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denali414
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posted 10-28-2019 08:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for denali414   Click Here to Email denali414     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This Grumman lunar module model looks too clean and white — just wondering if anyone can tell if this an original or one of the new SFX models? Thanks!

Chuckster01
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posted 10-28-2019 04:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Chuckster01   Click Here to Email Chuckster01     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I do believe this is an original Topping model, but in new condition. If it is a replica it's a damn good one.

Rick Mulheirn
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posted 10-28-2019 06:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Mulheirn   Click Here to Email Rick Mulheirn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
An original. Pristine examples are out there: one or two crop up still in their original box. Nice!

denali414
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posted 10-29-2019 07:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for denali414   Click Here to Email denali414     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks! I'm just amazed 50 years later can look so clean.

Rick Mulheirn
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posted 10-29-2019 04:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Mulheirn   Click Here to Email Rick Mulheirn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Even allowing for something of an uplift if the hammer prices of these models in the last year or so, and setting aside the undoubted excellent condition, I think $3K overly ambitious.

Chuckster01
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posted 10-29-2019 04:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Chuckster01   Click Here to Email Chuckster01     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Perfection brings a premium. How nice an example do you want?

Rick Mulheirn
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posted 10-29-2019 07:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Mulheirn   Click Here to Email Rick Mulheirn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well this "quote base" LM set me back $475 not so long ago. Already a nice white example, if I'd used flash the model would have looked even brighter.

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