1/24!? Where does it stop?

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LyleW
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Re: 1/24!? Where does it stop?

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Bet the PE would be expensive, though.
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I agree.
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Got an answer on shipping cost tonight. $7250 and it's inside a 40 foot shipping container. So that's brings it up to a grand total of $54,250. Pretty much the cost of a high end Cadillac SUV. :)
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Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney

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fifteen or twenty of those would look might nice on our summer home HQ!
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OK, weird crap from ebay - Not quite 1/1, but...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRUMMAN-F-14-TO ... 2c83aeafe5
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BlackSheep214 wrote:Careful Lyle for what you wish for. :D

Check this out:

http://gbreplicas.com/

If I only had a big enough back and /or front yard, I'd get me a Spitfire or two on a pedestal. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! :lol:
Are those the guys that made the 1/1 blue Airfix kit for Richard Hammons TV prgramma? These things look great!
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That 1:1 Airfix Spit still exists and is, I think back at the museum. That was fun to watch.
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