I'm sure many of you have these passive searches as I do. Something we want but not enough to put any real effort or dollars into.
Over the past couple of years, I've been patiently waiting and looking for certain kits I would love to have. It is how my Hippo Gotha G.V came to me. Every once in while poking around the www.
I also found a new, still factory sealed Blue Max Vickers Gunbus. None of these did I pay stupid money for.
In the stash I have these Revell kits, only the Spitfire is built.
Passive searching over the years finally found "Lucky Pierre". Very rare. I paid the princely sum of $14.00 for him.
As you can imagine, for that price it is not new in box. In fact I can safely say it is the roughest used kit I have ever found. It will be a challenge to clean up and rebuild.
Pretty nasty....It's now sitting in a bath of Easy-Off oven cleaner.
I know I'll be cutting masks for the markings. I'm torn between finishing it in the old school tan or the more correct silver. The plastic is molded as gold.
Of course I now have a 3D printed engine and cockpit interior from "Copper State" on the way.......
