Anyway, I was interested and the price was very reasonable for these parts.
So I end up chatting with the guy and he tells me he has two more NIB cars which he also wants to sell. He says he’s travelling and can’t remember what models they are, but I can go round his house and his brother would show them to me. He’s asking the same price for all three. So now I’m excited and a little anxious. This price for NIB kits seems cheap, and I’m afraid he’s going to publish them and they’re going to fly.
I talk to his brother, go over there, and it turns out one of the cars is a Hotshot re-re and the other a (very ugly to me) Aero Avante. For those not familiar with this car, it has nothing to do with THE Avante we all probably know of.
I check prices on the internet and figure these are already at a good price, but he offers a discount if I take them all. I counter with a lower offer and make off with all three cars for the price of two.
I’m not going to keep any of these cars I think. I am interested in looking through the kits and seeing what their all about, but after that I will be reselling them.
I may keep one of the radio kits since I don’t have a 2.4ghz car radio.
One thing which is bugging me is that the guy who sold them to me did get a short ways into building the Hotshot. Not very far, but already I can tell he had no clue what he was doing. He’s attached the front diff to the rear of the driver plate. Who knows what he’s done in the diff itself!
I’m considering disassembling it back to parts and bagging again for the next owner to assemble from scratch. I won’t be hiding the fact, but I need to make sure all parts are there and undamaged. Similarly I’m going to have to take an inventory of parts from open bags. What would you do?
Here are some pics.
