BAAAHAAAHAAHA oh man LMAO, way to give some humor Retired In Kalifornia, BAAHAAHA. One good thing about this "zombie thread" is the OP is still posting and accorrding ti him RETIRED, so now he can being the dead back to lfe more often. Glad Tojo is still here.

The most I've spent on one kit was $80 for the Kitty Hawk 1/32 OV-10A at the 2016 IPMS Nationals. Otherwise it was the $50 I spent for a 1/25 Tamiya Tiger I that I bought about 20 years ago. I try to limit my impluse buys to $25 or less. Now for a planned purchase (as the OV-10A was) I would probably go as high as $100. Of course, if I'm buying kits, tools, paints, and reference materials all at once that would be double that. I also usually ask the wife first (for the planned purchase) unless I've saved enough of my allowance. She manages money better than I do. 

goldhammer

Took a quick look at the new Hase Junyo, but at the listed price it was a really quick look.

 

  $330.00 list?  Wow!  Hasegawa should make it seem more special by indicating a limited edition of 12 kits.  If they got lucky they could sell-out.  

     Amazing what we modelers will spend.  I've got a few that I thought were expensive: $106 for a 1/100 Victory and $110 for a Heller Hipper (but it came with PE).   I think my most expensive kit, for what I got, was the old original Pyro Constitution. It cost me $9.50. Not much you say, but it was worth only about $.95 at the time.  I thought I was getting the newer Pyro version with a proper sized hull that was NOT a bathtub toy.

    Expensive is a rather Subjective term.

               I would love to hear from Collectors  who bought rare kits to save for future sale and profit.  I saw a bunch of Nichimo 1/500 ships go for big bucks.  I'm sure the Nichimo molds are still around, unlike the Aurora molds of Kits like Atlantis and Seaview, the molds of which were said to be destroyed in a supposed Train Wreck.

      Nino

Took a quick look at the new Hase Junyo, but at the listed price it was a really quick look.

Zombie thread's dont scare me ! My usual limit is $50.... but sometimes  you just have to have a certain something!

I bought 2 RoG 1/72 Type VII C subs at $78 each. I also bought a Ocher trolly car for $90.

But my most expensive has to be a brass locomotive I bought partially assembled for $450.

Is this our first zombie thread of 2018?

Keavdog, please post WIP of your MRAP. I'm not into HUGE armor but Trumpeter has a coulpe I may splurge on, the MRAP being one.

    As for most expensive.... I have spent almost 200.00 USD for one of the new Trumpeter 35th MAZ varients. Given my skills, or lack of, at super detailing and the amount of room I have for my stash, I think 200.00 is my limit. It would have to be a smoking cool offering that I knew I would build immediately to get me to spend more than that.

Does wanting the 1/350 Akagi count?

I'll update from back when.  I did get the Merit Enterprise, at $170, next in line would be Dragon's Scharnhorst at $150, them Hase's CVE-73 at $110, then tossed another $100 at it with all three of their upgrade kits. Also the 1/72 Gato

Also picked up Hellers 1/100 Victory at a decent price of $85.

The Enterprise, Gato and Victory came from fellow members here.

Have enough ships to keep me for life.

Hi,

I think that my most expensive model was probably the 1/72 scale Revell of Germany Flower Class Corvette, that I think I bought for about $100 a few years ago.  The next would probably be a 1/350 scale Battleship Gangut (also from Revell of Germany) that was originally going for $99, but my local hobby shop had it (and a number of other models) on clearance for I think 20% off.  So I guess that would be about $80.  If I had waited another week though I found out that they dropped the price of stuff that was on clearnace another 10% .  I guess I bought too soon.

Pat

My kids got me the trumpeter 1/16 mrap...and im not an armor guy!

My daughters boyfriend served in the 10th mountain in Afghanistan and it was his ride.  

I am looking forward to the build. 

My most expensive kit was bought in the 1990s in Japan. It was Kotobukiya's 1/220 scale Buran, a giant space going crab-like mobile armor from Kazuhisa Kondoh's take on the Gundam franchise.  I think it was in the ¥20,000 range, which was about $180 USD at the time.  I had to go back to the hotel to get more money!  The other was Fine Molds' Millennium Falcon, also about the same price.  And now Moebius Models' Discovery from 2001 looms, again around $200.

I see a pattern here - I blow a lot of money on sci-fi!   But neither kit has been built, which forms yet another pattern.  Hope not to be on "Hoarders"!

Tanker - Builder

Aaah;

 Since I replied I got the bug . Now we're talking about the Original Behive Island Enterprise in 1/350. By Tamiya ! AND the 1945 edition of the Missouri , also by Tamiya .With aftermarket I should wind up spending the next four years modeling budget ! Yep, Fixed income .

    Now ,Fixed income doesn't mean I won't get them , it just means I will have to save longer .

 You know what the problem is with that ?When I found a ship ( Small) that I had saved for, the price had risen by 40.00 bucks! So there goes lunch money for the month !

   Oh! Well , after all, it is something I have wanted for many,many years ! T.B.

 

  T.B.,

I couldn't help myself restarting this old thread.  Yes, someone must have the bug for a small kit.

While surfing the Web on this very snowy day  I saw this.

