Hi all

The postman had been very busy in my absence from Castle Aeroscale! Unfortunately, the muddle over my going freelance and moving away from London meant our erstwhile minions there had neglected to tell me that the following had arrived...

A phenomenal bundle of samples from Pavla Models! There's 1:48 resin sets for the Canberra, and a PRU Spitfire, while in 1:72 there are upgrades for the Westland Lynx and AH-1... I'm just beginning to sift through the goodies!

2 x new tool sets from Radu Brinzan, including a really exciting new scriber.

A Karaya resin ASh0-82 FN radial engine for my La-5FN magazine build - this set was out of stock at Hannants when I ordered it, but the build's so delayed, I'll be able to use it after all!

Ohh - and while going to London, I couldn't resist a trip to Hannants' Colindale shop, where I picked up Special Hobby's 1:48 Heinkel He 178 V-2 and a few fresh Xtracolours for a certain largescale Spitfire IX that is rumoured to be heading this way...

Methinks a fresh rash of Reviews is on the horizon...

All the best

Rowan

Hi Luciano

very nice Haul even if 2 are in the wrong scale ; ) !! need to get one of those new tool Cr.32 too ...

@Rowan...great finds looking forward to your reviews ...

cheers

Steffen

This are my latest trophies

"Tolo - musketeer of the 303Sq, memoirs about Wilotd Łokuciewski"





...for the future project, maybe some polish P-47 for the "Aces High II" campaign. Price was good so I couldn't resist.

Lucinao , knowing my luck that would happen to , coming how with a few more 190's and still no shoes !!!

Rowan , are you sure you have enough now ? Seffen just might start doing his shopping at your place

Micheal , nice engine set to go along with a P-47 kit . Are you using the Tamiya kit or the hasegawa kit ?

Don't know yet, I will have to buy a kit for this engine some day

Phone rings , girl answers phone ......

Hello !

Hi , this is Comsic Hobby ..

Hey there Cory , what's up ...........

Part of your order is in .......

Cool , which kit made it ....

Mirage Halberstadt CL II

REALLY !!!!

Will be in after work ...........

Also got 20 bucks off the price as well ...................Now this was a great day

A couple of kits on sale at the LHS I just couldn't walk past, and some extras........

Here is what the postman just delivered ... luckily no thread to my wallet



the Roland kit looks very nice, as does the FA 330 .. Jean-Luc already reviewed the Nachjäger kit and our latest IPMS D mag turned out pretty good ...

all the best

Steffen

Nice little hull Steffen !

How are the parts moulded on the Roland ? hopefully with some luck I should be ordering the kit next week . Now only if I can get that guy who keeps putting these bills things in my mailbox to stop doing it .....................................................

Hi Terri:




and for the parts picture a link as it is a bit larger: Image 3

(Despite my German review here some short notes....) The parts look very good and crisp. The fuselage is maybe a bit too smooth, but I will check that against the Datafile, when it arrives. The plastic is neither too soft nor too hard but I do not like the colour. Very few flash ... I think Stephen did a short review here (?) .. aah and the resin engine is a nice touch. Sadly much rigging and no ace markings I know of (o.k. there is Kissenberts D.VIb that is partly seen on a pic in one of the Osprey AoA booklets .. )

all the best

Steffen

Thanks steffen and for the link . Only pic's that I have seen are really small . Not sure if Stephen did a tiny review . I have the Bluemax kit B version along with the windsock . Another source of info which covers more Aces would be nice . However the cow markings in US national markings looks interesting !

Well ... here we go again..

this is somethin I just could not avoid buing ... both kits were on sale at HLJ .. got them for 20 Euro together. The paint is for my F-22A (I just do not like mixing ...so I had to buy Xtracrylix .. hope I can thin them as usual Gunze or Tamiya ...



all the best

Steffen

That is a great bargain.

Scottish tap water thins dark sea grey xtracrylic just fine. If you are in a hard water area you prob
should use distilled water.

I guess iso will work too. But my tap water is fine for both brushing and airbrushing
xtracrylic. Other colour I assume are the same.

I've found the best medium to thin Xtracrylics is there own brand thinners. I've had mixed results using water and Iso.

Thanks John-Paul and Allen!!

So I will make a small try first before I ruin a bottle (I need a huge amount for that Raptor) .. I would like to add some Iso or Tamiya X20 to give it some bite .. normally I use Aztek Acrylic Airbrush Cleaner (Vallejo Cleaner is similar) ... Brett Green used it in one of the early videos on his site and It works great with Gunze and Tamiya (most of the times) .. it did not work with the Xrtacrylic flat I already have, thats why I asked ...

all the best

Steffen

Speaking of HLJ ... I just placed another order as they have Hasegawas 1/48 Fw 190A-6 for about 9 and the Fw 190F-8 for about 10,50 Euro on sale ... the Panther is also still there ....

cheers

Steffen

Today I made a small tour through the local hobby shops ...



all the best

Steffen

This is the closest youll see me getting to a jet on my own terms ....a kit from the old "starblazers series....my FAV!...hard to find this kit too..so I ordered more than one ..

Hi Jim

Wow! That looks fun! I've never seen nor heard of the Starblazers. Was it shown in the UK?

All the best

Rowan

possibly ..its a japanese anime cartoon, from the 70s, kind of a "space opera"...try doing a google ........was totally into it as a kid ...glad I found the kits
You can watch the whole series on youtube

Cheers Jim

I'll check it out. We got Marine Boy and some other Japanese-originated cartoons back then, but I don't remember this one.

All the best

Rowan

Once you hear the theme song ,youll NEVER get it out of your head!
Im definitely a fan!
I think this kit needs a review on the site,but not sure whether it belongs here,or in modelgeeks....

Very interesting subject Jim ! I was born in the 70's. So his I have never heard of before . Do they have any more in the series ?


My last venture into the shop was for Over The Front Vol 24 Num 3 Autumn 2009 . Sadly though my order for Gavia's Albatros W-4 is still on back order
I did place an Order for Eduards new re-release of the Albbie D.V .

Hi Jim

I think sci-fi / anime stuff is fine for Aeroscale (I still intend to build Porco Rosso's sea-plane one day). If you review it here, we can always syndicate it onto ModelGeek (or vice versa).

All the best

Rowan