Bockscar

The F-90 went for almost 150 dollar$$,

.........nice.

The resin F-86H went for 229 buck$$$....$hi$$$$$ ka bob

The resin Vigilante 1/48 went for almost 150 clam$$$

Rich, I have a little Concorde buried around here in one of the stashes, it is in a B-26 box,

lots of engine parts, no decals.

I will dig a bit and let you know.

I still need those F-84F canopies....lol.....under your carpet Rich?....lol

I was one of the persons bidding on the F-90, but got out bid.  I couldn't afford to go any higher.  Nice kit, one you don't see very often.

Ken

If they were under the carpet then they are gone now.   The whole carpet and the mobile home they were in was scrapped.  I'll keep looking and see if I can find a parts lot or dead kit on eBay for ya.

Rich

Bockscar

The F-90 went for almost 150 dollar$$,

.........nice.

The resin F-86H went for 229 buck$$$....$hi$$$$$ ka bob

The resin Vigilante 1/48 went for almost 150 clam$$$

Rich, I have a little Concorde buried around here in one of the stashes, it is in a B-26 box,

lots of engine parts, no decals.

I will dig a bit and let you know.

I still need those F-84F canopies....lol.....under your carpet Rich?....lol

Funny thing Ken;

I had a feeling you would like that kit.

I bid on the F-86H

but in the last 5 seconds it jumped almost

75 dollars to 229, and got I

blown into the weeds. I thought I was going

to cry like a little girl for a second, then quickly

started feeling like pulling and Elvis.

There is good news though, tides of joy:

I regained enough composure and sniped the 1/48 Vigilante.

It was a toss up

for that or the F-90, but like them or not,

I have a 1/48 Aurora F-90, and Trumpy 1/48

Vigilantes out there but this is rare.

Yikes! I had to go into the hole for that, but I'll never see

that Collect Aire stuff again. I knew I shouldn't be

bidding but I have fallen off the styrene wagon a bit.

I made a big mistake bidding on rare stuff: I usually look at the last price

with 20 seconds to go and multiply by 2 to get the base.

I forgot to multiply by 2 when the price went from about 113 to 145 so

I was trying to snipe out the 113 and not the 229 it went for.

I'll never see that recipe again, I tell ya. 1/48 Hog, I even had a place

on the shelf cut out for it......wahhh.....wahhhh......lol, sorry for the brag it sure hurts to have this:

Um... Which Vigilante was the one you snagged?  I was going to bid on one but it got way out of my budget very quickly.

I won't be getting any new kits for a while anyways.  Deb's B-Day is coming up on 9/14 and I am trying to get her computer operational for her again so I am saving to get her a new CPU.

But after that, I a have some supplies I need to buy.  I am running out of a lot of my paints. lol

Rich

Bockscar

Funny thing Ken;

I had a feeling you would like that kit.

I bid the F-86H but in the last 5 seconds it jumped almost

75 dollars to 229, and got I

blown into the weeds. I thought I was going

to cry like a little girl for a second, then quickly

started feeling like pulling and Elvis.

There is good news though, tides of joy:

I regained enough composure and sniped the 1/48 Vigilante.

It was a toss up

for that or the F-90, but like them or not,

I have a 1/48 Aurora F-90, and no real good 1/48

Vigilantes out there.

Yikes! I had to go into the hole for that, but I'll never see

that Collect Aire stuff again. I knew I shouldn't be

bidding but I have fallen off the styrene wagon a bit.

I made a big mistake bidding on rare stuff: I usually look at the last price

with 20 seconds to go and multiply by 2 to get the base.

I forgot to multiply by 2 when the price went from about 113 to 145 so

I was trying to snipe out the 113 and not the 229 it went for.

I'll never see that recipe again, I tell ya. 1/48 Hog, I even had a place

on the shelf cut out for it......wahhh.....wahhhh......lol

Rich:

any chance you can go digging around the old trailer location for those canopies???...lol..

I got the resin one, posted above. If I ever get the Trumpy I'll use it to

compare. There is a correction kit for the forward fuselage section of the Trumpy going

for about $40 right now, and it includes canopy.

I still haven't got over the Hog though, so far no 1/48 styrene,

and I looked it up, the Collect Aire is a great and accurate kit. It feels like I

lost my wallet in the subway....lol...uhh...did, sorta'......expensive night.

