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

Hellers "Le Soleil Royal". I've been working on it for almost a year, little at a time about 60% done. $300 new?

Pikers. DeAgostini "Sovereign of the Seas", about 1100mm long x 900mm high, it retails over a grand. Parts work kit, I only have about half of it so far, and what I have weighs about 10 pounds.

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Biggest is the Heller Victory. The hull is pretty much done, but the addition of the bowsprit and masts will make her at least 1 meter long by 1 high.

Theist expensive is a Combrig  1/350 Scharnhorst (WW1) that I'm in for $ 250 for the basic resin kit and have not started sourcing out details for yet. Plenty of PE in the future.

After utterly ruining a vintage 1/25 AMT AMX Javelin kit with an un-fixable painting disaster, it's now the 1:35 Trumpeter Geschutzwagen Tiger fur 17cm Kanone 72(Sf). Quite a huge armor kit.

I'll toss in my lot. The most expensive kit is the Academy 1/48 MH-53 Sikorsky Sea Stallion. Paid $95.00 for it when it was released. Not a helicopter enthusiast but the kit has the markings for my brothers squadron, HM 214, of which he was the commander. My biggest kit is a close one between the MH-53 and the Tamiya 1/350 HMS Prince of Wales. I'm honing my modeling skills a bit before I tackle either of these. especially the MH-53.

Tamiya's 1/350 USS Enterprise (CVN-65).  It was also one the first models I built since coming back to the hobby about 13 years ago.  I look at it now and see all kinds of errors.  I hope to redo it again in the semi-near future. lol.

My biggest is a toss up between my 1/48 Monogram B-58's (2 of them) and the AMT KC135. The most expensive is probably the Hobby boss F3H Demon 1/48 or the Hobby boss TBM 1/48

John

My biggest and most expensive kit at the same time is HK's B-17G in 1/32. That thing is huge!

I'll play.....biggest is probably the 1/72 Gato....I've also got a 1/16 Wright Flyer that should be pretty large when done.   Most expensive is a MFH 1/20 Gurney Eagle T-1G

Mine would be the Revell 1/72 scale USS Gato fleet submarine.

My most expensive is definitely the new tool Yamato. Although I did drop a lot on aftermarket goodies for my Trumpy f-14b. My biggest is either my 1/200 Arizona or 1/350 Nimitz both by trumpy.

Mine? Most expensive is the Finemolds 1/72 Millenium Falcon. Biggest? Dragon's 1/72 Saturn V Rocket.

Ok, my turn...

My biggest is Tamiya's 1/350 USS Missouri and my most expensive is also a Tamiya...a Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IXc in 1/32 with some goodies from Barracuda to go with it! The Spitfire is currently on the bench awaiting its first dabs of glue!

Biggest in my stash?...Well its not in my "stash" any longer, I built it but now don't know what to do with it, short of hanging from my hobby room ceiling which I'm not a big fan of.. Revell Monogram 1/48 Boeing B-29 "Humpin Honey" . Ha, you can check it out in all it's glory in this forum, just search "Revell Boeing B-29" to view pictures.   Most expensive...so far, gotta be my Academy 1/400 Premium Edition Titanic, ($225) what a super cool kit! Photo-etch, wooden decks and correct bow anchor tub to name a few.

I'll play...

Most expensive:  Fine Molds 1/72 Millennium Falcon

Biggest:  Polar lights 1/350 USS Enterprise Refit

Funny thing is that I don't do that much Sci fi.  I mostly build 1/48 modern jets.

Biggest would be the Revell B-1B as well.  Most expensive would probably be the Trumpeter F/A-18E.  But it came with default VFA-143 decals, so I see that as a win/win considering I transitioned them into that scheme.  :)

I have a few other big kits in the stash like the 1:58 C-130J , and a couple of Monograms vintage bomber kits.  Those have always been nice big kits.  

I also likem cheap, most of my stash comes from model swap meets.. The most expensive has to be the Revival metal bodied Mercedes 163 prewar Grand Prix kit I got as an anniversary gift, about $120. I like smaller scale kits so none of them are particularly big, maybe my vacuform 1/72  TU 22.

Mine right now is the 1/48 academy f4b phantom 2 Because I also  got the photo etch sets that eduard just came out for it.

A pair of Italeri C-130s in 1/48th scale.  The Heller Victory in 1/100th comes close.  I should mention the Victory was purchased from Model Expo as a close-out item for less than the full-blown retail I paid for one of the C-130s on a binge buy.

I don't know if this counts but...... I am combining several 35 scale kits together.  Trumpeter BR-52, K5 Leopold, Karl Morser with Railway carriages, two gondolas and two flatcars all loaded with various stuff ( Tamiya field kitchen, AA guns and various resin from Black Dog).  When finished it will be 12 foot 8 and with figures and extras and a scratch built track I hope to break 10,000 pieces.   Price will be close to $750 and three years of enjoyment.  Would have liked to go bigger, but ran out of wall.

....Oh....forgot the Revellogram B-1 too....very large kit.

I have a Lindberg 1/125 Blue Devil Destroyer..rather large. Also have 3 A/C kits that are huge...Revellogram B-29, B-52 with X-15 and B-36....all were kinda expensive BUT...

My most expensive kit was an MPM HE177, with every A/M set made for it....bought it on Ebay for $136.00....still in it`s box, afraid to start construction.....

I know what you're going through; I've been working in the 1/72 scale version of this monster. Though not as wildly detailed and complicated as yours, it is still a long and heavy project. I've finally gotten mine to the painting stage.

    I to have been working on a monster, 1/35 Dora railway gun. I am about 75% done, but every time I think I am getting ahead I add more scratch builling items that someone has done, and I try to improve mine. As for the cost it was purchase on E-Bay in total for $635. I think this was a great buy.

Largest: the Revell/Monogram 1/48 B-1. I stil do not have a clue where to put that monster if I build it (fortunatly I have 150+ other kits waiting in the stash)

Most expensive, probably my Azur 1/32 Polikarpov I-16. Not that expensive but I buy all my kits cheap at verndor tables or at sales. For instance, I have paid only € 10,- for the Hasegawa Ki-84 Hayate "visible edition" with PE and white metal. I think the retail price would be much higher.

Largest: 1/350   Minicraft   RMS Titanic Ocean Liner - Upgraded "Museum Quality" Issue with Corrections and Photoetched Parts.

It will NEVER get built by me.

The Trumpeter 1/16 T34/85 or the Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire IXc

Build it as the Argo, that should be a real different looking Yamato :)

BTW, that's Star Blazers if anybody asks :)

Biggest is the 1/48th scale B-29 followed closely by a 32nd scale F-4 Phantom, a B-17 and B-24 and Lancaster in 48th scale and a Bf-109 and a P-51 and a Hurricane in 24th scale.  The most expensive is another 48th scale Tamiya Lancaster followed by a 32nd scale Tamiya P-51.

Largest and most expensive are one and the same. Tamiya 1/32 F-14A, purchased when first released in the early 1980's. I,ve dragged it around through 3 states and a half dozen homes or more.

I've purchased *lots* of aftermarket accessories, decals and references over the years; but always worried that I wouldn't be able to do it justice. After seeing the cover article of the 1/32 F-4  in FSM a couple of months ago, I decided I needed to do something bigger than my recent 1/72.  Started the rescribing project a couple of months ago, and while it has moved off the bench to finish (and start) a couple of passion projects, I am committed to getting it underway in a serious way later this year.