how-to use 'ebay' to find new kits and glue-bombs

[fiatboy]

I have an ebay account. Do I go to model car kits? Used and new? Probably somebody out there can steer me ' right'. Thanks

[FordRodnKustom]

Depends on what you're searching for. Be specific.

[Casey]

Go here, then enter more specific things you're looking for into the search bar at the top: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Automotive-/2580/i.html?_sop=1&LH_PrefLoc=1&rt=nc&_dmd=2

[curt raitz]

Your search would be:

Toys & Hobbies > Models & Kits > Automotive

good luck...

[ranma]

1/25 Chevy or (ford) or Ertl models, AMT, Revell and so on. You can also go with something like 1/25 57 ford models. Gluebombs or model junkyard

[StevenGuthmiller]

Depends on what you're looking for.

Personally, I'm usually looking for particular old kits so I usually will start with searching for, "vintage plastic model cars".

But, as a rule, I'll usually refine my search by typing something like, "AMT 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix" in the search box.

That should get you a start anyway.

Be specific in your searches.

Steve

[chunkypeanutbutter]

For new kits, I go to Hobbies and Toys - Models and Kits - Automotive, then search "new."

For gluebombs, I go to Hobbies and Toys - Models and Kits - Automotive, then set my limit to $5 or $10, because gluebombs are usually this price or lower.

[Tom Geiger]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Automotive-/2580/i.html?_sop=1

Here's the search I have bookmarked. It sets the results to show the auctions that are closest to ending first, and then in time order past that. I find that the auctions close to ending are the ones I want to bid on first, mainly because I will know the results sooner.

eBay model sellers are not consistent so it's tough to do a search for anything specific. For instance, few call a model "Glue bomb", or any other concise term, so you are on your own to sift through the pages looking for things that would fit the bill. Even car makes... some would list a car as Chevy, others would say Chevrolet. And some might just say Camaro and not mention the make at all.

I can say that you want to use the least amount of words you can to search for something. For instance in the above example of AMT 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix I might just search for 1964 Prix since a seller may not mention Pontiac. The search agent wouldn't understand that Grand Prix is one term and would search for each one by itself.

There are a few things you can do in searches. For instance when you put several words in quotes like "Grand Prix" it will only search for them together. If you want to search for two different words that mean the same thing putting them in quotes (Chevrolet,Chevy) will give you results where a seller said either word. Then if you want to exclude a word you can list it minus, like -Nomad and it won't bring up any results of Nomads.

When you get good you can put searches in like

(1957,57) (Chevy, Chevrolet) -12 -18 -nomad

This will bring up any '57 Chevy except Nomads, and I added the -12 -18 to eliminate any 1/12 or 1/18 scale kits, again putting in just the number since I'm not sure if a seller would list 1-12, 1:12 or 1/12.

Hope this helps!

[cobraman]

Sometimes using the word "project" will find you some glue bombs.

[pharoah]

Yes,you can type in a specific kit name, like -AMT 1940 Ford ,or Revell 1957 chevy. For glue bombs,you can try ,projects,junkyard,junk,parts,builder,vintage,or anything like that.

[DaveM]

When I am looking for new kits, I usually go to Models, Automotive; and use the following search (Sealed, MIB, NIB, FS, MISB) That gets most of the terms, but I still have to wade through dozens of parts and other items. I am starting to move from eBay to other sources because it is too much of a hassle to sort through all of the off topic listings in models anymore. They have a separate category for parts, but nobody uses it. It would help greatly if they would make a category for kits,

I do a similar search for built ups, (Built, painted, junker) I still have to wade through a lot of stuff. If I am looking for a certain model, I just type in the year and model as mentioned by the above posters.

[mk11]

...and when you find something close to what you're looking for, even if it's too expensive, add it to your 'watch' list. Then go to your watch list, click on the 'more actions' tab under the 'buy it now' button and click on 'view similar'. This shows everything listed in the same category, quite often with an eye-popping variety of prices for the same item.

mike

[slusher]

If you look under Automotive and built you will see everything built and glue bombs also junkers...

[my80malibu]

If you follow on through to categories, you can choose New kits, or Parts, other. Before making a selection, Look under the search bar. There will be a listing of Related products that can Narrow your search.

[Zarana-X]

What Slusher said. Search for "built" under models:automotive.

[gtx6970]

I just type in the model year I am interested in.

It opens all kinds of stuff.....you just have to weed out the junk.

As an example. I'll type in 1959 mercury or 1959 amt .

Sometimes I just type in 'built' and see what that gets me.....usually all kinds of stuff

[fiatboy]

Thanks everybody!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Quickest way I've found to get what I'm after is type-in "plastic model car" in the general search window. You'll get thousands of hits.

Click on one that looks interesting to you.

More-or-less over the photo on the upper-left corner, there'll be a string of search modifiers in blue. Click on "automotive".

Again, you'll get thousands of hits, but you'll be in the "automotive" area where virtually ALL the scale model plastic cars and parts are. Right now it's over 100,000.

Enter your search term (built-up, junkyard, parts, promo, 1/25 scale, wheels, or whatever you're after that day...simple combinations of terms work well too) in the search box (you'll see it is labeled "automotive" to the right). Click "search".

Once you get a list, usually a long list, you can modify it further to display ranked in order of cost, ending-soonest or newly-listed, etc.

Happy hunting.