Quote from: Nick on July 30, 2023, 01:47:06 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 30, 2023, 01:22:02 PM

Quote from: Steel Penguin on July 30, 2023, 01:17:05 PMKit it was a reply to Nicks comment on the railway track purchase.

So it was, sorry. 

Luckily in the model railway world there's no difference, even though British models are 1/76 scale and European ones are 1/87.

Don't ask, it's VERY complicated..................

I've checked the track with the running gear of Evening Star and looks like it will fit just right.
Thinking about it, each sleeper will need painting and all the little rocks in the (moulded) ballast. 

Not necessarily.  On a heavily travelled line they would end up the same colour - filthy!

Quote from: zenrat on July 31, 2023, 04:33:05 AM

Quote from: Nick on July 30, 2023, 01:47:06 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 30, 2023, 01:22:02 PM

Quote from: Steel Penguin on July 30, 2023, 01:17:05 PMKit it was a reply to Nicks comment on the railway track purchase.

So it was, sorry. 

Luckily in the model railway world there's no difference, even though British models are 1/76 scale and European ones are 1/87.

Don't ask, it's VERY complicated..................

I've checked the track with the running gear of Evening Star and looks like it will fit just right.
Thinking about it, each sleeper will need painting and all the little rocks in the (moulded) ballast. 

Not necessarily.  On a heavily travelled line they would end up the same colour - filthy!

I was scrambling over an abandoned railway track on Saturday afternoon - all in the name of research 

You are right, mostly black with some brown and grey bits in. Thankfully there's plenty of photographic evidence out there for the 1970s railway scene.

Quote from: Nick on July 30, 2023, 11:13:34 AMHobbyBoss German Railway Track. Not sure how it's any different from French or British railway track but it'll do for displaying the Evening Star when I get her finished.

Depends how accurate it is. British track would have BS Workington rolled/moulded followed by a serial number into the side of the rail as that's where they were produced. Continental producers would have had done similar, and no I can't remember which mills produced their track off hand. Rail production was quite parochial and during my time people didn't seem to want to compete with each other. They always saw themselves as being somehow slightly above the ordinary mills. Almost a "Band of Brothers".

And yes I am being flippant, but only slightly so 

Quote from: Rick Lowe on July 30, 2023, 10:31:07 PM

Quote from: Old Wombat on July 27, 2023, 09:48:05 AMHobbyBoss Models 1/35 USAF XM706E2 Cadillac Gage Commando Armoured Car (HB 84536) -

I still have one of the early issue Vietnam turreted versions earmarked to do one of these... maybe I should have waited... there again, nah - I'm stubborn and Bl00dy-Minded like that...

That reminds me! I do have one of these, too:



[Note: Both the 706's are Vietnam era.]

Was given an Airfix Fw 189. It's getting either Argus As 411s to do the Fw 189F or some post French engines.  Haven't decided which yet. Either way, Luftwaffe colours and markings with RAF markings over the top.

Quote from: Old Wombat on July 31, 2023, 08:24:12 AM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on July 30, 2023, 10:31:07 PM

Quote from: Old Wombat on July 27, 2023, 09:48:05 AMHobbyBoss Models 1/35 USAF XM706E2 Cadillac Gage Commando Armoured Car (HB 84536) -

I still have one of the early issue Vietnam turreted versions earmarked to do one of these... maybe I should have waited... there again, nah - I'm stubborn and Bl00dy-Minded like that...

That reminds me! I do have one of these, too:



[Note: Both the 706's are Vietnam era.]

