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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

i have the VOSPER started. not doing pe though the aa position certainly would benefit. i have seen the lionroar pe set and it is impressive. going to do a 3 color camo i think, because i can.pale green light gray and black with dark gray decks and tops.

I am happy with it, it is a huge set. I had bought the Italeri 1/35 Schnell boat earlier, and the matching Big ED  kit for it, and was pining for the Vosper to match with that. No sooner got the Vosper, and saw rumors of the Griffon set for it, and it moved to the top of the must have list for me.

The whole kit comes in in a box about the size of a vhs tape, and weighs about a pound or so, there must be about 2 dozen separate frets, with extra wire, rod, and resin parts (honestly I opened the pack when it arrived and though "oh crap, what have I done now") at 170 dollars it was not cheap.But with this and the Schnell I plan to take my time with and do the best I can on them. So they will be put aside while I re-hone my modeling skills on less expensive kits first.

So is it worth it, for me yes. For someone else, they would probably be more inclined to add to their regular stash or tool collection, but  over the years I amassed a great selection of tools and I have a healthy stash already of about 40 kits. But I splurged on the Schnell and Vosper, as those have that "show stopper" appeal to me.

Largest right now is my Anigrand Star Destroyer at 28 inches and $298. Soon it will be surpassed by my Christmas present to myself, the Salzo TOS Battlestar Galactica at 37.5 inches long and almost twice the cost of the SD.

The biggest kit for me has been Revell's 1/72 Gato submarine. My smallest has been Trumpeter's 1/350 SS John W. Brown Liberty Ship, which my eyesight was really challenged! My current build, 1/96 USS Constitution, will probably be my most expensive build since I have already purchased upgrades such as eyelets, barrels, better quality threading, wooden deck and I'm sure there will be other items!

Wow, you guys dug this old thread up! lol. I remember my father building that Constitution kit in our basement...it eneded with him beating it with a hammer...the rigging drove him insane...he wasn`t a very patient guy...lol.

My Most expensive ones are the Fujimi 1-350 Kongo with Flyhawk set (On the Bench ATM) cost me about $370 AUD. Next would be the Fujimi 1-350 Shokaku with P/E at about $350 AUD. Next ix the Trump 1-350 Adm Kuznetsov with P/E for $290 AUD and lastly the Revell 1-144 Fletcher with all the Eduard P/E Sets for it at $250 AUD.....Cheers Mark  

The most expensive one I have is the 1/35 Hobby Boss SS-23 Spider.

The biggest has is either the 1/35 Dragon Scud kit or the 1/35 Academy UH-60 Blackhawk.  I thought about motorizing the rotor on the Blackhawk; but I can just see it sitting on a table at a model show and some little kid sticking his fingers in it...blades going everywhere taking out other models nearby. 

Since I completed my 1/72 scale Dora rail gun a few years back, my largest and most expensive kit is either my 1/72 scale Trumpeter Tu-160 Blackjack or my Budweiser Beer Wagon with Clydesdales.

Largest is Revell's 1/72 gato and spendiest is Merit's 1/350 Enterprise CV6