Just a little point these are apparently worth between £45 to £160 depending on condition and packaging, but must be the first 3 series packaging (like mine) as the fourth season one’s are not worth a lot apparently.

Oddly contrailjj i bought this one on e bay from canada not from you was it ?

curlyboy

what a silly twit I’ve been for not buying that… now where did I put those ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ kits?…. its amazing to see the ‘investment’ side of things, but I’ve still got too much of a child’s inquisitive streak in me – have to get that kit home, opened up and checked out…

This is my ‘i will make it one day’, genuine 1984 AMT ERTL AIRWOL kit box is a bit ropey but kit is complete in the bag with all the instructions and decals.

curlyboy

good god someone actually bought one?!?! 😮 the sight of Ernest Borgnine’s cheesey grin and Jan Michael Vincent pouting/squinting through eyebrows put me off way back then (and still does today)

Steve… would you care to part with a couple of those Halifaxes??? I’ve got a lovely 1/48 Hercules thats looking for someone to love 😉 😀

oh, this could be fun…

I hereby put forward my top three candidates for the ‘Most Likely to Remain Unbuilt’ award. It was a hard battle but these three stood out in the field of 90+ (all partially built or unbuilt – and the 20 or so under re-build)

I can’t even remember for sure when/where or WHY I got my hands on these.

here’s a few previously mentioned and then some…

Elkie Brooks – Shooting Star
Budgie – Squawk

Night Ranger – Seven Wishes
Humble Pie – On To Victory
Ron Wood – 1234

Contrailjj were you at the Airshow on Saturday?? You seem to have some good personal knowledge of these planes.

Cheers,
SG

Unfortunately, no… my airshow season has to be rather limited this year. The knowledge part just comes from soaking it all up since I was child – that and doing a lot of air show promotion work (posters, programs, ads) over the last 14 years.

oohhhh… this one…

Actually that would be Dave Tallichet’s B-17G masquerading as “Memphis Belle”. The original airframe is far from flyable!

T J

thanks, I wasn’t exactly certain on that – I knew it had been rebuilt from another version, just couldn’t remember which (and completely drew a blank on Tallichet’s name…)

Noi Bai… yes, MiG-21s… seen them myself… my first post linking to Richard Seaman’s site (he has a great shot of them in daylight in the shelters)

MiG-21s also at Da Nang (can’t see them on Google) but I saw and heard them in person.

If you zoom in on Tan Son Naht, you will to see numerous Antonovs, 7 Hercs, A C-47, an AC-119 and a CH-47.

Curiously at Noi Bai, there’s a USAF C-17 on the button awaiting take-off.

and now for more MiG-21s… just cross the border into Cambodia… I think I counted 17 on the ramp at Pochentong (Phnum Penh)

11 degrees 32 minutes N, 104 degrees 51 minutes East