A Desert Messerschmitt?

Sentinel · Post by **Sentinel** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 12:12 am

The way things have been, 21st C would release a re-paint 109 (in Desert) soon after I bought the dang thing.

I just know it!

tko211 · Post by **tko211** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:59 pm

Well I guess I have decided to throw my hat in the ring, lets see how I do here. You know I do own EVERY 1:18 scale plane produced by 21st!

We will have to see how badly I decide I need to add this one?
Great auction though! I didn't think we would ever see our friend part with this piece?

kimtheredxd · Post by **kimtheredxd** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:53 pm

up to $255.00 now

wonder how high it will go?lol

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:51 am

It just hit $280.00

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:05 am

And the winner is ..........

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:11 am

Does that thing have accurate tail markings? I can't really see but if it did that would be awesome.

tko211 · Post by **tko211** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:28 am

Well that was fun!.... but I think it is quickly reaching the point of crazy! Best of luck everyone, I think I will try the route of begging one of the two others away from 21st directly

Then there will be 2 of them in private collections!

tko211 · Post by **tko211** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:19 pm

Well I gave it a good try... just didn't see spending the 560.00 that it went for! That was really a very fun auction! Congrats to the winner.

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:29 pm

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:31 pm

hey tko btw, what happened to the pictures of the japanese soldiers that were supposed to be posted this weekend

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:11 pm

That was a great auction. I bet the seller is thankful for the bidding war that ensued, tko if you hadn't decided to jump back in I bet it wouldn't have brought near what it did.

kimtheredxd · Post by **kimtheredxd** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:09 pm

That has to be he highest any one single 21st toy has sold for.Way to go congrats on the price I hope the transcation goes great.

tankduel · Post by **tankduel** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:33 pm

Who bought it? A board member?

I have a one-off 21st century plane BTW ,a FW 190 with the worst paint job ever, and a good old glue spill to boot; any bids ? hehe

KWR190 · Post by **KWR190** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:55 pm

The winners ebay name was mp40 i think. That guy came out in the last 7 sec I was was to slow to get my bid in before it ended that was my first ebay bid war.
Kurt
KR190

KWR190 · Post by **KWR190** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:57 pm

TKO now you should show 21st century that maybe they will make that plane.
Kurt

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:14 am

well, the paint scheme is inaccurate for a 109E but i'm sure we'll see something quite similar on the 109G some day.

Quite an auction......nice to see 21c rare birds getting such attention; shows the high interest level in the scale as a whole. I wonder if the winner is planning on doing a custom repaint job on it.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:31 am

Forget the repaint - he'll probably set it up in some sort of altar in his living room and worship it as a member of the collectors pantheon of "Most Expensive XD Pieces"

I really need to lay off the Classical Roman history for awhile...

tko211 · Post by **tko211** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:34 am

Kurt-

That was you I was bidding against?

We both got rocked by MP-40! That was kinda fun. I gotta be honest though...560 is a ton of cash for that plane. It is a one of a kind for sure but in all honesty it is still a prototype and not a real production plane in production paint. Last night It hit me that I could just hire Roy Sutherland on the side to make me another one for 300 or so!

just kidding, I don't think I have that kind of pull! What a fun auction!

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:39 am

$560 is a lot of cash to put in one plane.For that kind of money I'll paint my own!

Mark

Post by **p51** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:01 pm

Zach's post that was here about the Japanese Figure Photos has been moved to it's own topic - viewtopic.php?t=1614

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:05 pm

WOW!!!!! Now that is one for the XD record books!!

-Ski

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:06 pm

Yeah that does have to be a record! I honestly hope that they don't do the E in that scheme as a regular release, as stated it's correct for the G which would be great. Curious to see if this bird would ever pop up again on ebay or maybe show up at a show or something...pretty cool though.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:41 pm

That was some auction!!!! I'm sure both sides must be happy!

tko211 · Post by **tko211** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:01 pm

I thought this topic deserved a little more research so here was what I got out of 21st today. The prototype scheme that was sold is indeed one of 3 prototypes. 21st has the other 2 in the "vault" that third got away. The truth is this paint scheme is not accurate or even real. in fact the E model didn't have that scheme at all according to 21st. Thus the concept was abandoned in favor of more historically accurate schemes. You can bet that this plane will never see mass production ever. But.... I am told that the current G model could be corrected to represent an accurate scheme that would be similar but historically accurate in the future. I was told that the nose blisters and main gear would have to be corrected. Indeed it is a strange tale of a missing prototype that has now found a third home... -thought you guys might like the full story.

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A Desert Messerschmitt?

wow price is going up!

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WOW!