Build this model in 32 monthly issues @ £28.00 per issue......
This will cost the punter.......£896.00!!!!!!!!!!!
I will write no more!
This will cost the punter.......£896.00!!!!!!!!!!!
I will write no more!
De Agostini 1/12 Spitfire Vb
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Bargain !, £900 for something that looks nothing like a spitfire ,and you only have to wait 3 years to get the completed thing !
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If your lucky\ said:
I started do this about five years ago the first time it was released , then I moved to Devon about Halfway through , I gave them plenty of notice I was moving but they didn't swap over the address when I moved , I sent them several emails informing them that I had moved but never got any of the issues so I cancelled it after about six weeks of moving
Awful customer service , I think you can just go out and buy it anyway as a kit for more than half that price and build it in way less time than 3 years , the mind boggles who would wast that amount of money on something you could get for a lot less and be flying it a whole lot sooner
Awful customer service , I think you can just go out and buy it anyway as a kit for more than half that price and build it in way less time than 3 years , the mind boggles who would wast that amount of money on something you could get for a lot less and be flying it a whole lot sooner
I avoid this type of part work like the plauge as i tried the red barons i got so fed up with it i sold it on the ship ones are better
cheers peter t
cheers peter t
...wouldn't touch it with a barge poll 
Having seen it I wouldn't buy it if it was free!!!
It really is naff.
Ian M
It really is naff.
Ian M
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The general opinion would appear to be of a somewhat negative nature then?
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What makes you think that Richard\ said:
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Just a hunch!!\ said:What makes you think that Richard
An 'under construction' thread that would last nearly 3 years. Can anyone beat that ?
Over to you Richard... I can hardly talk. Bluebell has been in dry dock for at least that long....Theres just not a build thread as such.. 
Ian M
Ian M
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Not bothered looking this up, Ron's total price was enough to sway my attention, from what you aircraft builders have said ... Its obviously naff.
I would imagine rc gear is extra?? (I actually thought this dagostini company only did static hobbies)\ said:
It is a static model A lot of it is metal and would, I think, be far to heavy to fly.
Mind you stuff a big enough engine in it and a lawn mower can fly....
Ian M
Mind you stuff a big enough engine in it and a lawn mower can fly....
Ian M
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To be honest ian after I posted I did have a quick look, it definitely doesn't look worth it ..even to me, an aircraft numpty 
I was even more confused when it said it could be battery powered, after Alan mentioned being able to flyone.
I was even more confused when it said it could be battery powered, after Alan mentioned being able to flyone.
I think the battery power is just for the prop to turn...\ said:To be honest ian after I posted I did have a quick look, it definitely doesn't look worth it ..even to me, an aircraft numpty
It's the same as all these building magazines, they all seem to round out just under £900, which is a complete rip off, especially when you see the finished thing, I also don't think it would be worth buying just to collect, I really don't think you'd ever get your money back, let alone make a profit...
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So this is just a static one , the one I was doing did come with the engine and RC also it was only wood but you did have to pay an extra £20 for the RC and engine , this is an awful lot of money for a static kit that could actually look worse than a plastic one in the same scale\ said:
http://shop.deagostini.co.uk/buildthespitfire.html
Must be an other one Alan..
Ian M
Must be an other one Alan..
Ian M
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