At some point back in the 60's, a Soviet spy handed the entire development package for the

Vigilante over to the Russians. They already had the Arrow and other US design materials for the XF-108 Rapier and the like. They gave us the MIG 25 for our efforts.

Gamera

Well everyone loves a Big Ugly Fat Fellow!!!!!*

*Not going to use the other acronym since this is a family friendly site...  

Jim: I hope things improve. Worst thing about getting old I've seen so far is to start to lose all those people you thought would be around forever when you're younger. 

Neil Armstrong has passed.

Dom

Well;

I can't beat myself up too much for failing to acquire the F-86H Hog, or the F-90 Penatrator,

Here's the price from the old Collect-Aire site:

4831 1/48 North American F-107A          $149.95

and F-90:

4856         1/48         Lockheed F-90 Penatrator      $139.95

So the prices on those did not go up.

The Hog:

4818         1/48          F-86H Sabre                            $109.95!!!!!!

The winner prawley stoked around 300 buk$$$$

Bockscar

Well;

I can't beat myself up too much for failing to acquire the F-86H Hog, or the F-90 Penatrator,

Here's the price from the old Collect-Aire site:

4831 1/48 North American F-107A          $149.95

and F-90:

4856         1/48         Lockheed F-90 Penatrator      $139.95

So the prices on those did not go up.

The Hog:

4818         1/48          F-86H Sabre                            $109.95!!!!!!

The winner prawley stoked around 300 buk$$$$

Wow Dom, I did not realize they were that expensive to begin with!  Yeah, I have the Aurora 1/48 F-90 as well so I will have to make do with that.  Of course a lot of people wish they had that kit so I guess we are ahead!

Ken

Ken;

I feel better now

other than shipping, I broke even.

Mind you, the F-90 would have been nice to instruct

for a bit of scratch on our Aurora kits.

Who knows, maybe meet that kit again one day.

By the way, Jeff put more resin AM cockpits on the site:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271043146561

also some stuff for Skyraider, Intruder, Dragonfly.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271043146656

Rich:

I found the 1/00 Concorde and it's Heller.

It is beautiful, but the glass is in a separate pane

format and they are about 1/8th around.

Very slight non-issue warp on the bottom wing/fuselage

piece.

I haven't inventoried the kit. It is very detailed

with many engine parts.

If you want it let me know.

Dom

Sounds Great Dom.  Let me know what you want for it.  I can't buy it right now though, Debs B-day present is going to wipe out what little I have left until next month.

Rich

No worries Rich;

I'll put it in the mail.

Dom

Guys,

we want to put together an appropriate badge for the Build,

and we were thinking it should start with a great shot of Berny,

and the flag:

we'll put the titles to the right.

What do you say????

Oh yeah, another kit we were looking at:

Hobby Shop Work 1/48 Douglas EA-3B SKYWARRIOR Resin Model Kit

it went for 365 $$.

Bockscar

Gamera

Well everyone loves a Big Ugly Fat Fellow!!!!!*

*Not going to use the other acronym since this is a family friendly site...  

Jim: I hope things improve. Worst thing about getting old I've seen so far is to start to lose all those people you thought would be around forever when you're younger. 

How prophetic Cliff;

Neil Armstrong has passed.

Dom

Yeah, I didn't realize Armstrong was that old, gee time flies. 

Just lost my favorite aunt Sunday morning and I'm feeling really depressed and irritable. Hopefully I'll be able to blow most of it out of my system by the end of the week, see ya'll then....

BTW: Great photo of Berny, should make a great badge.  

Sorry to hear about your aunt passing, Gam. Hang in there, bud. Time will heal all.

Russ

Gamera

Bockscar

Gamera

Well everyone loves a Big Ugly Fat Fellow!!!!!*

*Not going to use the other acronym since this is a family friendly site...  

Jim: I hope things improve. Worst thing about getting old I've seen so far is to start to lose all those people you thought would be around forever when you're younger. 

How prophetic Cliff;

Neil Armstrong has passed.

Dom

Yeah, I didn't realize Armstrong was that old, gee time flies. 

Just lost my favorite aunt Sunday morning and I'm feeling really depressed and irritable. Hopefully I'll be able to blow most of it out of my system by the end of the week, see ya'll then....

BTW: Great photo of Berny, should make a great badge.  

Hi Chris,

Very sorry to hear about your Aunt.  I know there are no words I can say that will make you feel better.  I am sure everyone here wishes you the best during this time of sorrow.

