Latest Acquisitions Revisited!

[Duke Maddog]

Hey Paul, I could have told you about that place! I walk into it every now and then to get my airbrushes serviced, get new parts and even some awesome accessories. Yeah, They are a fantastic shop!

Now for me, thanks to some good friends (yes, I do have them!!) I was able to get these things, one was a raffle prize, the other was some things a friend was getting rid of.

First the prize:

A magnificent book that will tell you just about anything you want to know about the Italian Air Force in WWII. Man, I have an even higher respect for them now after reading this:

The next thing (or things) I got were these three LED light strips powered by 9-volt batteries and are turned on by a magnet:

These went inside my church I've been building for awhile, now the stained glass windows can be seen when these are on.


Finally, the last three birthday purchases came in:

Okay, that's all I got for now, time to prepare for another tour.....

 

[Sharkmouth]

@Duke Maddog, that publisher offers some GREAT titles and is not cheap! Congratulations on the prize!

 

[Brokeneagle]

 

[Heavens Eagle]

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I am curious about the zimmerit tools. They look to be really nicely made, but with the wheels, how do they work? You are going to have to give us a show and tell on them.

 

[Brokeneagle]

I am curious about the zimmerit tools. They look to be really nicely made, but with the wheels, how do they work? You are going to have to give us a show and tell on them.

When I get back I will see how I go on an early Pz 4/70 A early.

 

[Brokeneagle]

..And this arrived today. Tiger model 2023 Mod T-90M in Ukraine.
A great kit with multiple versions of soft case and hard case side armour and anti drone bricks for the turret top. There are plenty of extras with PE and 3D printed parts.

 

[Tojo72]

My old compressor storage tank pitted in a couple of places,so I got this from Spraygunner

 

[Heavens Eagle]

My old compressor storage tank pitted in a couple of places,so I got this from Spraygunner

Yeah, I have had to do a couple of repairs on mine over the years. The first repair they put a carbon steel ball bearing in the check valve from the compressor to the tank. The ball rusted and it wouldn't hold air. fixed it with a acrylic part I made that has worked perfectly ever since. It doesn't run long enough to make enough heat to damage the acrylic part.
I then put some risers under the feet so it has a couple of inches under it, and added a handle to the drain plug. I shut it off and open the drain every time now when I am done. I know the inside of the tank is all rusty, but can't do anything about that except what I am doing.

 

[paddy]

Mine is even smaller than that about the size of the top without the tank but it does have a tank just big enough to take any pulsing out of the air flow. Best thing is its silent and more than adequate to power my Renegade Krome...I tend to use cans for anything larger than a 1/32 camo. The compressors tanks at work used to have an annual inspection by the insurance company but they would last 30 year. I did drain them last thing each Friday and i could get a pint of water out of them but they only ever ran at about 100psi. mainly as airlines for blowing swarf off machines.

 

[Tojo72]

Yeah, I have had to do a couple of repairs on mine over the years. The first repair they put a carbon steel ball bearing in the check valve from the compressor to the tank. The ball rusted and it wouldn't hold air. fixed it with a acrylic part I made that has worked perfectly ever since. It doesn't run long enough to make enough heat to damage the acrylic part.
I then put some risers under the feet so it has a couple of inches under it, and added a handle to the drain plug. I shut it off and open the drain every time now when I am done. I know the inside of the tank is all rusty, but can't do anything about that except what I am doing.

I patched it 4 yrs ago with JB Weld,and the original hole held but now there's more.

 

[moon puppy]

Mine is even smaller than that

Mine's bigger...

 

[Rhino]

Mine's bigger...
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That's friggin' COMPRESSOR, boys!