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Airacobra
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by Airacobra » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:11 pm
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kevrut
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by kevrut » Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:25 pm
That B-25 is cool.

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pickelhaube
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by pickelhaube » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:14 pm
How much ?
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Razor17019
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by Razor17019 » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:36 pm
pickelhaube wrote:How much ?
I'll give him 40.00 shipped for the 1/15 B-17...
Of course he won't take it...

To Lee R. Frakes and the B-17
Good Pickin
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vmf214
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by vmf214 » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:41 pm
Holy crap this guy is awesome! Aluminum too, wow. He's got to have a fortune invested in each one. That B-17 is by the far the best scratch build I've ever seen bar none.
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Airacobra
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by Airacobra » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:47 am
pickelhaube wrote:How much ?
In the site it says none of the models pictured are for sale, and that he works for some aircraft art company or something like that. I guess he makes a model and then other craftsmen reproduce that model in limited quantities for discriminating collectors. I have learned when the label "discriminating collector" is used in any way to describe a product it means I can't afford it, lol. It also says he hopes to produce a line of building guides designed to teach other people his craft. In my opinion this guy is one of, if not the best modeler I have ever seen. I mean, I can usually look at other peoples work and feel confident that with some time and dedication I could match or be in the ball park but with this guy, I don't even show up on the same map as him.
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VMF115
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by VMF115 » Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:41 am
He works for
http://www.fineartmodels.com/home/index.asp
I called fine arts some time ago and they said his stuff runs around 10,000 ----the Sky's the limit. besides he only makes the prototypes...the models are made somewhere in Eastern Europe.
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
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warhawker
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by warhawker » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:07 am
I looked at their site and the cost of some of these planes are in thousands!!!
I wonder how many they sell in a year?
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VMF115
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by VMF115 » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:09 am
warhawker wrote:I looked at their site and the cost of some of these planes are in thousands!!!
I wonder how many they sell in a year?
Most of them go to museums and to a few lucky welthy individuals.
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Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
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by dragon53 » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:02 pm
"Wealthy individuals"....maybe Peter Jackson?
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vmf214
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by vmf214 » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:39 pm
Peter Jackson is the owner of Richtofen's silk scarf. No telling what else he has..
