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Comet Cessna 150 by BillParker. Viewed 793 times.
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| BillParker | 14-Apr-10 16:09 | |
| BillParker | 15-Apr-10 09:46 | | When you buy kits on E-Bay, it's completely pot luck. A large
number of the kits come from buyers of estate properties, and as
such are simply trying to make a profit on a bunch of cr*p that
they've picked up somewhere. So, when the description reads something
like: "the kit is in mint condition, and looks like it's all there,
but I don't know anything about model airplanes so, sold as is."
Caveat Emptor, my friend, let the buyer beware. So, this kit, came
without the fuselage, tube, sheetwood for same, as some dumba$$ tried
to build it, and made a hash of it. So, as ye shall see, I've created
a somewhat interesting version of a Cessna 150 fuse... I also made the
wings six inches greater in span... Remember in the U-Control World,
you can get away with virtual murder... |
| Roring40 | 15-Apr-10 10:46 | | Sorry to hear about your E-Bay problem Bill. I bought an SE5a of Ebay once, had it shipped all the way to New Zealand and opened it to find the only wooden parts in it were the remainder of the wooden sheets from where the parts had been cut out ! I mean to say if you want to rip someone off, just don't send the kit !! At least it appears you received most of your one. |
| Xanadu | 15-Apr-10 14:49 | | There is so many crooks selling off the remaining portions of the leftovers and plans in the kits nowadays.
Really have to watch and ask questions before you purchase. And if buying thru EBay, always correspond thru their sites mail, not your own. They keep records of the emails and therefore have proof for both parties of the correspondence in case of discrepancy. |
| BillParker | 16-Apr-10 04:17 | | I don't know as "crook" is the right word, so much as "seller of cr*p." As you know, my modus operandi is about the plans not about the parts anyway, this generally works out just fine. I recently bought a Cleveland kit of a little two seater civilian plane that I'd never heard of, and it came as a box of scap balsa, with a Cleveland B-29 plan. Of course there;s no templature in it, but if was felling froggy I COULD draft up the parts and build a decent copy. Anyway, this Cessna is almost finished, so more pics soonest... |
| FLYBOYZ | 16-Apr-10 11:54 | | Sorry to here about your bad experience with ebay.There is them out there that will pull a fast one.I always have had good results with ebay.Always make sure they have the box open and showing you what there.I wrote one guy about a comet kit and ask him if there was decals.He laugh and said you do have good eyes.I never bid on it they supose to tell you.But it is just luck |
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