mingwin Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) it remembers me the first model i build "all by myself" when i was 7... WTF-4... anyone know what kit has been used to make that thing? Edited October 25, 2016 by mingwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 ...Lord, teach me to be charitable in my words and thoughts....after all, I've got some horrendous doozies in my past as I learned, don't we all??? Hey, maybe it was something for the kids to throw together and now they've outgrown it? Seriously. In which case it served a far greater purpose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CF104 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Wow!! How about this delusion. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Victory-Productions-F-104-Starfighter-1-48-USAF-Starfighters-VPD-48005-Decals-/262644752168?hash=item3d26d8df28:g:esgAAOSwqfNXmrDC Cheers, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 minute ago, CF104 said: Wow!! How about this delusion. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Victory-Productions-F-104-Starfighter-1-48-USAF-Starfighters-VPD-48005-Decals-/262644752168?hash=item3d26d8df28:g:esgAAOSwqfNXmrDC Cheers, John Ya know, sometimes I wonder if those are just "fronts" for something bigger, like selling illegal stuff....seriously. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich in name only Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 As I mentioned in another post: seller can always say, "but honey, I've offered them for sale but no one will buy". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 P.T. Barnum was correct..................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nachjager Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 5 hours ago, CF104 said: Wow!! How about this delusion. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Victory-Productions-F-104-Starfighter-1-48-USAF-Starfighters-VPD-48005-Decals-/262644752168?hash=item3d26d8df28:g:esgAAOSwqfNXmrDC Cheers, John The fact that there are three watchers is just...umm.. a delusion.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 More for your enjoyment. Link 1 Link 2 Steven Brown Scale Model Soup Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beingthehero Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) "Built F4f Phantom Air Force Fighter Interior 1/48 Vietnam Era Airplane Fighter some Interior needs work canopies are fogged up not glued down looks like it has the wrong backseat needs finished paint work and maybe parts but I do not have thank you" So which one of us is gonna buy this pro-build? There's also a listing that sporadically pops up on ebay that beats Mingwin's: http://tinyurl.com/goq58dy This guy has tried to sell these for easily five years now. Edited October 25, 2016 by beingthehero Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAGeezer Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 2 hours ago, Rich in name only said: As I mentioned in another post: seller can always say, "but honey, I've offered them for sale but no one will buy". This. Looking at that F-4, I had to double-check my shelf! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) thanks guys for your contributions! i wanted to add, that in no case this topic was to make fun of the "builder" of this... (just a bit, of those who *dare* to throw that for sale on ebay....this gives me the idea to sell my weekly garbage on ebay...maybe someone will offer me some $$...but you must be warn that the shipping will be expensive!) -to -beingthehero: it may beats my "offer" just because it was there for five years...but your seller has remove his adds last Feb. ....i don't know what was his first pricing for his auction....but my "find" is a 35$ USD! +shipping! for such a nicely build and painted model, just a little fog on the canopy (because you can't call them "clear parts") Edited October 25, 2016 by mingwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f5guy Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Not ebay humor, but Hasegawa humor.... I just saw over at Cybermodeler (10-25) that Hasegawa is re-releasing two of their 1/72nd scale F-18Es kits in one box with "special" CVW-5 markings (VFA-115 & 195, the same two Japan based units that they always do) for an MSRP of $94.99! So for $95 + shipping you get two $20 F-18E kits, new decals (probably Hasegawa's not so good in house brand), and if you're lucky, a new instruction sheet. Wow.... what a deal! If I was a hobby shop owner and this one came from my distributor, I'd send it back. They'll be lucky to $50 clearance price for this in two years! Crazy...... Fred K. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmanrick Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Wow!! How about this delusion. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Victory-Productions-F-104-Starfighter-1-48-USAF-Starfighters-VPD-48005-Decals-/262644752168?hash=item3d26d8df28:g:esgAAOSwqfNXmrDC What kills me about that auction is the guy is charging like 25 times what the decals originally sold for AND he wants to rob you for $15 bucks shipping on top of it. Talk about insult to injury? Rick Edited October 25, 2016 by madmanrick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beingthehero Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 The saddest thing about those decals is that 3 people are apparently watching the listing. I can only imagine they just want to see if someone was willing to drop $500 on decals. Along the line of grossly overpriced kits: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Z5-37-Starfix-Model-Kit-Airplane-Plane-Jet-Sealed-Messerschmitt-BF-109-E-RARE-/221494695344?hash=item33921cd5b0:g:q3wAAOSwEK9TxC19 $30 total for a 1/48 Bf-109 kit? Reasonable enough, you'd guess. $30 for a Starfix Bf-109? Heck no! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I sent the victory decals guy my best offer of $35 plus $8 shipping and he responded with a note saying "thanks for the laugh, but no." I felt like thanking HIM for the laugh. corey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
