Airfix 1/32 Bond Bug (M10C) - Restoration

[Neil Merryweather]

Brill work , like the drivers hair as well , very fitting .

He should be wearing flares though, not drainpipes!
Great job , Dave!

[tigersteve]

I saw one of these catch light, burnt out in no time at all and went up like a flare.

I saw one on fire too - all that was left was the engine block some wheel rims and a molten mess :tears-of-joy:

[davecov]

Sometimes restoration is the only way to go - I have just seen a poly-bagged Airfix 1/32 Bond Bug sell on eBay for £200.00 plus £7.95 p&p. No, it wasn't me who bought it as I already have a poly-bagged Bug.

Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Makes the Rosebud Kitmaster boxed Arial motorcycle Dave was tracking seem positively cheap……

[adt70hk]

Sometimes restoration is the only way to go - I have just seen a poly-bagged Airfix 1/32 Bond Bug sell on eBay for £200.00 plus £7.95 p&p. No, it wasn't me who bought it as I already have a poly-bagged Bug.

Dave

That's bonkers!!!

[davecov]

Bonkers is the word, Andrew! It wasn't the only high price paid at the same time either. The same seller put up another three rare Airfix kits:

Airfix 1/32 Austin Maxi - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353758028819 - £117.07 (14 bids) + 6.95 p&p

Airfix 1/32 Victor 2000 Estate - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353758019102 - £170.51 (18 bids) + 6.95 p&p

Airfix 1/32 Morris Marina - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353758001019 - £210 (37 bids) + 7.95 p&p

Once again I didn't bid on any of them as I have them in my stash already (he says smugly).

Dave

[adt70hk]

Bonkers is the word, Andrew! It wasn't the only high price paid at the same time either. The same seller put up another three rare Airfix kits:

Airfix 1/32 Austin Maxi - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353758028819 - £117.07 (14 bids) + 6.95 p&p

Airfix 1/32 Victor 2000 Estate - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353758019102 - £170.51 (18 bids) + 6.95 p&p

Airfix 1/32 Morris Marina - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353758001019 - £210 (37 bids) + 7.95 p&p

Once again I didn't bid on any of them as I have them in my stash already (he says smugly).

Dave

That's dare I say it...... Bonkers...... :smiling5: :surprised:

I have a 'wish list' of kits I want and I don't think it comes to £200, albeit I accept I normally only do 1/72...

[stillp]

Airfix 1/32 Victor 2000 Estate - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353758019102 - £170.51 (18 bids) + 6.95 p&p

I've got the box for one of those - price on it is 5/6d. Doesn't have the Vauxhall kit in it though, but it does contain a Merit kit for an Aston Martin DB3S! I think I have a similar Merit kit of a Jaguar C type somewhere...
Pete

[davecov]

I bought a constructed Victor 2000 Estate for a lot less than £170 and restored that too. You can see pictures here.

Dave

[Tim Marlow]

As somebody that learned to drive in an Austin Maxi and once owned a Morris Marina I can tell you that is more than they are worth in real life Dave LOL….