Stikpusher Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 A few new purchases came in this past week. These decal sets for 1/35 armor and this 1/48 aircraft kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Nice scores! I guess we know what you have planned for this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 (edited) A few new acquisitions over the past 48 hours... first up, the railroad flatcar for the Jagdpanther that I bought last month turned up in another box of the late owner's collection... mostly built... the executors brought it in to IPMS last night for me they also threw in the Panzer III M that was mostly built and just needs some little bits added then move on to painting... no charge to what I had paid for the three previous purchases and then a guy brought in this Flak 18 that Ive been wanting since it was first released. I couldn't haggle him down from his asking price, but it was still a good chunk off retail, so I'm happy and then the postman brought in these two online purchases for a couple projects that I have in planning... good stuff ahead... Edited February 9 by Stikpusher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 Many years ago, I picked up a 1/48 Kinetic E-2 from a guy at IPMS who was selling one off. I got a great deal on the kit, but I was never satisfied with the kit markings options. Recently I found out about this decal company, HADModels that made decal sheets for the aircraft in the movie The Final Countdown, including the E-2 seen in the film. So I found a set online from one of my favorite eBay stores and now I have the problem of the kit decal choice solved. now to get around to building the beast… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 That rocks! Looking forward to seeing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 Love the idea of a Hawkeye that spied on the Jap fleet in The Final Countdown! I've got a Nimitz sheet where I can do almost any of those planes, but just haven't gotten around to doing so. Gil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 Mark, with this decal sheet, this one just moved up the “to do” ladder quite a few rungs. I had bought this E-2 off Brian Casteel, which gives you a rough idea of how many years that I’ve had the kit in my stash. Gil, I’ve got different decal sheets with most of the different Air Wing 8 USS Nimitz squadrons, at least the F-14s and A-7s in 1/48. But finding out about this company and all of their available sheets was really a pleasant surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Wow, that has been some time in the stash! I'm gonna love following that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Well, something finally came in... Here are a few things that came in for my birthday. First is this ship given to me by a friend and fellow St. Crispin's Irregular: Renwal USS Shangri La: That will be on one of my slipways very soon. Next, I placed two orders using birthday money. One was to BNA Modelworks in Australia or New Zealand; I can't remember which. Another was ordered from Kitlinx in Utah. I also have a Christmas order I got from Hobby Easy that was ordered back in December. That one is on the slow boat from China as it still has not been delivered. However, the BNA order came in a few days ago.....before the Kitlinx one in Utah! Interesting! Here is what was in that BNA order: Dragon Stryker Dragoon: Finally I have all three! This has even been started as you'll see on the next tour. Now Trumpeter is coming out with an engineer version with a dozer blade. Good thing I just got some more unexpected birthday money! Three IBG Swedish light tanks, the M-38, M-40K and M-40L: I have the IBG Swedish M-39 coming from Kitlinx along with a few others, hopefully soon. That's all until I get the next boxes delivered.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 And another score, here's my most recent acquisition gotten at my IPMS meeting on Friday: I hope to get that on the bench soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roktman Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Happy belated birthday, Duke! Haven't seen the collection since AZ, you're really adding to it! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 (edited) Mark I thought you already had built one of those Japanese Torpedo Boats before… 🤨 Not that double ups or second helpings aren’t allowed… 😏 Edited March 24 by Stikpusher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Thank you Kevin! Yeah, I have been trying to get some things done. The faster the better so I can clear out all these space hogging boxes! Carlos, I haven't done the Japanese one, you're thinking of the Vospers Perkasa I think. I never even knew Tamiya had released a Japanese torpedo boat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 Another of my birthday orders came in and here it is: I now have all four of these Swedish tanks and might get them started fairly soon. Stay tuned.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roktman Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 18 hours ago, Mark Deliduka said: Another of my birthday orders came in and here it is: I now have all four of these Swedish tanks and might get them started fairly soon. Stay tuned.... Another cool looking vehicle. But I gotta admit the art work wins the prize. The tank coming out of the dark forest into a bright field really makes it. OK sorry about Jonesing for the box... 