Shermie Goes A Shoppin'

Well, made my semi-yearly pilgrimage to Calgary this afternoon to stock up on Tamiya paints.

Of course if a Sherman kit did happen to cry out to me to take it home, how could I refuse.

Well paydirt was struck when I entered one of the stores today. Seems they had just recently purchased a collection of older kits and had them on the shelves when I walked in.

One was a kit that I was trying to lay my hands on, the Academy M-51 Isherman, $34 Canadian … not getting away from me… no way. Then, as I rounded the corner in the store I came face to face with the DML M4A3 POA-CWS-H5 Flamethrower … for $25. [:0] … another DML M-50 Isherman … also for $25 … and … the old Italeri M4A1 for $15.

Four Shermans for $100 Canadian.

Doesn’t get any better than that. [:D][:D][:D][:D]

A good day for Shermie for sure. Sounds like me the other day. Went in to get some paint while I was in the nieghborhood but could not pass up the halftrack with quad 50’s for $9.

Congrats, Robert. Glad to hear all those poor M-4’s have found a nice, caring home!!

Bill

Hope the Wife is also a Sherman fan. [;)]

what’s the going rate for canadian money these days anyway? When I get pot of uncle bush’s pain in the butt service I live really close to canada.

Lucky, lucky man…The Acadamy M51 is $55 AUD at my LHS, that’s about $54.60 Canadian! The Tamiya Early Sherman is just in, at $65 AUD.

If I want a Dragon Wagon to go with it, they have one in a toy shop in town (35k’s away) for $299 AUD.

Now you know why I scratch build over buying Aftermarket!!!

DANG!!![:O]

The dollar is somewhere between 77 and 78 cents US for an exchange rate of about 1.3o or 1.31. I’m doing lots of looking on Ebay lately

that’s about what it’s like with the crazy euro over here .77 euro cents gets ya a dollar. it’s getting harder and harder to take out money to buy at the LHS even the cheaper kits are getting pricey and the COLA ( cost of living alowance) isn’t helping out much it seems?

Good deal all around, Robert!
A Sherm-fest!

Good buys Robert. I am glad you were able to get some more Shermans.
mark956

Shermie, the shop obviously new you where comming and stocked up on shermans.

Must be expensive in your part of Aussie petbat , the last time I saw the Dragon Wagon down this way it am sure it was not as costly.

That’s the kind of shopping I like…! Only lingerie shopping can beat that…[}:)]

I´m thinking what you didn´t mention was the 23 gallons of O.D. paint that set you back almost a grand…

I’m sort of disappointed Robert…

…you didn’t purchase a Tiger [:(] [;)]

I sure hope your talking about buying for Betty, Domi!!! [:0] [;)]

Robert it sounds like you hit paydirt! If they’d only had DML MM4A1 Early for you, you might have been so excited you’d forget to eat supper…nah, that wouldn’t happen!! [:p] [:D]

Eric

Don’t do that while I’ve got seperate links on my desk… Almost lost all of 'em…

no jesse. it takes 77 cents US to get a canadian dollar. not the other way around

Sounds Great! (now for some reality, let’s all go back to the ‘Boy am I in trouble’ thread).

Now, which are you going to build next? (hey you can build one now before the Sherman family build starts!)
LOL.

Ron

2 Question for ya’.

  1. Just howmany Shermans have you built?
  2. Do you really need instruction anymore to build one? LOL!!!