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Old 09-13-2012, 12:26 AM
WTE_Galway WTE_Galway is offline
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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II View Post
Collectors tend to keep this stuff away from the public eye because there's far too many anoraks or people that want to chip in with their "skillz". It's sad but that's the way it is fellas..
Or in the case of SE Asia ... the local villagers upon finding a miraculously preserved warbird can either blab about it and have it carted off by a bunch of foreigners and not get a cent ... or take a hatchet to it and live comfortably for several years on the proceeds of the scrap metal sales.
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