I did not bid on it but someone did...   I'm pretty sure it originaly sold for Sevent-five cents when new.

1967 Pyro Roman Merchant Septimus Severus Plastic Ship Model Kit no. B 380-75

Ended: Jan 04, 2018 , 8:05PM
	Item condition: Used “Please look at all of the pictures for a better description of this item.
	Winning bid: US $114.38 [ 28 bids Shipping: $5.00 Economy Shipping   ]

My sister surprised me the other day with a pic of me at my building bench circa late 60's. I was working on a Pocher Alpha Romeo, a kit I had completely forgotten about. Anyone remember the old Pocher kits????

It was expensive back then (don't remember), they seem to be selling 'as new in the box' on ebay for $1,200 and up, emphasis on up.

Recall not being able to figure out how to build the wheels, individual spokes and all. All these years and I recall the little blister pack with the zillion little spokes in it.

Probably my 1/144 Tomytec F-22, the kit cost about $40 in total. 

There is no limit...

Is this "necro-posting"?  Um, It's been almost a year, but I'm not going to beat anyone up over it. This IS an old thread.

Since we're all here; I haven't bought anything from a store for a looooonnngg while, but the very last one I bought was in 1998, or 1999, and I bought it for $16.00 which was very expensive for the time. Or am I remembering wrong? Maybe the last time I actually bought a model from a store was when there was a Big Lots near my neighborhood that closed down? It was a Star Wars X-wing MPC/AMT/Ertl kit that I bought back in 1999 - that was in the summer. This was the kit that came with paints, and a brush. The paints were basically too little to do any real type of painting with, and the brush might as well have been the kind that you paint a house with since it was such poor quality.  I think that the most I've ever spent is the $16.00 that I spent for the 1/12th scale '57 Chevy that I bought. I don't remember spending a lot for any model, and unless it was a once in a lifetime kit that almost no one had, or made any more. I've been buying models from evilbay sellers lately. I haven't spent more than $12.00 - $26.00 for any of them, but that's because they've been either cars, or armour. Ultimately I think that the Flakpanzer Gepard was the most at $26.50 from Japan. I bought that for the X-wing fighter kit that I'm working on in my Four foot X-wing thread. Maybe someday I'll buy an R.C. plane kit ($200.00 to $400.00) - that would have to be the most I'd ever spend for any type of store bought, or commercially available model.

~ Cobra Chris

Well look on the bright side TB, those two kits will take you 4 years to build, so your good 

Aaah;

 Since I replied I got the bug . Now we're talking about the Original Behive Island Enterprise in 1/350. By Tamiya ! AND the 1945 edition of the Missouri , also by Tamiya .With aftermarket I should wind up spending the next four years modeling budget ! Yep, Fixed income .

    Now ,Fixed income doesn't mean I won't get them , it just means I will have to save longer .

 You know what the problem is with that ?When I found a ship ( Small) that I had saved for, the price had risen by 40.00 bucks! So there goes lunch money for the month !

   Oh! Well , after all, it is something I have wanted for many,many years ! T.B.

You guys need to try figures for a while.  Proces for good white metal or resin figures in 54mm to 90mm range from at least $50, and often get closer to $100.  If you get into sci-fi or anime subjects, those prices can go up, as the kits get bigger, but the number of castings becomes much more limited.  Add to that, that the sculptor or manufacturer can be well-known and command a higher price for the work that went into producing the master.  It doesn't excuse the piracy that exists, but it does help understand it.

For me, I tend to buy second-hand kits and castings, and I look for bargains.  The most I've paid for a scale model kit was $110 for a Classic Airframes P-43, from a seller in Greece.  It was and still is a relatively hard-to-find kit, and I had been on the hunt for one for over 5 years, before I saw that one auction and decided it was worth it to my hobby budget.  Of course, shortly after that, the former owner of CA started selling kits out of old CA stock, and I picked up another P-43 at less than half what I paid for the first one.

For a new model kit, I think the most I've paid was $50.

The most I've paid for a figure is $100, which reflects a combination of the relative rarity of the figure and eBay adrenaline.  I wasn't going to let anyone beat me, to get it for my collection.  For a new figure, the most is $57, for a kit of a Bosniak officer in the army of Frederick the Great, 1757.  It's a relatively rare subject, and a very good sculpt and casting, so it was worth it to me to pay that retail price.

I prefer, though, to get as good a bargain as I can get.  A pair of Monogram B-29s and a pair of Monogram C-47s (with the paratroopers), each for $10, at the Region 2 show a couple of years ago, I felt to be a very good bargain indeed.  I like to get a model kit for ten bucks or less, if I can, a foot figure for $5, and a mounted figure for $15.

The hunt for the bargain, the haggling, where possible and then scoring, are all part of the fun for me.

Best regards,

Brad

I must be really frugal but to even approac $50.00 makes me think long and hard. If it is revolutionary, or has a good amount of necessary or useful extras that makes it easier, but re relaeses of old dragon ot tamiya, I think not!

ajd3530

Well I don't have a set limit, but I have never got anything more than $40-45 USD.

Although if Airfix decided to come out with a 1/48 Hampden, Beaufort, or Whitley of the same quality of their recent 1/48 releases, I would easily drop $50+ in a heartbeat.

