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

Jon_a_its

Bronto

1/35 Dora railway gun is both my biggest and most expensive

You win... 

NOW.... build it... 

Find me a buyer and I will!

That would make it about 1/200.

Forgot to add a completed  Trumpy 1/35th K5 Railway gun.  In the stash, an  Entex 1/100th  B-747,  a Airfix 1/72nd Flower Class Corvette, a  Revell 1/144th Fletcher Class DD,  Revell 1/96th Thermopylae, CSS Alabama, and, Cutty Sark...

famvburg

That Megatech Hindenburg is either not 1/72 or it's not 48" long! A 1/72 Hindenburg would be about 2 1/2 times that length.

Not sure why I thought it was 1/72- I rechecked the box and no scale is actually listed. It does say it's 48" long.

Revell (GmbH) 1/25 Peterbilt fire engine - Household-6 got it for me Christmas back when we were first married.

That Megatech Hindenburg is either not 1/72 or it's not 48" long! A 1/72 Hindenburg would be about 2 1/2 times that length.

 Let's see.  The most expensive might be the Trumpeter T-34's  in 1/16th scale.  I have 2 of them, the 76mm gun and 85mm, that I got at over half off a few years ago.

  They aren't the largest though.  I also have the  1/350 Star Ship  Enterprises, and Revell's large 1/96th (I think that's the scale),  U.S.S. Constitution and the Italeri 1/35 Elco PT Boat.

 I have built the Revell 1/72 Gato and U-Boats and they take up quite a bit of shelf space.  In fact, shelve space has stopped my finishing of the Trumpeter 1/350 Hornet.  It is mostly done aside from rigging it and finishing the aircraft, but I have no good place to put it, unless I move a whole bunch or 1/35 tank models around.  It's getting near critical around my place.  I have even started putting built models on top of my wife's baby Grand Piano, much to her displeasure.  But I think it looks neat with a phalanx of tanks charging the keyboard....fun to dust though.

 I tend to hold off on kits over $100, and wait until some sales happen.  I used to buy a lot of Accurate Armor kits, but now all the stuff I like is out in plastic.  Which is good, because as I loath working with Epoxy or CA.  (I knew I should have built all those Valentines years ago.)

I have to say that even some inexpensive 1/48 Bomber kits take up a lot of space, like the B-17 and B-24  I have built.  They even take up a lot of ceiling space.

Doug

Hi! I would have to state, truthfully that the 1/72scale, old release of MATCHBOX,s  version of the CORVETTE (U.S.S.SNOWBERRY ) kit.. It,s big to start with. Now factor in all the work and hardware for radio control that remains hidden under the stock kit parts and that is the most expensive kit (and biggest) in my stash.I figure the kit cost plus about $600.00 for radio gear and there you have it.Unless you want to figure my very old  U.S.S. CONSTITUTION in wood.when I bought it the price was over $1,100.00 bucks.And it,s four and one half feet long tip of bowsprit to end of spanker boom.Still have a fit of time trying trying to get it displayed after three moves.It,s BIG      Tanker-builder

WOW, thats some bunch of goodies you get in those. I take it this one doesn't come with the IP?

Thats not a genuine Knights Cross i take it. Even so, its a great little item to have.

For me the most expensive kit world by my Hobby Boss F3H Demon, the biggest would have to be the 2 1/48 monogram B-58's that are in my stash.

John

.....and the other.

Bish

Joe, are those Royal Class kits the ones that come with all the extra's.

I thought so. I would love to get some of those mugs, but 48th ain't my thing. I am glad they are bringing out the IP's on their own now. Hopefully the 190 will be out soon.

Bish

Yes the Royal's have everything even a mug I think

Phil

Bronto

1/35 Dora railway gun is both my biggest and most expensive

You win... 

NOW.... build it... 

Joe, are those Royal Class kits the ones that come with all the extra's.

There is a thread on another forum about the Dora that Bronto is talking about. It's something I would never attempt and hats off to Bronto  for even considering building it. That thing is a beast for sure!

Most expensive kit in my stash is going to be my next build: Eduard 1/48 Fw 190 A8/R2 Royal Class-$170.

It's gonna be alot of fun though.

Most expensive- 1997 release of the Academy/Minicraft 1/350 Titanic, and all the Tom's Modelworks and Gold Medal Models aftermarket stuff to go with it.

Largest- depends on how you look at it, but either the 1/72 Revell/Monogram RB-36H or the 1/72 Megatech balsa and tissue paper Hindenburg (48" long). That Hindenburg is also honorable mention for my most expensive.

 Biggest at a little over 3 feet long, and most expensive ($75 for the kit and around $50 in accessories) would be the Polar Lights 1/350 Refit Enterprise. That kit's been out.....what-8 years now?  Still not quite ready to assemble it.  Soon!  ;)

This one is pretty big and cost about a C note!  i235.photobucket.com/.../2008_0131Spock0123.jpg

My largest and most expensive is probably my 1/200th IJNS YAMATO by Nichimo and nearly 5 feet long and nearly $800.00.  I was in Tokyo in 1982 and paid around $50.00 for it.

Aircraft kit would be Tamiya's 1/32nd F-15 for most expensive, Monogram 1/72nd B-36 for largest.

Most expensive would have to be either Tamiya's (original) 1/350 HIJMS Yamato, or the Aoshima 1/350 HIJMS Maya-1944 fit. Both were purchased on sale at LHSs and even on sale cost over $80 each.

My largest in the stash has to be the Revell 1/48 B-1, with the Monogram B-29 a close second... The biggest built so far are the old Dragon 1/35 SS-1 Scud on TEL, Monogram 1/48 B-17G, and Academy 1/350 Graf Spee.

Yeah the kit in the box of the Dora weighs 56 pounds.

The most expensive kit I have is the resin 1/220 Kotobukiya Buran, from the "Goiken-Muyo Abunai Mechanics Series"(!).  I think it was something like 22,000 Yen ($275 USD in today's money, a lot less when I bought it.)  The only other kit I have in that price range is the Accurate Armour T28 super heavy tank ($200), seemingly rendered redundant (maybe, maybe not) by the DML plastic kit.

The biggest model I have is the 1/144 Bandai HGUC Dendrobium, which is something like 39 inches long.  It is too wide to fit into my display case, so it never got finished.

I think the title of biggest, most expensive plastic kit must go to the Soar Art 1/35 Dora rail gun.  A friend bought one and said that the box was almost too heavy to carry into the house!  What the heck are we thinking when we buy stuff like that?

Oh, I forgot about my wood HMS Victory,1.25 metres long aaand most expensive rolled into one. Think I'd better cut up my credit card now!!!!

The biggest kit in my stash has got to be my Tamiya 1/350 Big E Enterprise at just over a metre long. Most expensive is the new Tamiya 1/350 Yamato. She'll kill me when she finds out!!!!!

Jockster

This kit is the smallest in  SCALE   I intend to build BUT it is the LARGEST in physical size.  34 inches.

most expensive 1/72 hobbyboss DORA rr gun

largest DORA or trumpeter 1/35 K5 rr gun or revell 1/96 PEDRO NUNES 3 masted barque.

The 1/32 Trumpeter Su-27B that I bought from a store in Philadelphia is hands-down the most expensive, and largest, kit in my stash.