discussion De Agostini 1/12 Spitfire Vb

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i need to find out who these people are who actually buy this junk! ineed to offload some of my early crap models at a ridiculously inflated price!

 

[Alan 45]

http://shop.deagostini.co.uk/buildthespitfire.htmlMust be an other one Alan..

Ian M

Yeah it must be Ian , the one I'm talking about is a good 6/7 years ago , it was one of those magazine and parts sort of thing

 

[mossiepilot]

I got the flying one, the one Alan is talking about I think, about 15-20 years ago. I bought it to do with my son, but after the fuselage and tail was built he lost interest, so it ended up in the attic, and there it has remained. I've got all of it I think, but the bug to get it out again has never bit. SWMBO keeps saying I should put it on E bay or try to sell it on here but postage would be a killer, besides, I might make it one day

Tony.

 

[Guest]

ill not get one then

 

[Guest]

Confusion solved ......

900 quid static model against something you can fly costing the same ...... Hmmmmm

Not rocket science is it?

 

[Guest]

If you study the photos, you'll see that you get a "Vb" with l/e cannon castings for a Vc, plus twin radiators of a IX.

Edgar

 

[Guest]

Well i must admit did build the DeAgostini R/C Spitfire i had to make some mod's to it to get it to fly, put micro servos in the wings added rads to the wings & put a bigger engine in it, also put radio & hydrolic cyl in cockpit.

Was going to put retract undercaridge but used them in the mozzy.

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Hope u dont mind the pic's.

John

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[eddiesolo]

Don't mind at all John, looks superb even if slightly off from a purist point of view, but, if you get fun from it then I suppose that is the real deal here, not how much it costs.

Si

 

[stona]

If you study the photos, you'll see that you get a "Vb" with l/e cannon castings for a Vc, plus twin radiators of a IX.Edgar

I've just had a look at some pictures too. It seems that you get a sort of "generic" Spitfire rather than an actual mark. Very odd!

Steve

 

[Guest]

It seems that you get a sort of "generic" Spitfire

That's about the level of my expertise

 

[stona]

I'd never go for this sort of thing myself but I can see how you could have a lot of fun with something like John's RC model!

Cheers

Steve

 

[spanner570]

just imagine paying £900 for a De Agostini flying version and burying it nose first on it's maiden flight.....then taking the thing home in a carrier bag, and trying to explain things to you know who!

 

[eddiesolo]

just imagine paying £900 for a De Agostini flying version and burying it nose first on it's maiden flight.....then taking the thing home in a carrier bag, and trying to explain things to you know who!

Be easier if you just collected the model, see if you could sell the remains to someone who is mentally challenged and then retire to a remote place cos, lets face it, you will not be stopping for long in your house.

Si