SMA What's New In Your Stash?!?

[myhobbyroom]

I cannot take a pic, I have a 3d printed Ken Block Hoonitruck ready for priming.

 

[BarleyBop]

This bad boy?! Should be fun!

 

[Edbert]

I cannot take a pic, I have a 3d printed Ken Block Hoonitruck ready for priming.

Please post progress shots!

For those of you that are into odd or unusual subject matter, may I present this?

 

[TimM63]

Please post progress shots!

For those of you that are into odd or unusual subject matter, may I present this?

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Making me hungry!!

 

[BarleyBop]

odd or unusual subject

And I thought all that food in Japanese restaurant windows was wax!

 

[Edbert]

And I thought all that food in Japanese restaurant windows was wax!

As one who loves sushi/sashimi, yeah, this looks like wax.

 

[Jakko]

Somebody offered this for sale on another forum:

When I put an offer on it plus another kit, he informed me the other one was already spoken for, but this box actually contained:—

… two complete LCM (3) kits plus a set of Trumpeter crew figures. Not quite sure yet what I'm going to do with these Maybe build one and sell the other, or build them both as American and British, or maybe graft the two together into an LCM (6)?

 

[BarleyBop]

VW book arrived today!
Tomorrow: 'Learn to read German, in your dreams'

 

[TimM63]

Today's arrival

 

[Pantherman]

Somebody offered this for sale on another forum:

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When I put an offer on it plus another kit, he informed me the other one was already spoken for, but this box actually contained:—

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… two complete LCM (3) kits plus a set of Trumpeter crew figures. Not quite sure yet what I'm going to do with these Maybe build one and sell the other, or build them both as American and British, or maybe graft the two together into an LCM (6)?

I recently built a landing craft for the D Day remembered last year. Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

Today's arrival

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You will have fun with that kit. Are you going to light it? PM

 

[TimM63]

You will have fun with that kit. Are you going to light it? PM

I just might attempt to add some lighting. I will take inspiration from you PM.

 

[Jakko]

I recently built a landing craft for the D Day remembered last year.

Looking pretty good. That's an LCVP (from Italeri, I assume?), which is a good bit smaller than these LCMs.

FWIW, I started building Gecko's LCA (the British counterpart to your LCVP) about a year and a half ago, but it's on hold. You can see my progress with it over on Scalemates, but this photo should tell you a lot about the kit's basic accuracy, and why I didn't feel like continuing work on it (though I will finish it one of these days):

Basically, if you want an accurate LCA, you can use the hull, the deck, and some detail parts, but almost everything else needs to be replaced because correcting it is impossible

 

[stevethefish]

I'm not very big on Gundam models and in fact I've downsized much of the Gunpla I know I'd never get around to building, but the Zetaplus is pretty cool. I like these old Gundam Sentinel kits.

R2-D2 sofubi by Kaiyodo

My friend gave me this old legacy Macross kit. It comes with a 1:144 scale Gerwalk Valkyrie and a 1:12 scale figure model of Hikaru.

 

[wjbrandel]

Today's arrival

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A friend put that together, it took here about a year to finish. It looked magnificent.

 

[Jakko]

I already had Patton, but in the reprint edition of a few years ago, and the originals are much better quality. All I need now to complete the series is Stuart, which I've never come across except at prices far higher than I'm willing to pay …

The two books at lower right are only because I like collecting old modelling handbooks. The one in Dutch is a translation of Painting & Lining scale models, which was published in 1976 by Argus; this translation is from 1981.

 

[Steve Ski]

Not here yet, but soon! AHHQ010 1/16 M3/M3A1 U.S. HALFTRACK
https://andyshhq.com/products/preor...m3a1-us-halftrack-not-in-stock-pre-order-copy
I know there will be some figures coming, usually are, but much later.

I broke my self-imposed rule, no more kits, got too many already, but,.................................. When it does come in I'll have to be pretty sly getting it past the gate guard. Wish me luck.

 

[BarleyBop]

my self-imposed rule,

Ha, if you're anything like me, that's a non-starter!
See: definition of oxymoron!

 

[BarleyBop]

AHHQ010 1/16 M3/M3A1 U.S. HALFTRACK

That looks like an incredible kit! I have a pale shadow of a 1:35 kit, with conversion to the British version, but I think I'll wait to see how yours comes together for ideas on details to add to mine!

 

[kevin]

This got delivered today, I am very excited.

 

[TimM63]

This got delivered today, I am very excited. View attachment 136302

That's going to be a big'un.

 

[BarleyBop]

Holy hull length! @ 53 1/4 inches, she might not even fit in a standard bath tub!

 

[BarleyBop]

Here's my latest, as of 20 minutes ago...
Not a lot of assembly required (3D printed) gonna be a paint job job!

I always get excited seeing waybills from away!

 

[Jakko]

I have a pale shadow of a 1:35 [US halftrack] kit, with conversion to the British version

The old Tamiya M3A2? The Dragon kits are far better, though not without their problems either (you can only build late versions from them, for example, even though they provide markings for early ones). Unfortunately they cost about three times as much as the Tamiya kits

 

[BarleyBop]

The old Tamiya M3A2?

Ah Nuts! I went back to the shelf... Good news and bad news. It is a Dragon Kit, but it's the M2/M2A-1. Close, but no gold star.
Still quite appropriate for North Africa!

 

[BarleyBop]

The dog having a busy day: another delivery!

"Slightly used" ... just like me!

 

[Andy the Sheep]

This got delivered today, I am very excited. View attachment 136302

Are you going to moor her at your local yacht club?
What a kit! Are you going to post a thread?

 

[kevin]

It's one heck of a kit, just fits on my bench! It comes with alot of PE, but I'm also going to get the Pontos PE upgrade kit as well, for the wood deck and metal barrels. I'll get a thread going when I'm ready to start.

 

[Jakko]

It is a Dragon Kit, but it's the M2/M2A-1. Close, but no gold star.
Still quite appropriate for North Africa!

Stroke of luck there To be accurate for North Africa, though, you will need to backdate it, by removing the springs on the idler wheels. This is my M2 that I started last year, and which I hope to finish painting over the next few weeks at the latest:

Notice the filled-in bits (white putty) on the chassis ahead of the idler mounts, and the bits of plastic rod on the idler mounts so that the adjustment screws reach them.

You also need to remove the jerrycan mounts from the cab, which is rather more of a chore — and worst of all, Dragon should (could) simply have moulded them separately, because on the real thing they're open at the top and bottom so you would need to take them off and replace them even for a halftrack with jerrycans …

There are other details you can add or improve too, such as fitting pedals, improving the skate rail for the machine guns and adding the edges of the lids on the storage compartments, replacing the gearshift, and more like that.

 

[BarleyBop]

To be accurate for North Africa, though, you will need to backdate it, by removing the springs on the idler wheels

Hmmm, have bookmarked your suggestions. Won't remember any of them by the time I get to it! Thanks for the follow through!

Cheers