Most bang for the buck - New Thread

IMHO.....The new 3 in 1 armor kits from Dragon.

I have picked up the Tiger I (initial production) for $26 and the Sdkfz

Hello,

writing from Switzerland my best thing in value for money in the past few month?s was the 1/72 F-8 from Academy. Bought one in a shop for just

Greetings from Switzerland,

Martin

REvell's 1/72 Sea King mk 41 current release - you get the WHOLE of the RN Sea King kit parts just to use the box intake guard!

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Hasegawa's 1/75th scale Japanese "Pete". It was given away FREE at an IPMS National show. It was worth every penny spent on it! And it was for guys who like to "build miniature models"...as opposed to the weenies who just want to "assemble kits".

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I agree completely with the 1/48 Rafale M. Just loved mine when I got it for the price I paid. Even with there being nothing up the engine intakes.

Also I loved the Revell Hawker Hunter in 1/32. Can't remember what I paid for it (got it cheap at a New Zealand South Island championships when the retailer was clearing stock before the show closed so he didn't have to take it all away back down south with him), but was more than pleased- maybe biased as I just love the Hunter.

Cheers.

Hoosfoos wrote:

The R-G releases of the BV 222 and Ju 290 are remarkably cheap for the quantity and quality you get.

Mark Schynert

There are two reasons I scratchbuild. One is if there are no kits available for a subject I want to build.

The other is that it really gives you the best bang for the buck. Wood and sheet styrene are really cheap. Even casting resin, as expensive as it is, is much cheaper than a kit with that much resin in it. Brass stock for gear and other small details is cheap considering how little you use on a model.

I like to build a lot in larger scales (1:32 and 1:24 in planes, 1:12 and 1:8 in cars). These kits get REALLY pricey. So scratching them is a good deal.

Scott, you ain't supposed to put the bits back in the box, man. You're meant to cut them off the runners and glue 'em together. Do I hafta tell you guys everything... (c:

RobG

I picked up the HMS Victory kit mentioned in another post for $35 plus shipping. As a clearance item.

Well...if "clearance item" anecdotes qualify...

I recently bought a still-shrink-wrapped 1/72nd Academy B-377 Stratocruiser for $9.00.

And I picked up two sets of Minicraft's 1/144th "Classic Prop Airliners" (the 4 model set with DC-3, Stratocruiser, L-1049 Connie, and Boeing Clipper) that were (mis)marked for $10.04 on Hobby Lobby's clearance table.