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  • Member since
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  • From: SURREY ,B.C.
Posted by krow113 on Monday, April 5, 2010 1:41 PM

The best I got from ebay is a lot of model/reference books I search -models/kits books .Lots of good books cheap

Thank you ,Krow113

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  • From: Mesa AZ.
Posted by orvallin on Monday, April 5, 2010 1:28 PM

Thanks for all of the advice. In regards to buying on E-Bay if you are a builder and not a collector and don't have an unlimited bank account then you can forget getting anything  in the way of old aircraft kits.

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Orval Lindsey(Mesa Modeler)

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Posted by krow113 on Monday, March 15, 2010 1:25 PM

Rob That is why i asked that I am wondering if ebay IS  good way there is so much over bidding on there. I think I will use both a a guide.

Thank you ,Krow113

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Posted by Rob Gronovius on Monday, March 15, 2010 7:19 AM

krow113

Hans Thanks for posting that link.2 questions- Have you ever recieved grief from FM for posting links ,and do you feel the omk site is a good way to guage the value of kits? Thank you ,krow113

eBay has become a good source for judging the value of a kit. Unless the kit is super rare, there have probably been multiple sales on the kit within the last 90 days on eBay.

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Sunday, March 14, 2010 7:29 PM

Nope, no grief from posting links... It ain't in the forum guidelines that it's frowned upon, so I never gave it a second thought.. Besides, I think OMK.com advertises in FSM..

As for judging the value of kits, I think OMK charges what they think they're worth to a collector, because the prices certainly don't  interest me as builder...

Best way to judge, IMHO, is to see what they'll offer you for a kit... That would be a good barometer as far as I'm concerned..

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Posted by krow113 on Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:34 PM

Hans Thanks for posting that link.2 questions- Have you ever recieved grief from FM for posting links ,and do you feel the omk site is a good way to guage the value of kits? Thank you ,krow113

Thank you ,Krow113

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  • From: Cat Central, NC
Posted by Bronto on Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:07 AM

B-47 - Hasegawa 1/72     There was a crude 1/48 vacuform kit, can't remember who made it.

B-52 - Monogram 1/72

B-26 - Italeri 1/72   or for 1/48 Paragon made a conversion for the Monogram kit (I believe it is OOP though)

T-28 - Heller 1/72 or Monogram 1/48

 

Hope this list helps.

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  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:55 AM

About everything you asked about you can get on Ebay... Kits like the B-26 COINvader are pretty rare.  Italeri put out a 1/72 scale version years ago, but it's not around in hobby shops anymore, so Ebay is your bedt bet.  The Revell (ex monogram) A-26 can be converted, but I don't know any after-market kit for it, so it's a scratchbuilding job (Happen to be doing one now).

The old Monogram B-52D kit in 1/72, Monogram 1/48th T-28, are on Ebay fairly often.. Don'tknow about the B-47.. I know Revell made a "Box Scale" Stratojet once upon a time, back in the 50's, but those command pretty high prices now.. See here at Old Model Kits . Com

http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php

At the top, use the search function and pick from the menu: Military Aircraft/Any Manufacturer/Any Scale/ and then type in the text box, "B-47"

They show about 8 kits, the Old Revell one I spoke of, plus Hasegawa and Aurora...

If money is no object, then thaey will likely have any kit you want if it was ever released in plastic, but you're gonna PAY for it...

Good luck, sir

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Posted by krow113 on Friday, March 12, 2010 10:36 PM

About 70% of my stash came from ebay ,run searches for your planes by name or more importantly by scale. Some of those may not exist in kit form ,some of the, uh , senior guys on here will be more informative.

Thank you ,Krow113

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need some things
Posted by orvallin on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:14 PM

I am a retired Air Force and wish to complete models of the aircraft I worked during my service.

Does anyone know where I can get the following?

          Boeing B-47 cold war era

          Boeing B-52 cold war era

          Douglas B-26 vietnam era

         North American T28 attack verision vietnam era

         Decals for F-100 super sabre 1960's England era

         1/48 or 1/72 scale would be great

      Any help will be greatly appreciated

     Thanks

      MesaModeler

 

 

       

 

       

 

 

Orval Lindsey(Mesa Modeler)

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