 

Well I have a new most expensive purchase. Just won the newest release 1/48 Tamiya Lancaster Mk. I/III (with the new parts) on Ebay for a tick under $60 USD with shipping. Feeling pretty good about it.

I'm eyeing up the Yamato kit as well. I just can't see dropping $392 on it..........yet.

Gamera

 

stikpusher

 

 

CG Bob

This picture shows at least 4 subs.

 

 

 

 

 

sorry, I could not help myself 

 

 

 

 

LOL!!!

 

stikpusher

 

 

CG Bob

This picture shows at least 4 subs.

 

 

 

 

 

sorry, I could not help myself 

 

LOL!!!

.

CG Bob

This picture shows at least 4 subs.

 

sorry, I could not help myself 

CG Bob

 

Last September, we went and ran boats and subs with some friends in Rochester NY. This picture shows at least 4 subs.

 

Tojo72 -

When I built my first r/c sub, I was living in the Tampa - St. Pete area of Florida.  Trial runs were made in  the apartment swimming pool.  The local rc boat club ran in a county park, with lots of live oak amd oine trees around the lake.  Due to all the tannin leached from the acorns and pine needles, the lake water looked like coffee.  Running at periscope depth was a little nerve wracking, especially with some of the target vessel captains.  The first SubRegatta I attended was in a county park in Rhode Island.  That lake was surrounded by oak and pine trees as well and the water was coffee brown.  I have run my SJIPJACK in Lake Erie a couple times.  Many years ago, I went to a regatta at St, Louis Union Station.  THe pond under the train shed was stocked with koi, and there were several "fish food" vending machines around the pond.  That water looked like pea soup.  I prefer to run my boats in fresh water lakes or ponds. 

Swimming pools are nice to run subs in, when you can arrange that.  The problem is that the chlorine or other chemicals used in the pool will reflect the radio waves.  The reflection varies by the pool and chemicals used, but is between 3 and 5 feet.  We've been attending an annual Sub Run near Indianapolis for about 12 years.  The city has a football field sized reflecting pool that's about 30" deep.  The clear water makes it somewhat easy to see the submerged boats.  The shallow depth make it hard for some of the larger boats (like the Revell GATO) to dive and surface realistically.   Some of the boats that show up are up to 8 feet long.   Last year the Wisconsin Maritime Museum hosted thei first annual Sub Fest.  There was a 20' x 40' pool set up in front of the museum.  The pool was filled to a depth of about 20".  Some of the subs had rproblems turning  within the 20' width due to the liner.  Manitowoc Ship Building built 28 GATO class subs during WWII.

Here's a picture of my SKIPJACK in Lake Erie.

Last September, we went and ran boats and subs with some friends in Rochester NY. This picture shows at least 4 subs.

CG Bob

SInce I build mostly radio control ships, I include the cost of the radio gear and special gear for that particular model.  $1100+ (kit, radio gear, watertight cylinder, ballast & flotation) to e/c the Moebius SEAVIEW, Scale Shipyard 1:72 scale USS SKIPJACK (built in 2000), Thor Design 1:96 scale USS PERMIT, and Scale Shipyard 1:96 scale USS HAMMERHEAD (SS-364).  About $1000 for a Tamiya Knight Hauler, Multi Function Unit (speed control, sound, lights, etc.),  aftermarket rims  and shocks.  When I bought the Knight Hauler and accessories, I was working at the LHS, and the cost is with my employee discount.

 

Not only they're expensive kits, it's a very expensive hobby too. I've seen far too many RC aircraft worth thousands of dollars crash and burn. Funny to see though...

CG Bob

SInce I build mostly radio control ships, I include the cost of the radio gear and special gear for that particular model.  $1100+ (kit, radio gear, watertight cylinder, ballast & flotation) to e/c the Moebius SEAVIEW, Scale Shipyard 1:72 scale USS SKIPJACK (built in 2000), Thor Design 1:96 scale USS PERMIT, and Scale Shipyard 1:96 scale USS HAMMERHEAD (SS-364).  About $1000 for a Tamiya Knight Hauler, Multi Function Unit (speed control, sound, lights, etc.),  aftermarket rims  and shocks.  When I bought the Knight Hauler and accessories, I was working at the LHS, and the cost is with my employee discount.

 

You radio control guys certainly have us beat,those diving subs are truly impressive.I know if I had one it would never dive where I couldn't see it at all times.Do you or others run and dive them in ponds or lakes where you can loose sight of them,or just in pools ? 

SInce I build mostly radio control ships, I include the cost of the radio gear and special gear for that particular model.  $1100+ (kit, radio gear, watertight cylinder, ballast & flotation) to e/c the Moebius SEAVIEW, Scale Shipyard 1:72 scale USS SKIPJACK (built in 2000), Thor Design 1:96 scale USS PERMIT, and Scale Shipyard 1:96 scale USS HAMMERHEAD (SS-364).  About $1000 for a Tamiya Knight Hauler, Multi Function Unit (speed control, sound, lights, etc.),  aftermarket rims  and shocks.  When I bought the Knight Hauler and accessories, I was working at the LHS, and the cost is with my employee discount.

moose421

Well mine would be the 1/35 Trumpeter Leopold.  I paid $90 for just the kit.  What cost me even more is I found and purchased an aluminum barrel for another $105.  Plus I have purchased a new set of Archer transfers for it.  Still want to pick up a crew and ammo for it yet.