playertwo Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 On 2016-10-25 at 0:27 AM, mingwin said: it remembers me the first model i build "all by myself" when i was 7... WTF-4... anyone know what kit has been used to make that thing? can i just ask why this thread is in the jet modeling forum!??? ...i wish people care a little more about throwing their junk thread everywhere...(the thread may be totally legit... lets hope that people care more when they throw garbage in the can, not in the sink... look at what you're doing please!) ...and wish mods could delete those threads as fast as they appear... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) 15 minutes ago, playertwo said: can i just ask why this thread is in the jet modeling forum!??? ...i wish people care a little more about throwing their junk thread everywhere...(the thread may be totally legit... lets hope that people care more when they throw garbage in the can, not in the sink... look at what you're doing please!) ...and wish mods could delete those threads as fast as they appear... you miss the end of the first post: ANYONE KNOWS WHAT KIT (of a jet/in the modelling forum) HAS BEEN USED TO MAKE THAT THING? seems obvious to me that you clearly miss the point! do you know what kit has been used? it's a Jet, a F-4... but none i know! ...it has a one piece windshield (may be borrow from another kit...but i doubt) bottom line is : When you wanted to "quote" me, with my style of "why the hell you sh1t in the sink".... better look first if you where not drinking in the toilet all that time! (Where's that copyright symbol i shall use to prevent lazy frustrated members to fully copy some of my posts in other threads HERE'S THE PROOF (in a topic dedicated to know if a hobbyshop is still in business...in the "jet modeling forum") at least, take the time to write your own stuff! ...more important if you wanted to throw it back to me! playertwo, the last time you where active here, Steve Bamford himself had to take care of your case. (i'm deeply sorry SBARC from showing your name, but it must be said that your intervention has greatly improve the situation! you work hard for the benefits of us all, and often in the "back scene" thanks again) ...and that happened in be following of a "reply" about a member that was always writing like if he has a pirate accent.... (same guy with multiple account here... when you do it once, it's tempting to do it again and again...) Edited October 27, 2016 by mingwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 In contrast look at these eBay sales: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Professional-Built-1-48-Tamiyas-P-51B-Mustang-/201678710458?hash=item2ef4fce6ba:g:gpwAAOSwTA9X7G4K http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Pro-Built-1-48-REPUBLIC-P-47M-THUNDERBOLT-/272387754061?hash=item3f6b93484d:g:BrUAAOSwPCVX5Xq4 http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Professional-Built-1-48-Macchi-205-/201696118375?hash=item2ef6068667:g:M8EAAOSwUEVYCV~- No where near what they should have been paid, that is a lot of effort for the return. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 22 minutes ago, Scooby said: In contrast look at these eBay sales: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Professional-Built-1-48-Tamiyas-P-51B-Mustang-/201678710458?hash=item2ef4fce6ba:g:gpwAAOSwTA9X7G4K http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Pro-Built-1-48-REPUBLIC-P-47M-THUNDERBOLT-/272387754061?hash=item3f6b93484d:g:BrUAAOSwPCVX5Xq4 http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Professional-Built-1-48-Macchi-205-/201696118375?hash=item2ef6068667:g:M8EAAOSwUEVYCV~- No where near what they should have been paid, that is a lot of effort for the return. Indeed Scooby, those who got their hands on those beautiful models where very lucky! (even more true as sellers located in the same country makes shipping more safe and affordable!) my OP was not intend to bash on ebay either (enough threads on that subjects, and not enough funny) ...it's just because i shop (not buying) often on ebay, and my "ebay wall" shows me subjects related to my various queries... Phantoms kits i wanted to buy... and some...less... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) On 10/24/2016 at 11:58 PM, CF104 said: Wow!! How about this delusion. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Victory-Productions-F-104-Starfighter-1-48-USAF-Starfighters-VPD-48005-Decals-/262644752168?hash=item3d26d8df28:g:esgAAOSwqfNXmrDC Cheers, John Then has the nerve to charge $15.00 for shipping! Then there are the "Pro Built" kits... Make me want to hurl sometimes. Edited October 28, 2016 by DonSS3 punctuation error Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 8 hours ago, mingwin said: Indeed Scooby, those who got their hands on those beautiful models where very lucky! (even more true as sellers located in the same country makes shipping more safe and affordable!) my OP was not intend to bash on ebay either (enough threads on that subjects, and not enough funny) ...it's just because i shop (not buying) often on ebay, and my "ebay wall" shows me subjects related to my various queries... Phantoms kits i wanted to buy... and some...less... I actually think the F-4 model was a joke and the person is just stirring the pot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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