Looking for a place to sell a collection of airplane kits

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Hi-

I was wondering whether anyone here knows of an online marketplace where people sell plastic aircraft kits. Also, Is there a price guide for these kits?

My Dad has been collecting them for the last 20+ years and has decided that he want’s to get rid of his collection.

I’ve checked Ebay and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of activity in this catagory. I understand that I couldn’t sell or advertise anything through this forum, but I’m wondering whether any of you guys have a place you go to buy kits from individuals rather than the main suppliers?

Thanks for your help,

Jonathan

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If you have some vintage kits, Ebay may not be a bad way of liquidating old kits. Why not try selling 2 or 3 kits on ebay just to see if you attract buyers or not?

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In every copy of FSM there are several ads of companies who but collections of (unbuild) kits.

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Give us an email address.

Mike

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email address is rudenborg@gmail.com

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Thanks. That’s a good idea.

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Somebody mentioned that there is a guide for the value of collectable kits out there called Burn’s Guide (PAK-20). If your Dad has been collecting for many years it might be worth while to track down a copy to know what you are dealing with. Many other online forums do allow trading and selling of kits. The main ones are modellingmadness.com, hyperscale.com and aircraftresourcecenter.com. I think ebay is probably your best bet though unless it is a huge collection and you don’t have the time to mail off packages. You definitely would not get as much for it by selling it as a single collection to a collector/dealer.

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You can get the guide here if you hurry. He says they are about gone.