Hello guys, I know that you are out there somewhere ....

I'm here (time, work and sport permitting)

Cheers
Ed

Greets GreenLeader from CPT

I have to say I am really suprised to see we have 24 registered users who put SA as their country. I can remember when I had to post on a modeling forum based in SA to get the FIRST person from Africa to sign-up and vote in one of our polls. This one:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-Polls&file=index&req=results&pollID=19&mode=flat&order=1&thold=0

If there is any way to make the site more useful or user-friendly for modelers from South Africa or the Continent in general please let me know via my contact link below.

Thanks!!

Jim

Who-hoo!!!!

Are there any meetings and stuff here in SA? Or workshops? And where do y'all get your supplies from? Like the resin water, for example..

Greetz Firefox

Welcome to the big A.

Re. meetings & workshops, I would suggest you contact your local chapter of IPMS, check out http://www.ipmssa.za.org for their contact details. Personally I find the forums on this site to be of a great help.

Re. supplies, you can also ask the IPMS guys where they get their stuff. It really depends what you mean by the term supplies though, as this is a rather broad term. Tools, I get mine from everywhere from the local hobby shop to the hardware store to a local watchmakers store. Diorama bits I get from the local train modelling stores. Kits, though, I am not bit fan of the brands brought into SA, so I get family & friends in the UK & Europe to send to me.

Hope this helps. If you need any more SA advice, drop a post in the SA forum, as I check it daily.

Howzit, guys!!

The name's Quintin Honeyborne, from Centurion, Gauteng.
Great to see some names from SA!

Cheers
Q

Hi Quentin

Welcome to the big A.

Greetz from not so sunny CPT.

Glad to see another saffer here.

Hey Quentin

Welcome

Have a beer

Ed

Hey Guys,

Just joined up

I build mainly Armour, Aircraft and Figures

Haven't finished anything in a while though




Mainly from the local Hobby Shop, but there's a shop in Cape Town called Cape Watchmakers who have some very good stuff.

Check them out... They also do overnight delivery

http://www.capewatch.co.za/

Cougar

Howzit Cougar
Welcome to the big A.
Funny you should mention Cape Watchmakers, I work down the road from them and Jeffrey Stein.
Which hobby store do you use? Where do you buy your figures from? I am always looking for new and different suppliers?
Any idea who is the Dragon importer at the moment? My local guy sells one or two of their kits, but none of the good stuff.

Thanks, Tarok




There are a few up here, but I normally use Jix




I haven't bought any in a long time...

I think the last figures I got were the Tamiya 1/16 Luftwaffe Pilot and Tank Crewman from Jix




You got me on that... I don't have a clue

The Dragon stuff is getting pretty scarce these days

Cougar

Hey,

I from SW Cape, I order my models from George Winship in Port Elizabeth, and guess what, he STOCKS ALOT OF DRAGON!!!! His website is: http://www.home.intekom.com/mdfmodel .

Or contact him for his catalogue at
Mobile: +27 (0) 82 552 1094
Ê Fax: +27 (041) 367 3371
› e-mail: [email protected]

Be so kind as to mention that Erik Pickering told you about him.

Best regards from a too hot South Western Cape.

ERik

Thanks for the info Erik.

I'll definitely be calling him for the Dragon stuff. I get my Tamiya from Jeffrey Stein in Bree street and my Humbrol from Thom's Hobbies in N1 City though.

Please tell me how his prices compare to your contacts Rudi.

Cheers,

Erik

I think Jeff Stein's "factory" shop's prices are very similar. They are the Tamiya agents for SA, so have to sell at a recommended retail price I guess. I bonus here is that because they are the agents they prety much have the entire range as well as a few items that have been discontinued, e.g. I got a set of British 8th Army Desert Rats that are OOP. And you save on postage - I work down the road from them, so it makes sense for me to go there.

Re. the humbrol, Thom's sells them at about R12.95 a tin - which isn't bad. Again the saving here would be in the postage.

Aparrently someone is in negotiation to take over the Dragon agency - a Cape Town wholesaler - so it'll be interesting to compare prices once that takes place. But at the moment the Dragon prices aren't too bad...

Thanks for the links tho...

Hey Bren,

Thanks for the info


A while back I visited Italeri's website, they had two online catalogues, one for the Italeri range, and one for the Dragon range.

I wonder if they are affiliated... Can anybody shed some light on this?

Cougar

hey cougar,

don't know if they are affiliated, I also noticed it awhile ago, maybe ask in the other forums.

Rudi- does Jeffery Stein have a website or email catalogue? i hate giving my money to the post office

thanks & cheers

Erik

Real easy Erik :-)

Click here

Warren, did you ever get hold of the Humbrol Natural Wood? I was in Thom's in N1 City over the weekend and noticed they were out of it. Unfortunately the weekend staff are a bit dense and couldn't shed any light on whether it's been discontinued.

Thanks

Hey Tarok,

Nope, ended up getting Matt US Tan (118) instead

Tried about 6 shops up here for it and not one of them had it. So I guess it's been discontinued

Cougar

Forgot to mention that George Winship will be at the Nationals with some of his stock, if there is something you want him to bring down for you to look at just write and ask him for it.

Ho, Ho, Ho (:-)

I wish I could attend... Oh well, there's always next time

Cougar

Cool, never mind about the email as per the other topic. Sorry, short memory.

Lets hope he brings plenty stock down!

Hallo daar!

I am glad to see so many of our own ouks out here, I even recognize some of the Gautengers.

We buy our stuff mainly from Esswex, Toy Train and Speedway, and George of course.

Grretings from the Vaal