Looking for a place to sell a collection of airplane kits

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Looking for a place to sell a collection of airplane kits

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:02 PM

Hi-

I was wondering whether anyone here knows of an online marketplace where people sell plastic aircraft kits. Also, Is there a price guide for these kits?

My Dad has been collecting them for the last 20+ years and has decided that he want's to get rid of his collection.

I've checked Ebay and there doesn't seem to be a lot of activity in this catagory. I understand that I couldn't sell or advertise anything through this forum, but I'm wondering whether any of you guys have a place you go to buy kits from individuals rather than the main suppliers?

Thanks for your help,

Jonathan

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m1garand

Member since
November 2005
From: Somewhere over the rainbow

Posted by m1garand on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 11:52 PM

If you have some vintage kits, Ebay may not be a bad way of liquidating old kits. Why not try selling 2 or 3 kits on ebay just to see if you attract buyers or not?

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Borg R3-MC0

Member since
September 2004
From: Utereg

Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Thursday, August 23, 2007 2:47 AM

In every copy of FSM there are several ads of companies who but collections of (unbuild) kits.

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mikepowers

Member since
January 2005
From: Ohio

Posted by mikepowers on Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:25 AM

Give us an email address.

Mike

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:17 AM

email address is rudenborg@gmail.com

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:18 AM

m1garand wrote:
If you have some vintage kits, Ebay may not be a bad way of liquidating old kits. Why not try selling 2 or 3 kits on ebay just to see if you attract buyers or not?

Thanks. That's a good idea.

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:33 AM

Somebody mentioned that there is a guide for the value of collectable kits out there called Burn's Guide (PAK-20). If your Dad has been collecting for many years it might be worth while to track down a copy to know what you are dealing with. Many other online forums do allow trading and selling of kits. The main ones are modellingmadness.com, hyperscale.com and aircraftresourcecenter.com. I think ebay is probably your best bet though unless it is a huge collection and you don't have the time to mail off packages. You definitely would not get as much for it by selling it as a single collection to a collector/dealer.

Dave

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chopperfan

Member since
November 2003
From: Oklahoma

Posted by chopperfan on Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:55 AM

razordws wrote:
Somebody mentioned that there is a guide for the value of collectable kits out there called Burn's Guide (PAK-20). If your Dad has been collecting for many years it might be worth while to track down a copy to know what you are dealing with. Many other online forums do allow trading and selling of kits. The main ones are modellingmadness.com, hyperscale.com and aircraftresourcecenter.com. I think ebay is probably your best bet though unless it is a huge collection and you don't have the time to mail off packages. You definitely would not get as much for it by selling it as a single collection to a collector/dealer.

You can get the guide here if you hurry. He says they are about gone.

Randie [C):-)]Agape Models