What is the most expensive (or largest) kit in your stash?

i saw one of those while looking for the revel SIMBA 8x8 firetruck. looks cool. a friend in my springs club and i have the 1/200 big ass excavator and we are going to start them on 01jan. thinking of lighting mine. still not the biggest or most expensive but sure is different. local contest in feb theme is red so i will be doing a firetruck.

Subhuman1

I know earlier in this thread, I reported having the 1/72 Dora, Flowerclass Corvette reissue, and the 1/72 uboat as my biggest and most expensive kits.

But now, as Santa Clause has managed to find the house a couple of days earlier, the most expensive kit has to be the 1/35 Vosper MTB sitting in my stash, with the addition  (added as of yesterday) of the big Griffon set of photoetch for it (huge kit of etch!) and I still want to crew this boat yet, so this easily takes the position as the most expensive kit.

What do you make of that Griffon PE set. I got the Revell S-100 the other week and was looking at the full Griffon set. But at over £100 is damn expensive. I was thinking about maybe getting the White Ensign set instead. I am just trying to work out if all that extra cost is worth it.

Largest and most expensive Trumpeter's full interior Tiger II 1/16 scale.

My longest (and up till I got the KT) biggest and most expensive is/was Tamiya's original 1/350 Yamato.

I know earlier in this thread, I reported having the 1/72 Dora, Flowerclass Corvette reissue, and the 1/72 uboat as my biggest and most expensive kits.

But now, as Santa Clause has managed to find the house a couple of days earlier, the most expensive kit has to be the 1/35 Vosper MTB sitting in my stash, with the addition  (added as of yesterday) of the big Griffon set of photoetch for it (huge kit of etch!) and I still want to crew this boat yet, so this easily takes the position as the most expensive kit.

For a while the largest model in my stash was the 1/24 Bandai George that I got on Ebay, factory sealed for peanuts but it lost it's place to the Revell of Germany Type IX/C in 1/72 which is about 45" long.

The 1/48 Revell B-29, B-24 and B-17.

Tamiya 1/35 Elefant with zimmerit  along with numerous AM goodies.

PatW

My wife bought me a Pocher 1930's Mercedes convertible in 1988. At the time they were going for £250 for a brand new one, but I still haven't finished it!

Thanks, Pat....now I don't feel so bad about my Peterbilt fire truck

My wife bought me a Pocher 1930's Mercedes convertible in 1988. At the time they were going for £250 for a brand new one, but I still haven't finished it!

pordoi

Grey Snake,

   Go ahead and give it a go.  Half the challenge is finding a table large enough to build it on!  :)   There were 3 or 4 of these built in the Swing Wing GB that occurred ~ 2years ago.  Check the archives if you're interested.

Don

Believe I've thought about it a few times. But I always chicken out thinking about all the sanding. Maybe one day

Manstein's Revenge got the boot over a year ago. He just didn't know how to play well with others, I guess. A few of his minions seem to have followed him.

A civie now, eh?  Last I recall, you were off to the Falklands.  But I figured you must have found some free time, since it appears that you're currently running or co-running several GBs.  Anyway, welcome back to civilian life!  

Also, I figured that there must have been another seismic event on the Forums since I don't see Mannstein and several of the other old timers posting any more.  So new blood comes in and the Forums move on; that's what occurred with the hiccup before the last.  

I'll have a look through the current GBs to see what's going on; might have something suitable for the N. Africa build.

Don

At this moment in time, my largest kit, physically, would have to be kind of a toss-up between my 1/96 Revell Saturn V, my AMT XB-70A Valkyrie and my two 1/350 starship Enterprises (TOS and refit). Those are all about to be diminished when my 1/72 Saturn V finally arrives, any day now :)

Most expensive kit, hands down, would be the 1/350 TOS Enterprise, because I also purchased the full accessory pack.

Life does that at times doesn't it. Things have been good for me, the modelling has picked up since I join civilian ranks. The forum has had a bit of a change, there are lots of new faces and a few of the old gang are missing. We had a little hiccup late last year, I thought that was the reason for your absence, but when I looked I realised that was after you went AWOl.

But things have picked back up now. Plenty of GB's going on, I am sure you will find something.

Grey Snake,

   Go ahead and give it a go.  Half the challenge is finding a table large enough to build it on!  :)   There were 3 or 4 of these built in the Swing Wing GB that occurred ~ 2years ago.  Check the archives if you're interested.

Don

Hi Bish,

     I have no excuse for my absence other than that sometimes "life intervenes".  I've built a few kits in the interim, most notably the Enzo that I mentioned.  Been thinking about scanning the GB pages to join in again.  Always did enjoy those group efforts.  How have things been with you?

Don

Largest and most expensive is the 1/48 Monogram B-1B for me. I know I'll never have room for it but went ahead and bought it.

1/25 Revell (GmbH) Peterbilt Fire Truck....Household-6 got it for me 15+yrs ago as a Christmas present.  About every 4-5yrs she asks when I'm going to build it...I tell her when my skills improved.

pordoi

My biggest is the Revell 1/48 B1-B that I built in the "Swing Wing" GB a while ago.

Most expensive is the Tamiya 1/12 Ferrari Enzo.  Hell of a kit though...

Don

Now I remember that one. Good to see you back, where you been hiding.

Matchbox 1/72 Flower Class Corvette ship. Got if for a song at an IPMS show, But I wish I had some of the P-E to take it to the next level. Little help?

OK, now youre just bragging. :) That should take you as long as it took to set up the real deal. Post pics.

Tamiya 1/6 scale Honda CT70 motorcycle. Biggest and most expensive :)

In my stash Revelle 1/24 Huey Gun Ship rest is 1/48 and 1/35.      ACESES5      ON BENCH DRAGON STUG 3 AUSF B.                         

My biggest is the Revell 1/48 B1-B that I built in the "Swing Wing" GB a while ago.

Most expensive is the Tamiya 1/12 Ferrari Enzo.  Hell of a kit though...

Don

Biggest is the Rev/Mon 1/48 B-29 Superfort. Most expesive is an MPM 1/48 HE-177.

Well I think my most expensive at the moment is my Trumpeter 1/32 MIG-23MLD with my Dragon 1/32 ME110D right behind it, still sitting in the stash for aabout a year now.

Oh, in addition to it being the most expensive one I own, it's also the biggest. So big, in fact, that if I decide to take it out of my fort, I will have to do some disassembling.

I could pay for whatever kit I want, but it's the principle of the thing.

Therefore, I keep my cutoff  right around $65-$70.

The only exception I made was for the International Space Station, which was a tic more expensive.

One of the most fun builds I've ever had. I truly enjoyed my time at the bench with that one.

Largest and most expensive is my Trumpeter 1/16 King Tiger.