Those three kits have arrived lately.
All three are pretty expensive kits that I would love to start building anytime soon.
The Citroën have instructions in french only which might be a small problem.
New arrivals 31th of August 2023
New arrival 10th of August 2023
I was away the last weekend on a weekend build meeting that we usally have once a year.
This was the second one this year which was very nice!
There on of the members had a bunch of models for sale and I managed to pick up three of them.
I also bought a package of 2 component clear cote and a bottle of flow improver at one of the local hobby shops.
Newly arrived – 5th of july 2023
I got this in a parcel today. My little package from Eduard.
This means I’m now a member of Eduards Bunny Fighter club.
Under the Mighty Eighth box is an overtree box for the Mustang and I also got a set of etched parts.
With the order I also got a nice beer glass!
New arrival 19th of June 2023
I got a small parcel from Hannants with some goodies for my B-17 and B-25 kits.
Some of it will be sent to a friend who is also building those machines.
Newly arrived – 30th of may 2023
Yesterday I got a parcel from the hobbyshop, containing glue, colours and stuff that I need.
And today I fetched another parcel containing this little kit! 🙂
Much fuzz about this kit so I just had to have one to see for myself! It’s possible that it’ll move up in my build queue to right after my current three builds.
I think I might post a box peek/review.
New arrival 23rd of may 2023
I ordered this before the weekend build meet we had, in order to have some of the colours I needed, and also to check a few of the books that was recommended.
Now at least I have british interior grey green. I’ll try it out as soon as possible.
New arrivals 1st of february 2023
I collected 2 parcels today. One smaller and one quite large. The smaller one was a kit I found on a Swedish forum.
I thought it could be fun with a little cannon in 72nd scale. Might even get a locomotive to pull it, if possible.
The larger box contained some kits that I bought on a sale with selected Revell kits. Actually they had about 40% off the price which isn’t bad. I found a few that I thought was interesting and that I thought was worth getting at the reduced price.
Then I’ve also got a few more kits last month that I forgot to post about.
I got one box with all four members of KIZZ in 1/8th scale.
One of my favorite musicals is the Phantom of the Opera so I thought this kit could with with that theme.
That concludes my latest purchases.
Newly arrived 23/9 2022
The last few days I’ve collected a few parcels. Some of it bought from Alfa Hobby where I usually buy the stuff I need. This time I got one kit and a set of colours.
The other parcels was kits that I bought from the auction site Tradera.
I’ve planned to bring at least one of those kits to the building table as soon as possible.
Build weekend and new purchases.
This weekend, I’ve been to a build weekend, that we lovingly call “Plastkollo” which means plastic summer camp. It’s basically a weekend were we get together, build models, chat, eat and sleep, and most of the times we also visit at least one hobby shop. This year it was only one shop visited.
I’ve forgotten to bring my lamp with magnifier, so I needed something to use instead. I found this one.
It turned out it worked very well, and can give an enhancement of 14 times with 2 glasses and the small mono glass that can be folded down. I also have led lights with 2 light options and an USB cable to charge the batteries.
Continuing with the store visit I also bought a few kits, a Tamiya weathering set, Tamiya extra thin cement, a Citadel paint set with 2 figures.
I also bought a bottle of glue, but forgot to take a pic.
At the meeting I also got a kit from a friend, and there’s a bit of a story behind. Some years ago I sold him a kit, and I thought I had checked the kits going out. Turns out it wasn’t complete, so I simply checked my other ones and sent one that I think was complete. All of those kits was bought 2nd hand by me some year earlier.
For some reason my friend built the incomplete kit using the complete kit as a role model to scratch new parts, and now he gave the other kit to me.
I actually built a bit on it during the weekend and will continue the build as soon as possible.
A was a bit surprised over this gift, but happy to recieve it.
Of course I also built a little except on the vehicle mentioned above. I decided to try and pait the 2 soldiers from the paint set. Here are the 2 built soldiers.
The colours in the set are supposed to fit the colour scheme of the figures. I first did a black primer and then used grey lightly painted from the top. Then the first figure was painted.
On the 2nd one I changed the painting order a bit and decided to paint the white colour first.
As can be seen I’m using the stand/holder, which is very useful for this kind of painting.
I managed to almost finish the 2nd figure as well, but forgot to take any pics. Will take a few as soon as bot are entirely finished.
I brought with me a french WW2 plane called Dewoitine D250 that I started to build.
As usual it starts with the cockpit, and I decided after asking around to go with a bluish grey for the interior. I also painted the pilot.
The cockpit was assembled and the pilot put in place.
The cockpit was glued to the fuselage and then the fuselage halves was joined, as well as wings and stibilizers.
Lastly the cockpit glass was masked and glued in place. Some of it with kristal kleer.
I intended to start with my Saab J29 Tunnan or flying barrel in 32nd scale. As it turns out it starts with the resin cockpit and I didn’t have the proper tools with me.
I’ll continue with that build later.
All in all a great weekend, and I anticipate the one next year.
Newly arrived 1/7 and 2/7 2022
The other day I picked up this little beauty, that I bought from a seller on an auction site.
The kit is fairly new and this seller had it on sale for lower price than normal, so it’s a bit of a bargain.
This plane isn’t very large even in 32nd scale, so it will be interesting to see how it is to build later. Could be a bit of a challenge to get the bare metal right.
Then yesterday I collected a parcel with four kits, bought from a friend on a Swedish model building forum.
Seems like I’m stuck with different Bedford trucks in that scale. These are newer than the Fuel trucks set, that have been around for quite some time.
First french WW2 airplane, which could be fun to build.
Sometimes I just act on opportunity! 🙂