Some new arrivals and a few pieces I got a few weeks back but did not have an opportunity to post. Let me know if you have had enough of me waxing lyrical about cheap stuff from Temu - I feel some readers may be interested to know what's available out there - but maybe you all know (or dont care?!)
This package arrived on Saturday - the main contents are teh two shown below
Pack on the right is 10 x 200 mm (in height) trees (less any foliage)
Here is the church from various angles
With a couple of figures for scale
Alongside the Perry church kit - which is of course very nice, but basically twice the price of the new arrival!
It has the potential to have figures placed inside it, too.
The below is something I found for use inside the Stalingrad factory - I ordered two sets and they have been in the queue for two or three weeks
They are listed variously as "28mm" and 1/64 - so possibly slightly over scale - but close enough for background terrain, I think - shown below with a figure to judge the size
I am not an expert on lathes - this looks about right to me?
The drill and saw might be a bit big? Again, I am not an expert - last time I saw any of this type of equipment was high school metalwork classes circa 1976!
Now, these two ARE big - and possibly too modern for 1940's Russia - but I will just hide them somewhere in the building where they don't stand out too much!
The train tracks are great - nice hard plastic and good detail given its really a uber low-cost kids toy! I have painted them up, did some butchery on a couple of the curves, so they head in the opposite direction and even chopped up one curve to create a reasonable (IMHO!) set of points. In a perfect world, there would be 10 straights and four curves - but of course, it is intended to create an oval that a train can run round and round in circles on! All I want it for really is some railway tracks at a reasonable cost - given they were $8 - I might very well get a second pack to obtain more straight sections! Images of the painted track next post - thanks for popping by and I do hope this is of interest!
Cool stuff
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe, I thought so, too!
DeleteThere seems to a lot of good stuff on Temu, but I am always a little wary in case I end up with dodgy stuff. You seem to be hitting a rich vein with it though Keith.
ReplyDeleteI have been pretty happy with everything so far, Lawrence. The trees aren't the best - wire in the trunk but the branches are just bendy rubber-like plastic - so it's hard to pose them into different shapes - but they were $4 or something like that and they are not unusable, so can't really complain!
DeleteCool, especially the Church, can see loads of periods it can be used in
ReplyDeleteThanks Scotty - that is the great thing about churches - as long as they predate the era played in, they fit into lots of scenarios!
DeleteWoooow! That's really, really great stuff!
ReplyDeleteThe church is pretty good isn't it, Michal?!
DeleteNice church and I think the pillar drill and lathe are spot on,1/64 should be a little smaller if anything? I'm just sticking with HO/OO track and mess about with what's on top and live withe scale disparity, got three locomotives on the go at the moment!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain! I am not sure about engines and/or rolling stock....I was going to buy a full set (tracks, locomotive and tender plus a couple of carriages) but they are very obviously a toy rather than a scale model, so didn't in the end...I might still get one though...there were lots to choose from at under NZ$20! Scanning comments below, everyone seems to agree re the factor equipment too.
DeleteVery nice! The drill press looks about right compared to the one I inherited from my uncle.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bill...seems everyone agrees re the tools!
DeleteSome interesting stuff Keith you will soon have a fully fitted workshop in miniature
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt....I have gone down a bit of a rabbit hole with the factory, trying to find extra details to add!
DeleteNice delivery, Keith.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard, I was pleased with my purchases once again.
DeleteI enjoy seeing what you pick up from Temu. All of the equipment looks about right to me too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jon, glad you like seeing it!
DeleteSome cracking purchases from Temu Keith, the church is really a cracking piece of kit at a really good price. The equipment for the factory looks about right size wise, so should work really well for you.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Donnie!
Deletegood finds. I think most of the machine parts work well with 28mm. I can't see a big need for those; you were probably the second set sold. 😁
ReplyDeleteThank you Stew....I think the equipment is intended to work with model cars....some listings call it motor shop or auto shop equipment....
DeleteGreat purchases Keith and the tools will look good in the factory.
ReplyDeleteI like seeing your Temu purchases. I was put off Temu a bit by social media posts but it looks like if you just buy it for what it is it is fine.
I have used train tracks like that as well but got them from my children's train set when they threw it out. I am a cheap bastard... gave them a cheap train set and then stole it😂
Lol....I like your style Ben! To be honest, the quality of the tracks is pretty impressive for $8...it's a pity I can't order a pack of 14 straights but it's obvious why they don't pack them that way.
DeleteI bought my kids a clockwork Thomas the Tank Engine set in the UK about 20 years ago for something like £10, so you can't teach me anything about being tight! We still have but it doesn't run because my son over wound it one time when he was about 8 or 10.
Very nice additions there Keith:)! Seeing the lathe and my mind was almost wanting to move my arms to control the tool rest, move the tail stock etc as it is pretty damned accurate. Ditto the rest of the machine tools. They should make for some nice 'scatter terrain' for your games. Now are you going to paint them up in the mid-green often used for British machine tools, or a dull grey seen elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteTalking of metal and woodwork classes in the mid-1970's, we actually had a fully functioning forge in out metal shop! The main thing I can remember us making was ash trays, not something I think that would be condoned today, assuming any school has these facilities still.
Thanks Steve - they are very nice-looking bits of equipment, aren't they?! I have actually painted most of the first batch - a kind of dark forest green, as it happens - although I considered red, being 1930's vintage Soviet!
DeleteAll I remember making are the old classics - a garden trowel with a wooden handle (combining both wood and metalwork into one item!) - and a flying swan made of some pale wood and mounted on a backing board before being varnished - there must have been others, presumably - but that's all I can remember!
Do care - and those machine pieces are exactly what I’m looking for seeing as I have 3 Sarissa factories on the way. Cheers for the info.
ReplyDeleteOrdered 2 sets plus loads of crates…because I’m weak.
DeleteIn that case, I am happy to be of service, JBM and I look forward to seeing your Sarissa kits assembled!
DeleteThe church is lovely…
ReplyDeleteBut I really like the Machine Shop set.
All the best. Aly
Cheers Aly - just catching up on answering a few "late" comments :)
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