My Stash Just Grew Again 2023

[killnoizer]

Hobby Tools Australia are having a sale.
I got glue, liquid gravity, PPP, and a selection of evergreen.

What the hell is liquid gravity.  Is that needed on the downside of earth ? 
I could pack some European gravity in a box and sent it to you , we had them for free here !

[PR19_Kit]

It's a plastic bottle full of little lead-like pellets to use for noseweight. It even has a nozzle thing on top to ease pouring it into the nose of your model. Made by De Luxe in the UK.

I'm sure the pellets aren't actually lead, but they're pretty heavy.

Of course it may not work in the Antipodes as it will make your model's noses LIGHTER.......................    

[Dizzyfugu]

I'm sure the pellets aren't actually lead, but they're pretty heavy.

I'd assume these are steel balls for/from ball bearings?

[Wardukw]

My fav is OOO bird shot from 12g shotgun rounds ..weights a heap and I did have a ton of it ..got Gove about 200 rds which had been left in a barrel which got filled with rain water and forgotten about.

[zenrat]

It's a plastic bottle full of little lead-like pellets to use for noseweight. It even has a nozzle thing on top to ease pouring it into the nose of your model. Made by De Luxe in the UK.

I'm sure the pellets aren't actually lead, but they're pretty heavy.

Of course it may not work in the Antipodes as it will make your model's noses LIGHTER.......................    

I think they are actually depleted uranium.
 
I mix them with epoxy to make heavy glue.

[NARSES2]

I'm sure the pellets aren't actually lead, but they're pretty heavy.

I'd assume these are steel balls for/from ball bearings?

I think you're right Dizzy, although I've never tried them with a magnet.

I've got some similar stuff that I bought years ago at a small, local show from a guy behind one of the club stands. That plus the wheel balancing weights I still have should see me out, especially as I build very few models that require it.

[NARSES2]

A Revell 1:72 F-16A (newer mold), either to become a Kenyan Air Force aircraft some day,

That's a very interesting idea 

[NARSES2]

Snaffled another Airfix Bv 141 off eBay.

Think I'm going a bit collectory on them.

So when Kit see's the price go through the roof he knows who to blame ? 

[Leading Observer]

From a LMS the eduard MiG-21MF Weekend edition and from CanMilAir Decals their MiG CF-121 Redhawk 441qn decal set

[Dizzyfugu]

A Revell 1:72 F-16A (newer mold), either to become a Kenyan Air Force aircraft some day,

That's a very interesting idea 

Well, I have been wanting to build a Kenyan Strikemaster for a long time, but this is not whiffy. So I wondered what a successor for the Kenyan F-5E/Fs could be, and the F-16 appears to be the only "realistic" option. 

[NARSES2]

A Revell 1:72 F-16A (newer mold), either to become a Kenyan Air Force aircraft some day,

That's a very interesting idea 

Well, I have been wanting to build a Kenyan Strikemaster for a long time, but this is not whiffy. So I wondered what a successor for the Kenyan F-5E/Fs could be, and the F-16 appears to be the only "realistic" option. 

It's certainly an option I could see happening.

[The Wooksta!]

Snaffled another Airfix Bv 141 off eBay.

Think I'm going a bit collectory on them.

So when Kit see's the price go through the roof he knows who to blame ? 

He got the ones he needed a while back. Besides which, I'm not paying more than a tenner for the base kit, I don't factor in postage. If it goes above a certain price or I get outbid, it goes elsewhere.  I only go above and beyond if it's something I really want.

[Nick]

IBG Scammell Pioneer SV/1S Heavy Breakdown Tractor

You should have seen the look on my face last night at the club night when I opened the box. We're doing a Group Build of the Scammell Pioneer truck in 1/72 from IBG. There are various versions and I chose the SV/1S which has the big crane on the back, plus it was on special offer from Hannants 

I don't think any of us realised just how complex these kits are. The instructions are 16 A4 pages of glossy colour diagrams. You really have to build the truck all the way up from the wheels. The chassis has at least 30 parts plus etch. The drivers cab has a rack for the Lee-Enfields and the crane is a piece of engineering on its own.

Did I mention we're doing all these for Telford and our club night is the Thursday before? No pressure 

[NARSES2]

I've a few IBG kits Nick and even the armour with one piece, or near enough, running gear is a little fiddly. Best of luck 

[PR19_Kit]

I'd assume these are steel balls for/from ball bearings?

They're not shiny though, mine are a quite dull dark grey colour.