 

Kim

 

Well mine would be the 1/35 Trumpeter Leopold.  I paid $90 for just the kit.  What cost me even more is I found and purchased an aluminum barrel for another $105.  Plus I have purchased a new set of Archer transfers for it.  Still want to pick up a crew and ammo for it yet.

Kim

Mine is the 1/2256 Imperial  Star Destroyer Avenger by Annigrand at $521. I had been putting $100 aside (my whole allowance for the month) since last October. Just bought it on Friday and can't wait to get it. I guess I don't really have a limit, I just have to set my mind to saving until I can purchase it. 

An interesting question for sure. Since my return to the hobby I have not paid more than $40 for a kit. Until my skill level gets to a point that I won't ruin the kit, my top level is $60, and that is pushing it. Even still, on a good day, I'd be hard pressed to pay much more. If it is a project that I am drooling over, well then, I could go more for sure. My projects tend to go over many months so it is money well spent. So far, I have resisted the urge to impulse buy. It is not easy though. Sigh...

You're going to need a bigger desk!

Can you buy Vipers for that thing?

robiwon

My most expensive, one time out of pocket, model kit would be my 1/2 Studio Scale Salzo Galactica. At just over $500. At 37.5 inches long, it towers over the Monogram/Moebius kits.

 

BY THE LORDS OF COBAL!!! 

I want one of those!!!!!

My most expensive, one time out of pocket, model kit would be my 1/2 Studio Scale Salzo Galactica. At just over $500. At 37.5 inches long, it towers over the Monogram/Moebius kits.

Waiting for my imcth Shinden @ JPY37,800 http://imcth.co.jp/english/product/own/shinden/

i wont spend a lot on a kit itself, but I do add on with AM parts that always drives the cost up. My most expensive kit was the HobbyBoss 1/48 Corsair II, I think I spent 50.00 on it. All other kits have been fairly reasonable open-box (sealed bag) purchases on eBay.

Mine would be the Accurate Armor 1/35th U-boat and Quay set, the two came to just over $1,000. Got it from Squadron amazingly some 20 years ago. I call it my retirement project, just need to retire now. At six feet long, she is a big boat.

stikpusher

 

 

Tojo72

I'm thinking about dropping $200.00 on the 1/350 Kaga to go with my Akagi

 

 

 

 

and my $10 Mongram SBDs will still sink 'em

 

Stik, THAT is HILARIOUS!!! Love your sense of humor, my friend!

LOL!!!

mustang1989

 

 

OldGoat

 

mustang1989

Limits?????  I don't think I have any. I don't normally talk about money I spend on kits but since this is a thread that brings that to light I'll say this. The kits I buy aren't all that expensive. I'd say in the $14-$45 range. It's all the accessories that I buy that throw it over the top. My Revell Ford F-100 that I just built well over the $500 mark. The kit was only $35 of it.

 

 

 

 

If any of us tabulated the cost of our builds as a whole, we would most likely shock ourseives into only one or two a year.

I, for one, set a self imposed limit of $100. Even then I check with the war department before advancing. 

 

 

 

 

LOL. That one took me 10 months to build. It was cheap entertainment at around 50 bucks a month is how I had to look at it.

 

 

That's what she said......................

stikpusher

 

 

Tojo72

I'm thinking about dropping $200.00 on the 1/350 Kaga to go with my Akagi

 

 

 

 

and my $10 Mongram SBDs will still sink 'em

 

Stik,I tell my wife I have to stock up now before I retire,because once I'm on a fixed income,it will be all over.

Tojo72

I'm thinking about dropping $200.00 on the 1/350 Kaga to go with my Akagi

 

and my $10 Mongram SBDs will still sink 'em

Well I don't have a set limit, but I have never got anything more than $40-45 USD.

Although if Airfix decided to come out with a 1/48 Hampden, Beaufort, or Whitley of the same quality of their recent 1/48 releases, I would easily drop $50+ in a heartbeat.

Speaking of limits, I think there was a U boat kit on the

net used to sell for 3K ?? pocket change

i spent +$100 for Revell's Special Edition B26 Marauder - that's with tax and shipping...it comes with some sweet resin parts. i also got the Eduard masks for it and won't build it until after i have more modeling experience. i also want to get a lot more of Eduard's after market bits. so, i could see it costing me another $75 or so... I expect most of my projects will be less 'special' :-) and prob a lot of $22 to $48 military models...

Tojo72

It was mentioned on another thread that someone sold their CyberHobby DAK Tiger for $ 450.00.

So what is the most you spent on a kit in your stash,and do you have a self-imposed or otherwise imposed limit on any future purchses.What is the most you will spend ?

I picked up the 1/350 Hasgawa Akagi for $ 220.00 when it was first released.And I paid $ 95.00 for a CyberHobby Wittman Tiger,but I really can't ever see myself going too much higher then that.Maybe between $ 250-300 if the right 1/200 kit came along,but nothing in mind that I need that bad.

So what about You ?

