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We've had a lot of discussion over the past months/years about what to do with our collections when we downsize, move to a nursing home, etc. I have taken some recent advice and will now start to destroy all my 1/43. I am starting with all the old Rio and Brumm, that no one collects anymore. After that Yesteryears and Solidos...
We've had a lot of discussion over the past months/years about what to do with our collections when we downsize, move to a nursing home, etc. I have taken some recent advice and will now start to destroy all my 1/43. I am starting with all the old Rio and Brumm, that no one collects anymore. After that Yesteryears and Solidos...
Glad to see you in the spirit of.........today (April Fool's)
Tony - The one I had ordered had a small manufacturing flaw. Jim Cowen offered to replace it, without me having to send back the box with it's LE info, if I destroyed the faulty one and sent him pictures. It was an LE of 50 in Avanti Turquoise Metallic, and he wanted to be sure there wouldn't be a 51st out there. Hence the destruction. I recall this was also my April Fool's joke back in 2014. Here's the good one:
Tony - The one I had ordered had a small manufacturing flaw. Jim Cowen offered to replace it, without me having to send back the box with it's LE info, if I destroyed the faulty one and sent him pictures. It was an LE of 50 in Avanti Turquoise Metallic, and he wanted to be sure there wouldn't be a 51st out there. Hence the destruction. I recall this was also my April Fool's joke back in 2014. Here's the good one:
Ahhh, much better. I feel OK again - HA!
Beautiful model - thanks for the back story Harv!!
