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They surely did ruin a great site. Before I could spend hours grazing in there. Now you sort of have to order a specific item and that's all you see until you order something else. Mostly for me, it just lay there and mocked me. :[

Bill Banaszak, MFE

I've given up on ebay. 3 times I've tried to register - no go. They can take their online auction house and shove it up their fundamental orifice. I know I'll miss out, but I don't need anything that badly.

I've built quite a few original MB models over the years. The new Chinese ones seem to be made from a lesser quality plastic than the old Brit ones. That said, they still seem to fit together as well as the originals.

RobG

the bf 110 is just fine. the plastic isn't as brittle and is easier to fill.

Happened to a friend of mine as well. She kept punching in her charge card info and it wouldn't take it. Turns out if was only a debit card and ebay didn't bother to tell us that debit cards aren't acceptable. Cheers,

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

ebay took my debit card ok

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Wasn't that far along - I can't even get them to send me a link that works!

RobG Gotta love that interknob thingy...

Thanks to all that posted info about Matchbox kit sources. I've decided to save the Matchbox kit quest until after I've completed my

1/72 Airfix kit and Squadron/Signal "In Action" series book collections. Then, I can start a new quest for 1/72 Matchbox kits.

Am I the only person that has no interest in something until AFTER it has gone out of production? ;^)

Martin

you're welsome to come and see my motorcycle collection. newest bike is 1978.

Nope, between people who want sixties annual car kits and those that want every Aurora kit ever made you're in good company. Cheers,

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

What about someone who actually WANTS Merlin kits?

Incoming!!!!!

Tom

Well, maybe the Pfalz Dr.I or something else that no one else is done. You better turn your lights out, the peasants with the torches and pitchforks are coming up the drive! 8^)

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Can't use that excuse. The Pfalz Dr.I was done in metal by C.A.Atkins and in cast resin by Czech Master, also released under the Airmodel label.

I have no excuse. I must live with the shame.

Tom

in article snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com, Martin at snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com wrote on 27/11/04 18:21:

My name is Rory and I collect Matchbox kits.

Have done for years, hence 7 piston Provosts, 4 Hawker Furies, 3 Cobras, Hellcats, 2 110's , 2 Lynx etc,etc. HELP ME PLEASE.

Rory Manton

It's Not Pink It's Telemagenta

No. The Airmodel Pfalz Dr.I is the Czech Master kit released under the Airmodel label.

A handful of Merln kits are actually pretty buildable. The only one I ever completed is the Breguet Br.14, but some of the WWI kits look pretty good.

I have all of the original Veeday kits. The Jenny is the best of the bunch. I did a magazine review of a couple of Veeday kits when they first came out. The owner threatened to sue me if I ever mentioned their products again. Of course I did several reviews after that. The funny thing is the review suggested that every reader buy one and help the new company get going.

Why I ended up collecting Veeday, Merlin, Valhala, etc. I don't know. Perverse sense of humor? Irony? Who knows.

Tom

So, did you ever build the EE P.1? That's the only one I still have in the stash.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

You should have had 6 AW Meteors like I did until recently. I think I still have 4 or 5 MiG-21s, 3 Mystere 4s, 4 Furies and about 10 Gladiators, built and unbuilt.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

i had four walrus', 4 bf110's, and 2 111's but i gave away two wlarus'. i have 4 lindberg glads, 410's, 234's, and

335's. it's a sicknes i tell ya.