How much have you spent on a kit

[viper3111]

Thanks to Rob for bringing the 32nd buccaneer to our attention, it gave me an idea for a thread.

Whats the most you have spent on a kit and what was it, also what was your best bargain. You dont have to say where you got it from if it was a good bargain you want to keep to yourself

Mine has to be £115 on the Trumpeter F-105G when it first came out, the best bargain was a second hand 32nd Hasegawa F-18 prototype for £20 and when I looked inside it there was the paragon conversion to make it into one in service. Bonus

[HighlandSniper]

Mine is $195.00 for the Fisher 1:32 Sea Fury FB.11 - worth every penny and one of the best kits I've ever seen.

What I'm prepared to spend on a kit depends on the kit - for the right Buccaneer kit (I don't mean that from Aerodynamix), I'd pay quite a lot.

I built that Hasegawa 1:32 F-18 prototype back in the late seventies when it was first released - nice kit.

[MarkG]

I bought a Trumpeter 1/35th rail gun once that cost £90. . sold that on ebay since!

[Sheff]

I think my most expensive purchases have been various 32nd scale Trumpeter kits - A-10, A-7, Su-27, and the Lightning, although I did buy the Aeroclub Vulcan when it first appeared. Of course with my crazy job I've either got money to spare or I'm broke (usually the latter!), so I ended-up selling the Vulcan again on Ebay for £100. They're selling for about five times that amount now, damn-it!

I bought the Anigrand 72nd C-124 Globemaster at Telford a couple of years back for £90 so that was pretty expensive. Now I'm broke again I'm seriously thinking of selling it again though. I'm hanging-on to the Trumpeter stuff though as I really do want to get those built!

[RichC]

Probably about £9.99.
I refuse to pay more than that........ back then you used to get a decent sized model.

[jamesv9820]

Most I have paid

Its none aviation, solid resin, photo etched and a dream to put together





A snip at £195.00 (7 years ago!)

I also built a 1/24 24tonne 360 Excavator (CAT), which I still have as well, also was £195!

[Ben Montgomery]

Well, I can trump you all. My AC-130, complete with all the extras, paint, glue and stuff to go with it, has so far hit a whopping £215. And it is still not finished.

[MarkG]

I also built a 1/24 24tonne 360 Excavator (CAT), which I still have as well, also was £195!

Superb that is . . any chance of a couple of pics of the 360?. . !

[viper3111]

That isnt exactly within the FC forum rules but it is interesting,Im guessing my question was a bit open ended

[jamesv9820]

Shaun,

Quite happy for you to remove the post if you like. I think the miost I have spent on a kit after that is the 1/32 Tamiya F-14 i am to build next - probbaly up to about £170 and have not even started it yet. The question is where to put it once it is built!

beermonster, PM me and I'll sort you some 360 pics out.

[viper3111]

I wont remove it as I should have made the question more direct, besides as I said it is very interesting

[HighlandSniper]

Shaun,

Quite happy for you to remove the post if you like. I think the miost I have spent on a kit after that is the 1/32 Tamiya F-14 i am to build next - probbaly up to about £170 and have not even started it yet. The question is where to put it once it is built!

beermonster, PM me and I'll sort you some 360 pics out.

That's interesting - I too have the Tamiya F-14 kit, in my case part built. I bought mine in 1981/2 when it was first released at the vast for the time price of £29.95. Inflation seems to have kit the kit quite badly

[jamesv9820]

Rob,

I bought mine in Dec 2008 for about £90. On top of that I have added the Aires burner cans, tecknics cocpit, jolly rogers decalas and eduard exterior set. I think that roughtly takes it to about £170 - £190 without paints glue etc. Inflation is a wonderful thing dont you think!

Shaun,

Quite happy for you to remove the post if you like. I think the miost I have spent on a kit after that is the 1/32 Tamiya F-14 i am to build next - probbaly up to about £170 and have not even started it yet. The question is where to put it once it is built!

beermonster, PM me and I'll sort you some 360 pics out.

That's interesting - I too have the Tamiya F-14 kit, in my case part built. I bought mine in 1981/2 when it was first released at the vast for the time price of £29.95. Inflation seems to have kit the kit quite badly

[HighlandSniper]

Rob,

I bought mine in Dec 2008 for about £90. On top of that I have added the Aires burner cans, tecknics cocpit, jolly rogers decalas and eduard exterior set. I think that roughtly takes it to about £170 - £190 without paints glue etc. Inflation is a wonderful thing dont you think!

Shaun,

Quite happy for you to remove the post if you like. I think the miost I have spent on a kit after that is the 1/32 Tamiya F-14 i am to build next - probbaly up to about £170 and have not even started it yet. The question is where to put it once it is built!

beermonster, PM me and I'll sort you some 360 pics out.

That's interesting - I too have the Tamiya F-14 kit, in my case part built. I bought mine in 1981/2 when it was first released at the vast for the time price of £29.95. Inflation seems to have kit the kit quite badly

One of these days I really will finish mine. I did the forward fuselage in the early 80s and since then haven't done anything to it owing to too many factors to list. I put too much effort into the cockpit to replace it now with after market products which were almost non existent in those days, but I might add something such as burners etc.

By the time I've finished the Fisher Sea Fury the cost is going to rise as Although the kit is as near perfect as I have seen, I still want to add tweaks such as Little Lenses in the landing and navigation lights, replacing the printed instruments with individual decals, replacing harnesses, adding oxygen hose, canopy framing etc., etc.