Remeber back to the discussion of OH Perrys and the AFV Club Cheng Kung was mentioned?

Hope that you found a decent price.

The AFV Club Cheng Kung is 3 time the price of the Academy Perry kit. I will pass.

keilau

Hope that you found a decent price.

The AFV Club Cheng Kung is 3 time the price of the Academy Perry kit. I will pass.

Squadron has it at 55 in this months flier and that was what I paid at the open house.   Didn't pay S&H.    At 55, the sales price at Squadron was 20 bucks less than the price for the kit at other online retail sites (where you'd need to pay S&H).   It was also about 25 more than the Academy Perry at the same online sites (i.e. less than twice the price).

I'm satisfied.   A similar sized/similar complexity PE fret to that included in the AFV kit will run you 15 to 20 bucks and the resin parts will also run an additional 10 or so.   At 55 its a wash with the Academy.   

At 75 (as listed at other shops) its more of a difference.   At full MSRP of 95 compared with the 30 online sales price of the Academy it is definately overpriced -- but you're not truely comparing apples and oranges.  The MSRP of the Perry is 40 - so you're a bit over twice the price

EdGrune

 

keilau:

 

Hope that you found a decent price.

The AFV Club Cheng Kung is 3 time the price of the Academy Perry kit. I will pass.

 

 

Squadron has it at 55 in this months flier and that was what I paid at the open house.   Didn't pay S&H.

I'm satisfied.   A similar sized/similar complexity PE fret to that included in the AFV kit will run you 15 to 20 bucks and the resin parts will also run an additional 10 or so.   At 55 its a wash with the Academy.   

At 75 (as listed at other shops) its more of a difference.   At full MSRP of 95 compared with the 30 online sales price of the Academy it is definately overpriced -- but you're not truely comparing apples and oranges.  The MSRP of the Perry is 40 - so you're a bit over twice the price

I got my Academy Perry kit at Hobby Lobby for $18 plus tax using the 40% coupon. I don't see the need to spend the extra $15 on PE yet.

The AFV kit is on a different subject and the only option if you want to build the Taiwanese flagged Frigate. Do you see any difference in the molding quality?