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iballdriver · Post by **iballdriver** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:58 pm

bid and won a 1 18 California Cutie. Had buyer's remorse all week. box was delivered today, and the BR disappeared. what a great specimen. I have another piece coming this week: shooting star f-104. i want to convert it to a NF-104a. contacting some of you already. wings need some modding, the rudder/jetnozzle needs tending to, and of course the decals. my wife gets exasperated with each delivery, but man, do i love these planes.

snake · Post by **snake** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:00 pm

California Cutie is a great looking P-38.

Good score iballdriver.

iballdriver · Post by **iballdriver** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:08 pm

snake wrote:California Cutie is a great looking P-38.

Good score iballdriver.

it was still just a bit more than i wanted to spend, but in the end, i had to bite before the pricing point got out of reach. last on the list of "gotta haves" is the flying tigers p-40, but HM is making it a challenge.
still though. CC is just flat-out awesome to have in the inventory.

iballdriver · Post by **iballdriver** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:09 pm

snake wrote:California Cutie is a great looking P-38.

Good score iballdriver.

forgot to mention: thanks for the kind words and support.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:12 pm

iballdriver wrote:bid and won a 1 18 California Cutie. Had buyer's remorse all week. box was delivered today, and the BM disappeared. what a great specimen. I have another piece coming this week: shooting star f-104. i want to convert it to a NF-104a. contacting some of you already. wings need some modding, the rudder/jetnozzle needs tending to, and of course the decals. my wife gets exasperated with each delivery, but man, do i love these planes.

What is BM ?

Or should that have been BR ?

iballdriver · Post by **iballdriver** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:38 am

pickelhaube wrote:
iballdriver wrote:bid and won a 1 18 California Cutie. Had buyer's remorse all week. box was delivered today, and the BM disappeared. what a great specimen. I have another piece coming this week: shooting star f-104. i want to convert it to a NF-104a. contacting some of you already. wings need some modding, the rudder/jetnozzle needs tending to, and of course the decals. my wife gets exasperated with each delivery, but man, do i love these planes.
What is BM ?

Or should that have been BR ?

thanks for that....less cocktails, more spellcheck.....

digger · Post by **digger** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:49 pm

iBall, if you are ever in NYC you can have my MIB FT P-40 for a steal. I would offer to ship but people on here can testify that might take a while (or eternity). Same applies for other members - if ever in NYC and want to see the ultimate 1:18 garage sale, drop me a line.

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:43 pm

we sold over a 100 cuties wish i had a few back now

Buckyroo · Post by **Buckyroo** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:21 pm

AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote:we sold over a 100 cuties wish i had a few back now

Wish I would have purchased one......

Oh well, I will wait and see if I can snag one.

YT · Post by YT » Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:30 pm

snake wrote:California Cutie is a great looking P-38.

Agreed, I am jealous.

snake · Post by **snake** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:39 am

AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote:we sold over a 100 cuties wish i had a few back now

WOW AG.

That is a lot of 1/18 P-38 models.

Well you obviously did your part with the 1/18 hobby.

CC is probably my favourite, just because of the bright colours. But Haleakala is just as good, if not better.

Glad you are happy with your CC iballdriver.

iballdriver · Post by **iballdriver** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:22 pm

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Glad you are happy with your CC iballdriver.

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i have a pretty good collection, i am happy with what i have. now i need the room to display them all. time to finish the basement into manland so i can put all my pieces out!
it was a notable reaction. removed the shipping box from the CC, and just thought to myself as i held the big box in my hand, gazing at the 2 props and canopy, "hell, yea. worth.every.penny."

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:29 pm

I got the California Cutie P-38 about three years ago at my local Hobbytown USA store. Initially, I resisted it as I was still content with my S1 "D-Day" P-38. Then when I decided to cave in, they sold out. Fortunantly, my Hobbytown restocked a couple a few weeks later and I got one then. Very glad I did

Its easily my favorite of the P-38s and one of tops in my 1:18 aircraft collection in general

Ara1 · Post by **Ara1** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:03 am

Congrats on the P-38. It must be huge. With 1/18, you have to buy when you have the opportunity. Glad you got your plane.

I own the 262B night fighter, with 2 Corsairs due in the mail shortly.

Congrats again. Any chance of posting a photo or two?

-Ara

iballdriver · Post by **iballdriver** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:07 am

due to space constraints, they are still packaged up, waiting for the day to come to be displayed. gotta finish the basement so i can do them justice.

pcoughran · Post by **pcoughran** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:07 am

CC is one of my favorites as well - here's a shot of mine while they were all down for Spring Cleaning this past Spring:

iballdriver · Post by **iballdriver** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:11 pm

pcoughran wrote:CC is one of my favorites as well - here's a shot of mine while they were all down for Spring Cleaning this past Spring:

A.W.E.S.O.M.E.

Small Scale Military Headquarters

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