Ross Model Airplanes at Antique Sale

Kim Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:00 pm

So, I suddenly find myself at an antique sale, on the grounds of Beauvoir, Jefferson's Davis' home, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Rummaging through some incredibly over-priced stuff, I spot two kits by the "Ross Chemical and Mfg" company out of Detroit, Michigan.

They're rubber band models that the seller says came from a defunct hobby shop years ago. He has had the boxes stretch-wrapped, so I can't check out the contents.

I'd never heard of this company, and also immediately noticed that the kit, advertised as a Taylorcraft, has a drawing of a Luscombe on the front of it's box. The backside shows other kits, with drawings with the correct names connected to both, so somebody messed up !

Anyway, he's got two of these kits for $25 each(both mis-labeled). He said he'd be out again tomorrow. I'm not interested in them, but thought I'd see if anyone here would want me to swing by and pick up one.

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**Cribbs74** Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:25 pm

Not interested, but I am very familiar with the area you are in. I spent my first year in the military on Keesler AFB. I have been back countless times for work.

If you get a chance do some fishing!

Ron

Kim Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:45 pm

Yeah, we zipped down here for a four-day get-away to let Pattie visit with her daughter Kate, who's taking training here. Beautiful place and great weather.

**Cribbs74** Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:58 pm

Have some fun. Stay away from the casino's biggest waste of money ever. I slapped $10 on a quarter machine in 1994 and lost it in 3 mins and never went back. However, the Beau Rivage has a wicked buffet and if you like seafood go hungry. I eat my weight in crab when I go there.

All the Casino's used to be on the beach before the hurricane.

Ron

Kim Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:54 am

Yeah, I very seldom gamble, so the casinos are no threat. I'm basically running these girls around to give them some mom/daughter time.

My BIG regret is that I didn't break down the 2 meter B.O.T. and pack it along with my video cameras for some flights down the beach !!!

Kim Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:33 pm

Well, the suspense was killing me, so......I stopped back by the Beauvoir Flea Market, and picked up this thing. Turns out that it IS a model of a T-Craft, and I had a good time looking over the kit and reading it's instruction sheet. Cool retro stuff !

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66 Malibu Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:17 pm

Good score on a good looking old time kit.It'll be fun to build it or just look at it for a while. I've been to Biloxie many times on business and have never gambled a dollar although I've stayed at several of the Casino hotels for their great buffets and restaurants.
My sales rep and I were in the buffet line at Sam's Town for lunch one day.We were watching an old guy in a wheel chair with an oxygen tank breather, I commented that I had never seen a penny slot machine before and what would a payoff be? Maybe $47 Dollars and 90 cents. Well the old guy heard me and in a very [bleep] off tone informed us that his wife had won a $900 payout on the same machine the day before!! "That just shows to go" you as they say in Miss.
Have a ball with the kit !!!
Steve.......