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Hello Everyone: I have done a lot of deals with a lot of people over the internet and sadly you do get some bad apples. Ken Hawkins from Poteet, Texas burned me really bad. I was in an agreement to sell him some models and he only paid for half of them in a trade / money order deal, I tried to trust the guy, and he never paid for the rest. it was for some older model cars, the deal was done on hyperscale, but the guy from what I was told, does come here as well. use caution take care and thanks George O'Neill

Hello Everyone: this may be off topic, but I want to thank a lot of the fellow modelers who got me out of my funks. I also wish to thank all of the people involved at the ARC. in 2007 a day after Christmas I lost my father, when I mentioned it here and at other model forums I am in, I got a lof of help getting through the hard times and back on track. this year was a bad year, I lost 2 of my model buddies, James Hippie Bush, and John Fisher. both of those guys were like close friends, we always chatted, kept in touch and it really helped. But I got into my funk and stayed away from all o

Hello Aaron My thoughts, prayers and best wishes go out to you and your family. it is a trying time indeed, but you have to think positive, keep a clear head, help your wife thouigh this ordeal and be there for your kids, but don't burden yourself with negative thoughts. Remember you have a caring family who cares about you, and they need you just as much as you need them. I had a trying time in 2007 and the gang at ARC gave me a lot of kind words of wisdom and thought and I thank all of them for that. Just keep your head up and be there for the family. take care George O'Neill

Hello Everyone: I thought I should bring this subject to light and warn all of you on here. Ebay seller Trainz, it is a hobby shop that sells mostly lionel trains, but the seller is constantly hiding behind a TCA membership and uses it for their supposed rating system, believe me this seller can't describe anything well. in June, I purchased some old WWII 1/48 scale planes, a b-17F, a C-47, and a B-24J, the seller states in the auction that all of the 1/48 scale planes were in nr mint condition and complete. So I win the auction, pay for the items, and all of a sudden when they arrive, it

Hello Everyone: I wanted to warn everyone about a seller from Ontario Canada, Kellan Zimmer. I purchased some 1/87 ho scale items that were supposed to be near mint to mint condition and none of the items were. the ho scale trains were broken and missing parts. the 1/87 items were all glue bombs and junk. I live in the states and there is not a whole lot I can do, Paid with pay pal and they aren't helping at all. filed an internet fraud complaint and a police report, now I am waiting to hear from my bank, I am going over pay pal's head. the worse part is when I sent the items back as pa

Hello Everyone: I have a few model cars up for grabs, for sale or trade. AMT late 60's issue 32 ford phaeton, factory sealed, the box is a little crushed due to over 40 years of storage, asking $18.00 or trade. MPC 1974 issue Malco Super Vett , factory sealed, box is in 8 out of 10 condition askin $55.00 or trade. Mongram 33 ford coupe, this is the old zz top kit, but now it has a black car on the box, factory sealed, asking $12.00 or trade amt parts kit, 1940 ford coupe, opened and complete, all of the baggies are sealed, the body needs work, the previous owner removed the drip rails, p

Ebay allows him to keep selling due to the fees, if he keeps selling, both pay pal and ebay make money off of the transactions. ebay has gone down the toilet within the last 5 years thanks to Meg Whitman, it is all about the almighty dollar now that is why they started a new power seller program, they want to force out all of the nickel and dime sellers in favor of sellers who sell in quantity, that's the whole idea of the new program that was started this year. I used to be a power seller but I quit, I am tired of the pay pal only crap, and how ebay is controlling everything now. this se

This is an odd Post I did a deal with Robert a while back and he was very kind and courteous, he even went out what paints I should use. he's a thumbs up guy take care George

Hello Everyone: I wanted to warn everyone about Mike Dietman from Florida. I got burned in a trade and I almost got burned in a sale with this guy. I was supposed to get some vintage model parts in a trade, but that never happened. he was sent some vintage model parts from some 60's era model kits, and he never sent anything back. I was in the process of selling some models and he wanted me to hold onto 2 of them for him, he said he was going to make up for the parts in the meantime. I waited for a month and a half, nothing but excuses and lies. he usually uses the handle blackwidow on

ebay sucks anymore, but that's besides the point pay pal now covers all transactions up to 90 days, and if you still haven't received your item, contact ebay and pay pal, also contact the internet fraud agency. the internet fraud agency produces results if pay pal is sitting on their fingers.

