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Who sold the Royal Navy Corsair originally and.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:08 pm
by hotrodrock
is it generally considered a hard to find plane?
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:50 pm
by KAGNEW
it was 21st Corsair
i think it was their second repaint.
i had one but sold it because the wings were wrong and at that time i needed more room.
you see them on ebay but they mostly go for big bucks
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:22 pm
by Quixote511
They were the 2nd repaint and it was sold at TRU originally. I refused to get one when they first came out because it came with an AAF pilot. I wanted a British pilot. Then, when the Spitfire came out, with the RAF pilot, I was a buzz for RNAS or FAA Corsair. By that time, they were out of TRU. I was lucky enough to trade on the board for one. Thanx, Razor! With the right looking pilot, it is a cool rig.
Aaron
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:32 pm
by aferguson
for the longest time you couldn't give them away. They sat on TRU shelves up here for years.
As mentioned the wings are incorrect, the paint scheme is for a training unit and it came with an American pilot figure. Really not worth having in my view, especially if they are going for big money.
Would not be too hard to customize a current bbi or 21c one. Clip the wingtips, paint it up nice, put some british markings on it. While your at it why not do a British pacific version.
Re: Who sold the Royal Navy Corsair originally and.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:32 pm
by WGP Klaus
hotrodrock wrote:is it generally considered a hard to find plane?
As Aferg mentioned, a few years back they hadn't been hard to dig up, but recently they've been fetching pretty good numbers on evilbay. I sold one 6-7 months ago on ebay (no reserve auction) for $85 + shipping and now that more folks are getting into it, items such as these, and the P38's are getting harder to find, and fetching top dollar.