bluesteel wrote:For me it would have to be the Revell 1/72nd WWI series of kits that have mostly been re-released now, I think I paid £2.99 each. That has to be good value for money.
ive got agree with that..........a while ago my local model shop had a stack of revell and academy ww1 kits......£2.99 each......i snafled a few, no idea why cos its not the sort of thing i do!.......currently doing a Spad......for 3 quid and probably less than 50p worth of paint it is good value for money and is a great way of idling away some time whilst something on the main project is drying or setting
mind you my current main project is even better.........cost me nothing!....all the bits either given, found or scrounged
.....2 weeks worth of fun and games for about 2 quids worth of filler, glue and paint..bargain!
but it works the other way.....i once had a major project on the go......and i
had to have a Revell 1/24 car transporter trailer........rare as hens teeth (rare = expensive on ebay)......took me a year to track one down and cost nearly £40.......it went with a truck and 6 cars so that cost another @£100, which i had already built.........big 'investment' cash wise.....and time wise since the whole thing took over a year in between other projects...........but the satisfaction when it was all done was brilliant, felt like i had acheived something and so its collective value in that way was incalculable............thing is i now have nowhere to put it cos its nearly a metre long!...all packed away in storage