There is a MK Joker available. at that price, i would have already bought it but the Joker is not near as attractive as other MK planes.

Here's the view from the kits available at Singapore Hobby Supplies. This was on the shelving where the MK kits were listed. There was a warehouse sale recently and the Wild 7 went for SGD300. Same as the Joker some 5 years ago (when they had the last warehouse sale).

i would have bought the wild 7

Yup, didn't make that mistake this time around. Ignored the Joker back then and just picked up one of the last 2 at SHS (there was one last Joker 25 left too). Know of another Joker 60 and 2 Curare 60s but am sure the owners won't part with them just yet. Here's the collection I've been lucky enough to get of late.

wow, a real Blue Angel kit. perfect size too as i would just collect it. the joker is already gone, i hope i helped someone acquire a part of their collection.

Well, the Blue Angel 20 is missing the entire fuselage parts. Horizontal and vertical stabs are there with the canopy but just not formers, turtledeck, firewall, etc.

well, send me the box and miscellaneous parts if you don't want them.

Will keep that in mind when I get flustered fabricating the parts from the plan. Am currently working on Mark Rittinger's 1/2A MinE Curare. Next up will be a restoration of a 60 Curare that was kindly 'given' to me by a fellow modeller.

1/2A Curare Build:
[link]http://www.daddyhobby.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55904&page=3[/link]

Curare 60 restoration:
[link]http://www.daddyhobby.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53775[/link]

Here's my MK Joker build - too bad this wasn't mine to keep. Had offered to build this for a friend:
[link]http://www.daddyhobby.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51042[/link]

Dave (dchuah... too many of us!)

PM sent.

I'm going to check out your Joker build and other threads later tonight.

Cheers, David.

I just saw a couple of MK Joker 60 kits languishing in the upper shelf of a hobby shop in Manila. Each one was priced at around P12,520, equivalent roughly to about SGD350. There was a Wild 7 kit, too, but for over double the price of the Jokers (equivalent to SGD770 if memory serves). The World Models ARFs displayed beside them are apparently moving, but these kits are only gathering dust until a classic pattern afficionado or collector comes along.

Those prices are comparable to Singapore hobbies prices (if they had any MK kits left []). The Joker (when it last was sold here in the USA through Indy R/C) sold for about $300 and the Wild-7 sold for at least $600, but is a much nicer kit than the Joker - the wing and stab sheeting is one sheet of pre-cut balsa and there are some very nice pre-formed wood pieces, too. The Wild-7 also includes the plug in stab mechanics.
Does that hobby shop ship overseas?

The last time I was in Lil's hobby shop in Makati (Park Square), I asked about shipping some kits to the states and all I got were some blank stares. They have a bunch of older kits and some cool OS engine displays in the window, including a Hanno.

http://lilsfutaba.net/about/

I think that's the place kevs182 is refering to.

SHS has only run out of the Joker. So, the picture is still valid (minus the Joker).

Blank stares? That sounds like Lil's alright!

I have a joker kit, might be willing to part with it for the right money

What may I ask is the right money?
To the USA.

I'll do some investigating to see what kind of shipping cost it'll be to go from aus to the US.

Any interest in a MK Joker 25?

Yes! I'm interested. Sent PM

I bought an used Mk Joker, and <span tabindex="-1" id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">I would like</span> <span class="hps">someone</span> <span class="hps">to tell me</span> <span class="hps">where is</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">cg.</span></span>

You can check the drawings posted here for center of gravity. Should be easy to calculate from that.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10207376

/Bo