Some of your rarest kits?

[CrateCruncher]

Here is my rarest kit:


This is a 1/14th scale Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta "Lusso". It was only offered in kit form for a short period in 1996 when Marshal Buck at Creative Miniature Associates ran out of prebuilt orders. I doubt more than 20 where made available as kits.

MG Models got ahold of one of these and tried to copy it but their kit is much simpler and I hear they are pretty horrible in the detail department.

[F1Tommy]

I had one of those from Marshall Buck. He sold me one of the Lemans winning 1949 kits, one of only 3 kits sold! I didnt like the oddball scale but it is a very nice kit. The MG is not a copy and is poorly done.
My rarest kit is maybe the ScaleKraft Maserati 450S that someone has copied in the USA now(M.B.). I also have the Alfa Canguro and Guilietta Sprint along with a SZ Tronica from Joker. Big kits I would say the Minidelta P3 and Ultimate P4 and Dino 206S kits in 1/12th scale.

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2009 model contest and photography/art display-Chicago April 25th 2009 at Continental Ferrari/Maserati

[taliesen]

I've got a couple of 1/8 Pochers - the 993 (OK, so not that rare) and the Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Monza 1931.

Also have a 1/12 Tamiya Texaco Ma****ro McLaren M23, though it is a white box reissue and not the original.

[CrateCruncher]

Originally Posted by F1Tommy

I had one of those from Marshall Buck. He sold me one of the Lemans winning 1949 kits, one of only 3 kits sold! I didnt like the oddball scale but it is a very nice kit. The MG is not a copy and is poorly done.
My rarest kit is maybe the ScaleKraft Maserati 450S that someone has copied in the USA now(M.B.). I also have the Alfa Canguro and Guilietta Sprint along with a SZ Tronica from Joker. Big kits I would say the Minidelta P3 and Ultimate P4 and Dino 206S kits in 1/12th scale.

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2009 model contest and photography/art display-Chicago April 25th 2009 at Continental Ferrari/Maserati

Nice resin. Got any pictures? By the way, I did assume the Barchetta had been copied because what are the odds two different limited production model makers would develop and release the same odd-ball car in 1/14th scale!

[tuned.by.twenty]

My rarest plastic kit would have to be this, and of course I won't be leaving it alone when I get around to building it.

[F1Tommy]

Originally Posted by CrateCruncher

Nice resin. Got any pictures? By the way, I did assume the Barchetta had been copied because what are the odds two different limited production model makers would develop and release the same odd-ball car in 1/14th scale!

Go to www.minidelta.be for photos of the Ferrari P3 in 1/12th. That site should keep you busy if you have not seen it before. I think www.hapico.com
and www.islandcollectibles.net have photos of the Ultimate Dino 206 in 1/12th and maybe a photo of one or two ScaleKraft kits.

Best,

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2009 model contest and photographic/art display-Chicago April 25th 2009 at Continental Autosports Ferrari/Maserati (photos of Ferrari Expo 2008 in Model Cars Magazine July 2008 issue)

[143ferrari]

Hi, my rarest kit is a 1:43 engine of the Ferrari 156/85 made up with Bosica parts by me. it's a limited series of 1 pcs/1pcs, i'll post pictures later.

[dkobayashi]

I'm not sure what everyone considers rare...but the kits I have that I consider "rare" are:

Tamiya JACCS Civic JGTC (last one on ebay i saw went over $100 o.0)
Tamiya Repsol Toyota Celica GT4 RC 92 Safari Rally winner
Tamiya Repsol Ford Escort RS Cosworth WRC
1/12 Fujimi Calsonic Nissan Skyline GT-R JGTC
Italeri Subaru WRC transport truck + car

[Dingo1]

My rarest kit is a Testors Tanker and it's my only rarest one and the only one left ove from my truck model buildings of 30yrs ago.

Dingo

[360spider]

Originally Posted by CrateCruncher

Nice resin. Got any pictures? By the way, I did assume the Barchetta had been copied because what are the odds two different limited production model makers would develop and release the same odd-ball car in 1/14th scale!

MG Models and ABC Brianza were were famous about 25 years ago for making Ferrari models in 1/14 scale and quite a few were made. Apparently, it was not a odd-ball scale back then.

I've got quite a few rare kits, the ones that are really hard to find right now are several Q-Model Ferraris, Climax GTOs, Little Garage 512BB Belancauto, and Scale Kraft Ferraris.

[blubaja]

Not car. Not truck.



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[Kurzheck]

I would consider this Scale Kraft Lotus 16 rare. I've never seen another one of these Elva Models Nissan R381 kits. As far as plastic goes these Doyusha F1 and Otaki Group 7 cars are uncommon.

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[geronimo77]

Hi,

My rarest kits are:
Scale Production - Porsche 911 GT1 '98
Rally Classics - Audi TT DTM
Studio27 - McLaren GTR Gulf '97, '96
Profil 24 - Mclaren GTR Gulf '95
LeMans Miniatures - Audi R8 Crocodile Adelaide

And some plastics, i dont know how rare they are maybe not so
Tamiya - Ford Escort RS + Martini decal
Tamiya - Mitsubishi Pajero Paris-Dakar
Tamiya - Ferrari 312T3
Tamiya - Mercedes CLK-GTR Original Teile
UT Models - Porsche 911 GT1 Evo

[Fabbri_Guy]

Originally Posted by CrateCruncher

Here is my rarest kit:


This is a 1/14th scale Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta "Lusso". It was only offered in kit form for a short period in 1996 when Marshal Buck at Creative Miniature Associates ran out of prebuilt orders. I doubt more than 20 where made available as kits.

MG Models got ahold of one of these and tried to copy it but their kit is much simpler and I hear they are pretty horrible in the detail department.

NICE!!!

[Fabbri_Guy]

Originally Posted by blubaja

Not car. Not truck.



Fuji Heavy Aerosubie

COOL!