Just Paid My Highest Price EVER For a Model

[Snake45]

"Professionally built" Philippine mahogany "desk model" of a T-6A Texan II for my son, for his birthday, next week. It's the airplane he trained on. If he likes it, I'll get him the C-17 he's flying now for Christmas. 

Paid $155, topping my previous high of $130 paid for a mint unbuilt AMT '66 Barracuda kit in the early '90s. I could have bought a kit of the T-6A for about $40 or so, and built it myself, but it would have taken me at least 40 hours, including the intricate paint job, spread out over weeks or months (I know how I am). $155 for it was a bargain. 

If anyone's interested, I'll post a pic of the thing after he opens it. 

[Greg Pugh]

I've dropped some serious coin on kits this last year...

[Renegade]

Would love to see the pics when he opens it.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Man...it's a long way from a Texan II to a C-17. Cute little bugger...always kinda made me think of a P-51's little brother.  

[High octane]

Here's a photo of a Texan I had built a few years back to hang from the ceiling of my hobby room. The first plane kit I've built since the 50's.

[Snake45]

37 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Man...it's a long way from a Texan II to a C-17. Cute little bugger...always kinda made me think of a P-51's little brother.  

Texan II isn't that small. When he told me he was flying it, I looked up the specs on T-6A and found that size, weight, and horsepower were remarkably similar to P-51s. When I mentioned this to him, he said, "Yeah, they told us pretty much the same thing on Day One." 

Texan II won't do 400 mph, though. At least not in anything resembling level flight. It IS full aerobatic, though. 

[Snake45]

4 minutes ago, High octane said:

Here's a photo of a Texan I had built a few years back to hang from the ceiling of my hobby room. The first plane kit I've built since the 50's.

That's a WWII-era North American T-6. I'm talking about the modern Beechcraft T-6A Texan II. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_T-6_Texan_II

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

So...how many disassembled Texan IIs can you pack in a C-17?

[Ace-Garageguy]

8 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

... I'm talking about the modern Beechcraft T-6A Texan II. 

This one looks pretty bad azz...

[Snake45]

4 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

So...how many disassembled Texan IIs can you pack in a C-17?

Dunno. I'll ask him. BTW, here he is at his alma mater, 3 weeks ago (November 4). 

 

[Snake45]

7 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

This one looks pretty bad azz...

Not bad. But here's a REAL badass. 

 

[Bucky]

That's very cool!! I think the highest price I've paid is $107.00 US for a mint MPC '69 Impala Convertible kit.

[Tom Geiger]

I believe I paid something like $250 for a 1966 Valiant Signet promo. That's my most expensive model.

Don't ask me what I've paid for some of the stamps in my collection!   

[Bucky]

I also paid $100.00 for a 1/25 scale 1968 Imperial Crown hardtop promo.

[High octane]

I believe that the highest price I've paid for a plastic model car kit is $150 for a JoHan '63 Dodge Hardtop. It was at least 10 years ago and I still haven't built it. Oh well.

[iamsuperdan]

I don't think I've ever broken $100 on a kit. 

But I have spent more than that on certain guitar parts. Just don't tell my wife.