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compfire
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by compfire » Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:15 pm
My wife has always given me a bad time for collecting 1/18 military (I know I am not alone). She has said "What are you going to do with those things? They just sit around and collect dust". I have always replied that "I enjoy looking at them". That is usually the end of the disscussion. Today I found another great reason to collect them.
I traded on of these (open box)
For a 30 minute ride in one of these (open box too
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What an incredible ride and experience! Well worth having a Spitfire to look at for several years, and then trade it for a ride of a lifetime.
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holensock
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by holensock » Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:49 am
My heart goes out to you, sir! I go thru the same thing OVER AND OVER AND OVER...here...but I end up getting what I want anyways
Great trade and great ride!!!
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Stug45
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by Stug45 » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:58 am
The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.
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flyboy_fx
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by flyboy_fx » Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:49 am
Damn, wonder what 20 of those in all the schemes made sitting PLUGGED up in my wallmart in 2004 for a ALl time low of like $20
but I did not have the money at like 12 years old or so,
Nice though!
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."
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GI546
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by GI546 » Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:20 am
good trade.
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immeww2
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by immeww2 » Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:00 pm
An NKK well spent.
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fightin
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by fightin » Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:32 pm
Cool. Great trade!
We still need more new 1/18 aircraft!
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Razor17019
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by Razor17019 » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:28 pm
I didn't see your pic of the plane you flew in when I first looked at this at work.
I thought you might have gotten a ride IN a spitfire! But the aircraft you rode in looks like massive wild ride. Good trade, Compfire.
To Lee R. Frakes and the B-17
Good Pickin
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Grilledcheese
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by Grilledcheese » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:54 pm
Is that a two-seat Christen Eagle? Up until I googled it a few minutes ago I didn't even realize they made two-seaters.
Neat! Good deal, too.
Jeffrey
Now I have a machine gun (SPACE GUN!). Ho ho ho.
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normandy
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by normandy » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:25 pm
Wow, that sounds cool! A 1:18th Spit for a ride in an acrobatic aircraft like that? What would 30 minuets of fuel cost?.......I think you did very well.
My wife is very supportive of my hobby's and is very knowledgeable when it comes to aircraft, armor and WWII German military items. Her father and mine both served during the war.
Getting back to the NKK Spitfire, I found one in a walmart in North FLA (Yule) while visiting family a few years back. I'm going to hold on to it 'caues these never showed up here in the North East.
Sounds like you had a great ride!
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by DocTodd » Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:51 pm
I didn't get to see the pic of the plane you got to fly in, but it sounds like it was a cool deal.
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by flyboy_fx » Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:14 pm
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."
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compfire
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by compfire » Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:17 pm
DocTodd wrote:I didn't get to see the pic of the plane you got to fly in, but it sounds like it was a cool deal.
T
Pic is at the top of the thread
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AMERICAN_GRENADIER
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by AMERICAN_GRENADIER » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:15 am
who listens to thier wife?
"SEMPER FIDELIS!"
Good Traders: Buckyroo, Razor17019, Sentinel
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STUKA
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by STUKA » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:16 pm
awesome - not a bad trade -
my favorite trade is taking them out of the box and hanging in my son's room - he is always asking me about planes now -
Ich liebe den Geruch von Sturzkampfflugzeug morgens.