Model car builders are cheapskates, right?

[Harry P.]

That's the stereotype, at least.

So what is the most you have ever paid for a single kit? Not including paint, supplies, aftermarket stuff, etc... just the kit itself.

[highway]

$125 for a Revell AG Can Do wrecker, and that was in 2001 during the second release of the kit. 

[Fat Brian]

Mine is also $125, for a Revell K100 Aerodyne. I've also paid $75+ many times for Ertl Transtar 4070A kits, the Will Do reissue of the Can Do wrecker, and a few other kits.

[DeeCee]

Only about $75.00, but my average kit price is $45- 50, not very often i get anything below $40. so this hobby is expensive here in Australia.

[DrKerry]

$50.00 to $60.00 for Tamiya Ferrari kits

[W-409]

Mine has to be that Missing Link Resin '73 Chevelle resin kit that cost about $80 if I remember correctly. Usually the kits I buy are in $20 to $50 range, depending on how rare it is or if it's unstarted or a glue bomb etc... But I try not to spend that much money on these right now, as my 1:1 cars are taking pretty much everything I have...

[Spex84]

About $65 I think for an Opel Blitz. I prefer to pay about $15 for a kit...but it's not 1998 anymore.

[Quick GMC]

I only have 2 high dollar kits. One of them is a holy grail for me. $500 for a limited run of 1/8 GT40 super detail engine. The other was $250 for a long out of production Scale Motorsports Super Detail Porsche 956 set. All the rest of my kits were $30 or less

Edited July 22, 2016 by Quick GMC

[XJ6]

Interesting question.....$65.00 for Tamiya Kit comes to mind I believe it would be the Lexus LFA Kit 

[slusher]

36 bucks several years ago.MPC mid 70's Dodge LWB pickup..

[Luc Janssens]

$120 for a mint Mpc '66 Bonneville.

but if you're meaning a new release, $55 for the Meng Ford P/U and $75 for the Moebius International Pro-Star in Revell Germany wrapper.

Anything I get in from the US, hovers around the $35 mark (mostly due to shipping costs)

[zenrat]

Whatever the asking price was for the Modelhaus '70 Ford and '73 Chevy 4 door wagons I ordered as soon as I realised I couldn't put off buying them any longer as they were closing down.

Didn't help that our dollar plummeted between placing the order and them charging my card.

Worth it though.

 

[SfanGoch]

Since you asked about kits, not specifying type, almost $900 for a Soar Art 1/35 scale Dora Railway gun. I bought it almost two years ago. I haven't even attempted to start it yet. This is what it will look like:

[58 Impala]

$75, for the 1/!2 Revell F2002 when it first came out. (Then I paid $150 for the Scalemotorsports detail set  )

 

Edited July 22, 2016 by 58 Impala

[bismarck]

Since you asked about kits, not specifying type, almost $900 for a Soar Art 1/35 scale Dora Railway gun. I bought it almost two years ago. I haven't even attempted to start it yet. This is what it will look like:

THAT is an impressive model!!!!!  I've seen them in 1/72, and they look huge, but 1/35.... whole nuther ball game.  Most expensive kit kit i ever bought.....$175 for a mint sealed big scale Monogram Jag XKE coupe.

[Sport Suburban]

29,400 for the Model Factory Hiro Shelby Cobra Daytona 427 Super Coupe. Of course that is in Japanese Yen and worked out to be $245 shipped directly from MFH at that time. The dollar is still pretty strong against the Yen and when this kit first came out I could not get it for under $350. So yes I did take advantage of it and was being cheap. Currently it would be about $275 shipped.

[Tom Geiger]

I paid around $400 for my 1966 Valiant Signet promo a few years back.  

 

[DumpyDan]

I paid $40 for a built up Monogram Rattler kit

[Snake45]

$130 for a mint unbuilt AMT '66 Barracuda, back in the early '90s.

Four or five years ago I was making pretty good money and went on an ePay buying spree. In addition to a bunch of nice restorable glue bombs and "distressed" promos, I scored mint unbuilt annual AMT '66 Mustang HT/conv, '68 Firebird, '64 Olds Cutlass, and '64, '65, and '67 Corvette coupes, and paid somewhere in the $70s for each of them.

Nowadays, using coupons, it's rare for me to pay over $20 for a new kit.

[TarheelRick]

I am a cheapskate, most of my models are bought from Ebay, with store coupons, or at model shows, and the occasional flea market/yard sale.  The most I have ever paid was around $50, including tax for the 1/8 Big Tub and that was using a HL 40% coupon.  I eventually sold it for $65.  If I were to bring home a model that cost as much as some mentioned, I would not be able to build it since my wife would break both my arms and legs. 

[Crazy Ed]

   Lookin' 'round mine's in the lower range, $135 for a Formula Canada Porsche 917/10.

Edited July 22, 2016 by Crazy Ed

[ChrisBcritter]

Around $80 for a clean builtup Revell '57 Ford Country Squire, in the early 2000s.

Has anyone tried fitting the back glass from the Del Rio kit into one of these?

[Daddyfink]

[Ramfins59]

The most I've ever paid for a sealed new kit is $37 for a '47 Chevy kit.  I paid $125 for a Modelhaus resin '58 Ford convertible kit.  The most I've ever paid on EBAY was $70 + shipping for a '58 Dodge promo.

[gtx6970]

Paid $500 for a factory sealed 1968 Color Me Gone Charger funnycar

Came to my senses a few years later and sold it......for the same $500.

 

But the past  years I've been on a buying spree...and have bought a bunch of old annuals buitlups.....most were in the. $50 -75 range...but I do have a few go over $100

Edited July 22, 2016 by gtx6970