Some things in Japan are incomprehensibly difficult to find: string that isnt plastic; mitre boxes; nail files; old people wearing masks; wood stain that isnt actually acrylic paint...
I went to four stores to find nail files. None of the drug stores carried them. Go figure. This is the resultant haul. Auto primer for minis. Notebooks that look like passports. Combat Magazine Vietnam issue. Superglue. Spray bottles. And a cheap Moscow mule (ginger ale and vodka).
I decided to start rebasing minis I have that were on washers and tokens. With the decision to rely on 1/48 and 1/50 scale vehicles, and with the larger 32mm minis I have from Star Wars Legions and other newer mini manufacturers, it just seems more practical to base on slottas.
Washers required me to pin on a base to the feet of the mini after removing the tab, but these newer minis sometimes have very narrow ankles and drilling the feet is risky. If I keep the tabs and use slottas I can match bases by driling a void that matches the cast-on bases of other minis in the solid slotta; backed with a 20mm washer gluded to the underside, the cast-on base blends with the thickness of the plastic. Overall the mini sits no higher than it would have on a token. So slotta style it is.
Building the three brownstones/tenements I got from TTCombat. Not a fantastically clever MDF design, but the price is really good.
The Masterpiece Transformers I ordered for my birthday last month have arrived and been posed above the TV. Bumblebee and Optimus are absolutely Korean knock-offs, thus the missing Autobot insignia. I have some transfers on order to remedy the oversight.
Really like the Soundwave, especially the fact that he can store multiple cassettes in his chest, just like the cartoon. He has all the right markings, so perhaps he7s a legit version, but the price was as reasonable as the knock-offs.
