Very nice haul indeed Rowan

Hi Gang

here is what the postman brought yesterday (samples plus the B-25 I bought from Marc Toillie when I payed him a visit yesterday)



all the best

Steffen

Hahah...another Airfix Spitfire....good luck, you're gonna need it much! hehehehe

I also see Techmods' FF-33e...that's tasty, I envy.

Hi Michal

well, not everyone spends hours and hours on detailing U-Boot interiors and then closing it up

This is not really a sample but my pal Volker rather sent it to me (I already did a review for my site) ...

cheers

Steffen

Well, me neither...who's so stupid to build interior and close it up? ;P

BTW: Stick to my thread this weekend, I have new pics to be published and some new interesting problems to solve

Nice one Steffen

I think that Friedrichshafen will have Stephen drooling too!

All the best

Rowan

Hello Rowan

yep. I am very happy with the stuff.

Friedrichshafen: I thought Stephen already has one ... It looks really nice and Wölfchen has a really interesting story ... but soooo much rigging

all the best

Steffen

Hi again

Now this looks rather interesting! Courtesy of Casemate and Grub Street.



That's my reading matter sorted out for the next week or so.

All the best

Rowan

Received my MOM prize sponsored by Dragon. This was one of the first aircrafts that I built back when I was a kid (it was either monogram or revell that boxed it). Can't wait to have a go at Dragon's and this will also be my first model in the 1/72 scale ...we shall see how it goes! Many thanks again to Mal and Dragon



Cheers,

Hermann

Just picked up my first 2 models, a bf 109E-4 from Hasegawa and a Swordfish Mk I from Tamiya, both in 1/48 scale. I think i'll wait before starting these because I need time to practice and develop my skills. Can any of you think of some inexpensive WWII kits for a rookie to begin with?

Alex, the really inexpensive kits are generally older ones that have been re-issued. The may not have the same level of fits as modern kits, and the moulds may be worn, and so have more flash to clean up.

For inexpensive, but modern and easy to put together, look at Academy kits. Personally, as I spend so much time on a model relative to its cost, I think Tamiya are good value when you want a simple build (1/48 Spifire?). I guess you are looking for 1/48? Even the Eduard Hellcat Dual Combo is not too expensive for two very nice models at the end.

Hi again

No new kits at Castle Aeroscale today, but look what arrived from Helen at Traplet!:



Issue #1 of Model Aviation World for Review. And the really nice thing is that Helen has sent us three (3) extra copies as competition prizes. I'll crack on with the Review this weekend and think up a nice easy question - so watch out for the Competition thread for your chance to sample the new magazine absolutely free!

All the best

Rowan

Is that a Bristol F.2B in the front page of the magazine??

(Just kidding,very nice work)

Cheers Nick

Hi Nick

It is indeed an absolutely gorgeous build of Wingnut Wings' kit by Haris Ali.

All the best

Rowan

Back from Scale Model World.



Got the Tamiya Mosquito for £9, and the AZ Spitfire PR Mk.IG for £14.
The big pots of old Tamiya Clear (red, orange, yellow and green) all for £3.
Cheapo side cutters (have been using wire cutters or just a knife to remove parts) for £2.50
G35 airbrush- managed to haggle in the two types of airbrush cleaner for free.

Best of show for me was the big 1/20 Tempest, but there were lots of nice little things scattered around to find- such as the 1/72 mosquito from IPMS France table that had both navigation lights and landing lights as LEDs, and two motors synched to sound of starting and stopping of the engines.

Arrived friday:


César

My Haul from Scale Model World this weekend. I really enjoyed the weekend and it was a nice surprise bumping into Magnusf



I managed to get the Bf109 free as almonkey had too many in his stash and wanted to loose a couple and the magazine was being given away free by Traplet. The aires set is for my phantom and the superglue, alclad and mr mark softer was to stock up on supplies. Camogirl paid for most of the P-61 so I wasn't complaining too much.

Quite a small haul this year but my car breaking down and needing repairs the weekend before Telford didn't help

I'm not posting my haul!!! - or even totalling up the damage!

Here my purchases from SMW.



The Hellcat was given to me by my editor for a build review and like Tomcat31 the stuka was given to me by almonkey

Nice haul everyone!!!




... chicken .... doing a photo is better than making a list .. come on ...

@Samantha .. that's how I got mine too ... you should have had a look in that HB F6F-3 thread here on Friday (I posted some comparison pictures and in real life it looks even worse ...) .. but do your own review ...

all the best

Steffen

I didnt make Telford again this year as I was working away, however, it doesnt stop the retail therapy!
So, this is more of a "What The Postman Bought While I Was Away"!

Nige

as Marty McFly would say.....

No one calls me chicken....



Ouch

errrr.... there's no wonder you kept coming back to the stand every 10 minutes to unload

Really nice haul, Andy!!

and thanks for posting a picture! ... gives me a slight idea of the biggest hobby shop in the world ... though I probably never make it there again ..

all the best

Steffen

TYPHOON!!!!!!!!!!!
did wonder why you kept disappearing for hours on end now we know