How Many Of You Got Ripped Off By This Kit?

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  • Das Boot
    Rear Admiral

    • Dec 2019
    • 1488
    #1

    How Many Of You Got Ripped Off By This Kit?

    Click image for larger version Name: A9E5FCDA-32DB-428A-AB99-87AA7F63A067.jpeg Views: 0 Size: 84.7 KB ID: 155915 I was so excited because I had a framed picture of the SEAWOLF on my wall that my dad got me. Only to open the box and find the horrid model of the Nautilus that Aurora put out before. Man, what a ripoff.

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    Last edited by Das Boot; 11-18-2021, 12:22 AM.
    Of the approximately 40,000 men who served on U-boats in WWII, it is estimated that around 28,000 to 30,000 lost their lives.
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    • secrtwpn
      Lieutenant Commander
      • Feb 2012
      • 182
      #2
      I did¡!!!!!!!!!!! Thought the box art was cool though!

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        • Bob Gato
          Captain

          • Feb 2019
          • 873
          #3
          Well, maybe it's like finding a three-legged Buffalo nickel... It might be worth something to a collector.
          I see one on worth point, of course they don't tell you how much it sold for... There's another one on eBay for $75 I don't know what you paid for yours but at least you might get your money back.
          Last edited by Bob Gato; 11-18-2021, 06:34 AM.

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            • Das Boot
              Rear Admiral

              • Dec 2019
              • 1488
              #4
              When I was but a lad, a Seaview kit was 99 cents.
              Of the approximately 40,000 men who served on U-boats in WWII, it is estimated that around 28,000 to 30,000 lost their lives.

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                • redboat219
                  Admiral

                  • Dec 2008
                  • 3381
                  #5
                  Silk purse from sow's ears Click image for larger version Name: Sw02.jpg Views: 229 Size: 22.2 KB ID: 155928Click image for larger version Name: SW03.jpg Views: 221 Size: 37.7 KB ID: 155929Click image for larger version Name: sw04.jpg Views: 240 Size: 38.5 KB ID: 155930Click image for larger version Name: SW06.jpg Views: 235 Size: 32.4 KB ID: 155931Click image for larger version Name: Sw05.jpg Views: 238 Size: 29.8 KB ID: 155932
                  Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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                    • SubDude
                      Captain

                      • Dec 2019
                      • 821
                      #6
                      C'mon Casey! Think outside the box... Some Styrene and a little filler. Bada Bing!

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                        • DrSchmidt
                          Rear Admiral

                          • Apr 2014
                          • 1244
                          #7
                          That's how you go about a Seawolf:
                          1/350 USS Seawolf SSN-575 'Special Ops' boat conversion
                          https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235001606-1350-uss-seawolf-ssn-575-special-ops-boat-conversion/
                          Ever since making the Royal Navy covert ops submarine HMS Spartan - I'm really getting into these shadowy subs from the Cold War. My next conversion is the USS Seawolf SSN-575 - the second nuclear boat based on the USS Nautilus design. After serving for a few years, she was stretched by 52 feet f...

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                            • Das Boot
                              Rear Admiral

                              • Dec 2019
                              • 1488
                              #8
                              Originally posted by RCJetDude
                              C'mon Casey! Think outside the box... Some Styrene and a little filler. Bada Bing!
                              I was 6. It’s long gone.
                              Of the approximately 40,000 men who served on U-boats in WWII, it is estimated that around 28,000 to 30,000 lost their lives.

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