Like old kits? Check this out

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This is what I saw when I stopped my my LHS today. More old kits than I could have found 40 years ago and my hobby shop…

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Good Grief!!

Where is this?

Does the shop have a website?

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Great Lakes Train & Hobby
Sterling Heights, MI

They have a website; but I would be surprised if you can actually order anything on it…
http://greatlakeshobby.com/contact

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Cool. Thanks.

Simply amazing.

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If it wasn’t for the few new kits there, this looks like a time machine turned back the clock to the late 70’s… nice!

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I like the Dauntless with the Sears price tag of 1.99 on it!

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Didn’t see any wood kits there.

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Nice,I know I built some of those Otaki kits in the 80’s

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YeaI still have an otaki 109 in the stash. Great kit

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Check here;
http://greatlakeshobby.com/products/model-kits/planes/1-32-model-planes/

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If you are like me every one of those was purchased with the intention of building them!!!

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My wife would not have been happy with me that day! I really love old kits especially if they are going for a good deal ; )

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Looks like somebody’s container FINALLY cleared Hong Kong…or Dubai…or Newark… [:D]

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Ha!

Wow, I am almost tempted to take a long day trip just to see these in person, but it’s just a little to far. Your pics are the next best thing, though. Thanks for that.

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Wow! I haven’t seen a stash of Frog kits like that in forever!

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I hope the prices were affordable.

Model building is getting pricey.

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ChrisJH666.

I have the Beech Staggerwing from two mfgrs. One I got way back in the late seventies, Don’t remember maker, but it was designed for both Motorization and a scale model as well. Just swap the interior and engine space modules. The other was the Short Run A.M.T. Model from the early Nineties? Okay model but lacking detail. Both are supposed to be 1/48. They just barely make it!

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ScottRC.

Hey remember, Styrene is linked to the barrel Price of refined Crude oil! All by-products are higher in price and probably remain so. A Carboy, 5 to 800 lbs of Styrene, Virgin(No Color) Pellets for Molding has doubled in the last year. from 1,200 bucks for one to almost 8,400 bucks for the same thing. Tool making ( Because of Computers and Electronic guided machines,)is now higher by a factor of.15% of the total price. So they pass that on to us. BUT, and think about this, We get hours of enjoyment and it is still cheaper than a Dinner and Movie at today’s prices.

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Absolutely awesome, thanks for the pics.

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Neat. I’ll have to check them out when I’m over on that side of town. Last time I set foot in a physical building over there was when Old Guard (16 & Van Dyke) was still around… so yeah… it’s been awhile.