Ebay Craziness...

Aircav · August 19, 2013, 09:50:10 AM

Check out item number: 261261837680, mad, mad I say.................................. $:-\$

Wish I had a half dozen.

PR19_Kit · August 19, 2013, 09:58:50 AM

And it STARTED at 99p!! There are thirty nutters who've bid that up, I bet the seller will be laughing all the way to the bank. Only 3 hrs to go, I'll keep an eye out.

There's one equal nutter trying to sell an Airfix DC9 (1/144) with a 'Buy it Now' price of over £47! And that's NOT including the postage! He stands no chance as I just got one at £10.00.

Army of One · August 19, 2013, 10:35:41 AM

How much.....

? Who would pay that....?? Is it the sort of thing that would increase in value....??

PR19_Kit · August 19, 2013, 12:17:45 PM

That Phantom 'conversion' seems to be a whole Phantom kit from the description. What's it a 'conversion' from, if it is one?

The Wooksta! · August 19, 2013, 02:50:56 PM

Was bidding on Contrail Avro Tudor last week. I maxed out at thirty notes - it went for over ninety...

pyro-manic · August 19, 2013, 03:22:55 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 19, 2013, 12:17:45 PM
That Phantom 'conversion' seems to be a whole Phantom kit from the description. What's it a 'conversion' from, if it is one?

Tamiya 1:32 Phantom (probably the "J"). You wouldn't be using much of it though!

rickshaw · August 19, 2013, 09:51:23 PM

Went for 1,000 notes. Either someone will pay with the money or they don't care about losing their reputation.

PR19_Kit · August 20, 2013, 01:40:34 AM

That is breathtaking in it's madness, he must have more money than sense.

ChernayaAkula · August 20, 2013, 05:09:55 PM

Well, the conversion set wasn't cheap to begin with when it came out (~ 300 bucks), was highly limited and the manufacturer (Wild Hare Assn, Cutting Edge, Meteor,... just how many brands did they actually have?) has since gone bust. For the foreseeable future it's probably the only chance to get a Brit Phantom in 1/32 bar scratch-building. So, if you really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really want to have a Brit Phantom in 1/32....

Thing is, even with this conversion set it's probably a lot of work to turn all that into a British Phantom. You could save a lot of money and just scratch-build the thing (although decals might be a problem). And with the money saved you could probably get your personal own 1/1 Spey Phantom for reference from a scrap dealer.

PR19_Kit · August 20, 2013, 06:06:07 PM

I'd have thought the decals would be the least of the problems actually, many of us can do them ourselves now.

I didn't really notice that the thing was 1/32, my 'Greater than 1/72 Filter' is always on

so I never noticed. That surely will be one impressive model when he's done it, IF he does it and doesn't store it away tilll someone wants to pay £2000 for it!

Librarian · January 14, 2014, 10:48:37 AM

I just found this for sale on Ebay but through Yahoo.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121250904363?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_720wt_1170

Now, if you go to Ebay and try any combination of entry data you cannot get to this kit, yet there it is. Really can't tell if the entry is dodgy. Am I missing something? Anyone got any advice?

Weaver · January 14, 2014, 11:48:28 AM

Quote from: Librarian on January 14, 2014, 10:48:37 AM
I just found this for sale on Ebay but through Yahoo.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121250904363?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_720wt_1170

Now, if you go to Ebay and try any combination of entry data you cannot get to this kit, yet there it is. Really can't tell if the entry is dodgy. Am I missing something? Anyone got any advice?

Well the seller is in Mexico, so you won't find it via ebay.co.uk. I've just gone in through ebay.com, searched for "MB5", filtered for Toys and Games: Models, and it went right to it.

jcf · January 14, 2014, 12:14:42 PM

Falcon still sell their vacform MB5 and it's better than the Silver Cloud, as a friend who
has built both informed years ago. It's NZ$20.00 from Modelcrafts and Hobbies
in Wellington, Falcons official sales outlet. Not currently in stock, but available to order.

http://www.modelcraftsandhobbies.co.nz/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=4588&category_id=9af73185b6d041271e523be77a1756ac&

All available Falcon kits/canopy sets:
http://www.falconmodels.co.nz/kits.html

http://www.modelcraftsandhobbies.co.nz/?page=shop/falcon&&

Librarian · January 14, 2014, 01:04:25 PM

Many thanks for all the info. Very tempted to try a vacuform again....built a Rareplane F3F Demon and FJ-4 Fury about twenty years ago and they went together beautifully. What put me off further vacs was slicing off the tip of a finger and sanding off my fingerprints in the process. But I do that with mainstream.....

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Aircav · January 14, 2014, 01:11:46 PM

Wish Trumpeter would do a 1/48 MB5.