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Posted by Keith Sharples on 28/05/2017 19:16:04:

Hi Robin. Looking at the ebay post, a few things don't ring right, it ended on 26th May! the seller has no feedback rating at all! the picture looks UK to me. All in all leave well alone, don't forget that Ebay now protects the purchaser with a full refund if any problem with the seller cant be solved amicably.

I ordered a battery bank for portable phone charging etc on Ebay. Like the Catalina it was a stupid price (to good to be true £5.95 same model with others was £15.00) but ordered it anyway from China. A few hours later I had an email from Ebay them selves saying that they had removed the item from sale as the account holders account had been hacked! I was advised to contact the seller and ask for a refund. It then came to light that the account holder was in France and it was hacked by someone in China. Anyway I contacted the listed seller/account holder in france and they responded to Ebay. I then got a full refund from Ebay, that happened over the course of approximately 12hrs so a good outcome It can take longer though!

With the Catalina I would leave well alone.

All the best Keith

It seems that our friend in China is going through old listings and posting them, Yesterday I saw the Graupner Cumulus I bought a month or so ago listed and reported it as fraudulent, before I was able to copy the listing EBay took it down, so beware on everything that looks too good to be true.

And EBay are quick to respond so it is worth reporting these things.

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Yes but the Sig kit is still available today from Pegasus for £115 (Well you might have to wait for it to come from the USA.)

The Mercury Matador kit looks like the original Mercury kit as sold back in the 50s and 60s.

You can get a kit from Ben BUckle but not in its original box with original label as far as I know

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Oh my God, I think I know what it is. If only I had seen it earlier, I would have saved myself from building the very same model.

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It was initially the wing break point and UC wire that gave me the clue.

It is possible that I could have used the engine?

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