Woo-Hoo! Score!

That's sweet Mark. Not long ago, I went to a huge RC swap meet and found a dollar box. The RC guys could believe I wanted so much of it. I must have pulled ten of the tanks out in my sizes and whole bag of CL parts. Happy for you. 'Lucky Duck Mark'

RknRusty wrote:Nice. Those slant tanks are handy to have around. For test stands and quick 1/2A builds.

Yeah.  That's why I couldn't believe they were selling for a dollar.  That's early 70's price.  There was one bag where the tank was missing, but the stopper, brass tubes, and fuel line were there.  I wish  had grabbed that one, too.  I could use the stopper and tubes for a balloon tank.  Maybe it'll still be there the next time I go that way. And the girl behind the counter actually looked at me and warned, "There's no returns on this stuff."  Like I would decide I didn't want it...

Duke, I still love R/C, but the more I get back into building C/L, the more I believe the current crop of R/C fliers have sold their souls to MARFistopholise.  They don't see the possibilities in the stuff they have on hand, so they get rid of it at a pittance.  EPP is the Devil's work. I don't count the R/C builders here on this forum, as even though some of us do buy ARFs or RTFs, we also still build from kits or from scratch.  I've talked to a few people in the last couple of months that saw my planes and were interested until I said the words "build" or "plans".  Then they just tuned out.  So, I guess that's good for you at swap meets.  Gets you more building supplies.

The Mod Squad Mark

Nice at the right place at the right time , always nice to get a really good deal we can thank the r/c guys  .... Getback

Nice score Mark!! I would have bought all those tanks too!!! Yea.. it's hard for me to understand why so many people don't build "old school" anymore. There's a society of "impatience" and "short attention span" being built in this age. I think it's mainly due to the advances in digital media. When I watch TV commercials.. there can be hundreds of images flashed within a 30 second ad... just long enough not to be illegally subliminal. (not sure if that's even illegal anymore?) Everywhere I go.. people have their heads stuck in their mobile phones, completely oblivious to what's going on around them. It's the ones that use their phones to surf and text while operating a motor vehicle... that really scares me. I see it all the time; especially sitting in traffic at a stop signal.

Those 1oz tanks are getting harder to find, at least on the shelf anyway.

Roddie, it's not just the youth it's adults as well. I see it all the time. What I don't understand is people are getting killed on the road yet folks still choose to do it!

Ron