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                        Subscription kits?

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                        Cadet Chuck
                        • Member since
                          April 2009
                        • From: Longmont, Colorado
                        Subscription kits?
                        Posted by Cadet Chuck on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:56 PM

                        Just got an e-mail from FSM advertising a 1/32 DC 3 model.  You pay $99 a month for a part of the kit, plus shipping and tax, etc., for 12 months.

                        I have recently seen other "subscription" models like this for exorbitant prices.  What do you think about this kind of marketing?  is a 1/32 DC-3 really worth over $1200?

                        Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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                        GMorrison
                        • Member since
                          September 2012
                        Posted by GMorrison on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 5:01 PM

                        Mrs. Cadet says no. I couldn't afford that kind of thing anyhow.

                         Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

                         

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                        mississippivol
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
                        Posted by mississippivol on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 5:09 PM

                        Looking at the Spitfire that was offered a few months ago, no. I can get bad rivet detail for pennies on that dollar.

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                        modelcrazy
                        • Member since
                          July 2014
                        Posted by modelcrazy on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 5:47 PM

                        No way. Although the 1/250 Akagi looks good, I wouldn't pay the price for it though.

                        Steve

                        Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

                         

                         

                        http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/

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                        fox
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        • From: Narvon, Pa.
                        Posted by fox on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 9:52 PM

                        I don't know anyone who can afford those kits.  It's like me looking at a Lamborgini and knowing I can only afford the Prius.Wink

                        Jim  Captain

                         Main WIP: 

                           On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

                        I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 10:20 PM

                        No thanks...

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        Mopar Madness
                        • Member since
                          April 2015
                        Posted by Mopar Madness on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 10:31 PM

                        I can't justify the cost.  In total that would be roughly 40 $30 kits.  I'll take the 40 kits...

                        Chad

                        God, Family, Models...

                        At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

                        On deck: Who knows!

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