SMA What's New In Your Stash?!?

[BarleyBop]

Flower Corvette

Cool! Thanks for posting!

 

[BarleyBop]

Cool, a Lysander and a Dewoitine 520!

Stay tuned, the kits are in the mail.

 

[Jakko]

I think the D. 520 is one of the sleekest-looking planes from the Second World War, and in 1:72 I liked building the RS Models kit a few years ago.

 

[Pantherman]

I was delighted by the level of detail across the different class iterations.
... though a bit disappointed at the resolution of the drawings in the digital version.
Is it better in print?

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Hi Barley, photos as promised and one of the colors I'm going with on Snowberry.

Just let me know if you need anything photographed and I will send it. PM

 

[BarleyBop]

Hi Barley, photos as promised and one of the colors I'm going with on Snowberry.

Thanks!

Clearly the printed version is a much higher resolution. My guess is the Kindle version has scanned images of the printed ones, lower res for a manageable file size.
That colour scheme is awesome!

Oh, I'm 3/4 the way through 'The Cruel Sea'... Just thought you and @BOATMAN would like to know.
Very much enjoying... Especially the different shots aboard and in rough seas!

 

[BOATMAN]

Thanks!

Clearly the printed version is a much higher resolution. My guess is the Kindle version has scanned images of the printed ones, lower res for a manageable file size.
That colour scheme is awesome!

Oh, I'm 3/4 the way through 'The Cruel Sea'... Just thought you and @BOATMAN would like to know.
Very much enjoying... Especially the different shots aboard and in rough seas!

VERY much how it was in real life very good film glad you are enjoying it B/B
chrisb

 

[Ron2]

Since the other thread was so unceremoniously deleted for whatever reason, time to start anew!

Will start it off with a few I have gotten over the last couple of weeks:

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Aoshima 1/24 Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4SV

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Nice. My wife just told me the other night when she was coming home from work she saw a sports car that looked sharp so she sped up to see what it was. It was a McLaren. The guy driving it panicked when she came up on him and changed lanes real quick, turned out to be a doc she works with in cath lab. She texted him he needs to drive faster! Haha.

 

[Jantk14]

I got the tank bug. This one came today. Looking forward to doing a winter camo. It's a new challenge. This will be my second Sherman. My first ever tank build was a Sherman easy eight that I built during Covid. One question about weathering this. Since it's in the snow covered Ardennes in December, do I dirty it up or just cover it with snow, or both?

 

[Pantherman]

I got the tank bug. This one came today. Looking forward to doing a winter camo. It's a new challenge. This will be my second Sherman. My first ever tank build was a Sherman easy eight that I built during Covid. One question about weathering this. Since it's in the snow covered Ardennes in December, do I dirty it up or just cover it with snow, or both?View attachment 188792

It's really up to you but when I did winter camo, I weathered it first then added the snow and ice. Pantherman

 

[BarleyBop]

up to you

Yes, and according to Mr Googl,

The offensive began with heavy fog, snow, and rain, which cleared around December 23, allowing for clearer, colder weather with better visibility for air support.

So others would know more about it, but I think you might be able to do any combination and still be historically correct!

 

[kevin]

Cool subject matter.
The winter camo was a paint / wash. I would paint the OD green and then the white wash. Weather away some of the white. Apply dirt and mud over that. I would add some snow effects on top of that if I were to mount it on a diorama base with snow on the ground, there are a few products out there for that.
You have so many options to go with, have fun with whatever way you choose.

 

[Pantherman]

Cool subject matter.
The winter camo was a paint / wash. I would paint the OD green and then the white wash. Weather away some of the white. Apply dirt and mud over that. I would add some snow effects on top of that if I were to mount it on a diorama base with snow on the ground, there are a few products out there for that.
You have so many options to go with, have fun with whatever way you choose.

I have found the best and cheapest snow is white tile grout. Pantherman

 

[Jantk14]

I bought white pigment with the kit. Going to try that.

 

[BarleyBop]

glad you are enjoying it B/B

Lady at party says: " I was on an American destroyer the other day, and there was only Coca-Cola! "

 

[Jakko]

Since it's in the snow covered Ardennes in December

For accuracy: it only started snowing in the Ardennes on 29 December 1944

do I dirty it up or just cover it with snow, or both?

I'd say that depends a lot on whether you want to show the tank as freshly whitewashed or as having been in combat for a while. For a tank that's recently been snow-camouflaged, dirty up the undersides and show the paint as nicely white all over — though I would recommend brush-painting it over olive drab, since that's what the troops usually did in the field. If it's to be a bit longer ago that the tank was painted, have some of the OD poke through the whitewash in places where it would likely wear off (along edges and where the crew moves over the tank, mainly) plus a good deal more dirt on the lower parts.

 

[Marauder1981]

...dunno, have seen it in stores, but will research first... If I do build, it won't be for quite a while!

After coming out of shock from the prices for it on eBay, I began to shake after seeing the four-piece hull...

 

[BarleyBop]

After coming out of shock from the prices for it on eBay, I began to shake after seeing the four-piece hull...

Hahaha... Nope, wouldn't be abuilding that one... the 1:72 based on old Matchbox kit.
I'd be looking at the new 1:144 kit that is much more affordable, and better detailed.

 

[Marauder1981]

I think the D. 520 is one of the sleekest-looking planes from the Second World War, and in 1:72 I liked building the RS Models kit a few years ago.

I have to agree, and although I fancy myself a decent amateur history buff, I had not heard of it until reading your post! Is it just me or do its looks hint at Spitfire?

 

[BarleyBop]

history buff,

I know next to nothing about WW2 aircraft, but my interest in North Africa led me to search for planes used by the various forces, including the French (Vichy and Free)....

 

[Jakko]

I don't think it looks greatly like a Spitfire — more that they both look like late 1930s/early 1940s single-engined fighters Part of the recognition problem, I suppose, is that the only widely known aircraft of the times are basically the main British, American and German ones, and everybody else's get lumped under "Oh yeah, they built aircraft too."

FWIW, I painted my D. 520 in Vichy red-and-yellow neutrality markings. That was a nice challenge

 

[BarleyBop]

Speaking of Spitfires...

...and a more generic coffee table book from the clearance bin:

... With several large fold out illustrations like this one:

 

[BarleyBop]

... Along with Gracie and George (Mr & Mrs Pigeon, our regular inner city visitors to the bird bath), this landed on the stoop.

... According to Scalemates, this particular box matches the 1968 new box of the original 1967 kit!

... And with these mid-century words of wisdom on the side of the box, I don't doubt it for a minute :

 

[Tommergun]

Sweet. Nice vintage kit.

 

[Edbert]

this landed on the stoop.

The definition of short take-off and landing.

 

[BarleyBop]

The definition of short take-off and landing.

Apparently applies to both the plane AND the pigeons!

 

[BarleyBop]

The old Lysander getting the equivalent of new suspenders!

 

[Jakko]

An insulating blanket would probably be a better item to have in a Lysander cockpit

 

[Jantk14]

I needed some supplies so I had no choice but to get another kit. My second spitfire.

 

[Edbert]

I needed some supplies so I had no choice but to get another kit. My second spitfire.

Great kit, super-simple too, two sprues not counting clear.

 

[Jakko]

Found on a second-hand book site last week, for my collection of old modelling books: