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Gideon

Gideon

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That 262 and the Junkers look really fantastic at a heck of a price too. The paint job on the 262 looks really good.
 
I like the Martin B-10B. What a strange bird.
 
Oh sure, now I have to have enough room to make an airodrome.:( Michael
 
You don't have to go that far. Just build an addition to the house with a dome.
 
K&C used to offer those with the under carraige in the lowered position way back when they still offered the RAF ground crew sets. Their vehicles used to be made the same way too, remember the first Tiger I? They were way too expensive (at least 1/2 again as much as the ones offered wheels up) but, they were very nice. The UH-1 that was available for the Viet Nam sets was way cool due to the interior being open for the Air Cav figs to ride into the Ia Drang Valley (but at $400, not a very attractive price). Wall mounts are available for those Mahogany airplanes that are very resonably priced ($10 - $18 depending on the length) and can ease the space issue quite a bit (unless you have cats).
 
Mr. Man,

One of my favorite elements of my K&C collection is the old wood warbirds (I have more than 40), and another is the pre-polystone wood, metal and resin vehicles (I have more than 50). In Gideon's showcase at Classic Toys right now is about 15-20 of my old wood, metal and resin vehicles, as well as my K&C UH-1 Huey. He is keeping them for me until I am ready to move them into the museum I am building in my new home. I don't know if you are interested in coming to the Symposium in March, but if you do, you will see all but one of the original vehicles, and about 45% of the original wood warbirds (K&C made 101 by my count).

Louis
 
Can't a guy just show off some airplanes without comparisons to K&C being made?

I mean, shoot, I love them too but I'm just showing some other stuff. Frankly, the warbirds are really pricey and will be again if put into production again.

I'm just showing some other nice options.
 
The K&C airplanes were made in the same place yours were, just to different specifications. I was not blowing K&Cs horn, simply pointing out some Toy Soldier lore. Can't someone join in on a thread without someone getting bent out of shape?
 
You'll notice on this board that there is a definate slant to it.

It is difficult to post anything other than K&C without it being likened to, compared to and whole bunch of other stuff.

It's getting a bit redundant.

My being "bent out of shape" is not aimed directly at you personally but sometimes I would just like to show something different - something without a K&C stamp on it.

THere is a section for K&C and there is a section for other makers.
 
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I think we should all settle down a tad. I think the comparison to K & C, at least on this Board, may be inevitable, but Gideon is showing some very nice airplanes.
 
Yep, it is nice to see some new lesser known items out there from other companies, hence the post under "OTHER manufacturers" ;) .
Since it's my board I guess I can't get shot for saying it, but there are plenty of great offerings out there from companies other than K&C :eek: and I for one am pleased to see them get press here on the forum. Since K&C has produced similar planes I can see why their name might come up, but considering they aren't even producing any at present, perhaps these planes (what company is this anyway?) could be discussed further on their own merit. That's not to say the K&C plane discussion can't continue, but I would like to hear more about this company.
Cheers,
 
These planes all come from the same place but, under different names. I know them from an outfit named Showcase Models but, there are others. Like VCRs that were made in 3 or 4 different factories under scores of brand names, these airplanes and ships are done in the same factories to different specifications for many names. They all have the 2 holes in the underside of the fuselage for the desk stand but, there are wall mounts that are available that use the exact same 2 pin system so, you can get them off of the shelf to help with the space issue. My reference to K&C earlier was to point up that K&C had their airplanes made in the same place as the ones being shown here but, with the lowered landing gear (only place I've seen them offered that way). My main intention was to mention the WALL MOUNTS.
 
I remember in my younger days in the USN when we spent quite a bit of time in the Phillipines (PI for short) at the Subic Bay US Naval Station. There was a shop run by the Navy Exchange System called the "Far East Trader." You could get really cheap electronics, mahogney and wicker furniture, and other products from everywhere in the Orient you could think of. It is the place where I got my reel-to-reel 16 channel tape recorder, a beta-max (remember those), and many speakers and amplifiers.

They had a section in the front of the store with an area devoted to nothing but PI produced wooden airplane models. If I knew then what I know now, but haven't we all said that before. They had every navy aircraft from early WWII to the late 60's early 70's. I was first there in 1969. They had not only fixed wing, but carrier folding wing, helo's, army, navy, air force, coast guard, and aircraft from other countries as well. Their inventory was huge and comprehensive. These may be the same folks, perhaps a younger generation. But people in the PI have a talent for producing some really beautiful wooden models, both aircraft and ships.

Just a memory I thought others would like to know about. :) Michael
 
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There is basically one main distributor in the US for these planes. Many of the places you see them come from the same source I buy them from and should all be within reason of eachother as far as price goes.

There are some dealers who have the models customized locally but that basically doubles the price of the models.

Any which you go, these models are outright fun and beautifull. THey are so different than the similarly priced Corgi 1/32's. It really comes down to that almost automotive finish, the paint jobs and hand sculpting.

I think I just talked myself into collecting them personally. THey would look good flying over my tanks.
 
The hand made aspect of both the planes and that gorgeous landing craft make each model a unique work of art that was created by an artisan with his or her own hands. That is why I have always loved these mahagony planes, boats, tanks and other vehicles and find them so much more appealing to me than polystone mass-produced vehicles. I will always prefer to display these artworks on and over my dioramas, which is why my polystone vehicles tend to sit in their boxes. Welcome to my world Gideon!
 
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