discussion How much

[geegad]

Just been looking at creative models at what's new not in the Market to be buying at the moment just looking and I can't believe my eyes £65 for a model a model tank what.!!!!!!!

I only build 1/35 armour so where are these prices going I know they include a lot but £65.!!!!!!

And yes I know there are other manufacturers but dragon to me are the best but £65 POUND!!!!!!!!

Sorry had my rant and it either on here or tell my dogs cause the enemy couldn't give a monkeys sorry again oh and that's not with post and packaging last time £65

Geegad

 

[Guest]

The Tamiya 32nd planes are around £100.00, as is the Airfix Mossie so I guess £65.00 is looking more acceptable nowadays.

I guess a large multi-media model could justify the money and, at the end of the day, how much money does it save you by not going out for all those hours!

I come from the days of 2/6 for an Airfix series one in a bag though so I share your concern!!

 

[stona]

I come from the days of 2/6 for an Airfix series one in a bag though so I share your concern!!

That's going back a bit. I got 2 bob pocket money and so had to save up and not visit Dalliwells,the local sweet shop!....we're both showing our age

Cheers

Steve

 

[Guest]

Likewise. The 72nd Airfix kits with the clear plastic bag and instructions in the cardboard fold. Not to mention the two-piece clear plastic stand to mount it on.

Keith

 

[stona]

Modern multi media kits don't really resemble those little kits that I massacred as a nipper. It's a quesion of how much a kit is worth to you and how much you are prepared to pay for it. I've bought a few kits that have set me back around £100 and they have all been worth it. Hopefully the one yet to be built will be too.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Guest]

From what I've seen a lot of Tamiya's Models are a bit on the pricey side, but I suppose you get what you pay for. I have spent a few pounds (quite regularly actually) on models, but unless I win the Lottery, I cant justify spending the £100 or so on the Tamiya Spitfire or Mustang. I do have to eat after all.

I have spent £50 or £60 on models, however I am getting 4 or 5 models, rather than 1.

I would love to get the Tamiya Aston Martin DBS, I've seen it priced around £35, but again I would rather spend £35 on perhaps 2 or 3 rather than 1.

 

[Guest]

I've just come back to modelling after 35yrs, and I have been a bit surprised by the price of some kits. I'm only doing 1/72, just for the practice, and I'm spending between 5 and 7 quid a go. I did buy a half-price Dragon Tiger for a tenner, and I can see from the quality of the kit that it would be worth more than a Revell or Airfix version. I would hope and expect a £65 kit to be of the same, high quality.

I haven't built the Dragon Tiger yet, I don't want to make a b8lls up of it.

 

[AlanG]

I remember some of those Airfix/Matchbox/Revell models only costing 50p - 99p a shot. Now look what they are asking for those very same kits only with different box art

 

[Guest]

me as i`m quite new to this modelling malarky,i get scared paying £25 for a plane,but one day mwahahahaha!

mobear

 

[AlanG]

Ole i said the same thing at the beginning. Now look at my stash and see the prices lol

 

[Andy2035]

I thought coming back to the hobby would of been good for therapy me and it has been, I've only built the two cars at the moment and that is only because I managed to find them cheap on flea-bay, but, it would be impossible for me to even look at buying a kit new at today's prices, so all I'm now able to do is to keep popping in here to look at what builds are going on, but to still be able to learn what tricks are being done...

 

[Guest]

I remember some of those Airfix/Matchbox/Revell models only costing 50p - 99p a shot. Now look what they are asking for those very same kits only with different box art

God, those were the days! Saving up pocket money & doing odd jobs to get 50p to buy a Matchbox kit from my local shop!

But I definitely think many of the dearer kits from the likes of Dragon are worth the extra money. The detail & PE make them a joy to build.

 

[Guest]

I used to get 2/6 pocket money every week and buy materials, tools and paints with birthday and Christmas money. I would buy a series one bagged kit every Saturday morning from a local shop that I eventually worked in as a teenager. Kid in a candy shop springs to mind.

One day I went for my kit and they had gone up to 2/7!! I was gutted. My Dad gave me an extra penny that week though and he put my pocket money up after that! Aren't Dads wonderfull?

 

[Guest]

Just out of curiosity, did anyone buy Frog kits? I was wondering how much they cost back then.

Keith

 

[Guest]

They couldn't have been that expensive as i remember i bought a few (pre 1970 this is) model cars like the little austin. i got 2 shillings pocket money (heh heh 10p) if i helped with housework and i could afford one out of that if i remember correctly.

Another thing i think i remember right, is they sometimes came with little tokens inside that you saved up and swapped for a free model. ... or am i mixing model makers up here?

 

[Guest]

My mate and i have been discussing this recently in work about how when we were kids we used to save up pocket money to buy those little kits in the plastic bag with card board fold over tops, and we both agree that model kits have changed, now he views my stuff regularly when i bring it to work and we agree that kits have become so much more detailed than they ever used to be and this will obviously reflect in the price, with modern or new toolings of older kits having upwards of 1000 parts and some of those are either resin, aluminium, or photo etch. Now i have built several large scale kits and i love them, i have to say i do buy these kits every now and again and personally i think that overall they are worth the money that is being asked for them the moldings have much more crisp detail and the introduction of these other parts i.e. photo etch just enhances the kit. However, i do think the the manufactureing companies could lower their prices just a bit as this might actually encourage more beginners into the hobby. Now iam a tamiya fan although recently i have been gravitating towards trumpeter as they have much more detail in the moldings but i think some of these large companies have lost sight of the market in the case of Tamiya they charge almost £100 for a 1/48 scale spitfire and a lot more for their larger kits e.g 1/16 armour is about £800-900 and in a recession who can afford to spend money like that on kits. That is not to say however that just because a kit is cheaper it is not worth buying, in fact most of my better kits are made by revell or italleri and why should i pay £40 for a tamiya A10 kit when the Revell kit is £20 and has infinitley more detail. This is something that i think has to be decided by the individual modeller and i think that kit reviews and comparrisons should be common place by the modellers themselves.

scott

 

[AlanG]

Scott. Also why should you pay the high price for a Tamiya like the Ju87 B2 when it is infact the very same boxing as the Italeri

 

[Guest]

I think there is probably more choice out there than there has ever been before. In the days of the Airfix bagged kits top of the range offerrings were such things as the 1/72nd Lancaster so pretty much the same stuff but a bit bigger. Nowadays we still have the cheap simple polystyrene kits at one end and the very expensive, beautifully detailed multimedia kits such as the top end Tamiya stuff so I thinkit is easier for a modeller to find just the kind of kit he wants.

What never fails to amaze me are the prices that Airfix bagged kits are now selling for on eBay to collectors. Now that is unbeleivable!!

 

[Guest]

This is my third spell in modelling now - 1) as a young kid, 2) the 90's when I was trying to get my son interested and 3) now. As a kid, all that was available in my area was Airfix. I longed for a Revell kit but it didnt happen. The first Revell kit I bought in the 90s was an eye opener. It was rubbish. I tended to go Hasegawa/Tamiya from then on which were much better quality but a bit pricey. One good thing stemming from that it that is has forced Airfix, Revell and the like to up their standards a bit. I know modern tooling has played its part as well. I posted a while ago in Lastest Acquisitions that my daughter had found me a Revell Spitfire V in a charity shop. I was amazed at the improvement and amount of detail it had.

Keith

 

[tr1ckey66]

Hi John (Geegad)It's probably just a glitch in the matrix but you seem to have a pic from my 1/16 tiger build as your avatar?!Cheers Paul