Another Bird Farm - ( Aircraft Carrier )

Hello TB!

Still available:

http://www.heller.fr/en/luxury-boxes/257-charles-de-gaulle-3279510000000.html

And released 2002:

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/146659-heller-81072-charles-de-gaulle

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Hi ! Trabi .

  I appreciate the answer , but , what would the American dollar amount be on this ? I am not good at translating Pounds or Euros to dollars .

Aha !

 Thank You , Mike .

Guess I have to visit that lady . Maybe give her another ten .That way she will be surprised and I will feel I've done the right thing . After all flea markets are for deals not robbery . Intentional or otherwise .      T.B.

Tanker - Builder

...After all flea markets are for deals not robbery...

Well, that depends.  Since it's a little old lady, yeah, I could see making the effort you've made.  In other cases, though, just as, "Let the buyer beware", "Let the seller educate himself about the items he has for sale."

Hi Baron ;

   If the situation had been different I probably would . She was constantly being asked about the price of stuff and she seemed confused about that .

  I think she had never done this before , and had no help or advice . I just thought it would be nice if that was true , to make the gesture.

 This goes to who I am . I don't want to feel that intentionally or accidentally I took advantage of someone . Remember I am over 70 , so morality was drilled into us when I was young .

 Taking advantage of someone in this type of situation was considered okay . Maybe with everyone else , but , not with me . My DAD would've killed me ! T.B.   

     P.S. I am going to check with the flea market owners and see if she was really a newbie or this was a sales gimmick ! If it was , Oh Well , shame on her and Good for me . !

Tanker - Builder

Hi Baron ;

   If the situation had been different I probably would . She was constantly being asked about the price of stuff and she seemed confused about that .

  I think she had never done this before , and had no help or advice . I just thought it would be nice if that was true , to make the gesture.

 This goes to who I am . I don't want to feel that intentionally or accidentally I took advantage of someone . 

     P.S. I am going to check with the flea market owners and see if she was really a newbie or this was a sales gimmick ! If it was , Oh Well , shame on her and Good for me . !

 

 You've overthought this whole thing, IMO...

Hi;

 As it turned out , this is the story . No overthinking on my part . It was a sales gimmick !

   She buys from estate sales and then sells using her oldest boy , daughter or herself as the hapless first - timer . Sooo. No Guilt here . Just got one heck of a deal that's all !

 She was asked to leave before closing , because one of the customers recognised her from elsewhere ! They told owner/mgmt. and owner/mgmt. did their thing .    T.B.

Tanker - Builder

Hi;

 As it turned out , this is the story . No overthinking on my part . It was a sales gimmick !

   She buys from estate sales and then sells using her oldest boy , daughter or herself as the hapless first - timer . Sooo. No Guilt here . Just got one heck of a deal that's all !

 She was asked to leave before closing , because one of the customers recognised her from elsewhere ! They told owner/mgmt. and owner/mgmt. did their thing .    T.B.

 

Hi;

 Tha community of sellers between the three largest Flea markets are like an association . She took the owners of one market for a two months ride on getting fees reduced till the owners found out the truth .

 The family does sell cheap , But , gets real uptight about paying a fair price from other dealers and garage sale folks . In other words they aren't appreciated for some of what they do . I will be honest , after I got home and started checking I felt like maybe it might've been stolen .

    Truth .They sold me a model that was NEW and worth more , for six bucks . Great deal  ! !  My LHS says the price on the one he has is , With tax $ 94.00

 See , when something makes me uneasy , I will , to some , overthink it maybe . But I always want to know I didn't rip-off someone . That's all . If I go to a sale and someone has a New Tiger and I know what it's worth , I  ,like Mike and Frank from American Pickers  will offer a higher amount than they ask at times . It's just the way I am .  T.B. 

Used to be that L'Arsenal sold a bunch of cool Cold War 1/400 aircraft that served the Marine, like F8U Crusaders.

Yeah !

   You Know"G" I haven't seen any of those for years !

Tanker - Builder

Hi;

 Tha community of sellers between the three largest Flea markets are like an association . She took the owners of one market for a two months ride on getting fees reduced till the owners found out the truth .

 The family does sell cheap , But , gets real uptight about paying a fair price from other dealers and garage sale folks . In other words they aren't appreciated for some of what they do . I will be honest , after I got home and started checking I felt like maybe it might've been stolen .

    Truth .They sold me a model that was NEW and worth more , for six bucks . Great deal  ! !  My LHS says the price on the one he has is , With tax $ 94.00

 See , when something makes me uneasy , I will , to some , overthink it maybe . But I always want to know I didn't rip-off someone . That's all . If I go to a sale and someone has a New Tiger and I know what it's worth , I  ,like Mike and Frank from American Pickers  will offer a higher amount than they ask at times . It's just the way I am .  T.B. 

Now, when are you going ot build that kit?  

Funny That , Baron !

 I started the kit yesterday . Geez , What a confusing instruction sheet .This booklet has got to be the worst one I've ever seen from Heller ! Anyway she's certainly going to stand out on my " Bird Farm " shelf !

      I am going to use generic 1/400 P.E. from G.M.M. for this build . I believe that it will result in a nice looking ship .    T.B.