1/18 scale B-26 Marauder for sale $38K

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1/18 scale B-26 Marauder for sale $38K

Post by rschaap » Tue May 26, 2015 2:34 pm

Saw this on Ebay for $38,000.00 obo. it was made by Maurice Tiffault. I included another site that shows the plane in more detail. Oh to have that kind of money.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MARTIN-B26-MARA ... 541cea2856

http://www.masterposters.com/reduct-mod ... anguage=en
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Re: 1/18 scale B-26 Marauder for sale $38K

Post by PanzerArm » Tue May 26, 2015 7:23 pm

That thing is beautiful. That man is truly and artist in the 1/18 scale.

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Post by tmanthegreat » Tue May 26, 2015 8:58 pm

Wow, that's fantastic! But for $38K, I could buy a new car or even a real plane :wink:
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Post by pickelhaube » Tue May 26, 2015 9:33 pm

He spent so much time and effort on the interior and went simple on the exterior.

Those huge rivets on the canopy frames and absolutely NO DETAIL on the engines .

Plus it looks like he got the shape of the engine nacells wrong.

For 38 K it should be perfect.
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Post by Snake Man » Wed May 27, 2015 5:22 am

As Pickelhaube said, for that price it should be perfect. I noticed a LOT of out of scale details in the interior shots, in addition to the nacelles being way off, plus the oversize rivets in the nose section. Nice, but not worth 38 K......

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Post by [CAT]CplSlade » Wed May 27, 2015 8:41 am

Couldn't he have faked some cylinders at least so you could see SOMETHING when you look in the nacelles?

It's a real shame when people put in so much effort into a project and screw up small - but crucial - things like that.

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Post by snake » Thu May 28, 2015 6:01 pm

Nice, but not perfect. As has been pointed out, has some flaws and oversights.

Certainly not worth $38,000, in my opinion.

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Post by Studly » Thu May 28, 2015 9:00 pm

It will be very interesting to see how much it goes for .


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Post by DocTodd » Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:11 pm

Beautiful but not seeing the value of $38K
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Post by NWarty » Thu Jul 09, 2015 1:45 pm

Ebay auction is still active and still no takers at 38K, color me surprised.

Hey, you too can have peeling decals for $38K.

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Post by Studly » Thu Jul 09, 2015 3:10 pm

For that price you would think all Insignia would have been painted not a tacky decal like that :shock:

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Post by skypirate » Thu Jul 09, 2015 3:51 pm

NWarty wrote:Ebay auction is still active and still no takers at 38K, color me surprised.

Hey, you too can have peeling decals for $38K.
Hopefully, those are Monokote or something long lasting. Vinyl stickers can age, dry out and crack. A decade from now, it might look like this... Aging LEGO stickers

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Post by NWarty » Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:23 pm

skypirate wrote:Hopefully, those are Monokote or something long lasting. Vinyl stickers can age, dry out and crack. A decade from now, it might look like this... Aging LEGO stickers
Know exactly what you're talking about as I restore old Tamiya R/C cars. But for this level of model building, why on earth wouldn't you paint on the insignias? It's a baffling choice really.

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Re: 1/18 scale B-26 Marauder for sale $38K

Post by pizzaguy » Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:23 pm

Even with it's short comings, I would love to have 1/10 his abilities.

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