Roktman Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 On 6/5/2023 at 3:38 PM, Stikpusher said: 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 Cool shopping results. Glad too that Brookhurst is still there. A friend and I used to go to Brookhurst when I visited him in OC. So many other places are disappearing, glad they're still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 (edited) Kevin, as far as I know, Brookhurst Hobbies is the last shop standing in OC. The only other shop there in the county that I know of, Military Hobbies, closed during the pandemic shutdowns. Yes, it’s great that at least one old time shop still survives. There are a few RC shops that also sell some scale static models, but those are not in the same league. Edited June 8 by Stikpusher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted June 20 Report Share Posted June 20 More paints from Andy’s and Hobby Lobby… Resin stowage items from eBay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted June 21 Report Share Posted June 21 Looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 And finally, the last of my backordered kits came in. This is the Armory 1/72 scale Shilka: Looking through the instructions; I'm not looking forward to starting this. Stay tuned, I expect I will anyway since I've been needing one of these in my collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 First off, this is a gift from a friend of mine who invested in the kickstarter that got this tool made. He knew it would be a fantastic tool for modelers and so he got it for me: Some time back I made a large (at least to me) paycheck. After poaying for certain things that I needed and couldn't afford before (such as a new bench seat for my truck) I decided to give myself an early anniversary present with some of that cash while stashing away everything else. These are my chosen presents that just came in: Zvezda Soviet Motorcycle and Sidecar with crew: I have American, British and German motorcycles, now I have a Soviet one. Military Wheels Soviet Field Kitchen: Roden Pigeon Bus: Once this is done, I'll have all the Roden buses completed in my scale......until they release more. ACE AMX self propelled gun. This one will be Israeli, although I have plans to get another for my French Army: ACE AMX-13 DCA twin AA mount. This will be French: ACE Soviet gun Br-2: ACE Soviet Gun Br-5: ACE Eland-90 Armored Car: Interestingly enough, there's no South African decals for this car according to the instructions. I'll have to cobble some together.... ACE Ford V-8 Stakebed truck: Finally, two each of the ACE Centuron Sho't Kal Gimmel/Dalet: I'll be making one the Gimmel and one the Dalet; there are parts for each in the kit. I'm actually excited to be digging into these. That's all for now, I'll see you on the next tour.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roktman Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 (edited) Nice haul this time, Duke (well all your hauls are terrific). As a big fan of the "out of the ordinary" I really like like the pigeon bus! 😁 Being quiet for quite a while, it seems all my new kits show up at the same time. Well, except for the Norris Spider Head. Gillman Prod. had a good idea for their The Thing series. If you bought a bust of the guys (so far) you got a piece of the Spider. With the Kurt Russell character bust you got 3 legs, then when you got the character Bennings, you got the other 3. Then with Norris (the guy that becomes the Spider Head), you got the eye stalks. Then with Palmer, the guy who shows himself as the Thing when everyone is tied to the couch, you got the ability to buy the actual Norris head at a reduced price. The two remaining guys (again so far) is Blair (Wilford Brimley) when he melds with the character Gerry, and the newest offering - radioman Windows, who gets eaten by Palmer. Sales have been good for Gillman so I'm guessing we'll see all the guys before long. Here's the Spider head parts. I Silly Putty'd the stalks to the head - Next is from Mindworks Studios in Italy. Their new plan seems to be hooking up with artists and turning their 2D art work into mini sculpts. First one is from the famous Frazetta, and it's the Moon Princess. The second is from Patrick Jones and it's called Cleopatra's Last Dance. The pic is kinda dark but it's Cleo with the asp. I used the box art as the pieces are small and there are quite a few of them - Finally back to a US celebrity and comes from Suite Life Prod., Marilyn Monroe in 1/4 scale - The rest of my summer will be busy! 😉 Edited July 9 by Roktman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted August 3 Report Share Posted August 3 Mark had Christmas in July! Wow! Roktman, those are some great items. I love the one from “The Thing”… such a great movie! Last night was our IPMS Chapter swap meet. I took several kits to sell, but there was no interest for my offerings. But I did find this classic. I think between the new Tamiya F-4B, and the not quite as recent Academy F-4B kits, these ones were bound to show up at kit swap meets for now bargain prices… Finally I have a 1/48 F-4B for my collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted Friday at 07:04 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:04 PM So I have been doing lots of small purchases since my last update post on here, and now I have enough that's worth looking at... For my 1/35 armor I picked up all these accessories/AM items... brass 20mm barrels for a quad Flak 38, brass engine deck screens for my current Panther project, a transmission for my Marder III to fill the open space in there, some ModelKasten T-34 tracks, and some Value Gear stowage... because you never can have enough of that stuff! and this LAV-R, which I had been wanting for years and a guy on Armorama was selling off for a great price Then for my aircraft I had been wanting one of the old Revell 1/32 FW-190D's for a long time, and again found a good deal for one and some decals for the Dora, plus for a few other aircraft in my stash... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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