 

I think the proprieter was a gent named Kenny Lane, out of Peoria, IL.  The local IPMS, "Polish Coast Watchers" met sometimes in his basement and we would watch him pour stuff once in a while.  Small world.  Do you know if Cutting Edge still has his molds?

John

OldGoat

 

mustang1989

Limits?????  I don't think I have any. I don't normally talk about money I spend on kits but since this is a thread that brings that to light I'll say this. The kits I buy aren't all that expensive. I'd say in the $14-$45 range. It's all the accessories that I buy that throw it over the top. My Revell Ford F-100 that I just built well over the $500 mark. The kit was only $35 of it.

 

 

 

 

If any of us tabulated the cost of our builds as a whole, we would most likely shock ourseives into only one or two a year.

I, for one, set a self imposed limit of $100. Even then I check with the war department before advancing. 

 

If you really want it and have the money to buy it, there's no such thing as "too expensive".

mustang1989

Limits?????  I don't think I have any. I don't normally talk about money I spend on kits but since this is a thread that brings that to light I'll say this. The kits I buy aren't all that expensive. I'd say in the $14-$45 range. It's all the accessories that I buy that throw it over the top. My Revell Ford F-100 that I just built well over the $500 mark. The kit was only $35 of it.

 

If any of us tabulated the cost of our builds as a whole, we would most likely shock ourseives into only one or two a year.

I, for one, set a self imposed limit of $100. Even then I check with the war department before advancing. 

Hmm, most expensive kit...without looking at the stash that probably would be the Meng Russian Terminator which I gave ~50 for. I can't really see myself spending more that 60 on a kit. Now aftermarket, whew, thats a different story. I think the Pontos set alone for my Academy Warspite was like $100 

hogfanfs

 

mustang1989

My Revell Ford F-100 that I just built well over the $500 mark. The kit was only $35 of it.

 

 

 

 

Holy smokes, Mustang! Did you buy a real 351 long block to put in it? LOL!

 

mustang1989

My Revell Ford F-100 that I just built well over the $500 mark. The kit was only $35 of it.

 

Holy smokes, Mustang! Did you buy a real 351 long block to put in it? LOL!

Limits?????  I don't think I have any. I don't normally talk about money I spend on kits but since this is a thread that brings that to light I'll say this. The kits I buy aren't all that expensive. I'd say in the $14-$45 range. It's all the accessories that I buy that throw it over the top. My Revell Ford F-100 that I just built well over the $500 mark. The kit was only $35 of it.

John here I'd the center wing currently. I will rebuild the kit one day

wolfhammer1

Tempest, who did you buy the He111Z conversion from?  Its possible I watched him pour your kit.

John

 

Congrats on your promotion!  That's always a great thing.   I have a tie for most expensive.  My Eduard Bf 109 G6 and Fw 190 A8 Royal Class kits were $149 each but they came with two kits each and LOADS of extras.  But normally I wouldn't break the $50 threshold.  In fact, most of my kits are in the $20 range.  The Eduard weekend edition kits are a steal at $20!

I just got a promotion at work back in November 2015, which came with a nice healthy pay raise, plus I got quite a few unexpected dollars for Christmas, so I treated myself to Tamiya's 1/32 F4U-1A Corsair for Christmas, and Tamiya's 1/32 P-51D Mustang as my promotion celebration present. Those two are the most I've spent on a kit (before that, it was Tamiya's 1/32 F-15E back in 1999, but I got it for less than $100). After rummaging around in both boxes, I can hardly wait to get started on them. Didn't think I'd ever spend that much on a kit again after the F-15E, but I guess that old saying still holds true - "Never say "Never""!

Tempest, who did you buy the He111Z conversion from?  Its possible I watched him pour your kit.

John

If were talking plastic kits it would be my Nichimo 1/20th scale FA-200 and Cessna 172.  Both sell for over $300 when they come up.    

I have three 172s, and three FA-200's LOL.  I stocked up some years back. My dad has a few as well he bought when they came out way back.   They are the pride and joy of my collection. When they come up for sale, I do what ever I can to buy them.

I must admit, that Mig from the Eastwood movie " Firefox "  is a tempting kit. Especially since I now have the movie on Blu-Ray

Seems my recent limits have been far below my one kit purchase and have leveled off at roughly $5 each kit at swap meets.

I paid 800 bucks for a 1/100 Bismarck semi-kit a couple years ago that is sitting in my storage room untouched.

My current project (1/200 Nelson) was $500 and some change between the kit and detail set.

I got both a Pontos and KA detail set with my 1/200 Iowa + pontos set too... total around $700, the same with the 1/200 Bismarck. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3MamvKeOvg

It sounds like a lot, but considering the 1/200 kits are year-long builds each and that the 1/100 kit will be a multi-year (probably) retirement odyssey,  that's still only about 60 bucks per month spent on kit so I do NOT have a problem...

I do not have a problem... I don't...

Couple of 1/32 Phantoms at around a $100 off ebay, may spend the $100 or so ona 1/72 Gato, and looking hard at the Merit 1/350 CV-6 Enterprise for around $170 or so.

Then I have to add in whatever PE I want and the rest of the materials for them, but that is something else to factor besides the basic kit.

I normally try to stay under $50-60.

