U- Boat U96 1:48 SCALE Remember Das Boot (The Boat)
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I saw the first issue on sale In WHSmiths today for 50p.
Is it not something like 150 issues at £5.99 a time? Really? Sod that.
Also saw that a similar model of the train Mallard can also be built - first issue is 50p..... the subsequent 150 or so issues are also £5.99 a pop.
I wonder just how many people get suckered into buying the models.
They look good in the adverts however I recently saw the de-agostini Aston Martin DB5...... Oh dear!
Is it not something like 150 issues at £5.99 a time? Really? Sod that.
Also saw that a similar model of the train Mallard can also be built - first issue is 50p..... the subsequent 150 or so issues are also £5.99 a pop.
I wonder just how many people get suckered into buying the models.
They look good in the adverts however I recently saw the de-agostini Aston Martin DB5...... Oh dear!
Edited by fatboy69 on Thursday 28th August 00:15
Tonymg said:
about being suckered into it well its my money and im sick of paying out for Drugs and Hookers every week lol at least I got some thing to show for the money out of it a sh it wooden Boat on me shelf lol
Your money. £780 odd quid buys a lot of model boat, and I suspect it will be far higher quality than the mag one, and you'll not have to wait 2.5 years to have the final thing on your shelf.Just sayin like.
dr_gn said:
I seem to remember hearing that some of these kits can't be completed becasue the company stops issuing parts if there's not enough interest. Not sure if that's true, but worth investigating.
Many of these models are large, but very crude for the scale.
Correct. Not enough subscribers, they certainly used to pull the plug mid way through the run. Whether they still do, I don't know, but I wouldn't want to take the risk.Many of these models are large, but very crude for the scale.
As mentioned above, the Bond Aston was very poor for the money and the Flying Scotsman had some serious issues.
If it is the Hachette one, it has previously been on sale in Germany. The overall cost is utterly ridiculous. I have a Revell 1:72 VIIc up in the loft, and there are some extremely nice upgrades for that too. The 1:48 seems to owe more than a passing word of thanks to the CMK resin interior kits:
http://www.hyperscale.com/2011/features/typeviicub...
http://www.hyperscale.com/2011/features/typeviicub...
Red Firecracker said:
dr_gn said:
I seem to remember hearing that some of these kits can't be completed becasue the company stops issuing parts if there's not enough interest. Not sure if that's true, but worth investigating.
Many of these models are large, but very crude for the scale.
Correct. Not enough subscribers, they certainly used to pull the plug mid way through the run. Whether they still do, I don't know, but I wouldn't want to take the risk.Many of these models are large, but very crude for the scale.
As mentioned above, the Bond Aston was very poor for the money and the Flying Scotsman had some serious issues.
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