Wild Bill

I totally agree, it is free advertising. But I don't see how it's any different from me posting "check out this new online hobby store" or "check out Trumpeter's new offering" threads? The owner didn't even ask me to post it, I offered after seeing that he'd posted it on HS. One time posts are quite reasonable IMHO, but people running ad campaigns on here is unfair to Steve and the advertisers, and I've reported folks doing that in the past. But many people have used ARC to launch competing websites, announce new products (decals, resin, etc), announce store sales, etc. and Steve has been

You've got way too much time on your hands. He "helped" them by buying bulk at a price they were comfortable with and spared them weeks/months of cataloging and packaging while dealing with their grief and tying up the deceased's other affairs. They actually approached him, no strongarm tactics or sales pitches involved. As for helping modelers, the only "help" he suggests is that the website helps people find what they want. There are no strongarm tactics in his post, no fabrications, none on the site itself, and he makes no promises of greater glory to buyers. He does however have a pag

Not sure exactly what your point is Spooky? So you'd buy over a thousand kits (as you said taking the risk on yourself), sort and catalogue them, rent a van to haul them from their storage to your storage, build a website, then package and ship all 1,000+ of them out of the goodness of your heart? Good on ya, you're a better man than most. You're also better than every hobby store out there, last I checked they're only in business if they make a profit too. I'm not sure why you felt the need to put so much effort into taking a shot at the guy. Has his effort harmed you in some way? We're

Just a reminder folks: I'm just the messenger, this isn't my site. If you have any questions feel free to submit them with your order or e-mail him via the contact on his About Us page. About us page Cheers, B

Glad you guys are enjoying the site. He does very good work! Many? He did a lot of research both at online stores and eBay to set his pricing. With 1200 kits - some almost 50 years old - a few are going to be over-priced, and some will be under-priced. He's pretty open to feedback, and if there's something you want he is open to offers on a purchase of multiple kits. B

Hello All: A past ARC'er here in Calgary asked me to post this on his behalf. The stash is an amazing collection of kits dating as far back as the 1950's. I recently was able to help out a local family and I purchased a large 1200+ kit collection from their family member's estate. The fellow modeller had been collecting aircraft kits since the 50s, and had quite a few interesting and some very rare kits in the pile. Needless to say, I don't need 1200 more kits in my stash! To help folks look at what's up for grabs, I cobbled together a web site (I did this kind of stuff in a past lif

Fantastic work Pierre - looks great. I think I'll go put my two Felixstowe kits for sale in the trading forum! B

Well, not really on both counts. First off, in twenty years of weddings, I've never had a bad bride at the wedding. I've had demanding brides before the wedding, and I've had cheap brides after the wedding. But without exception, every bride has been focused on making it a perfect day - they've been dreaming about it all their lives. As for gear - if someone passes themself off as a "pro" photographer, they better show up with a complete set of gear - and "complete" means "redundant." Minimum dual bodies (I carry a D3, D300 and F100), multiple lenses, and at least two flashes. This is a

And you might want to size it so people with dialup don't have to wait half an hour for the image to load... B

Drill a tiny hole with a jewler's drill, then us a fine toothed scroll saw blade to cut out the rest of the hole. I learned this little trick from trying to cut hinge slots on RC aircraft control surfaces... B

Nice builds all Mike, well done! I love the cobalt blue on the Hurricane, gorgeous tone - that could not have come out of a single bottle.... B

Great job Randy! I guess the upload que on A.net is going to be full for a while... ;) B

And from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/07/06/bt.dr...iner/index.html Pretty cool that aircraft engineering and innovation is alive and well. Rather than take sides and slag one company or the other, I just think it's cool that new offerings are coming from both sides of the pond and I might get to fly in one someday. B

The Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame in Westkiwin has one. It's painted in the Lynx colourbird scheme but caution: I've been told that this particular plane was not part of the squadron and that the paintjob is a half-hearted copy of the original and not accurate. I do not know if either criticism is true, just passing on what I heard. B

Agreed - all too often the sentiment is "well someone else is doing it" when it should be "we'll do what we can, even if it isn't a complete solution to the problem..." As much as I hate to see an airplane demolished, not every one of them will find a home. Keeping a plane in viewable condition (never mind flyable) isn't cheap and home-town museums often can't afford the one or two they have on pylons already. Which is more sad - seeing a plane demolished or seeing a 30 year old warbird rotting away in a town square, covered with poop, canopy crazing from heat, and rust smears around rivets