Snake45 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 "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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Pugh Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I've dropped some serious coin on kits this last year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Would love to see the pics when he opens it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 So...how many disassembled Texan IIs can you pack in a C-17? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 8 minutes ago, Snake45 said: ... I'm talking about the modern Beechcraft T-6A Texan II. This one looks pretty bad azz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 7 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said: This one looks pretty bad azz... Not bad. But here's a REAL badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 That's very cool!! I think the highest price I've paid is $107.00 US for a mint MPC '69 Impala Convertible kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I also paid $100.00 for a 1/25 scale 1968 Imperial Crown hardtop promo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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