A new trend selling kit parts?

[HotRodaSaurus]

 Following on from my Parts Count in Vintage kits post I just had a look on the dreaded 'Bay' and there appears to be a new way of making cash from old kits, or maybe, even new ones. 

Selling breakable or missing parts for a single $ or £ you could make about $$$+. Would you pay the prices for a set of wheels for a project  or one of these hinges rather than purchase a new kit for your restoration?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1969-Plymouth-GTX-Hood-Hinges-1-25-Scale-AMT-/322037950409?hash=item4afaf527c9:g:pnAAAOSwBahVVhZ2

Please note though, I am not picking on anyone here as I don't know if this seller is a member. Just a listing I spotted looking at some kits available.

Cheers, John.

 

 

 

[Bobdude]

There must be a market for selling kit parts piecemeal or nobody would be doing it.

[Foxer]

This has been going on for as long as I can remember. I can't sat if any of the can artists make money this way, but some must since it does persist.

Just to show some must buy, I am guilty! I recently bought a set of PE wire wheels and tires from a Gunze Sangyo Triumph TR2 High-Tech kit for a TR4A I am building. This kit goes

for hundreds of dollars, and rarely comes up for sale. I did pay $20 for some wheels ripped out of a kit, but they were at least assembled very well. This is a photo of one of the wheels alongside the plastic version.

[StevenGuthmiller]

I say thank the lord for the ebay parts sellers!

I buy parts on ebay all of the time.

When you restore a lot of vintage kits like I do, & with Modelhaus going bye-bye, there are not a lot of options if you need a rear bumper for a Johan '65 Plymouth Fury.

 

Steve