Ratch Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 What have you bought, had delivered, or been given as a present?List your latest arrival(s) here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 I picked these up at Lidl this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 These just arrived direct from Airfix.Sale items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry-1272780 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 V bomber bundle from me ma as an xmas pressie, i'm 60 this year. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveless Caveman Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelMad2022 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 This arrived in the post today, so will be building it at the same time as I build the Yellowjacks version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stig1707819757 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Just rejoined the club after a couple of years away.Latest kits are 2x Meteor F8 and a Spitfire Mk22.I guess the club Meteor FR9 will be joining me soon… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveless Caveman Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP1707822516 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Few bits from the local model shop, that the Mrs kindly got me a voucher for at Xmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm-339157 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus66 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I've managed to pick this treasure up at a charity shop, 1975 Ju88. The mouldings lovely and crisp, although it has raised rivet details. Paid £3 for it. Apparently they have been gifted a box of models that they need to go through. I'm just waiting for the nod as there's an Airfix Hampden in the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus66 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 The Me Bf109 is a beautiful little kit to build. Just finishing one off, loved every minute of the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD45elect2000 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 No fear, right? Now, do I need a coastal command plane or a brown and green plane? I also have a Mk II someplace.Randall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty Mediocre Modeller Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Most recent acquisitions from over Christmas. The Spitfire and '109 where a present from the local charity shop where my youngest works when they're home from Uni, and cost £9 each, The other Airfix kits were brought with Christmas money, or came in the Club renewal (I feel a double meteor build coming on!), the F/A-18 was a Christmas present from sister in law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Couldn't resist this one! Looks like a fun build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven-434888 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Hi folks.Not kits right now I'm sorry to say but VMS varnish in matt, semi-matt and gloss flavours.I've tried pretty much everything from other manufacturers but this VMS gear is seeing everything else staying put on the paint shelves.It's a bit idiosyncratic and goes straight into the airbrush undiluted, which is particularly weird as it's like syrup that'll make you think 'that'll never get through a 0.4 nozzle'...but it does (about 25-30psi) .The matt to date has dried dead flat with the all important attribute of no white specks and flecks appearing via micro-clumping of the matting agent. As an aside, when that's happened with other brands a light touch of Johnson's Klear kills the specks and a light overspray of the matt restores happiness to the bunker.The VMS gloss needs to be put on as a 'bomb coat' that stops short of running and then put aside and not touched, looked at or even thought of for 24 hours. The net result has always been the most decal friendly surface I've ever tango'd with. Really marvellous stuff but as I say, specific in its needs.As for new acquisitions - da boss has told me I can play with a 1/32 Kotare mid-production Spitfire Mk.I when they fly in from down under.Happy daysSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD45elect2000 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I don't know a lot about these kits but I am finding all sorts of extra's to go with them. Randall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_null981707818191 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 This just arrived - only renewed three days ago! Nice that this year's pack includes an enamel badge again.FWIW, I think membership is good value! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie entwhistle Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 not bought anything for some time ,waiting for the bond bug to be releised ,till then im saving my pennies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treker_ed Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Airfix Club package 2023!Ordered Tuesday, 24/01/2023. And arrived on Friday as my renewal was due on that date! Lovely looking kit, and box is filled to the brim...One massive negative though about the delivery (which has been reported to Airfix/Hornby customer services), Evri decided to just dump the parcel on my doorstep and not bother knocking on the door to let me know it was being delivered! Didn't even have any notification from Airfix that the parcel had been despatched. Not too happy about any of this really. Where I live, we seem to have a lot of doorstep parcel thefts, so I was lucky it was still there when I found it on the way out of my house at 16:45 to go and run some errands. Mind you, I suppose the other only positive, unlike a lot of my neighbours, at least they found the right house, on the right street! Half the time round here, they can't find the simplest of addresses correctly! I do wish Airfix/Hornby would get rid of Evri/Hermes as a delivery company, they really are the worst in the UK (offically as per a CAB survey in Nov 2022!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie entwhistle Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 worst delivery company going ,my experience was to find my parcels in the recycling bin and like above nothing to say they had been delivered ,if it hadnt been for me putting more recycling in the bin before it was emptied i would have lost my delivery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_null981707818191 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 My membership box (as illustrated in an earlier post!) was sent by Royal Mail as a 48 hour tracked parcel. I guess it's just the luck of the draw as to which parcel service is used. The problem is that Evri (and other couriers) are now - as I understand it - undercutting Royal Mail, so businesses will tend to use the less expensive option, which in turn threatens the future of Royal Mail, whose service is (or so I have found) invariably reliable. I guess if you're paying for postage on an item, you're entitled to get a reliable service, and if Evri costs less than Royal Mail, why is there only one postage rate quoted when making a purchase? And if the postage cost quoted is for a Royal Mail parcel, why use Evri at all? It's a bit of a conundrum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treker_ed Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 If you choose to upgrade to express delivery service, instead of the standard service, that will be delivered by DPD. However... there have been quite a few times when ordering that the system has not allowed me to upgrade the delivery, and I've then raised this with customer service. Initially I was told to put it through, and then ring back when I received my oder confirmation and they would then be able to upgrade it manually, no problem. Put the order through, rang back - oh no, sorry we can't change your order once it's been processed, and cannot change the delivery type! Several emails sent off at the time about that and have also now sent another about this latest farce of a delivery. When will they learn that this is having a detrimental effect on their company! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrylis Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I recently got the Revell Shackleton MR.3 as a christmas present, just need the paints for it. so trip to my local model shop for some tamiya paints and maybe a model if the wife doesn't notice. Another I got at a carboot sale is a Hasegawa War Hawk in 1/72. Looks rather old so unsure if I should build it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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