Hello Everyone: I have some non-military models for sale all of the kits are sealed unless otherwise noted. Monogram Nash Bridge's 1/24th 71 Cuda Convertible first issue $15.00 Testors 1/24th dodge charger daytona diecast kit banana yellow $12.00 AMT / MPC Daisy Duke's Jeep CJ 1/25th $9.00 AMT 80's issue 1939 / 1940 ford coupe 3 in 1 1/25th scale $18.00 Testors 80's issue 48 ford convertible, this kit is a 3 in 1 , you can make a 46, 47 or 48 ford,stock , custom or drag, it has a 427 motor option, as well as the cadillac grill option barris used $25.00 this is the old IMC mold also I h

Hello Everyone: I have an older amt 1/32nd BF-109E, and I don't have any instructions, do any of you have a scan or know of a place where I can download a scan? any help is appreciated. thanks in advance. George

I recently did some business with Trevor Taylor and I have nothing but praise for the deal take care George

Hello Everyone: I am sorry I haven't been around much, I am still recovering from surgery, I was recently robbed by a dishonest trader, Tom Bagwell from East Otis, MA. I sold this guy some items, he pays with pay pal ( My first mistake was accepting pay pal ), he receives the items and says they are damaged, pay pal immediately asks him to send the items back, as soon as I receive the items, I notice a bunch of parts are missing and some items were switched. when I contacted pay pal, they wouldn't do squat, ( very typical of pay pal ), pay pal has my account frozen because I refuse to

:blink: That's not right to have a nice piece of work taken by a thief I am in the same boat, I had built a replica of the Boot Hill Express, and some A-Hole took it, I was at the Model convetion down in Indianapolis about 8 years ago and I decided to take a few models along and enter them in the show, well while I was making the rounds, it disappeared, no one knows who did it, and the bad part, I never got it back, People who go out of their way to steal a model at a convention or a show are Pathetic and need to get a life, it's people like that who make this hobby suffer for the rest

Very Cool Model, the only thing I have by Shirow is the model of the android from Black Magic M-88, want to get some of the GITS ones, I have to wait, went too crazy on a few other anime models take care George

How Many people need to get screwed by this jerk before something is done?, I remember last year I almost got screwed also, I was in the process of acquiring a AC-130 from him, that is until some people in hyperscale had some nice comments about this A-Hole, you'd figure with all of the screwing over he has done, he should have been dealt with by the authorities by now, especially since it is considered mail fraud and internet fraud. hope you get your money back take care George

I would like to thank Rick Bilak for helping me with a needed part for a plane I am building, he went out of his way to send it, Thanks Rick take care George

Hello Again Everyone: well I need a hamilton style prop if possible. in the process of helping another board member, I failed to check if I had another prop, building wicked wabbit p-47d and I have no prop, any help is appreciated take care and thanks George

Hello EoraBerkut and to everyone on the boards, I agree, but I have had good luck with the ones I have done business with before on ebay, see that seller had all positives at the time, and the two other people who bought the same item I did left feedback that was good, but then all of a sudden after I won the auction, the seller started to put the same item that I won up on ebay, but he listed over 20 of them. I immediately contacted ebay and filed a fraud complaint with pay pal, I got a refund, I hope the other people did as well. The seller got kicked off for the time being, he could c

:blink: Hello Everyone I want to thank Mark ipms33206 for helping me out on my current project he is a great guy take care George :o

:D Hello Everyone: I was trying to find some information in regards to the P-36's that were stationed at Pearl Harbor in 1941. I recently acquired a 1/48th kit of one, and from what I found out on the net so far is that some of the planes were painted 2 tone camo, while others were natural. is this correct?. I thought they were all natural up to 1942. any input is appreciated. take care and thanks George ;)

Hello David: it can be done, and I think there is a set of decals made for that particular plane you mentioned, I will have to check, if not, there is a few people online who do custom decals like Mike Grant to name one of them. as for the Monogram kit, it is a good kit, I am building one at the moment, but there has been complaints on the kit such as the tail being incorrect, there is a resin conversion kit out for it, but if you don't care about the tail, then don't worry about it, the resin conversion kit is expensive, almost as much as the pby kit itself, sometimes more. another way you

Hello: I might have one, Let me look in the stash, usually parts requests are up on marketplace area of the forums. as for resin props, I have not seen any produced for this plane, all I have seen resin wise is inside details and a corrected tail section. drop me a message to remind me. I will look today for you take care George

Hello Everyone: I want to warn all of you of a crook on ebay, novaudio Seller's Name: RICHARD ZAKRESKI Seller's Email: RICHJAMAIL@YAHOO.COM this seller is running fake auctions on ebay, I was taken in on a HO scale steam locomotive, the auction looked legit, and his feedback wasn't bad yet, all of a sudden 3 days later I had people contacting me and asking if I received my steam locomotive, evidently this guy was selling 20 of the same item and only delivering on 3 of them, he is asking for immediate payment on all of his auctions, the kicker is the waiting period for the shipping,