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    May 26, 2003 - #1

    Hi everyone...

    You all know that I dont come over here that much from the other board on here but I need yer help! I use to do LOTS of models as a kid and early teen but I fell out of it... I need a good source for kits.. I want big kits... Battle ships... aircraft carriers... Saturn V .. the whole works.

    I want to get back into it... I used to kitbash alot when I was a kid. Hell .. I even built a Star Destroyer that was 3 feet long. I was actually 12 years old when I built it (1979) and I was the coolest kid in NY State... Only kid to have one. I had pics of this model on Obi-Wans Jedi Academy a while ago.

    What I REALLY want to tackle is a HUGE Millenium Falcon..

    Yes I am crazy and yes I have nuts-O-steel...
    I may even try to do a scratch-built Star Destroyer again... only bigger than the one I did in '79 [img]images/smiles//icon_smile.gif[/img]

    Any help is appreciated here... web site addresses, addresses, phone numbers, people to contact etc.


    TimH.
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    May 27, 2003 - #2

    No one knows anything?...

    Hmmm....

    Anyone?

    Thanks in advance!
    TimH.
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    May 27, 2003 - #3

    I don't think there's any one place of choice, or even ten. Ebay, hobbylandinc.com, trident hobbies...just hit Google!

    Would love to see pics of that SD.
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    May 27, 2003 - #4

    Thanks man... Do you have any "best of" links to share with me? I would greatly appreciate it.

    I will have to dig for that picture of my Star Destroyer. I only found one picture in a old pile of stuff a while ago and posted that pic on the web site. I will have to look for that pic again after the wife gets home...

    TimH.
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    May 27, 2003 - #5

    What are you working on/building?
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    May 27, 2003 - #6

    Oops..thats what I get for not reading.So yur gonna tackle a 5ft Falcon...or bigger?Only one other person I know of who was making that bird,and I have'nt heard a peep as to where he's at on it.You'll need lots of big scale tank kits I think 1/15,1/16,1/24&1/35 all made by Tamiya,or Bandai...not sure about othersAlso,you'll need 1/12&1/8th scale race cars/F1 cars I think(very expennssive)most made by Tamiya,Entex/Eidaigrip...Bandai?.Some kits may still be manufactured today,just under a new lable is all..like the 1/5 Mozda rotary engine.I forget who is making it,but I know it is still available,I have seen it at the hobby shop I freqent.I'm working on the 32" mid sized minature....and that one is a monster all on it's own,good luck to ya.
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    May 27, 2003 - #7

    I would recomend Ebay. I have been able to find all the different kits that I've been searching for there realitivly fast and cheap. I actually picked up the Saturn V rocket there yesterday, there were a lot them listed.

    Steve.
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    May 28, 2003 - #8

    Thanks guys!

    I know this is a rehash of a old question...

    But does anyone have a total list of all the model kits needed to build it?

    I am going to go to ebay and google and look around... see what comes up..

    TimH.

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