Ken

Gamera

Bockscar

Gamera

Well everyone loves a Big Ugly Fat Fellow!!!!!*

*Not going to use the other acronym since this is a family friendly site...  

Jim: I hope things improve. Worst thing about getting old I've seen so far is to start to lose all those people you thought would be around forever when you're younger. 

How prophetic Cliff;

Neil Armstrong has passed.

Dom

Yeah, I didn't realize Armstrong was that old, gee time flies. 

Just lost my favorite aunt Sunday morning and I'm feeling really depressed and irritable. Hopefully I'll be able to blow most of it out of my system by the end of the week, see ya'll then....

BTW: Great photo of Berny, should make a great badge.  

Very sad to hear that news.

I lost a favourite aunt last year as well, never stop

missing the phone calls and visits.

All the best with it.

Dom

The story here is dont get old, it hurts.

I had a little problem with a missing part:

So i scratched a little:

The line is a little different because the original has a thicker bend radius:

but it is only a few thousands difference. Sanding the original a wee bit, and bending the scratch part a wee bit, and you will have to go looking to see the difference at 10 feet away.

Bockscar

I had a little problem with a missing part:

So i scratched a little:

The line is a little different because the original has a thicker bend radius:

but it is only a few thousands difference. Sanding the original a wee bit, and bending the scratch part a wee bit, and you will have to go looking to see the difference at 10 feet away.

Nice job Dom!  I would say after some paint it will be very hard to notice the difference!

Ken

Son Of Medicine Man

Bockscar

I had a little problem with a missing part:

So i scratched a little:

The line is a little different because the original has a thicker bend radius:

but it is only a few thousands difference. Sanding the original a wee bit, and bending the scratch part a wee bit, and you will have to go looking to see the difference at 10 feet away.

Nice job Dom!  I would say after some paint it will be very hard to notice the difference!

Ken

Very nicely done, Dom! Is this your XB70 project?

Russ

Dom did a great job on it.  This is a kit he's sending to me.  I asked him to see if he could fabricate a new door for the missing one because I don't have any tools or supplies to do that kind of work anymore.  Thanks again Dom.

Striker8241

Son Of Medicine Man

Bockscar

I had a little problem with a missing part:

So i scratched a little:

The line is a little different because the original has a thicker bend radius:

but it is only a few thousands difference. Sanding the original a wee bit, and bending the scratch part a wee bit, and you will have to go looking to see the difference at 10 feet away.

Nice job Dom!  I would say after some paint it will be very hard to notice the difference!

Ken

Very nicely done, Dom! Is this your XB70 project?

Russ

Thanks Guys:

Here's the door showing a tiny modification

to fit the fuselage a bit better, it could use a tiny bit of putty and sanding:

And the T strut from the main landing gear:

I could not get the camera to focus and no tripod, sorry for the fuzzy pics:

Yikes, couldn't get the light right, or get steady.

Any how, given the kit is ancient and has more tha a few little warps, the

scratch is within acceptable tolerences.

Rich, I know you are going to have even more fun than me with this kit.....

Dom

Thanks guys, I'll be better, as you said I just need a little time.

Dom, really nice work there - I think I end up with at least one missing part in every build.

I always seem to lose the glass on my builds.

Great work on the scratch. Looks better than the original.

Gamera

Thanks guys, I'll be better, as you said I just need a little time.

 I think I end up with at least one missing part in every build.

thanks for the compliment. The only thing i ever lost that I could not replace,

was my mind.....

Scorpiomikey

I always seem to lose the glass on my builds.

Great work on the scratch. Looks better than the original.

Gosh, I don't even have carpets!!!

Glass? Losing Glass??? Where are my F-84F canopies!!?????....lol....

Thanks for the kind words, it isn't really work when you enjoy scratch!

Rich, it's been a pleasure;

Last shot of the struts, shissh,

a main-gear bracket:

and another, I hope that is it for scratch on this kit:

I over built the top layer, and it

is biased because Heller used it to support the upper wing

half and maintain the correct cross-section.  Heller's crappy part was thinner than my

smiling veneer.... so I beefed it up a bit:

What an entertaining day off!

I've just gone into the aircraft bracket business....lol

I might put these on an 'ITCHIN' FOR SCRATCH' post......

I actually started sanding an re-sculpting my F-4P wingset...lol

What ever it takes....