Just read on the ARC forums a 1/48 scale Aeroclub Vulcan kit sold for 400 quid!!Now THAT is dedication to the hobby!!
Merv
No mate, that is insanity! Cheers
Spike, I have no idea what the exchange rate is from pounds to dollars, but it sounds like a whole lot more than I would care to spend
RHansen?
That’s $754.66 at the present time.
There is no kit worth that kind of money! Just think of how many times you can take the little lady out for an evening of entertainment. My wife would kill me if I spent that much on a model.
[:O][:O][:O][:O] I would be sleeping in the dog house for a looooooooooong time. Bryan
Someone has a lot more cents than they do sense!
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
It would have to be something really special for that money. I bet the purchaser told his misses it only cost a tenner!
Splash! My wife wouldn’t JUST kill me, Nooooo! She’d burn me alive and bury be in the same box the model came in. That way I would get to keep the model forever and she’d get to put me in a $700+ pretty box.
Awww, come on now fellas…I guess none of you have ever purchased a 1/200 Konishi ship kit, huh?
My dream kits are the 1/200 IJN Takao and Myoko (heavy cruisers), and they currently list for 243,000yen each…that’s $2,254 a piece…
Their 1/200 battleship Yamato kit is a mere 440,000 yen, or $4,082.00…no big deal…
Here, take a look for yourselves… http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~konishi/english.htm
There’s always someone who’s willing to pay for something they really want…
Jeff
I bet that kit was a vacform , mind you have you seen the latest spate of echolon lightning kits in 1/32 one of those went for £200 on ebay
and if star trek is your thing look at this one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1193&item=5967368325&rd=1
That’s appalling!!! It isn’t even very big! Why did it go for £900?
btw - the Vulcan was on ebay too, as I was watching it out of curiosity a couple of months ago. I was also watching a Paragon Miniatures resin 1/32 Mossie conversion that went for £75. It’s amazing how much people will pay if they want it bad enough. It makes you wonder whether they’ve got too much money! Wish I had… [:(]
I am with Mr. herne on this one. Its a personal thing and important to them… who am I to judge them… just wasted energy going off on it.
Thats a great link Jeff… this one is just increditable… and I build things with wings, but this one is just amazing…
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~konishi/100i176.jpg