The Swap Meet: Cheap Kits, lost love, and the circle of life.

May 2022 brought us another hobby swap meet. It was a beautiful sunny morning with plenty of vendors.
But the real story is the circle of life. For unloved model kits anyway.
This one was fun to make and I hope you enjoy it.
Still photos of the Hobby Centre Spring Swap Meet event are courtesy of the Hobby Centre (www.hobcen.com) and used with permission.

[@BlackAndBluez]

Great video. I loved the text at the end😂

[@Panzermeister36]

Glad to see you got something good there! I found a couple of nice kits for amazing prices myself.

[@TJRohyans]

Lol! Entertaining to say the least. I really hope you do a full build video series on that Privateer.

[@ModelAirplaneMaker]

That's the plan!

[@peterstaklis3712]

I just wish there were more swap meets. If they were as common as garage sales many stash models would find a good second home. And maybe sit for another 20 years.

[@gamerleveldad1397]

Congrats on the find and well done on the video, that was hilarious!

[@leeedsonetwo]

A really fun post, sadly no swap meets near me, or maybe that is a good thing.

[@mpierrela]

So true. How would you feel being ignored for 40 years and having spent all those years in a basement? Well at least you weren't alone...

[@Wild-Dad]

Excellent video - you have a great talent for telling a great story in print and now in audio and video!

[@Wild-Dad]

I'm doing my best to bring to life all the kits I have been in stasis blocks for as long as 30 years. The length of their hibernation was not supposed to be this long. Their resurrection and subsequent recovery has been slow though, they are not used to the light. LOL

[@maxsmodels]

Well said sir. I may have to talk about this on Staurady's livestream.

[@ModelAirplaneMaker]

Thanks Max! I've watched all of your model manufacturer history videos. They are awesome.

[@ableaquariums5480]

1:13 this guy went home with his ebay priced kits. 😝