I'm the one who got it, now what :)

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JOC
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I'm the one who got it, now what :)

Post by JOC » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:32 am

Well guys, I'm the fish that took the bait at $50.00.
Box arrived today, even with the shipper paying another 20.00 over what was asked to ship it.
It is a White 12 109, yellow nose with red heart, gray body with yellow tail and kill markings. There also is a black square where the swastika is supposed to be.
It also has a white shield with a Black S within it. The prop is black with a half black and white spinner.
It did come on a gray plastic base with the fusalage sitting atop two round pegs, and attached to the pegs with plastic type screws (for use of better word) the same type of attaching style that the older 21st tanks came, no twist ties. The wing assembly is sitting in a cradle type fixture on the base.
The clear plastic cover is really just something akin to when you buy a cake at the bakery to keep from smashing it before you get home.
It did come with a broken gun and antenna as described, which was an easy fix. It also has a drop tank under the wing assembly. NO PILOT.
The plane is marked 21st Century Toys.
Don't really know what I have here, but there was a glitch in shipping (USPS) coded wrong and I did get an email from ALGO fixing the shipping problem.
Oh yes, one wheel strut is missing a spring to hold it down when deployed. No biggie if one leaves it on the stand.
Don't laugh Guys, for 50 bucks hell it was worth it, I've probably pissed away more than that on a drinking binge while I was in the Navy. At least with this I do not have a hangover :)
Only German 109 I have, looks different sitting on the base with the wing assembly behind it.
Anyone have a 109 pilot laying around looking for a place to rest his butt?
Comments are appreciated, but don't laugh too hard if you can help it. I don't feel like I got screwed, so that is probably what's important, other than not really knowing what I really have.
GO FOR IT GUYS............................
JOC

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Re: I'm the one who got it, now what :)

Post by flyboy_fx » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:46 am

:lol: Well, that is a average price for one of the BF109s. So I don't think you've been screwed out of money. Now if you paid $100 plus for that then yea we would laugh. LOL
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Re: I'm the one who got it, now what :)

Post by ram04 » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:07 am

Really the price doesn't sound unreasonable, if you can, post some better pictures :)

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Re: I'm the one who got it, now what :)

Post by gburch » Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:08 pm

$50 for a 109? That's a great price. Problem is, if it IS "special," you can't really risk it out of the box, can you? You should try to get a letter from one of the 21st insiders verifying what it is. That would make its value skyrocket.

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