The last two weeks involved going on holidays and visiting two model shops with no purchases. On the other hand many recent purchases via the web came home to roost as shown below.

First up is my new airbrush with both 0.2 and 0.3 needles

I’m yet to use it due to other things on.
I’ve already done this in resin.
I did the Airfix one over 40 years ago and the Cyber Hobby POS was attempted recently and chucked
Had a go at the Monogram one years ago also but never finished it.
Lots of parts and decals followed by a paint stirrer and lots of boxes.

Not shown is the Tamiya KV2 I forgot to photograph.

And below is my second completed model for the year. At some point I hope to finish something involving plastic!

I’m currently practicing my airbrushing with the new piece of kit. I’ve got to say it’s quite nice. I have fitted the 0.3 needle and following some tips.

My current mix is 2 to 3 drops of flow improver, 4 or 5 drops of thinner and 6 or so drops of paint being pushed out at around 25psi following a suggestion on Youtube.

I have normally used a lower pressure with little success in the past and as this mix is working I will stick with it for the moment. Vallejo’s Metal Color Aluminium got a try and this is quite amazing how good the finish is.

The Takom D9 bulldozer kit received sone attention also. It is typical Takom with nice detailing but lots of sprue gates. Early days so far.