vintagedragcrazy Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 does anyone know about vacuum formed airplanes I just bought a collection of airplane kits and I have a box full of brand new vacuum formed kits and was wondering if they are worth anything. I really don't know much about planes but this was a huge collection im guessing close to a thousand unbuilt kits, and several hundred built kits, aftermarket decals, kit decals, resin parts, parts kits it's really big I guess I'm back to swap meeting again! If anybody's looking or interested in any you can pm me.vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 If you have any Contrail kits or rareplanes Imight be intrested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Yes, some of those vacforms might be quite desirable and convertible to $$$. Make a list of what you have, including scale and kitmaker, and post it at the Plane Trading section of Hyperscale. Registration there is free.http://www.clubhyper.com/forums/forum.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Joy Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Follow Snake's advice. In my limited experience, most of the bigger name vacu-form kit makers put out excellent products. Yes, many are garage level businesses, but they are usually true aficionados and often subject matter experts. Some of the best are made (pretty much on demand these days) by the legendary Bill Koster, who was the designer behind many of Monogram's classic airplane kits, especially the big bombers. New modelers are often scared of vac-kits, but they aren't much different from building a regular kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Talk to these folks as well.http://www.rare-planedetective.com/G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Talk to these folks as well.http://www.rare-planedetective.com/GThat might be the way to go. Like the Pawn Stars or American Pickers, they'll only give you about half of what they think they can get for them, BUT they'll probably take the whole lot off your hands at one time. Less potential return on your investment, but MUCH less hassle in the long run. Especially since you don't really know what you have or what it's worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragcrazy Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 Thanks guys I really don't know what it's worth I usually deal in cars and my brother in military so this is new to us.we see lots at swap meets but never payed attention to them but we're having fun with them. I actually kept five of them I have not built a plane since I was a kid and im thinking I might give it a go again since I have a few! Lol Vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Go a head and build some of them Vince...its fun to get to revisit our childhood days again.... Id like to see what all else you got.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Building vacuum formed kits is a few steps beyond plastic kits. http://www.internetmodeler.com/2005/march/aviation/vacuform.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurth Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Sounds like quite a haul. Do you have a list? While many Vacs have since been super ceded by new Injection molded kits, and are no longer the "only game in town" for a given subject, some have pretty good collector value, such as the Rareplane KC-97. Contrail kits are still sought after. My favorite Vacuform kits are the big multiengine jets from NOVA ... They offered a KC-135, and a C-141 in 1/72. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Building vacuum formed kits is a few steps beyond plastic kits. http://www.internetmodeler.com/2005/march/aviation/vacuform.php Yup. I've bought a few but never actually tackled one. And I've got about 55 years of model airplane experience under my belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragcrazy Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 I have not built a plane in years about 40 of them now I'm drowning in them. I really appricate you guys help on this adventure and im going to make a list of the vacuum formed kits if anyone's interested im going to move them it looks like I have at least 100 of them from little ones to pretty good sized. The guy that passed away that we got them from was big into DC-3 planes I guess he was a pilot and Air Force man. So if anyone's looking for an older kit there's kits from 40 years back lots of military and civilian kits.thanks again guysvince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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