At the moment an Airfix Buccaneer and a Revell SB2C-4 Helldiver, both in 1/48 scale.
David Batt
"The truth is out there . . ., the lies are all in one's head."
holy grail of kits?
Aug 23, 2003
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Keep checking the Hobby Shops and Ebay, etc for Gerry Anderson Thunderbirds kits.
Some hobby shops in the midwest that I've recently seen them at include:
Trost Hobby Shop -63rd and Kedzie, Chicago
Valparaiso Pet and Hobbies, Valparaiso, Indiana
Hobbytown at near Castleton Square Mall in Indianapolis, Indiana
Pat's Hobby Shop in Oak Lawn, Illinois approx 95th and Ridgeland.
LaGrange hobby Shop in LaGrange, Illinois
You can check on the hobby shops listed on our Illinois Matchbox Club website:
home.comcast.net/~rneumann25/imcc.html
click on "Toy Stores and Hobby Shops".
Bob Neumann
The Aurora "Hartford" or "Bonhomme Richard"--lost in that mythical trainwreck, I suppose.
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I've seen this kit at this shop. It's been a while and it might be gone but try it.
Olde Towne Hobby Shoppe (703) 369-1197
9105 Center St Manassas, VAWhat would the Bonhomme Richard be worth-barely started?
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Gepard
My most desired kits were the IMC Ford "J" car (a vaiation on the GT
40) and the Ford GT Mk IV. I got both from ebay about 2 years ago. Next was the Metropolitan Caudron G3 (1/24 scale!). I was looking for that for years since I passed one up at a model show about 10 years ago. I found one at the same show (RepLIcon, an IPMS show here on Long Island) about 3 years ago. Now its the rest of Marco's (now Blueprint's) 1/24 WWI multi-media kits. I have the Pfalz DIII and the Fokker DVIII, both e-bay wins. What the others are I don't recall but when they come up I'll know! I'm also looking for the Black Knight 1/24 WWI kits but I've never seen one in person.
How much are they going for? All I want is T2 (the big green one) in a fairly decent size as I think there are a couple of sizes available.
Nick
For years I would probably have said the Revell Lincoln Futura. It used to show up on the instruction sheets with other kits that Revell had out and were flogging. I got one of the re-issues a couple of years back and someday I will get it finished. Maybe the companies are missing out on some sales by no longer touting other kits on their boxes and instruction sheets?
Bill Banaszak, MFE
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