299.99 CSS Tenessee ironclad.

Love Revell, $50 CDN and under is perfect

for me. Sorry Tamiya you guys are "to expense".

I bought one of Trumpeter's 1/16 Tigers for over $400. Can't remember the exact price. I bought it one night after having one too many of these . A really nice kit and great for someone like me who needs magnifying glasses. But, being as big as it is, it really screams for super detailing which I don't have the time or the expertise for. So it sits on the shelf mocking me.

Sprue-ce Goose

I'd like to add that only applies if one must purchase a much bigger house to enclose the kit.

Now that I think about it...........

I'd like to know what the current record holder happens to be for largest injection molded plastic model kit.

 

Contenders would include the 1/96 Constitution or Cutty Sark, 1/72 B-52 or B-36, or the Revell 1/72 Gato.

Tojo72

It was mentioned on another thread that someone sold their CyberHobby DAK Tiger for $ 450.00.

So what is the most you spent on a kit in your stash,and do you have a self-imposed or otherwise imposed limit on any future purchses.What is the most you will spend ?

I picked up the 1/350 Hasgawa Akagi for $ 220.00 when it was first released.And I paid $ 95.00 for a CyberHobby Wittman Tiger,but I really can't ever see myself going too much higher then that.Maybe between $ 250-300 if the right 1/200 kit came along,but nothing in mind that I need that bad.

So what about You ?

 

My most expensive purchase(and I've regretted buying it ever since; it sits on the shelf and mocks me!) was Gallery's USS Wasp LHD-1 in 1:350 scale.

I bought it during a bout of retail therapy at Hobby Lobby (before I knew about their 40% off online coupon! DOH!!!!) and paid $329.00 for it. My normal upper limit is $200.00 +/-. 

I hear you with that one. I as well have a huge stash of un made models. I got back in the 1990 when several hobbie stores in my area closed. I now have about 50 or more yet to build. Mostly US and Soviet era aircraft as well as a few ships. I even got a Super Guppy. Us boys and our toys.

My top two most expensive kits (and worth to me every penny) are:

Accurate Armour K185S IDF M980/981 & 50 ton trailer $382 USD plus shipping direct from AA.

Accurate Armour K117 Br. Foden 6 x 6 recovery vehicle $268 USD plus shipping direct from AA.

I am working full time but I have a couple of part time jobs the income from which I consider my 'modeling money'.  And I try to stay off of Accurate Armour's website.

I don't really have a hard and fast limit, but I definately start to evaluate "need" when I get beyond $75 or so. I think the most I've spent on a single kit was $105 and that was for a resin kit of a 1950s Seagrave fire engine.

I have no problem spending money on the hobby though, back when we were a 2 income, 1 child family I bought myself an ALPS printer for around $800. Now as a 1 income 2 child family, my spending has been reined quite a bit. My wife is applying for jobs again and I've got a $700 mini-lathe on the wish list...  

Mark Lookabaugh

John, I want that USS Constitution too.  Think I'll have to do a lot of laundry and dishes not to get yelled at.  ;-)

 

You're gonna need to do more than just laundry and dishes. LOLOLOLOL!!!

John, I want that USS Constitution too.  Think I'll have to do a lot of laundry and dishes not to get yelled at.  ;-)

I'd like to add that only applies if one must purchase a much bigger house to enclose the kit.

Now that I think about it...........

I'd like to know what the current record holder happens to be for largest injection molded plastic model kit.

I guess I get a little heartburn past $150. Funny thing though, I won't bat an eye for $250 + for an RC aircraft or $100 + for batteries or motors. They don't give near as much pleasure.

I think I'm going to have to rethink my priorities.

Steve 

I bought a Model Shipways 1/64 Prince De Neufchatel for around 300 bucks many years ago.  These days my max is around 50 plus AM but I don't build nearly as much stuff as most of you guys.  I've vowed to build a big Wingnut Wings kit before I take the dirt nap but there's a lot of stuff to hack through before I get there.

Although I don't have a limit, the most recent biggest purchases have been the 32nd Academy F-18A+ at $170 and the 32nd Italeri Starfighter at $160 - both in Canadian funds.  I have enough kits, as others have noted, to keep me busy until the Final Exit.  I don't think I'll be spending $250 + tax for the 24th scale Typhoon or the 32nd Mosquito and the likes.

My limit is no more than $65 for a kit unless there's one I really want. I will admit, I once spent $125 on four kits as part of a package deal with a LHS owner a few months ago.

I have a top three,

Tamiya Yamato 1/350 which cost £180 but add in the extras and I'll be over $300 easy

Wingnut Wings 1/32 Felixstowe which was £170

My biggest is a Space 1999 Swift scihighmodels.com/swift.html which cost me £220

one day they will all get built (honest)

Phil

I'm like Sprue-ce, cant go past $100.  The 1/32 Heinkel 111 and  Ju 88 came close, including postage.  Guess I'll never get that 1/24 Mosquito or Typhoon

Aggieman;

I usually find the planes I like fairly reasonable . I found out that one a friend sent  me , sells ( if you can find it ) for around $45.00 bucks . Considering It's a Fleet Air Arm FR 46/47 - A carrier-capable Spitfire . It is unique . T.B.       Oh ! it's 1/48 scale too .(That's my preferred aircraft scale )

That Falcon was about 300, the Mossie was more than 200 and the Typhoon came in around 130

Most expensive is the Fine Molds 1/72 Millennium Falcon, after that 1/24 Airfix Mosquito and 1/24 Airfix Typhoon, then the Tamiya 1/32 series of warbirds at around 100 each.

