Some of your rarest kits?

[MidMazar]

Originally Posted by roymattblack

What's the point????
I would get bored rigid building the same kit over and over again.
I can understand building kits of the same car but different manufacturers as they can vary a lot in detail, features and content - but a pile of identical kits?????

In real life i own a mkIV VW GTI. So i had to build a replica. I'm such a fan i plan on building a few in 2door versions as well as 20th annversary. So my plan was to get a few kits to actually build (eventually). Plus sometimes you score on getting the same kit if it becomes discontinued and rare. Might have some extra dollars in there in the future if i don't build them all. For me its a love for VW and BMW and thats why collect multiple kits.

[Motometalix]

And some else rarest celicas kits

[sky1911]

well i only have 4 kits, 2 of which have been built almost 20 years ago and the other 2 are sitting next to me, mocking me, waiting to be built. of those 4 kits only 1 is what i would consider rare. it's the

1/8 Rosso Ferrari 643 WRX

as to is it rare? i don't know. i mean, yes it is possibly rare because it was only built for a very limited amount of time and at some point into the run, the factory burned down and that was the end of the company and the model as such. just how rare it is, i don't know. i have no idea how many kits were actually built back then. any insight into this is appreciated

and just for argument's sake, the other 3 kits i mentioned are:
1/8 Pocher Ferrari F40 (somewhat less expensive than the 643 but different quality level - bad fit and all)

to be built:
1/12 Tamiya Lola T70 MK3 first re-issue, i believe (BS-12015)
1/12 Ferrari 312T (BS-12034)

these i want to build with lots of customizing, some time ago starting drawing plans for the ferrari chassis to be rebuilt from aluminium sheets, etc. all out ...

[Shelby 427 1965]

So THAT'S why I can't find half the kits I'd like - you lot are hoarding tonnes of them!
- Tomo

[Boreham]

[oter]

nice collection boreham,you can send them to me,because my escorts feels alone:

[Boreham]

Well oter with a Brace like that of "Top Trumps" zakspeed Mk2 RS1800's, I think you'd win if it were Poker

[oter]

i have the reji transkit too + revell version
cant have to many escorts,would love to make a zakspeed diorama of them + a ford transit i have,would have been a nice race team diorama

[brady_381need72c10]

Ok...My rarest kits as of today!

built 78' chev stepside mpc kit...original issue (the only issue as a 2wd non high rollers edition)...funny story to come later if you guys want to hear it! i stole this off evilbay for about 10 bucks....find the other one thats up that is unbuilt you will be paying upwards of 3 figures...!

Holy Grail 1/12 scale 69' Camaro monogram kit!...stole it for 40 bucks!

and not rare in the fact of "Hard To Find" but rare in the fact that its the only model i ever finished in the 15+ yrs of building is the revell latest issue 69' camaro z28 kit!

I still have somewhere that afl series chev van kit

the exterior post van trailer is not as rare anymore with round 2 reissuing it!

still have F/S movin' on kw 925 kit!

More to come later as i think of it!

[joka-1]

Originally Posted by Boreham

Well oter with a Brace like that of "Top Trumps" zakspeed Mk2 RS1800's, I think you'd win if it were Poker

Don't think so!

[roymattblack]

I have to say (shoot me down in flames...) that as much as I love Jaguar and Aston Martin, and I've built at most 2 of various kits, I can't imagine anything more BORING than building the same kit umpteen times over.....
To me, kit building is the challenge of doing something new, not just making another car in red instead of blue!
PLEASE enlighten me into the black arts of doing the same thing ten times over....... At the end of the day, even though the finished article might look a bit different, in terms of building the whole kit, most of it is the same thing......
Tedious and repetetive, or what??????
It strikes me as not so much kit building, as a bit of 'O.C.D'.... (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
Am I missing something?

Roy.

[El Destructo Inc]

This big Kenmeri Skyline

[oter]

few others i have:

[freakray]

Originally Posted by roymattblack

Am I missing something?

Roy.

It depends, are you talking motorsports or road subjects?

Personally I build motorsports subjects and whilst I may have built several that started with the same base kit, no two are the same because they get corrected (intakes, roll cages, completely different interior) for specific races or complete livery changes depending on what point in time I am trying to capture.

Now, if your argument is about building Ferrari 360 and all you're varying is the paint color - then I am 100% with you.

[eyckles]

I bought my "Holy Grail" kit yesterday for a fair price. It's the MFH Toleman TG184 Monaco GP. This is a pretty rare kit and getting hard to find.

Best regards,
Lesley