I've wanted to get one of these for ages and fit it out with a Vulcan turret from a M163 but I keep forgetting about it as other ideas keep pushing it aside 

A while ago I got a 48th Trumpeter Hornet..my very first because Chris had his and I was smitten with that plane...I told you guys about that one but not the whole story..
A month before that I found one online in China for $25nz with $3 postage..so I brought it...well guess what showed up today..stupid question I know   
Now I have 2 

Quote from: Wardukw on July 31, 2023, 12:02:32 PM

Quote from: Old Wombat on July 31, 2023, 08:24:12 AM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on July 30, 2023, 10:31:07 PM

Quote from: Old Wombat on July 27, 2023, 09:48:05 AMHobbyBoss Models 1/35 USAF XM706E2 Cadillac Gage Commando Armoured Car (HB 84536) -

I still have one of the early issue Vietnam turreted versions earmarked to do one of these... maybe I should have waited... there again, nah - I'm stubborn and Bl00dy-Minded like that...

That reminds me! I do have one of these, too:



[Note: Both the 706's are Vietnam era.]

I've wanted to get one of these for ages and fit it out with a Vulcan turret from a M163 but I keep forgetting about it as other ideas keep pushing it aside 

And the T-50 turret can go onto a Kiwi M-113! More accurate than the Academy turret...

Airfix 1/72 Lockheed YF-22 Lightning II, well that's what it says on the box.

Quote from: Wardukw on July 31, 2023, 09:05:06 PMA month before that I found one online in China for $25nz with $3 postage..so I brought it...well guess what showed up today..stupid question I know   
Now I have 2 

And don't forget the bonus micro tracking chip that comes with everything that emanates from the PRC nowadays    Seriously postage was cheap ?

Quote from: NARSES2 on August 01, 2023, 05:26:23 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on July 31, 2023, 09:05:06 PMA month before that I found one online in China for $25nz with $3 postage..so I brought it...well guess what showed up today..stupid question I know   
Now I have 2 

And don't forget the bonus micro tracking chip that comes with everything that emanates from the PRC nowadays    Seriously postage was cheap ?

Quote from: NARSES2 on August 01, 2023, 05:26:23 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on July 31, 2023, 09:05:06 PMA month before that I found one online in China for $25nz with $3 postage..so I brought it...well guess what showed up today..stupid question I know   
Now I have 2 

And don't forget the bonus micro tracking chip that comes with everything that emanates from the PRC nowadays    Seriously postage was cheap ?

Yeah I looked Chris and then smashed it with a hammer ..so good to go there 👍 😊
And yep postage was that cheap and it gets better ..was looking for the Trumpeter Westland Whirlwind  ..I found one ..same place as the Hornet ..Elixpress..it's like $40ish nz but the postage...get this ..$1.34...and every single thing I've gotten thru Elixpress I've gotten 

Forgot to mention another score last night ..got a fixed price offer from a seller on trademe for a Hobbyboss 1/48th Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a/U4.
$25 notes ..yes please and thank ya muchly 
I have an idea for a conversion and the 262 I'd brought ages ago I thought would do..I couldn't have been more wrong..it is absolutely terrible..nothing is good about it ..so I looked at the Hobbyboss one I got in my 10 plane haul..a million times better so I'll use that one but of course it's such a nice a kit I needed another..can't say no for 25 bucks 
Also scored a OIOICIO 1/48 Arado Ar-234..again..cheap and probably quick bad ..could be useful for something and it's a twin 😀

Snaffled another He 111H on the bay of E.  Going to end up Spanish, possibly a water bomber and perhaps with turboprops rather than Merlins.

Then I found an MPM group Fw 58, but the one with the glass nose, which is one I wanted.  Whilst the He 111B nose would fit, it's not quite right.

Quote from: The Wooksta! on July 31, 2023, 08:38:56 AMWas given an Airfix Fw 189. It's getting either Argus As 411s to do the Fw 189F or some post French engines.  Haven't decided which yet. Either way, Luftwaffe colours and markings with RAF markings over the top.

I catched two of them yesterday ,  Airfix and another brand, must have a look , I  like the glasshouse very much .
6€ for both seems okay .

And two different tanks in 1:48 with segment chains, they would have a nice size to build something in 1:72 .
That scale is not so often on the market in germany .

I buyd it for a very sheap price in poland.