Latest Acquisitions Revisited!

[Sharkmouth]

Another Amazon delivery... I normally use whetstones to sharpen my knives. There is another hobby use for these!

OK, we can see it being used, along with the ceramic garlic grater, in this video. I watch it muted and read the captions instead:

 

[Heavens Eagle]

@Sharkmouth I have seen these same items on Temu, and have avoided them. In the plates that I have, 400, 600, 1200, 2200, and 3000, I have used them all. Believe it or not I have used the 1200 about the most. The 400 gets used occasionally for doing odd jobs, along with the 600. The 2200 gets used the least as I usually just jump to the 3000 when I am sharpening a cutting tool.
The reasons I have avoided them is because they have an interrupted surface, and that I have read that the diamond coatings are not all that secure, which might or might not be true.

 

[Sharkmouth]

@Sharkmouth I have seen these same items on Temu, and have avoided them. In the plates that I have, 400, 600, 1200, 2200, and 3000, I have used them all. Believe it or not I have used the 1200 about the most. The 400 gets used occasionally for doing odd jobs, along with the 600. The 2200 gets used the least as I usually just jump to the 3000 when I am sharpening a cutting tool.

Agreed, I bought them to sand resin flat, particularly the 3D stuff. There, the grooves actually benefit as they allow the slurry to get away from the cutting surfaces. For sharpening tools, as I stated, I use whetstones.

 

[jknaus]

I've gotten too much to show this year, but these two books from Nuts and Bolts are the newest and just AWESOME. I'll try, but wont promise a review.

James

 

[Jeeves]

Got these in from Squadron...pretty excited about the van as it combines my two favorite hobbies together!

 

[moon puppy]

Very 70s.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

The Tie Bomber looks to be a decent kit.

 

[moon puppy]

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/ingersoll-rand-hvlp-gravity-feed-spray-gun

Got some furniture to spray paint. BY Thanksgiving no less! I figure it's cheaper to buy this and use paint on hand than 15 spray cans.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

I bought a Paasche version of this a year or two ago to spray paint the interior parts of my old bug. Still have yet to find a paint source for auto paint here in Memphis, so nothing done yet.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Well I have a few new items to post as I got some orders in and went to Murfreesboro today and did well there.

To start off I got my grail kit.

With a full load of detailed 3D parts

Then a new Hybrid kit popped up at Sprue Bros and I jumped on it as it was one I was interested in

It is well packed

And it even has some after market parts

I think I found a kit for MMM2027 at the show today

Then I also spotted this interesting little Lindberg kit. Yeah a Sow's ear to be sure, but something that intrigued me.

Then there was the sibling to what I have been working on.

This beastie was cheap, so now I have the full set of Roooskie birds.

Then lastly I ran across this very rare vintage kit. I have one that my dad built back in the 60's and a model A someplace around that needs to be painted. If I remember correctly the Deusy was the top end car kit from Hubley. Turns out they were located in Lancaster PA of all places. While the box is in rough shape and some of the stickers for inside the body are no longer stickery. it all appears to still be in decent shape. Out of most people that might buy it I actually have skills and tools to do the job. While it will be a while before I bother with it, I decided that it was worthwhile to pick up and have in the stash.

Here are some of the zinc alloy (mazac) parts. I can tell that the side body panels will need some TLC as they need to be bent in slightly at the front to bring the seam together. They are not bent as they are both straight and should have a slight curve added for the back to come together. Zinc castings are brittle and if you try to just bend them they can break. However if you jig the part and support it properly, you can tap on it to make it bend without breaking the part.

I also bought some sanding sticks from Brandon at Squadron and discussed with him about doing a demo panel on working with tweezers and reworking the tips. We will see if it works out.