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Pre-painted Academy kits?
Posted by mailwalker on Monday, July 13, 2015 6:00 PM

I just purchased a 1990 Academy kit of a 1/48 F-111A  kit #1647. The sprues are grey yet one side has been painted a 2-tone camo. Did these come this way? Or did I buy a used "new" kit???

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, July 13, 2015 6:43 PM

Someone painted your kit.

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Posted by Offduty on Monday, July 13, 2015 7:55 PM

Was it plastic wrapped? If not you got a free paint job

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Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 12:25 AM

Then the question becomes why a 111 would have a two-tone camo. Did the Aussies have that? It's certainly not SEA.

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Posted by mailwalker on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 8:17 AM

I have no idea. It was painted dark green and black on one side of every sprue.

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 1:00 PM

How much did you pay for it?

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Posted by jersey66 on Saturday, July 18, 2015 10:30 PM

Did u get the kit off of Ebay? I bought a kit off there once listed as new and when I received it, it was partially started.

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Posted by mailwalker on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 8:12 PM

yeah, off ebay for 35 bucks.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 9:21 PM

If it was advertised as new, unbuilt, complete, etc and parts are painted then it's obviously not as described. I would contact the seller to work something out.

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Posted by GMorrison on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 9:47 PM

I agree that's good advice. "Something" could be a lot of things.

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Thursday, July 23, 2015 7:23 AM

$35!?! Man, you got screwed.....

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Posted by mailwalker on Saturday, July 25, 2015 8:31 PM

Well, maybe, the 35 included shipping. This was the only F-111A I could find. It's a build my uncle wanted done as one he maintaind in the USAF. The paint on it isn't anything I can't work around. So it is what it is.

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, July 27, 2015 10:32 AM

You did fine. Look forward to the build. It's a big 'un. Was your uncle in SEA or Europe?

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Posted by mailwalker on Thursday, July 30, 2015 9:20 AM

GMorrison

You did fine. Look forward to the build. It's a big 'un. Was your uncle in SEA or Europe?

He was in SEA where he maintained the F-100D. He was in Nevada when he worked on the F-111A. And in South Carolina on the T-33A, which is another build he has requested!

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Posted by crown r n7 on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 10:19 PM
Time for a dip in the purple pond

 

 

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