"Holy Grail" Models?

[Daddyfink]

Mmmhh, Holy Grail kits? Where to start! 

 

[Dann Tier]

My latest "Holy Grail" kit/kits would have to be an AirFix or Aurora James Bond DB-5. I already have the Duyoshua Gold Finger DB-5 kit, but i'd love to build one of the others. Thanks to my wife, I have all my "Holy Grails" up to this point.

[carman1]

This is my grail kit,   have 3 ,  but my actual holy grail is the  LeMans promo in  Marimba  red,   and one of these signs.

[Exotics_Builder]

Italeri 250 SWB and 275 GTB.  Haven't seen either one in years.

Got those in my stash as I was lucky enough to get when issued.  Have a lot of what I want already.  What I would like to get is the AMT Open Road Mini Motor Home.

[bbowser]

Mine is the MPC  STP  Indy Turbine car from 1967.  I've managed to snag a couple glue bombs on eBay with enough parts to hopefully cobble one together, but I'd love to have a mint kit.

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[Bucky]

I'd love to have one of these, among many other kits from the past. I have several other Renwal kits, but this one seems a bit harder to find at my kind of price!!

[1972coronet]

Hands down , one-each of the MPC 1973-1975 Duster annuals . I have a few 'bombs and some random parts , but would LOVE to have some virgin plastic to work with !

- 1973 , as that was my 2nd car ;

- 1974 , because this annual includes Motor Wheels 'Spyders' as an option , and ;

- 1975 , as the grille was unique .

 

[Little Timmy]

Hand's down my all time holy grail would be Jo-Han Haulin Hearse. I built one back in the day and traded it for something...... cant remember what.

I see them on e-bay occasionally. Cant justify the price.

I do have The Heavenly Hearse...not quite the same thing but also one of my holy grail's.

Edited November 3, 2017 by Little Timmy

[ChrisBcritter]

Santa baby,

I want a Buddy L Texaco...

You know

With all accessories shown

Santa baby... hurry down my chimney tonight!

Thank goodness I have (or have had) pretty much every car kit I want. Between my blueprints and the MRC kit I could scratchbuild one, but it would still be fun to have the original.

[highway]

I have actually had some luck getting a couple of my "Holy Grail" kits that were on the top of my list but just couldn't justify paying the collector prices the kits were going for on eBay thanks to recent reissues. The highest on that list was the kit that got me started in the hobby over 30 years ago, the MPC 1/16th scale General Lee. 

Another was the first big rig I ever built as a kid, Monogram's 1/16th scale Kenworth Aerodyne. 

The biggest one that was on my list until just a few weeks ago when I was lucky enough to win it in a live auction group I'm in on Facebook was concept Pontiac Trans Am Type K "Kammbach" sport wagon that I had been trying to replace from losing my original (and the other two previous also) in a house fire in 1997. The old saying "lightning doesn't strike twice" is untrue in this case too, because not only did I win the factory sealed kit, but a week later in the same auction group the same seller I bought the sealed kit from also had a nearly complete builder kit as well so it found its way to me too. Now I can keep the sealed one sealed and also build it again too! 

The only kit, though still a "Holy Grail" but not quite as high on the list as these three were, is a 74-76 Trans Am. I also had one of them back in the days before losing my first collection in the fire when I had at least one kit of every different body and/or bumper style of Trans Ams and Firebirds. 

 

This, even though a slight bit different, was also a "Holy Grail" that became that way because of the house fire. It took me almost 10 years to find this after the fire and meant more to me for sentimental value than any price tag could ever put on it, but it was what could be said was my first entry into the modeling hobby, the engine from my first train set that I had gotten for my first Christmas. There weren't many pieces that lived through my childhood from that original train set, but the original engine was still going strong until the fire claimed it 21 years later. I know it's not the original, but the memories make it close enough for me!

[Luc Janssens]

I was fortunate enough to get most of my grail's in the early nillies, only a few missing, like a Mpc '72 Plymouth Roadrunner and a Jo-Han '69-70 Cadillac Deville.

