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Maisto Brand 1:18 Premiere Edition 1936 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Type
Specialroadster, Red
This one was bought about ten years ago, still in it's original

. . . because my wife went into labor!!  She was not due for another
three weeks but two hours into my 7 hour drive from Memphis to my first
IMPS National Convention ever, I got the call.  The doctor admitted
her, but by the time I got there they were sending her home.  We are at

What's the best way to get Academy replacement parts in the USA?
Thanks
Ed

This is definitely not the model I am looking for: (omg!)
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Doing a run next week with spare van space.
Tuesday down to Hereford and Hay on Wye via M42 and M5, Wednesday over
to Carmarthen then up to Paul's at Internal Fire.
Thursday back to Nottingham pretty well loaded but can get small bit

i was wondering this week while sorting out the air intakes on a
1/72 F-4, which aircraft has had and or has the most ejector seats.
now for most aircraft its one or two but surely the production aircraft
with most would be the B-52 at six, [though do the ones

Here's the Ad:
http://www.hobbylobby.com/site3/weekly/specials/specials.cfm
Good Hunting!
James

Goedendag ;-)
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(currently 92167 already) . Makes you wonder, what's the catch ;) ??
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i seem to have l;ost the email address of the gentleman who
sold me the hase ju87. just wanted to say thank you and it
got here just fine.
to everyone else, is there a url for good trop pictures?

I'm attending a convention in Chicago in the Hyatt Regency McCormick
Place near Soldier Field next month.
Any suggestions for good hobby shops in Chicagoland?  Looking for shops
with dusty old plastic aircraft models.  Preferrably near a train

Not just any book, though, but a specific book. My stepfather used to have
one, but when he left, the book went with him. The book is a fairly large,
almost square hardback, and had colour plates inside it of the various
uniforms and such, but also of parts of the panorama painting ...

Anyone get thiers yet?
I am still waiting.....

I saw an ad recently for an already built (and expensive) model of the
Atlas II.  I'd like to scratch a model of this vehicle.  Are there ANY
sources of scale drawings for this vehicle?
Lockheed Martin is the place where GD Convair ended up, right?  Maybe I

I had a call this morning from a guy in Jersey who I corresponded with
back in the late 1970's and early 80's, when we had a small group of
Littlejohn owners who exchanged information and ideas etc.
He is looking for the tumbler gear carrier for his own lathe, and any

I'm just setting up my workshop to restore an old BSA (1969 B44 Victor
Special for those interested) and need to get hold of one or two bits
of metal, namely some aluminium sheet to make soft vice jaws and some
lentghs of varying dia brass for soft drifts. What type fo firm sells