So far my most expensive kit was the WW2 US Navy Fleet sub in 1 72 scale.
If I remember right, it was about $90.

Sometime this year (I hope) I want to get a resin Yak 1B Soviet fighter in 1 32 scale. Were talking in the neighborhood of $140 plus shipping from England

That will definitely be my limit

I spent $200.00 Canadian (about $175.00 U.S.) for the Airfix 1/24 Typhoon. Worth it by the way. Generally $75.00 was my upper limit and usually a lot less.  But now that a precident  has been set??  

Hmmmm ;

        Promise you won't get upset ? There was a time , Price was no object .Yeah Really ! So I bought a Kit of a Car .Took me five years to build it .And $ 27,000.00 bucks later I had a 1;1 replica of a Austin 3000 . Just like the one on Revell's old box cover . Except Ford powered  . Yep . Put a 289 in it !

      Nowadays if it's more than say , twenty five bucks I have to watch the old budget. To say that there is a limit is the truth now .My client wanted a Trumpeter 1/200 Arizona along with his other build . Knowing I would want one too,  he made a very simple deal here's yours , if you'll build mine . I usually , now , buy off the consignment table at my L.H.S. and usually that is a once in six months deal .

     I get a lot of books now and enjoy reading about the past in modeling , and the genres we went through . I still can build mean scratch-built stuff and this is what drives my client nuts .If I can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear , I scratch-build it instead .Takes longer , but is dead on correct !

I would say that between all my hobbies .Trains , Ships and Cars of the model variety the trains are the costliest so I always look for orphans .( Non - Popular rail lines or engines etc.) So what I have is eclectic , but fun !  My main budget for a show is always $ 250.00 and that includes gas , round trip , and food for the day .

    I still find some wow ! yard sale goodies . Like a 1/8 scale Jag Coupe for a buck ! Yeah , I said a buck ! .Lotsa work ahead but now I have a body for my running gear !  After all , you can't really hurt any level of glue bomb , can you ?       T.B.

The Tamiya 1:32 Mustang $128.00, Tamiya 1:32 Corsair $115.00, and a Tamiya 1:32 Zero $110.00.  Mrs. Toshi doesn't give me a limit amount, but I figure if I stay within the $100.00 to $150.00, I'll be safe.  

Toshi

UKP£300 / USD$460 on a compressor/Iwata airbrush, but thats Tools, right & 'essential purchases'

£120.00 GBP = $186.987 USD on some Resicast kits, £40.00 GBP = $62.36 USD is usually my limit, unless....  

Although a hobby club mate dropped £1,400.00 GBP = $2,183.14 USD at the IPMS Nats at Telford, & didn't get all he wanted...

I can't think of a kit I've spent more than $60 on. I'd really like to pick up that 1/350 TOS starship Enterprise, but of course you need the lighting and accessories and ain't nobody got credit fo dat.

i have the HobbyBoss 1/72 DORA at $275, 1/35 S-Boat at $185 from quite a few years ago. Currently  I will get the Trumpeter 1/35 SA-8  and Trumpeter PATRIOT which should be  in the high $150s. Good thing i don't do wooden ships.

Several r/c submarines built from fiberglass hulls  (PERMIT Class, SKIPJACK class, GATO Class) and several built form plastic kits (Trumpeter KILO and SEAWOLF, Moebius SEAVIEW) - after  figuring in the electronics, watertight cylinder, paint, adhesives, etc - rough cost is $1,000+.  KILO came in around $500.  I have also built and r/ced the Tamiya Knight Hauler, with Tamiya Multi Function Unit, 3 sets of oil shocks - even with my employee discount at the LHS, cost was still around $1,000,

I think that I spent something like $100 dollars on the huge Trumpeter  Geschützwagen Tiger für 17cm Kanone kit? That was the most expensive NEW kit I've bought, and probably my limit for price.

But I think I spent something ridiculous for an old AMT SMX Javelin car kit---they're like, the Holy Grail of car models on eBay. I believe I bid up to something like $140? And then I utterly ruined it with incompatible paints. Utter devastation!

Typically I don't spend more than $40 on a kit.  I buy most of my kits at shows, and tend to stock up there.  My wife says I'm getting to the point where I don't need any more kits, but I may steal the fixed income idea mentioned earlier, it might work.  I can't remember the exact price of the most expensive kit I bought (probably around $50-60), but it was 60% off at Hobby Lobby and it's the 1/32 Academy F-16CG/GJ.  I'd been looking at it for a long time and had to get it when I saw the sale price.

Paid about 120 for the Tamiya 1.32 Corsair as a back door Christmas gift.  Best deal  I had was when I got the Academy 1.32 Hornet for $27 after gift cards and a 40% off coupon. I think it was 130 at the time.

Tojo72

Didn't know what a "Pocher Kit" was.Did an Ebay search and all I can say is Wow !!!  1/8 must be pretty big.

