model price limits

I out cheap you all.  Two of my current builds I'm into a grand total of $1.00. I purchased one from an estate sale for .25 and the other from a thrift store for .75 cents.  I will pay more for a kit but rarely over $20.

I also was the leader of the Budget Group Build a few years back where the idea was to build a good model for no more then $20 for everything, including supplies.

Its a tough question. How much would i pay for a kit that i really wanted? If im browsing, ie in a store thats just opened liked 20meters from my front door :) (and i thought i was jinxed), i will spend no more than 30pounds on a kit, average is about £20.

But for akit i really wanted id pay up to alot more. ie like the UAV globalhawk, if i can get this in the UK, id pay up to £70-80 for it.

What I've learned about myself is that, no matter how much money I DON'T have, I'll still spend whatever it takes to get what I want.

Horrible disease. Horrible.

I try, for now to stay under the $30 mark for kits.  I'd love to make the line of Trumpeter 1/32 jets, but I need to improve my skills--a lot!--before I can justify spending $50 on a kit, let alone $125!

Flynavy1958 

My max limit is $50. Even then, the kit has to be good and a one of a kind. Kind of like the D-model Hornets in 1/48. Hasegawa makes the only one, and since I had to have it to round out my USMC collection in 1/48, I had to buy it. I wish I could find good prices on the 1/35 MRC H-60 variants, but they are always around $60, and so far, I am holding firm on not buying them. Otherwise, I like to stick between $20 and $30.

 Oh, and I've never, ever seen a "deal" on ebay. If I can add up the bid and shipping to what it'd cost me at the store or online retailer, forget it.

Andy

I'm a cheapskate when it comes to buying kits. The most I've spent on a single kit is the Tamiya 1/25 scale Tiger I for around $50 in 1991. Of course, I had just come from an all-expense paid vacation at an exotic location where I had limited chances to spend any money, so I figured I'd splurge.

Even in today's uber-kit market, I stay below the $40 mark for a single scale model kit.

Now, if you branch into the R/C model area, I did buy the Tamiya 1/16 scale M4 105mm remote control tank. I think that one was in the $200 range, but very reasonable for an R/C model. I also won the 1/16 Tamiya full R/C Tiger I. I did not pay for it, but it retailed for $750.

I do know a couple of people who have spent loads of money on vintage kits. I just sold a couple of small, but rare/vintage kits for $224 and $310.

DURR wrote:

do anyone of you have a price limit on what you spend on a single model i (am a bit of a cheapskate) limit my price to $20 per model although above 12 is still rare for me

Now that I've discovered ebay, I usually prefer to stay under $20. It hasn't been that hard either. I just don't run out and buy the kit of the day.

Depends on the kit. I look for stuff that is less than $20, but for hard to find stuff/out of production kits, I'll spend more.... with shipping up to $50. For that much, it's gotta be either a Spitfire or a P-40, and have something special about it. (Of course, I guess being a Spitfire or P-40 is special...)

I really wish Eduard would keep expanding their Weekend Edition line.... great kits for like $12.