal and refused to accept any payment so, instead, I made a donation to Oxfam with an Unwrapped Voucher:



If you're ever stuck for an idea for a gift - or just want to do a bit of good generally - they are a great way to help people in need.

Many thanks Karl - I'm really looking forward to experimenting with Press'nSeal!

All the best

Rowan

for the edgar brookes campaign


paul

Santa was kind to me this year, with a little help from my wife. I asked for the Paasche to make priming easier, and she suprised me with a pair of Thunderbolts after snooping into the stash and seeing I didn't have any.





I also put in an order with SealModel back at Halloween which finally came in.






And finally I saw Eduard released this a week ago and immediately snatched one up from Sprue Bros. They had it on sale so I grabbed some Ultracast seats to go with it.



I need to stop collecting and actually build some kits. Like any of the 7 hangar queens I started in 2015 campaigns. I keep overextending myself but can't resist.

Paul,
Now that's quite a haul. Any particular reason why the Paasche H for priming? Is it because of the .7 or 1.0 needle and cones?
Joel

That's pretty much exactly why, Joel. I have seen many here including yourself praise the single action for covering larger areas or monochrome finishes, so I figured I'd ask for one for Xmas. I plan to use the H for priming or spraying larger sections, and use the Iwata for doing detail work like panel lines and post shading. My Iwata has a 0.35 needle so its a pain to do large jobs.

That's a super haul Paul, and I've got just the place for you to go with one of those Jugs! 😉

The Paasche H is all I've ever owned and I use it for everything. I just play with the thinning and pressure to get the fine work done.

Cheers, D

New year gift from my dear



Of course, I immediately tested it with new paints MrPAINT
www.mrpaint.sk





top result!!

P.k

Hi there

Wow! Stunning hauls all 'round!

@ Primorska - Wicked! You can't go wrong with a Harder & Steenbeck - I always reckon they have the best trigger action of any airbrush I've used (the closest I've found is Iwata's TR-0, reviewed HERE). Beautiful pieces of kit.

All the best

Rowan

Monday..





Today..

Hi again

The Airbrush Company have kindly sent some new LifeColor Liquid Pigment sets for review, along with a Darkstar sample pack of pigments and metallic acrylics:



All being well, I'll start testing them on Sunday.

All the best

Rowan

Picked up today at LHS for the Sink the Bismarck campaign:



And for the stash an old Welsh Models Bristol Britannia:

Few things scare me more than vac-form.

Another order came in from Ultracast ...

For one of my Tamiya 32 scale Mustang it just has to be decked out with more detail so for that I got
Barracuda's Cockpit sidewall , Instrument panel , Cockpit up-grade , Late seat without belts . It didn't stop there and I also pick up RB's radiators . These sets are really impressive ! Still filled with Mustang fever ( there is no cure for this either ) Just couldn't have the 48 scale family feeling left out . Would feel pretty damn crappy if I did so I order this as well in 48 scale ...

Barracuda's wheels x 4 . 2 in oval tread , 2 in hex tread . Ultracast's P-51d wheel well doors x 2 , Cuffed prop and spinner x 4 , correct detail flaps x 4 . One always needs more marking options so AM decal sheet wa added 48479 ( Angels playmate , short fuse salle and scat ). Going to need to pick up a few more kit's ...

It didn't stop there either . Trumpeter P-51b 32 scale kit has crappy tires so Barracuda's tires and wheel hubs are now added to the box .


This is when Tamiya's corsair started crying ....what about me ...so to make them happy Vectors Cowl and Flaps x 2 and Ultracast Corsair wheels diamond tread x 2


Still more to add here ....


From Hannant's ( still waiting for it to come in ) PE needs to be added so I ordered Eduards PE set for the P-51D x 2 and one for the P-51B x 1 ( have one set already ) and of course the Corsair's started again so one for the 1a and one of the 1d version . This is when Revell's new Fw 190 F-8 in 32 scale had a huge spaz section so in order to make it happy Eduards big sin set part 1 and 2 were added to the order .



Terri

Terri,
Wow!! That's more AM stuff then I think I've ever bought. So you're the 3rd Power Ball winner. Must be to pay for all that "gold"
Joel

Hi Gary

You really shouldn't fear them - good one's are a pleasure to build and no more challenging than other limited-run kits (sometimes a lot less so).

All the best

Rowan

Rowan,
My hand to eye coordination isn't the best. Extended periods or lengths of cut have always been problematic. I think I'll stick to styrene.

Best Wishes,

Gary