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  • From: UK
Posted by gregers on Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:24 AM
hi Domi and Salbando. i think the fairest way to do this is to have it in a first come first served basis. (so ho ever says yep i'll have **** first gets it/them) please reply here so the other one can see.
to the FSM staff, i know there isn't supposed to be any trading on this site but this just sorta happened. sorry. i'll try not to let it happen again. Greg
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Posted by gregers on Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:49 AM
hi Salbando. will do. e-mail on its way soon.BTW the matchbox kit does give the wheel/ski option as well as just wheels and floats. Greg
btw i have a C 172 floatplane kit built upstairs and its a neat little kit but a little basic (if its the same as the one you mentioned, i can't remember whose kit it was tho). Greg
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:33 AM
Gregers,
Hey can you send me the list as well. I'd appreciate it.
I was able to open up one of the Model Craft Twin Otters at the local hobbyshop, and it actually looked like a pretty good kit. They just restocked and have about 10 of them on the shelf. The decals are for two civil models, one of which is an Alaska Air plane. I saw the same kit (supposedly) on Great Models but it listed several gear configuration options in the kit (floats, skis, wheels). Is this the same for the matchbox kit??? I intend to do an Alaska Army National Guard UV-18 on wheel-skis.
For what it's worth, they've got a bunch of C-172's on floats by Model Craft that I'm considering picking up one. Whattaya think???
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Posted by djmodels1999 on Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:11 AM
That's really good to know... Modelcrafts's Twin Otter retails at nearly £20 here! Very expendive stuff!
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Posted by upnorth on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:53 PM
I've seen Modelcraft's Twin Otter and it is a re issue of Matchbox's kit.

I built the Matchbox kit and it was good. The only recomendation I cam make for adjustments to it is to find som metal rod to strengthen the landing gear a bit if you want the land plane version of it.
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Posted by gregers on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:11 PM
E-mail on its way. Greg
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Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:00 AM
OK. Send me an e-mail and I can send you a list of what I got down here...
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Posted by gregers on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:56 AM
will do. i'll go up to the loft and have a look right now. could take some time the as there's kits all over the place up there. Greg
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Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:47 AM
Sounds good! Tell me what you have and what you are sort of looking for..
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Posted by gregers on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:37 AM
Hi Domi, ok then i'll have a look for it tonight. are you into civil stuff? i got a few kits up in the loft that i would trade (some that are quite old). Greg
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Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 8:30 AM
Greg, if Salbando does not want it, I'd be willing to trade for it...
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Posted by gregers on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 7:04 AM
Hi Domi. matchbox did do a twin otter and it is a pretty good kit too, it has markings for a Canadian airforce and British civilian aircraft (both all yellow) i have one of these someplace, i'll see if i can find it then if your interested we could do a trade for ???. hope this helps. Greg
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Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:13 AM
Matchbox had one, no? I'm pretty sure they did, and that it looked OK, and probably cost much less... But it must be a e-Bay item nowadays!
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Twin Otter
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:13 AM
Anybody built the 1/72 Twin Otter from Model Craft??? I'm not sure if the $19.99 price tag is worth it, but I'm unaware of anybody else that put out a Twin Otter.
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