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by flyboy_fx » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:09 am
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supersonicfifi
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by supersonicfifi » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:10 am
the cockpit seems very much from a BBI mustang !
1/18 mirage 2000 & RAFALE should i say more ?
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by exether_mega » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:14 am
side marking are also strange. It seems that the upper part is not finished.
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by pickelhaube » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:55 pm
OK I got it.
Somebody made an attempt to do a custom. Did not like the way it turned out and he took it back to Wal-mart. All wraped up nice and neat in the tie wires.
They took it back and this guy picked it up. This has happend in the past and hear is the proof that it can happen now..
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flyboy_fx
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by flyboy_fx » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:39 pm
your going for it?
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by pickelhaube » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:33 pm
flyboy_fx wrote:your going for it?
Who Me ?
No way.
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by pickelhaube » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:33 pm
EGADS

Kirk Douglas : Mine hit the ground first
John Wayne : Mine was taller

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by VMF115 » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:37 pm
there must be an echo in this room

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by DropTank » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:03 pm
I think this plane will be a big dissapointment for whomever purchases it. I doubt the wing will match-up, and the fuselage appears to be very, very "rough". This thing looked better IN THE BOX to me.

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by Buckyroo » Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:01 pm
I think a fool and their money will soon part.
This guy sells a bunch of model and is listed as a hobbie store of sorts. So to a custom is not a stretch. I am not saying that this guy is lying, but just pointing out that there is some evidence to make one sit up and think about this one. I wish the pictures were better.
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by Jay » Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:31 pm
For someone who runs a hobby store, you'd think they'd know the difference between a corsair and...anything else. There's a freakin picture of it on the box! Somehow 2+2=5!?
"you get in a steep dive in this thing and you've got almost no maneuvarabilty at all. You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with the broad side of another barn"
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by flyboy_fx » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:12 pm
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by tmanthegreat » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:13 am
Jay wrote:For someone who runs a hobby store, you'd think they'd know the difference between a corsair and...anything else. There's a freakin picture of it on the box! Somehow 2+2=5!?
Yes, but his appearance on his ebay picture doesn't seem too promising for anything approaching an intellectual level, let alone common sense

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by NWarty » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:43 am
Man, makes one wonder why he can't figure out what he has in hand. Is it possible to reach through the computer monitor, slap him and ask "Don't you know what the hell a Corsair is?"
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by KAMIKAZE » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:32 am
I have a friend here in town that might have been responsible for this custom. He told me that he attempted a Bearcat some years ago and sold it along with some other XD planes because he needed money. He also has a pretty convincing T-38. Hope this helps with the mystery. I would like to recon for you guys but my daughter has spring break this week and I'm the bus driver.
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by cranedriver » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:44 am
Whew......$154 and a nickel.
Somebody wanted it. I hope for there sake that at least the wings fit. Oh well they say there is one born every minute.
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by PanzerArm » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:26 pm
Holy cow. If that guy really did just happen upon this at a retailer, and put it on ebay without a clue what was up, how lucky is he to make what he did! $150 for that POS! Someone must of really wanted a half custom freak job that won't even fit together. I just hope they don't take it out on the seller's feedback when they get what they paid for. That is as long as the seller really didn't have anything to do with it.
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by Teamski » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:05 am
Wow, what a hack job. Have fun trying to fit the Corsair Wings that came with that Frankencrap fuselage. Poor bidder.
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by P47faninchicago » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:05 pm
The fact that this miserable piece of crap had any interest at all just goes to show how desperate 1/18 collectors are for ANYTHING.
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by immeww2 » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:20 pm
I just think that anything out of the ordinary will peek buyers interests.
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by supersonicfifi » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:28 am
i was about to commit 100 US $ on this poor rendition of a bearcat because i am really desesperate for .... SOMETHING !

1/18 mirage 2000 & RAFALE should i say more ?
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by 65mustang » Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:29 am
Looks like a F2G, the super corsair. I believe only 10 production planes were built. Just search the internet with super corsair and it will bring up some photos.
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by Jay » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:52 pm
the body is all bearcat baby...at least, a passing resemblance
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by Rogue » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:41 pm
That thing is horrible.
Look at the center section behind the fuse, that is all Corsair.
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by RAD 2112 » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:56 pm
Can't wait to see feedback on that one!
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