What's the most expensive kit you've ever bought?

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Most expensive one I ever bought was the AMT/Ertl C600 Stake Truck. Think it was like $35 or $40... Pretty cheap considering what you guys get....

What's the most expensive kit you've ever bought at full price?

[ERIK88]

Most expensive kit I've bought would have to be the Amt Impala supersport set for $30. I usually don't spend more than $14 for a single kit.

[gtx6970]

once paid $500 cash for a factory sealed Golor Me Gone 1968 Charger funnycar kit.

Like an idiot sold it a few years later ,,,and yes I got my money back out of it

[wayne swayze]

It would probably be the '48 Chev sedan delivery . Not blaming Galaxie, I'm sure the LHS just jacked the price a lot. And like a typical dumb Canuk, I actually paid their asking price, hoping for more than what was in the box...like a free magazine or something.

[Greg Myers]

Just about anything, nowa days.

Seriously and

and these naw. Only $20 each at Kmart back in about 1978, really.

[sjordan2]

I'd like to see what kind of investment the Pocher builders have in their kits (and aftermarket parts).

Edited December 16, 2014 by sjordan2

[cobraman]

When it first came out I bought the big Testa Rossa metal kit. I think it was Testors that it was sold under. It was 299.00 if I remember right.

[deuces wild]

The monogram 1/8 big drag kit...

[Casey]

The first rule about buying models is: You do not talk about how much you spent.

The second rule about buying models is: YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU SPENT.

[afx]

A friend of mine just bought the Model Factory Hiro 1/12 scale '64 Ferrari 250 GTO. List price $750!! He showed me the kit. It has a mind boggling number of parts and the level of detail is amazing but WOW is it expensive. For instance the wire wheels are built up using individual spokes(!)

[Ben]

LOL.......You don't even want to know! It's not so much how much I spent on a kit but the total invested in a particular kit after adding all the aftermarket goodies to it! I have one truck kit with over a thousand just in parts. I bought a scratch built bulldozer for 300.00 and just had the correct tracks 3D printed for it and they are going to cost me 225.00, just for the tracks!

[Deathgoblin]

from my old collection, I would have said the 1/48 C-130 Hercules. That kit was a monster. So were the 1/8 Corvette and Camaro I used to have. Currently, I would have to say it was one of the anime garage kits. I've paid upwards of $50 each for some of those. No wonder that site says I'm a VIP.

[jrherald420]

My top 2 are the Gunze Sangyo Daytona Cobra factory sealed @ 120.00 and the Gunze Sangyo V12 Ferrari 250 GTO factory sealed @ 110.00

WORTH EVERY DOLLAR!!!!!!!

20141216_141341 by jrherald420, on Flickr

[Tonioseven]

MPC '72 Pontiac Grand Prix $75.

[vintagedragcrazy]

dodge revellion $125 but it is a real nice one. and the johan hornet funnycar and milners dragster were up there too.

vince

[sjordan2]

This is a really interesting question regarding car modeling culture and what type of modeler is willing to pay how much for what kind of kit. As we know, many on this forum have opinions on what's worth the investment and what isn't, averaging up to about $40-$50 for a typical 1/25 kit. But we have many others, such as those identified above, who are willing to pay hundreds for a rare and highly detailed kit of a subject that interests them. Then there are the large-scale Pocher builders who pay around $1,200 for a kit, plus that much or more for aftermarket parts.

The most I've paid for a kit was about $125 for a 1/12 Ferrari, and it truly wasn't worth it. Typically, in my large-scale buys of 1/16 and 1/12, I've spent about $50 - $75 for these kits.

Good to know what the going prices may be, which can be helpful to our members.

Edited December 16, 2014 by sjordan2

[Cato]

My current Pocher Rolls Sedanca (in tools, materials and the ebay kit), at this point in construction, cost more than my 1:1 Shelby aluminum cylinder heads (the parts only-my labor) for the Cobra.

And I've still got roughly $400 more to go in aftermarket bronze-cast body detail parts.

I'm not sorry.

[hvymtl]

All three aoshima road warrior interceptors off ebay and then the resin kits of the Interceptor also

along with the tamiya Porsche 935 and 934 1/12 kits

Michael

[62rebel]

first one i bought my own self... 1956 F-100 by Revell. 1978 or so. cost around 3 dollars..... the first purchase in a thirty-six and running year obsession with polystyrene representations of automobiles that has probably cost, in any given year, anywhere from a hundred bucks or so to several hundred.....

most expensive one that comes to mind was the pair of Matadors i bought a few years back, i think they both ran about 60 bucks.

[Daddyfink]

Let's make this interesting, I have a sealed 1967 MPC Firebird in my stash. Why don't you guys price it!

It is not for sale, but I am curious how much someone would pay. This only for fun!

[Lunajammer]

This. Not a car, short run, 1/72 long out of production. Had resin cast landing gear with air bubbles so bad that half the struts aren't even there. Still glad I have it though, just working & hoping to find gear for it.

[High octane]

Many years ago I bought a mint '63 Dodge Polara Hardtop for $150, and maybe someday (year) I'll build it.

[Ramfins59]

The most I've ever paid for a plastic kit was around $25 for the Galaxie '48 Chevy.

The most I've paid for a resin kit was around $125 for Modelhaus' '58 Ford convertible kit with all accessories.

The most I've ever paid for a promo was $73 on EBAY for a '58 Dodge.

[every second counts]

The most i have paid was 225.00 for a sealed BJ and the bear truck kit, i was going to open it after i read some stuff on here about old kits, but i don't think i will.

[jbwelda]

have to be a half built, but clean and unpainted, Uncertain T that I paid about 150 for. thought that was pretty excessive but then got an offer of 200 for it. didn't sell it and hope to build it this winter.

jb