Photographs Copyright © Collin Riley 2005-2012 |
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| Northrop
F-5N, VF-111 Sundowners |
Air
Power Series. Nice paint, great diecast
engineering, exceptional subject, good assembly quality: altogether
a very fine diecast. The landing gear is most excellent, and follows
Hobby Master's/SkyMax's recent refinements to their pre-assembled
gear that simply slips into the wing or under the fuselage. No more
screaming, no more Valium.
As of this date every online vendor still has copies of thismodel,
so it is either moving very slowly or Hobby Master flooded the market.
For me the price (US$54.00) was a surprise considering the small size
of the model; I suppose this has something to do with the decline
in the value of the dollar. The recent price rises for diecast are
starting to pinch this collector, but we are in times of change, which
means that those of us near the financial bottom of the collecting
community will eventually be squeezed out. For now I'm hanging on,
moving money from one account to another while sinking deeper and
deeper in my not-so-easy chair. The vendor that sold this model recently
lowered the price of at least one older Corgi by the same amount the
price was previously raised, so the highter cost of newer models may
be forcing cuts in retail prices for older these-things-are-like-gold
heirloom stock items. Don't know, but one wonders. |
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| Type |
Fighter |
| Hobby Master item |
HA3301
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| Distribution |
Unlimited |
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