 

[TarheelRick]

Two of my grail kits for many years were the AMT Double Dragster and the 25T Double kit, since their rerelease I have acquired two of each.  I guess my grail kits now are an annual 63 Pontiac Bonneville and a 62 Ford Galaxie.  There are several promos of the Pontiac on Ebay, but I cannot justify the price, plus I want a kit, haven't seen a 62 Ford hardtop in many years.

[disabled modeler]

This is my grail kit,   have 3 ,  but my actual holy grail is the  LeMans promo in  Marimba  red,   and one of these signs.

Those signs are awesome...!   id love to have a few myself...then build a car dealership diorama for them.

[Mr mopar]

I would have to say I think I have most of my grails ,Ok maybe there are three kits I'm looking for

Missing links  360 S/C hornet

Mpc 72-74 Dodge Challenger

Monogram Ghost of the red baron

[Snake45]

I've been fortunate enough to score most of my "holy grails" off ePay in the last decade or so--a few unbuilt kits, but mostly restorable glue bombs.I'm a fairly happy camper at this point in my life.

As to stuff I don't have, probably JoHan '69 GTX, MPC '68 Coronet and MPC '68 Impala Oh, and AMT '65 Chevelle. For stuff that I have already built or have restorable glue bombs of, it would be nice to have mint unbuilt kits of:

AMT '67 Camaro

AMT '66 Mustang Fastback

MPC '67 Bonneville

Original first-issue AMT '65 GTO

MPC '68 and '69 GTOs

AMT '66 Skylark

[paul alflen]

MINE IS NOT A KIT BUT A PROMO- 1969 MUSTANG FASTBACK BY MPC

[Greg Myers]

Monogram Sizzler Dragster 

Edited November 3, 2017 by Greg Myers

[1930fordpickup]

This is my grail kit,   have 3 ,  but my actual holy grail is the  LeMans promo in  Marimba  red,   and one of these signs.

One of the sellers at the NNL Nationals toy show had the whole set of these signs. Very cool. I see why you want one. 

[tbill]

i have a bunch of my grail kits, but still lack a couple,

 

64 malibu coupe

68 malibu coupe

68 impala

69 impala

 

some day.....

[RichCostello]

I've been wanting an AMT 64 Comet for a while now. Want to transplant a Thunderbolt engine and chassis under it.

 

[PowerPlant]

I'd be ok with never getting another kit when I find these two...

[JTalmage]

I have my 2 holy grail kits. 

MPC '77 Mustang II

AMT '65 Fairlane (NOT the dirt car)

[gtx6970]

MINE IS NOT A KIT BUT A PROMO- 1969 MUSTANG FASTBACK BY MPC

OUCH, Thats one that will put a serious dent in a piggy bank. I mean a BIG dent

 

I assume you saw the one that sold on ebay a few weeks ago ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-1969-Mustang-Fastback-Red-Promo-Model-With-Box-Ultra-Rare-Mint-NOS-/401413487965?hash=item5d761bbd5d%3Ag%3AQY4AAOSwJQlZzYK6&nma=true&si=M7%2FwpQA%2FQ4T1KbaN%2BrxTLsAINNc%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Edited November 4, 2017 by gtx6970

[Deano]

OUCH, Thats one that will put a serious dent in a piggy bank. I mean a BIG dent

 

I assume you saw the one that sold on ebay a few weeks ago ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-1969-Mustang-Fastback-Red-Promo-Model-With-Box-Ultra-Rare-Mint-NOS-/401413487965?hash=item5d761bbd5d%3Ag%3AQY4AAOSwJQlZzYK6&nma=true&si=M7%2FwpQA%2FQ4T1KbaN%2BrxTLsAINNc%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Gasp! >thud< And I couldn't even teach the kids to drive in it! 

[Dann Tier]

My second "Grail" kit would have to be Revell's Land Rover.