During our recent move, my eldest son cleared out his loft and presented me with a couple of ageing boxes. "Look what I found" he exclaimed.
The first box contained a mix of old Heroics & Ros armour and vehicles. I even found an old AA Crusader tank with pins for barrels! That has to be one of their earliest sculpts from the '70's. I had forgotten about these and it must have been about 25 years ago when I gave them to him. At the time I had ditched 1/300 completely for 15mm. In my defence, the micro-scales have come along way since then.
I am hopeful that some of these, the softskins in particular, will be usable bulking out my existing collection.
The second box contained 1/3000 scale WW2 Navwar and Davco ships for the British, German, Italian, Japanese and French navies. I have begun sorting these out and it would appear most will fit in nicely with my present collection. I have never stripped paint from models so an experiment is underway. I am soaking a German destroyer in slightly diluted Dettol bleach which I shall leave overnight. If all goes according to plan, a scrub with a stiff brush will hopefully remove any stubborn paint.
Now that's what I call some nice finds from the attic:)
ReplyDeleteYes, the ships in particular will be useful additions.
Deleteand as a bonus after soaking in Dettol they shouldn't get covid-19!
ReplyDeleteThat's very true.
DeleteSplendid gift to get.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly was.
DeleteThat is quite a haul of forgotten treasures!
ReplyDeleteCertainly bringing back a few memories sorting through this lot.
DeleteGreat find Jon! Caustic soda can be used as paint remover, with all due precautions of course.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mike, may well give that a try. Dettol did not work but nail varnish remover seems to be doing the job although requires a stiff brush to remove the softened paint.
DeleteI find Dettol works but I have to leave it a week or two for the best results.
DeleteI had more success with the nail varnish today. Submerged it in the stuff and as I brushed the paint dissolved. Some stubborn areas had to be worked on but overall appears ok. Not sure the wife appreciates it though!
DeleteI'll have to give nail varnish remover a go next time
ReplyDeleteWife tells me its cheap! Pleased you picked up on my mistake, meant to add 'remover'.
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