Tag: Secondhand

• B-17 – Part Two – What’s In The Box?

  

  What’s in any kit box? Hopes and fears, mostly. Hopes that the kit is all there and not fractured or warped and fears that the mould may have deteriorated with time. The decals are an entirely separate class of anxiety… In this case the sprues are nice clean Academy products, which may have been nice…

  Dick Stein

  February 28, 2020

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, research, Scale Models, Secondhand, Uncategorized

  Academy, alternate parts, B 17, Secondhand

• Serrer Le Marchand

  

  Or in English – squeeze the merchant. a. ” I can get that cheaper “. So can the merchant. That is why it is being sold at the price on the tag. the difference between that and the wholesale price represents the profit, out of which the rent, wages, and interest comes. If you offer…

  Dick Stein

  May 10, 2019

  die cast, finances, Miniature Philosophy, Secondhand, Uncategorized

  chisellers, dealing, Gumtree, Secondhand

• When Is Old Junk…Old Junk?

  

  And when is it Invaluable Historic Resource? This thought was forced upon me as I sifted through the secondhand dealer’s goods at the Model Railway Exhibition this year. There were at least three dealers specifically dedicated to secondhand – perhaps there were more that I did not see. Their stock ranged from quite professional goods…

  Dick Stein

  July 9, 2018

  Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model trains, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Secondhand, Uncategorized

  junk pile, parts bin, retail opportunity, rubbish, scrap, Secondhand