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I popped in Aldi on The Mounts in Northampton but they didn't have any cheap Airfix kits 😭
I was on my way to The Model Shop, where I picked up some paint.
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I've been after a small saw for ages, the one I use is just far too big (no it's not a bow saw!)
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Santa very kindly gave me a magnifying reading lamp.
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Not only will it allow me to see issues before I photograph a build but it will also save us a bit of electricity. It uses 11 watts rather than using the 3 No. 40 Watt lamps above the table.
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Santa delivered this:

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It's self assembly and looks very useful; I'll try it out later :grin:
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These turned up today. Over the last 3 years or so I've totally wrecked my cutting mat and bent my tweezers so it probably is time I replaced them.
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These turned up today.
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In preparation for the Airfix Hurricane SKGB:


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Hurricane canopies are not my favourite things to mask, so I'll be using these.


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Walked down to Hobbycraft today for supplies
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Only of note as I bought these from Hamleys while taking the kids for their first trip to London.
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JamesPerrin wrote: ↑February 17th, 2023, 4:38 pm Only of note as I bought these from Hamleys while taking the kids for their first trip to London.
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Did you get any change from a tenner?
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Vince & Mia's usual quick delivery
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New brushes and some alcohol-based marker pens from De Serres, an amazing local art supplies shop.


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These came today.
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They are supposed to be a match for BS381C 697, but is distinctly darker than the Hataka Hobby Acrylic Paint A205 Light Admiralty Grey (BS381C 697) I have already used.
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Ratch wrote: ↑April 28th, 2023, 6:27 pm These came today.
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They are supposed to be a match for BS381C 697, but is distinctly darker than the Hataka Hobby Acrylic Paint A205 Light Admiralty Grey (BS381C 697) I have already used.
I bought some of their Humbrol "matched" paints a couple of years back; the paints seemed very grainy and didn't dry the same as the Humbrol colour that they claimed to match...I didn't bother getting any more ;-)
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