I got the Richard Petty Dodge Dart "KitCar".
Built when new, but now starting to fall part, glue failure. Not to
mention I think I build it when I was 12. Hand painted.
This is box art of it.
With some kits that haven't been re-released, yes. This is especially
true for some car kits that were changed on a yearly basis, i.e. a
1975 kit that was re-tooled and became a 76, 77, etc. year car and was
never reissued as its original version. The same was true for the
original Star Trek The Motion Picture Enterprise. After the first
movie, they retooled it to give it a textured surface and remove the
lighting. For a long time, the original "smoothie" was highly sought
after whether it was built or not.
Some old built kits are just old kits.
I have no idea where your KitCar stands though.
Some old kits have constant value like the Revell XSL rocket and space
station - usually go for ~ $500 - even if partially built. What really
matters iss finding the collector who just has to have that kit or for that
matter the box from the kit. I've seen things go for $300 on eBay - and
found 2 at a hobby shop on the net for $30 each two weks later. The real
answer is value is in the eye of the beholder - you just have to find the
right beholder.
Val Kraut
Well if You have a Revell 1:32 "Midwing George" it'll probably also be worth
a few dollars, but if I got one I would build it - not evaluate it's
possible selling price.
Claus Gustafsen
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Some old kits have constant value like the Revell XSL rocket and space
station - usually go for ~ $500 - even if partially built. What really
matters iss finding the collector who just has to have that kit or for that
matter the box from the kit. I've seen things go for $300 on eBay - and
found 2 at a hobby shop on the net for $30 each two weks later. The real
answer is value is in the eye of the beholder - you just have to find the
right beholder.
Val Kraut
There's a lot of truth in this. If I had a chance to buy an XSL for $500 I
would certainly pass. But if I already had one - well is a one shot of $500
going to allow me to move into a better house, buy the next level car, fly
first class instead of cattle car in the rear of the plane, - probably not.
If I did sell it, I would probably end up with 5 $100 models replacing it in
the stash. So I may as well enjoy building and having the beast. The one
worry I would have is screwing up a part I couldn't easily scratch build and
couldn't get a replacement for. I had a friend who was a consistent
builder - finished many projects. His philosophy was buy three - the first
you build, spare parts for screwups come from the second. After finishing -
build number three as a perfect model. Give number 1 to a kid in the
neighborhood.
Val Kraut
Figure sculptors and painters often sell their finished pieces for
hundreds or thousands of dollars apiece. Armor modelers do almost as
well. For some bizarre reason, these types of transactions are rare
within the world of "aircraft modeling." Perhaps because aircraft
modelers are less inclined to view their pieces as "works of art?"
"> Figure sculptors and painters often sell their finished pieces for
I've also seen 1/350 scale ships go for big bucks. But in this case a lot of
work with brass aftermarket and they make a really great display on
something like the fireplace mantel.
Val Kraut
:
: I've also seen 1/350 scale ships go for big bucks. But in this case a lot of
: work with brass aftermarket and they make a really great display on
: something like the fireplace mantel.
:
I wonder if the fellow from Greece sold his Tamiya ship
model(s)? I think he was only asking 150k US for one of the
US/UK battleships...
Val - did you get your question regarding locomotive
servicing answered?
Bruce
Thank you for the replies.
One more question. Any kits out there that can supply rear axle and
drive shaft. I can recast the rear wheels that I drilled thru as kid.
ZoomZoom
Verlinden is one that will get the big bucks for his one of a kind
models. If you go to a national model show in the US there is usually
his latest creation. but its not only the model but the research and
attention to detail that wins out. Talk to the people at their booths,
interesting stuff.
:
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:> Val - did you get your question regarding locomotive
:> servicing answered?
:
: Yes - but no good pictures of items under service.
:
There is little practical difference between US and European
steam locomotives when it comes to routine maintence and service.
I believe there are photo books by O. Winston Link that have
some shots of steam locos being serviced, but in general, you
will have some number of mechanics looking over the machine,
refilling oil reservoirs, greasing grease points, tightening
various fittings, cleaning the ash pans (coal burners only), and
also checking for any leaking stay-bolts. These are special bolts
that are half hollow, from the bolt head down, and are used to
hold the inner firebox sheets in place, so they run from the
outer boiler sheets to the inner boiler sheets, in the firebox
area. X number are allowed to be broken, and leaking (hence the
reason for the hollow bolt) before the boiler must under go some
fairly extensive maintence.
You can also look around for "Locomotive & Railway Preservation",
a long out of print magazine that covered most any aspect of steam
locomotive maintence you care to cover.
Specifics will vary from railroad to railroad, and locomotive
type to locomotive type, but they are more similiar than not.
For outside, routine maintence, locomotives will periodically
need water, then fuel, and depending on the weather and particular
section of track, sand.
Locomotives evaporate much more water with respect to fuel, so
water stops are the most frequent - in the order of 3x - 5x the
fuel stops. Sand, again, was generally available where fuel was
available, and is carried in the domes atop the boiler (where the
steam kept the sand dry and from freezing should it have become
wet somehow). The pipes from the domes to the drivers are the sand
pipes.
Bruce
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urden =A0 =A0Austin, TX.
I am reminded of what a co-worker once told me concerning the
difference between steam and diesel.
Diesel takes two days to find the problem and an hour to fix, while
steam took an hour to find the problem and two days to fix.
Val Kraut said the following on 04/03/2011 23:51:
One of the BFI DVD series of British Transport Films has what can
either be termed a training film on a steam engine which is brought
into a shed for full overhaul, which means taking the whole thing
apart and rebuilding, or people actually did sit in the cinema and
watch half an hour of technical descriptions.
Here's an idea for a diorama based on a true(?) story, my Dad wouldn't
lie...
I live in Brockville which used to be the major recoaling and watering
stop between Montreal and Toronto and connections to Ottawa. There
were repair facilities including a roundhouse....
Some bright light managed to misalign things sufficiently that a
mainline loco went off the track and into the dirt when exiting the
roundhouse. (upright or on its side I don't know)
Loco's are heavy things, so it being off the track bed, it started to
sink into the ground as it was a wet and muddy spring. They tried to
get it out of there by putting ties underneath it. It kept pushing the
ties down.... Apparently it took several carloads of ties to get that
engine out of there and they're still there imbedded in the dirt where
the round house used to be..
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