Great Deals!

Zoinks! A personal note I had to share. With not a lot in my local area for model shops I am limited to a couple of big box craft stores in the area; AC Moore and Michael's, both of which carry a VERY limited selection of a Revell USA kits. Primarily 1:48 scale.

One of the perks to these stores however is that they are almost always offering a 40% off coupon which can drop a $40 USD 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle kit down to $24 ... not a bad deal. On occasion however, they drop a 50% off coupon on you and even more rarely, as they did this past week, an uber coupon of 60% off any single item. And while only one store offered the 60% coupon the other always matches so it's essentially 60% off both stores!!

Needless to say I made a couple of trip to both AC Moore and Michael's and gave those coupons a work out!

QTY	Paid	Reg.Price	Manufacturer	Scale	Model	Kit #	Discount
1	$19.99	$39.99	Revell	1:48	F-15E Strike Eagle	#85-5511	50%
1	$15.99	$39.99	Revell	1:48	F-15E Strike Eagle	#85-5511	60%
1	$8.80	$21.99	Revell	1:48	A-10 Warthog	#85-5521	60%
1	$9.89	$24.99	Revell	1:48	MiG-29 FulcrumA	#85-5865	55%
1	$14.99	$24.99	Revell	1:48	F/A-18 Super Hornet	#85-5950	40%
1	$9.99	$24.99	Revell	1:48	F/A-18 Super Hornet	#85-5950	60%
1	$7.60	$18.99	Revell	1:72	YF-22 Raptor (Snap-Tite)	#85-1198	60%

The haul!

So that's a total of about $200 USD in plastic for just a shade North of $85 USD ... just wanted to say BOO YA! If you have a Michael's and/or an AC Moore around, they won't have much, but with some patience you could land yourself some pretty amazing deals!

These will be great for me since I am a beginner. It made buying the same kit affordable so I can either build it twice or have one in store for later or spares. Great practoce projects. The YF-22 is actually a pretty decent kit. It will give me something to practice painting on and, since I have two of those as well, I will try some scratch building on the cockpit to see if I can add some details there.

Anyway I thought I would share my find!

Now ... I guess I had better get to building something ...