I'm okay shelling out a bit of cash for something special. I start to choke when I see stuff over $50 - because I'm cheap
SprueBrothers is having a 15% off Meng kits sale this weekend and I'm really looking at their F-4G. On sale it's $73.00
I've built the Hasegawa F-4J a couple of times and it's a fine kit that you can find for around $50.00 so I might try and hunt down their F-4G.
And while browsing around, the Airfix Buccaneer caught my one good eye. $85.49!!!! That's whoa! prices. I'm guessing this is the trend. The kits are very, very nice - just showing my age I suppose...
I have also added a Meng 1/35 technical to my shopping cart that's $29 on sale
Or maybe I should not buy any more kits and build the 168 kits scalemates says I have
Pricey models
Pricey models
Thanks,
John
John
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I am right there on prices as well! They are nuts and when you add shipping….
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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I'm proud of you Lyle. You didn't bite on the Buccaneer
I went ahead and ordered the Meng F-4G and the techinical. I found a Hasegawa F-4G on ebay for 55ish but no decals. Add 2x shipping and decals and you're over the Meng price so boom, done. Another growler in the house.
I went ahead and ordered the Meng F-4G and the techinical. I found a Hasegawa F-4G on ebay for 55ish but no decals. Add 2x shipping and decals and you're over the Meng price so boom, done. Another growler in the house.
Thanks,
John
John
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I’m trying to be good.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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I completely agree. I really want to give the Tamiya F-4 or F-14 a go but at around $100 to rich for me. I recently bought that Hasegawa Growler for $60, which is a good deal, but it nearly killed me.
Now I'm seeing the Fine Molds 1/72 F-4 for $50+ yikes
Now I'm seeing the Fine Molds 1/72 F-4 for $50+ yikes
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Not that I will get those kind of prices if I sell stuff, but this is one advantage of a not smallish stash. How much will 9 Monogram B-52's bring, I wonder (and why would I have that many?????)
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Good question.... Are they the old 1/72 Monogram B-52 Stratofortress kits?
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Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Yes, I record the AMT kits separately.
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Will you adopt me
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Nice. I’m a slacker. I only have three of the B-52 kits. You do know you will saturate the matket, John…right?
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..