What are people buying?

[Shahbahraz]

Just a little place in the Eastern suburb of Broughty Ferry called Space Craft. It's not far from me, and stocks Perry Plastics, Rubicon, Army Painter, Victrix tanks etc. Loads of basics, mainly kit modelling, but it's very nice to have a local store where you can just drop in. There's a young woman who runs it, who can usually be found painting or assembling something at the desk.

And LT, you're thinking of the railway shop in Kirriemuir. I'm in Dundee.

[goat major]

Agree on tamiya paints for airbrushing. They thin down much more effectively than vallejo for detailed work

[Shahbahraz]

Agree on tamiya paints for airbrushing. They thin down much more effectively than vallejo for detailed work

Yep, I generally use extra jars, thin the paint 50:50 with the Tamiya X20 thinner, and it airbrushes beautifully, no spatters or clogging - the Vallejo Model Air range isn't bad, but not quite as smooth as the Tamiya - it's a different medium, and the Tamiya seems to be a finer pigment.

[goat major]

Yes I found exactly this. I was trying to spray some fine detail and couldn’t get the Vallejo to thin down without spatter at low pressure. got the Tamiya and it worked like a dream. I use vallejo air for most work though and it’s not an issue at normal pressures.

[Shahbahraz]

Yes I found exactly this. I was trying to spray some fine detail and couldn’t get the Vallejo to thin down without spatter at low pressure. got the Tamiya and it worked like a dream. I use vallejo air for most work though and it’s not an issue at normal pressures.

Just don't mix the thinners... I accidentally used the Tamiya thinner with the Vallejo paint and created the most unholy gunk. Or was it the other way round?

[goat major]

I did an airbrushing course once and the guy running it said his golden rule was always to use the correctly branded thinner for each type of paint since they all use slightly different mediums. He repaired /cleaned airbrushes and thought that a large proportion of problems he saw came from people mixing and matching their thinners.

[Shahbahraz]

it wouldn't surprise me, and the cheap airbrushes typically use cheap seals that can be damaged by thinners etc. But since you can buy a complete replacement for £12.99 - who cares?

I've thought about going on an airbrushing course, but nothing on offer locally.

[Paul]

Just a little place in the Eastern suburb of Broughty Ferry called Space Craft.

I was thinking of the one on a residential street in Invergowrie. Probably long gone now as the guy running it was at least twenty years older than me.

[Shahbahraz]

No, still there last time I looked about 18 months ago. All sorts of kits tucked away in there, not much 'wargames' stuff. It's the opposite end of town to me, so I tend to use the one in the Ferry. And there's a GW shop in town. Out in Letham there's a weird little 'crafts' store too, that stocks Prince August casting kits and some other bits and pieces.

There used to be some really good hobby shops locally. Bryan Sherriffs had two shops in Dundee at one stage, each one an Aladdin's Cave for a youngster, everything from Airfix HO/OO Spacemen to giant R/C aeroplanes. I picked up my first metal figures from their place in Lochee, 25mm Hinchcliffe Napoleonic Scots Greys. There was a third model shop on the Perth Road a bit later, plus the railway modeller shops.

[RMD]

As part of my ongoing stroke-recovery therapy, I've decided to get another twelve SYW 'French' (actually two-thirds Swiss) battalions from Eureka, to finish off the second line of the French order of battle for Rossbach. That'll be more than enough for campaign purposes, I think (32 infantry battalions, 32 cavalry squadrons (organised into 6 brigade/regiment units) and 6 guns). Then I'll have to get a British/Hanoverian army, though I might leave that until 2022.

We're going to do a 10mm ACW demo game for Warfare at Ascot in November, so my next big buy is going to be polystyrene, flock and a load of Pendraken...