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10-16-2014, 02:01 PM

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Why buy a kit just to have it?

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Posted By furledd

Jester "The buyers are different; they...

Jester

"The buyers are different; they consider themselves doers, but their real thrill is dropping money on a new item for their hobby. I worked in a gun shop for a while, and I'd say 80% of our...

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10-16-2014, 01:57 PM

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Why buy a kit just to have it?

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Posted By furledd

So true - when kits go out of production, how...

So true - when kits go out of production, how would we get parts without the big buying folks who became stocked like a hobby store with surplus kits :)
Goes back to my spare parts comment - or...

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10-16-2014, 11:57 AM

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Why buy a kit just to have it?

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Posted By furledd

Wow who'd have thought this thread would still be...

Wow who'd have thought this thread would still be alive 2 years later !

Original poster here - yes you can collect just to have them, like coins, or stamps, or ladies underwear as you say above. ...

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07-04-2012, 03:51 PM

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Why buy a kit just to have it?

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Posted By furledd

RE: Why buy a kit just to have it?

Great Answer! Thank you sir !
( I am honored to have AMA#386 have time to reply to my post as well )

Forum: Questions and Answers

07-04-2012, 10:22 AM

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Why buy a kit just to have it?

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Posted By furledd

RE: Why buy a kit just to have it?

Thanks for the comments guys..

Hobbies are hobbies and i guess its as simple as that.

Kits just seemed different to me in that they are kits by default and made to be built
So why dont...

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07-04-2012, 08:09 AM

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Why buy a kit just to have it?

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Posted By furledd

RE: Why buy a kit just to have it?

Of course - there are also combinations too - builder-flyers, buyer-talkers, etc

But you guys that take a blank piece of paper and scratch build and then fly your planes are amazing and unique!...

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07-04-2012, 07:57 AM

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Why buy a kit just to have it?

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Posted By furledd

RE: Why buy a kit just to have it?

Thanks guys - so far, there are some points i hadn't thought of in terms of retirement.

If you build 4 kits a year and are able to build for 20 years after retirement - that's 80 kits....
but...

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07-04-2012, 05:47 AM

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Why buy a kit just to have it?

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Posted By furledd

Why buy a kit just to have it?

I see lots of people with old unopened vintage kits selling for big dollars - are these collected by people who then also never build them?

Some of those old Wing Mfg or Nosen or Marituka kits...

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