Latest Acquisitions Revisited!

[Sherman 18]

Latest arrivals

 

[errains]

I just your Shapways Items on the Media tad and they look pretty good as well. Can't wait to see them Sherman come to life!!

 

[moon puppy]

Crazy what we can get now.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Click photo to see inside box:


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[Sherman 18]

This stuff showed up yesterday

 

[Sharkmouth]

I am VERY curious about these:

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[Sherman 18]

Ill take some pictures this weekend Saul.

 

[Barney]

I think w treated one or two of those guys at the hospital at Balad AB!

 

[Duke Maddog]

I would love having those militia as well!

 

[Sherman 18]

I am VERY curious about these:
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[Sharkmouth]

What kind of plastic are these figures?

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[Sherman 18]

What kind of plastic are these figures?

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Soft plastic like the old green army men

 

[Sharkmouth]

I asked since a separate head is offered and I remember those polypropylene figures being a bear to drill, file, sand, glue, and paint.

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[Sharkmouth]

Micro chains and one of three BGA solder balls arrived. From the top left, the micro chains are 45, 30, and 22 links per inch. Already blackened and ready to paint. The bottle holds 0.3mm BGA solder balls while the other two on the slow boat are 0.2mm & 0.25mm. They will be used for domed rivets and bolt heads.

Chains & Rivets Conversion Table:

Measurement	32nd scale	35th scale	48th scale	72nd scale
45 per inch	0.71-inch links	0.78-inch links	1.07-inch links	1.6-inch links
30 per inch	1.07-inch links	1.17-inch links	1.6-inch links	2.4-inch links
22 per inch	1.45-inch links	1.59-inch links	2.18-inch links	3.27-inch links
0.2mm BGA balls	0.25-inch rivets	0.27-inch rivets	0.38-inch rivets	0.57-inch rivets
0.25mm BGA balls	0.31-inch rivets	0.34-inch rivets	0.47-inch rivets	0.31-inch rivets
0.3mm BGA balls	0.38-inch rivets	0.41-inch rivets	0.57-inch rivets	0.85-inch rivets

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[jknaus]

Some new kits and books have arrived. I have a couple of books to review. The most exciting one is a brand new book on Jasta 14. Review soon.

Some figures for my truck.

The Tiger has a metal barrel and all sorts of additional parts and what is really cool is the first batch come with a Knights Cross with Oak leaves and crossed Swords.

Finally the Jasta book and an Albatros is expectation of the decals soon to be released.

James

 

[rob hart]

Wow! Nice haul. That would be a large chunk of my annual hobby budget right there.

 

[jknaus]

Wow! Nice haul. That would be a large chunk of my annual hobby budget right there.

Well fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you look at it, I get a small pension for being broken beyond economic repair (Bebered) for serving and after fighting with VA. So I use a portion for books and modeling seeing as there is very little I can do anymore. Keeps me going.
James

 

[helios]

Some new kits and books have arrived. I have a couple of books to review. The most exciting one is a brand new book on Jasta 14. Review soon.

Nice. I've got a couple of the Gordon books. I'd still like to get the MiG-21 & MiG-25/31 ones if I stumble across a deal on them.

 

[Barney]

Berbered?

 

[Sharkmouth]

Nice. I've got a couple of the Gordon books. I'd still like to get the MiG-21 & MiG-25/31 ones if I stumble across a deal on them.

I have quite a few of Yefim Gordon's books and I found them to be compilations of other Russian author's works which are translated and put into a readable format. When Dmitriy Komissarov is a co-author, there might be some original content added. I say this as I have many of the publications found in their bibliography section and complete paragraphs are lifted and translated directly, Since many Russian publishers don't bother translating their work into English, Yefim found a demand he is filling but errors in the original source work makes its way into 'his' compilations.

Will I continue to buy his 'work?' Only when I save at least 40% of what suggested retail is quoting.

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