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1 more reason to collect 1/18 military
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:15 pm
by compfire
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
)
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:49 am
by holensock
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!!!
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:58 am
by Stug45
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:49 am
by flyboy_fx
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!
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:20 am
by GI546
good trade.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:00 pm
by immeww2
An NKK well spent.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:32 pm
by fightin
Cool. Great trade!
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:28 pm
by Razor17019
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:54 pm
by Grilledcheese
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
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:25 pm
by normandy
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!
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:51 pm
by DocTodd
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
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:14 pm
by flyboy_fx
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:17 pm
by compfire
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
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:15 am
by AMERICAN_GRENADIER
who listens to thier wife?
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:16 pm
by STUKA
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 -
