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Offline Prof.Witchheimer

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Latest vehicle received
« on: May 25, 2008, 06:33:51 PM »
another "Latest" sticky :)

a nice bunch of lovely cars, purchased from Jules (thanks, mate, top service!) Like especially that great Rolls Royce fire engine

see attachment for the pic


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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2008, 10:39:54 PM »
Iron Sternwheeler, Iron Sternwheeler (canvass side), Junk and Dhow from The Virtual Armchair General. Great service from Patrick and quick too. 8)
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Offline Poiter50

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2008, 04:59:39 AM »
Oooh!! And I only bought the CD, so now i have to build them.

Iron Sternwheeler, Iron Sternwheeler (canvass side), Junk and Dhow from The Virtual Armchair General. Great service from Patrick and quick too. 8)
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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2008, 09:52:28 AM »
Austin armoured car from Sloppy Jalopy.

At 15.00 GBP, quite expensive I think for what you get.

The definition on the main resin body of the vehicle is poor in places, there are 'bubble holes' in the resin, and the metal components took a lot of filing and drilling to make fit - especially the axles and wheels.  :(

The end product is looking good now I'm painting it - but on the basis of this particular kit, I'm not sure I'd recommend Sloppy Jalopy, although I know they are very popular here with Back-of-Beyonders...

Offline Mad Doc Morris

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2008, 10:14:11 AM »
Prof,
you have some cars there which could be of use for me either. But - excuse my humble ignorance! - who's Jules? ???

Offline Prof.Witchheimer

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2008, 10:19:15 AM »
Prof,
you have some cars there which could be of use for me either. But - excuse my humble ignorance! - who's Jules? ???

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=5760.0

Offline Mad Doc Morris

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2008, 11:08:10 AM »
Ah, I see! Sadly he seems to be sold out already.  :'(

Offline Col.Stone

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2008, 04:37:11 PM »
I got an very nice T34/85 from bolt action the other day, going straight to the conversiontable  :)

Offline Glitzer

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2008, 05:37:24 PM »
I bought two Mercedes Benz Sprinter police transporters in 1:50, now I just ahve to wait till my policemen arrive
Far less active than I used to...

Offline majorsmith

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2008, 10:24:45 PM »
4 rackham at43 walkers, they are superb!!

Offline Vanvlak

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2008, 04:57:48 AM »
3 Bigfoot-style truck wheels. Er...  if vehicle bits count, that is.  ::)
Found in a dumped broken toy and destined for - well, dunno yet.

Offline Argonor

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2008, 09:29:08 AM »
Bought six die-cast burago-cars yesterday (nominally 1:43, but they're probably closer to 1:48) for 80 DKR (about €10) :

3 Italian police cars (Lamborghinis) for fututistic cops...
1 red Mini with Union Jack on the roof
and 2 more indistinct cars that I do not recall.....

EDIT: Those were a Volvo and a BMW
« Last Edit: June 08, 2008, 09:38:51 AM by Argonor »
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Offline Le matou rouge

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2008, 01:02:08 PM »
4 wondefuls kits from The HLBS recasts : 2 Schneiders CA, 1 Charron and 1 Laffly-White armoured cars.

Pics here : http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=5443.msg68220#new

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Offline Vanvlak

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2008, 02:45:28 PM »
3 Bigfoot-style truck wheels. Er...  if vehicle bits count, that is.  ::)
Found in a dumped broken toy and destined for - well, dunno yet.
And I found the missing 4th wheel too....

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Re: Latest vehicle received
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2008, 05:48:36 AM »

View on Flickr

Eight long-out-of-production Matchbox Models of Yesteryear - three cars, four trucks/vans.

They're slightly oversized for 28mm, really - especially noticable with the vans, which are quite tall. Still, they're nice models.

Purchased online, but not on EvilBay, and therefore purchased for about half the going EvilBay price!

Some of them are going under the paintbrush (hear the collectors gasp in horror!) but most will stay exactly as they are.

 

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