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Thanks Kevin! No worries about Jonesing for the box. It is certainly awesome box art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bell Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 (edited) Mark, The Shangri-La is a bit of wrestling match to get together. Take it nice and slow and pre-fit everything before glueing. Out of the Box it can still be made into a nice display model Edited March 30 by Ron Bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 Thank you Ron! Yes, I've discovered how much this Shangri-La kit fights back. LOL! You can see in the number of clips I used to just add the side panels. I am planning on building this OOB, but that will most likely change as I find out what is missing. Recently, the box, which already had a sizable hole in the bottom that I didn't know about, fell from a height, scattering all the pieces. I spent hours with my wife trying to find everything, but a week later, I'm still finding parts. I will get it built as best I can. Thank you for that pic. I'll save it for reference to go back to as I work on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 These online purchases arrived last week… for my 1/48 air forces One can never have too many Roundels or Squadron Codes… and these gorgeous 3-D printed TERs of the type used by F-16s finally came in from Ukraine… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 So the day before yesterday at AZ AMPS, we had our meeting and another continuation of the estate sale of a local modeler who passed on late last year. All proceeds from sales are donated to Wounded Warrior Foundation, as that was the guy’s favorite charity. So, for a good cause, I picked up these items…. This one is maybe about 30% started… This one was barely started, maybe 5% at most… this really nice crew set… and this base, of which I had recently been looking for something along these lines… plus a few odds and ends that really aren’t worth taking photos of… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 Awesome scores guys! Recently I received some late birthday money, so I set out to get a few things I'd been putting off. First was these two kits I picked up on sale at Hobbylink Japan: 1/72 scale Scimitar Mk.2: ...and this 1/72 scale Ford Model A car: And since my compressor went on the fritz and I was afraid the repair cost was going to be high; I bought something I wanted for awhile: a more powerful, longer lasting portable airbrush from Spraygunner: I got that on sale, and they even threw in an extra airbrush cleaning kit! Then at Hobby Day Monday this past couple days, a friend of mine who realized he was not going to be building and painting models anymore brought in all this for me. All of this was given to me for FREE!! First is this old school Dremel and old school soldering iron: Next was something I had been wanting for quite some time now: I finally have a decent spray booth: Oh, did I mention it was collapsible and portable? That was the booth in the closed, portable condition, here it is all opened up: Brand spanking new, never been used. Speaking of never been used, He also gave me a big box containing in part, these three airbrushes. One is a single action external mix suction feed brush like a Paasche. It has a .8 needle in it. The next one is a double action, gravity feed with a .3 needle in it, followed by another double action, gravity feed brush with a .2 needle in it! All are still in the original boxes! This also included an extra air hose and an instruction booklet on how to airbrush. Yes I will be keeping that and reviewing it occasionally. Each airbrush also includes an adapter to attach to any air hose available: The other part of that big box contained this brand new, never-been-used compressor, along with a an instruction booklet and an airbrush holder that fits on the compressor. An extra addition not in the box is the airbrush cleaning pot that he gave me, along wit a couple things not shown: a large bottle of airbrush cleaner and a smaller bottle of sewing machine oil: Wow, Maddog Manufacturing got quiet the upgrade thanks to a great friend! I can't wait to finish organizing the Hobby Room so I can break in all these fantastic new tools! God is good!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 Mark, those are some great additions.... especially the tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 Thanks Carlos! I got more since these: I apologize for being so absent lately; so many things have happened: so much has been suffered; a game convention out of town was worked; and some extra work came my way; all of which has kept me away from these boards and way out of the loop. I haven't stopped building though, so progress will hopefully be posted soon. Meanwhile, here are some of the things I picked up, or were sent my way... First is these decals for M113 APC's from Vietnam so I can dress up a few that I have, or possibly use them on other vehicles: Here's more decals so I can make a Marine Corps M48 Patton too: Now to find another 1/72 scale M48A3..... Another acquisition is this speed control for my Dremel. This also came with a nice engraver and some extra fuses too: An added surprise was these two 1/72 scale Spitfire fighters, different marks: These were a most unexpected and highly pleasant surprise! Finally, almost four months later my Christmas order from Hobby Easy came in! These are what I ordered, all in 1/72 scale: Orange Models Bulldozer D-7: Trumpeter Russian SA-4 Ganef: Trumpeter Russian FROG-7: And another Dragon M1293 Stryker Dragoon. I had already gotten one in another order from another company because I forgot that I'd ordered this from Hobby Easy so it went to a friend: Finally, after another job paid me, I was able to order this Takom M1070 Gun Truck that I wanted: And that is all I got from the end of April till now. Hopefully soon, I'll be able to post some progress pics of some of the models I've been working on in between all the craziness I've been going through this past month. Thanks for understanding guys! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 Nice scores Mark! I forgot that Star Decals also does 1/72 stuff… the Ganef and Stryker are excellent additions to your stash! Well I haven’t bought any new kits for awhile… but I have been picking up supplies. AZ AMPS meets a few miles away from Andy’s Hobby HQ, so after meetings, the club will stop in for a bit. I picked up a few items on my last visit Then this past weekend, we made a visit to So.Cal. for a quick family visit, and we made a quick run to Brookhurst Hobbies. Man have I missed that shop with its huge selection and on hand inventory. Time was limited, so I couldn’t browse kits, but I did grab a few more supplies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 I bought a new kit last night. Well, I actually bought a few raffle tickets for the monthly raffle at IPMS last night and won this classic Woohoo! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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