Small Scale Military Headquarters

Figarti. 1/30 scale shopgoodwill.com


https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/56094122

Looked up some Figarti items. Came across this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/FIGARTI-WW2-AM ... SwQYZWv4aA

What's wrong with this picture? (Other than the crappy excuse for engines and the price! )

Wow, the seller is from my home town.

I agree the price seems a bit crazy, even though only 100 were made (is that true?) but I must be missing something. What is wrong?

I will admit I have an advantage as I spend a great deal of time around one. I've wiped off the props and dressed them to have one blade straight down many times (It not only looks nice but it avoids people gashing their heads on a blade tip pointed at head high position) I've cleared the props for start, counted blades for pre-oiling and watched dozens of engine starts.

Last I checked, the engines turn the props the other direction. Or maybe this B-25 had thrust reversers like a C-130? Anyway, for that price, I'd expect better.

(I've clobbered my head on a prop blade when they weren't dressed blade down so I'm real sensitive about it. On a four blade fighter like a Mustang, you normally make a balanced X rather than one blade straight down. That keeps a blade out of the way for hooking up a tow bar.)

Ah, okay. I didn't really look at the props that closely but I see it now. I'm sure a handy person could fix that, but for $495 you should NOT have to.

Axis, was the Sherman in the die cast section at Goodwill?

ketelone wrote:Axis, was the Sherman in the die cast section at Goodwill?

Hmmm... Not sure. I just searched WWII in advanced search with titles and descriptions, all categories and it was in that group.

OK I see now. It was in Collectibles - Figurines.

Thanks. I figured it out.