RE: Retiring a Plane
One of the guys in our club knows an old man who owns an "antique" shop. He lets this guy know when he's got something available, or the guy will ask him for something in particular. He recently retired his 1/4 BUSA Nieuport 17; took the servos, radio and engine out, made a dummy rotary, put a scale prop on it and sold it to the antique guy for $400+. That guy in turn sold it for double or better that amount to someone who just wanted a plane to hang from the rafters of their living room. They've also sold to restaurants like Rockola who hang stuff to display. He's gotten several hundred for sport scale ARF's that he's done some detailing on. I'm gonna see if I can retire some of mine that way, when it's time.