Pay as you build kits?

Don Stauffer

Seems to me this is just a way to sell very expensive kits.  The number folks look at is just the monthly payment, never bothering to multiply by the number of payments to see what the model really costs.  I figured I could pass on a $1200 model,

i got the same impression from the James Bond DB5 buy-by-the-month kit. Seemed like it was expensive when added to one lump payment.

...That subject kit gives you a very minimal discount for paying up front.

ELSE, wait a while & pick it up on auction sites for a tenth of the price.... 

Jon_a_its

Ditto above, they are very very expensive......

IF it's something you want to build....

AND you baulk at the 99 weeks instalment plans....

THEN.... check the part-work website, as you can sometimes buy the Item in one installment, for half the part-work price...

ELSE, wait a while & pick it up on auction sites for a tenth of the price....

That subject kit gives you a very minimal discount for paying up front.

EDIT: The DeAgustini 1/250th Akagi is available in the UK in 24 parts for USD $980.00

'Traditional-style' wood & ply + whatever builds,  on Partworks Model Forum  4 Wip's Here  

Hasegawa have this 1:350　IJN AIRCRAFT CARRIER AKAGI 1941 for about US$350.00 to USD$399.00 in the US.

Available from papercraftsquare.com  1/350 Akagi for Free!

You Takes your Choice & Pays your money!

Ditto above, they are very very expensive......

IF it's something you want to build....

AND you baulk at the 99 weeks instalment plans....

THEN.... check the part-work website, as you can sometimes buy the Item in one installment, for half the part-work price...

ELSE, wait a while & pick it up on auction sites for a tenth of the price....

Seems to me this is just a way to sell very expensive kits.  The number folks look at is just the monthly payment, never bothering to multiply by the number of payments to see what the model really costs.  I figured I could pass on a $1200 model, even though I consider ships my specialty.

Like the subsidized cell phones they almost give away, but you pay about a thousand bucks a year for for the service.