The most expensive kit I've got would be 1/72 Airfix C-47 Skytrain. Can't remember how much I paid for but I'm not stopping there. Gonna pick up some PE and aftermarket stuff for it too.

Didn't know what a "Pocher Kit" was.Did an Ebay search and all I can say is Wow !!!  1/8 must be pretty big.

A couple of Pocher kits, Alfa and Mercedes, can't recall amount for certain, but a few hundred bucks.

Bell 47 helicopter, 1:20th scale, I think around $150. Built the cars, not the helicopter, 74 years old now, probably should consider starting the build one of these years.

Patrick

Well, at least loincloths didn't cost much back then.

Don't forget that there were no MicroLux table saws.

Everything was measured, cut and assembled by hand.

LHS kept running out of gopher wood, and the internet hadn't been invented yet...

GMorrison

Well Noah was 950 by the time he finished the Ark. Way too much AM on that puppy.

That was 1:1 plank on frame. Those builds take awhile.

Im currently building the DeAgostini Millenium Falcon.  The completed model will be north of $1000....my guess is I wont spend that kind of money ever on another kit, or who knows! Right? LOL!

I am saving up for a Micro Lux Digital Table Saw. That'll be $ 379.00 plus...

Well Noah was 950 by the time he finished the Ark. Way too much AM on that puppy.

I picked up a couple of 1/350 IJN cruisers for around $75 each (roughly half off) at different times over the past few years. That's about as high as I am willing to pay for any single kit.  Before that it was a 1/48 Revell B-1B that I paid about $60 for. Like GM I have enough kits (and then some) to last me until the day I die. Unless I get Gollum's unnaturally long life. I still pick up the occasional kit now and then. Especially the new releases of a subject I do not yet have or have never built before. But they have to be "good deals", often acquired at Club meets when other members are thinning out their stashes. Or the occasional Hobby Lobby 40% off find of something that fills a hole in my collection.

I did spend roughly $90.00 on-line for a 1/25 Tiger I kit simply because it was on my childhood wanted most list.

I have yet to pay more for a single kit.

My self imposed swap meet limit is  $100, though I do wonder how much I would have spent had I attended the IPMS Nationals................

WOW

I like to think i am a frugal modeller

I tend to pick up kits when on sale.......that being said ,i have previously purchased 2 Pocher kits

if I recall correctly,$250 and $650 respectively

The most I've spent on a single kit is $220. I've spent about $300 on a single build though with AM and what have you.

I've been on the fence about going for the HK B-17, but that's mostly about size over price. I don't guess I really have a limit it just depends on how much I really want somehting

About fifty or so is my limit except for garage kits- I did blow over two-hundred on an Earthforce Omega class destroyer (Babylon 5 TV series) a couple of years back along with a few other SF type kits.

My excuse is that as garage kits they could go out of production at any time so I better buy then when I can!!!  

Around $100. The 1/350 tamiya Bismarck, U.S. Missouri and 1/32 tamiya p-51, and both type corsairs were all around that.

I'm on the fence right now on the new 1/32 tamiya mosquito. It's around $200.

The most I ever paid was years ago. I got the 1/16 tamiya RC tiger tank, but justified that as more of an RC purchase than a static kit.

I like the "fixed income upon retirement" statement about increasing the stash. I tell people I bought all mine knowing the prices would go up (they have over the years. At least some). Or, some are limited edition. I just had to!

The most expensive kit I have ever bought is the R2 1/350 TOS Enterprise. $150 for the 1701 kit and $189 for the accessory pack. I can't see ever spending that much again on a kit.

My thinking is if it's under $50 and I want it I buy it. Over $100 I really have to think about it and I will run it by My wife. In between it depends on the kit and my finances at the time.

Tojo72

That's what I tell my wife,I won't be able to buy kits once I'm on a fixed income,so I'm stocking up now.

That is the best line I've ever heard in reference to a modeler dealing with a spouse. I may have to borrow it, if I may.

I was also thinking along the line of GM. As a kid, my dad got me about any model I wanted. This was in the late 60's and he looked at model building as insurance against me turning to drugs. (It worked, btw). I remember the motorized Tamiya tanks as being some of the expensive ones.

I was spoiled then, now, there is a limit. And we have a lot more add-on items to add to the total ticket than we used to have back in the day. And I'm one of those nuts who thinks he has to find and buy every accessory ever made for a kit when researching it. (not exactly, but sort of....)

GMorrison

Also, there is then and now. I currently in good conscience could not spend more than $ 50 on a kit. Ten years ago, I spent $ 300.00 on a very nice full hull Combrig 1/350 Scharnhorst (World War 1) that I still have not built. At this point my stash is going to be my retirement supply.

Very valid point, GMorrison, on the then and now. And like yourself, my stash will cover me long into retirement.

Also, there is then and now. I currently in good conscience could not spend more than $ 50 on a kit. Ten years ago, I spent $ 300.00 on a very nice full hull Combrig 1/350 Scharnhorst (World War 1) that I still have not built. At this point my stash is going to be my retirement supply.

The most I spent so far is $150 for a Trumpeter Nimitz. I'll spend a little more for the Trumpeter Kitty Hawk, and the Merit Kennedy. But those will be close to my limit. I just can't see myself ever paying $450 for a kit.