Relish Models Newsletter 5th July Issue #189
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- Published on Friday, 06 July 2012 00:00 James Hatch
Relish Models Newsletter 5th July
Issue #189
Something New...
Before I tell you about all the new stuff that is in stock this week, I went to tell you about a website that is run by a friend of mine. I'm telling you about this because Jim, as that is his name, is going to review a number of products for us which will hopefully make your buying decisions much easier.
The website is called Scale Plastic & Rail. I'm sure that many of you have come across this site before as it includes a lot of in-depth reviews and details of kit releases. There's also an active forum which also includes a Relish Models sub-forum so nip over there and have a look.
I've been selling products by Radu Brinzan for quite some time now and the ideas that he comes up with for new photo-etched products are quite simply amazing. His range of seatbelts in 1/24 and 1/32 scale are, in my opinion, not matched by any other product.
His latest releases include some rather nice photo-etched stencils for painting wood panels, some more seatbelts, a couple of sets of decals and some photo-etched radiators for the Airfix 1/24 Mosquito.
Radu Brinzan Wood Pattern Airbrush Stencil No.1
Relish Price: £5.00
Radu Brinzan Wood Pattern Airbrush Stencil No.2
Relish Price: £5.00
Radu Brinzan 1/24 Luftwaffe Seatbelts - Standard (Beige)
Relish Price: £5.20
Radu Brinzan 1/48 Romanian Messerschmitt Bf 109E Part 1
Relish Price: £9.45
Radu Brinzan 1/32 Romanian Messerschmitt Bf 109E Part 1
Relish Price: £11.50
Stock of this 1/24 Mosquito Radiator Set is low but more will be in shortly.......
Radu Brinzan 1/24 Mosquito Radiator Set
Relish Price: £5.50
And if you want to add some seatbelts to your 1/24 Mosquito, here they are:
Radu Brinzan 1/24 Sutton QK Harness
Relish Price: £5.20
The new range of Maketar Paint Masks have been selling very well and I have added a number of new sets since the newsletter last week. Of particular interest are these "Utility" sets which include narrow strips of masking tape. I've lost count of the number of times that I've put masking tape on a small mirror and then used a metal ruler and a scalpel to slice it into thin strips, these new sets do away with all that thankfully:
Maketar Kabuki Masking Strips 0.5, 0.75 & 1.0mm
Relish Price: £2.49
Maketar Kabuki Masking Strips 1.5, 2.0 & 2.5mm
Relish Price: £2.49
Maketar Kabuki Masking Strips 3.0 & 4.0mm
Relish Price: £2.49
The last new product of the week is from our own Relish Resins and is a 1/32 Forward Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) Pod for the RAF Tornado GR4/GR4A. The final pod in the trilogy, the Infra-Red Linescan (IRLS) Pod will be available shortly.
Relish Resins 1/32 Tornado GR4/GR4A FLIR Pod
Relish Price: £5.95
Finally, a round-up of some of the kits from last week which are still available:
Tamiya 1/12 JPS Lotus Type 72D
Retail Price: £115.00
Relish Price: £100.00
Tamiya 1/6 Honda Monkey Bike "2000 Anniversary"
Retail Price: £49.99
Relish Price: £43.99
Tamiya 1/48 Avro Lancaster Dambuster/Grand Slam Bomber
Retail Price: £105.00
Relish Price: £90.00
The Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster kits are great kits but they do have some weaknesses particularly in the area of the engine nacelles which can be greatly improved by using the Belcher Bits Lancaster Engine Set which just happens to be back in stock together with their rather nice smooth tyres.
Belcher Bits 1/48 Lancaster Engine Set
Relish Price: £25.99
Belcher Bits 1/48 Lancaster Smooth Tread Tyres
Relish Price: £6.99
A couple of weeks ago I introduced a number of "bargain kits". I am leaving these in place to give people that get paid monthy a chance to buy them. Also, as money is so tight for most of us at the moment, if you do see a kit that you would like but are unable to afford it immediately, do let me know as I am happy to put things to one side for a short time. I already do this for a number of customers and I know that it is a great help to them.
Revell 1/32 Eurofighter Typhoon
Retail Price: £49.99
Relish Price: £29.99 - You Save 40%
Staying with RAF kits as I think these will be of greatest interest to most readers, here is a fairly recent release from Italeri:
This next kit caused quite a storm when it was released quite simply because of it's over-inflated price, a typical problem with Hasegawa kits.
Hasegawa 1/48 Sea King HAR Mk.3 "RAF Rescue"
Retail Price: £74.99
Relish Price: £59.99 - You Save 20%
Here are a couple more Hasegawa kits which are absolute bargains.
Hasegawa 1/48 F-14D Tomcat "CVW-14"
Retail Price: £51.99
Relish Price: £38.99 - You Save 25%
Hasegawa 1/48 A-7D/E Corsair II
Retail Price: £53.99
Relish Price: £39.95 - You Save 26%
The last one in this week's bargain bin is so cheap I'm almost giving it away!
Revell 1/72 Battle of Britain Gift Set
Retail Price: £26.99
Relish Price: £15.99 - You Save 41%
Italeri 1/48 Westland Wessex HU.5
Retail Price: £29.99
Relish Price: £26.49
If you want to purchase any item in this newsletter or simply want more information about the kit in question, simply click the underlined text which will take you to the Relish Models website.
