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Latest Acquisitions Revisited!
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Who me??
Rhino
Super Moderator
Henry Turner (Aye Cap'n Turner, Argh!) of the UK designed STL files of 18th century sailing vessels. I bought 2 of my movie model favorites from him on Shapeways. HMS Bounty and HMS Surprise. They are truly stellar! (The Skywave Elco 80-footer is for scale) I also purchased Cap'n Turner's STL file for USS Bonhomme Richard, sails and masts and a little Felucca sailboat for free!
Our Kids in Texas are working on 3D printing these items.
We don't have room for a 3D printer here yet. Since moving Teresa's household belongings to our country home, there is hardly space for another frozen pizza! Oddly enough, there is still room enough for a few more dinky model ships! MUHHU HAHA HAhaha hahaha!
Thanks for looking in!
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kinda shocking seeing the size of the Elco next to those old sailing vessels. PT boat is what, 78' and the Bounty was '90?
paddy
Well-known member
Not a model but i thought i would share this.
I needed some 0.5mm drills, essential when detailing.
so i turned to e-bay as you do and within a couple of days these arrived from England but still in their Chinese packaging.
OK so just bad luck they got crushed in the post (actually it was poor packaging)
But these are not drills, they are just bits of twist steel cropped off to a length. no chance at all of drilling a hole or even getting a hole centred as there is no cutting edge or point to centre the drill.
this is why ebay is so often a waste of time and money but what really gets me is ....somewhere in China, a factory, when its not producing covid, is knocking out this rubbish, packaging it and sending it all over the world..
I needed some 0.5mm drills, essential when detailing.
so i turned to e-bay as you do and within a couple of days these arrived from England but still in their Chinese packaging.
OK so just bad luck they got crushed in the post (actually it was poor packaging)
But these are not drills, they are just bits of twist steel cropped off to a length. no chance at all of drilling a hole or even getting a hole centred as there is no cutting edge or point to centre the drill.
this is why ebay is so often a waste of time and money but what really gets me is ....somewhere in China, a factory, when its not producing covid, is knocking out this rubbish, packaging it and sending it all over the world..
Rhino
Super Moderator
HMS Bounty was inches short of 91 Feet overall. The Skywave 80-foot PT boat is strangely 80 scale feet long.
I resolved to buy an LPH! I REALLY wanted the 1/700 Wavelines USS Okinawa LPH-3 kit. Few can be found. I settled for a much less pricey Academy 1/700 Dokdo. The Academy 50th anniversary issue is molded in multiple colors making painting optional. She comes with stickers and decals and requires no glue to assemble Her. Should be a "Snap", Right?!
Her air group is unimpressive. One Lynx, one Super Puma and one Seahawk. We'll just see about that!!
My model came freight free for $24.00 from Tennessee.
I bought this PEE set from Scotty Zuieback of Dauntless Hobbies in California. The picture of the1/72 BF-108 Taifun set made it appear that a cockpit came with it. It didn't. I cain't recall ever buying a model airplane for fit a PEE set before.
This new Fly Models 1/72 Bf-108 Taifun came all the way from Poland with, a war on next door in good time! Recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit and resin parts for things like the Argus engine spinner make the new-ish Fly Models kit an excellent excuse to divest myself of the ancient Heller 1/72 issue.
On its way to me, I will offer a look inside when I get it:
3D printed, limited edition:
Vargas' Scale Models M-777 A2
3D printed, limited edition:
Vargas' Scale Models M-777 A2
jknaus
Administrator
Very disappointing. I hope you can get your money back at least.Not a model but i thought i would share this.
I needed some 0.5mm drills, essential when detailing.
so i turned to e-bay as you do and within a couple of days these arrived from England but still in their Chinese packaging.
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OK so just bad luck they got crushed in the post (actually it was poor packaging)
But these are not drills, they are just bits of twist steel cropped off to a length. no chance at all of drilling a hole or even getting a hole centred as there is no cutting edge or point to centre the drill.
View attachment 150449
this is why ebay is so often a waste of time and money but what really gets me is ....somewhere in China, a factory, when its not producing covid, is knocking out this rubbish, packaging it and sending it all over the world..
jknaus
Administrator
Unfortunately sold out already.
New batch already in the works.
jknaus
Administrator
I got a notice last night. This is one gun I have wanted since Canada got them a few years back.
James
For Chappie!
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Well this is gonna be a long one. Not because I bought a lot but thanks to the extreme generosity of someone on another Forums who surprised me with them.
Here's the one I bought. I got it with an Amazon Gift card given to me for my birthday:
I already did get that started.
A few days before that T-62 came in, I got a message letting me know to BOLO, because a box was heading my way filled with small scale treats that he knew he was never going to build. He wasn't kidding. Here they are, armor first, than aircraft, then ships:
That is one I'd wanted for awhile, but never figured I'd ever get because I had too many others I wanted more badly for my limited funds to stretch to this. It's been started.
Next is this one still sealed:
This one I hope to make an air ambulance:
Now a few Airfix kits, starting with this one:
And now for the ships:
This one, as you can see, came with no instructions. No worries, I can download them from Scalemates:
I wrote that on the box top so I wasn't frantically trying to find them once I decide to build this.
Now for all these Tamiya ships:
And finally another one I'd wanted for a long time:
And that one is started as well. All those details and more can be seen on my next tour of my plant.
Enjoy!
Here's the one I bought. I got it with an Amazon Gift card given to me for my birthday:
I already did get that started.
A few days before that T-62 came in, I got a message letting me know to BOLO, because a box was heading my way filled with small scale treats that he knew he was never going to build. He wasn't kidding. Here they are, armor first, than aircraft, then ships:
That is one I'd wanted for awhile, but never figured I'd ever get because I had too many others I wanted more badly for my limited funds to stretch to this. It's been started.
Next is this one still sealed:
This one I hope to make an air ambulance:
Now a few Airfix kits, starting with this one:
And now for the ships:
This one, as you can see, came with no instructions. No worries, I can download them from Scalemates:
I wrote that on the box top so I wasn't frantically trying to find them once I decide to build this.
Now for all these Tamiya ships:
And finally another one I'd wanted for a long time:
And that one is started as well. All those details and more can be seen on my next tour of my plant.
Enjoy!
Finally pulled the trigger. I was able to scan one photo from a film strip but I still don't know what I'm doing. There are no other options these days, least that I can find, short of sending all slides off to have it done ($$$$$). My Dad had a flat bed scanner with a 8 slide caddy when he did it first time, I'm thinking now maybe that wasn't a bad rig after all. But this is much higher resolution. One slide at a time!
What's great, once I'm done with it I'll probably be able to get my money back reselling.
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Sweet! Nice score Bob!
