Explain This...

[dr_gn]

How can a £4 kit turn into a pretty average (at best) £73 model?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McDonnell-F2H-Banshee-1-...

[perdu]

Well it DOES have lovely plumage, the Norwegian Blue...


OK

I just don't understand it either, there's madness out there you know.



it is Blue though

[Red Firecracker]

Looks like two people really wanted it, from gauging the bid history.

Food for thought though, might whack the Tempest on eBay now! (it being a hateful thing to dust)

[Eric Mc]

Free market. People pay what they want to pay.

[dr_gn]

Even madder (same seller):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Griffin-HT1-helicopter-1...


Another one, same seller:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Grumman-OV-1-Mohawk-1-72...

[grenpayne]

dr_gn said:

Even madder (same seller):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Griffin-HT1-helicopter-1...

If that's ZJ238 (hard to make out though) then I've flown the one it's modelled on, in fact I had my very first Griffin flying training sortie in ZJ238 back in 1999

[dr_gn]

grenpayne said:

dr_gn said:

Even madder (same seller):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Griffin-HT1-helicopter-1...

If that's ZJ238 (hard to make out though) then I've flown the one it's modelled on, in fact I had my very first Griffin flying training sortie in ZJ238 back in 1999

Looks like it could be.

[ecsrobin]

Even I can say why would anyone pay nearly £40 for that griffin???

[dr_gn]

ecsrobin said:

Even I can say why would anyone pay nearly £40 for that griffin???

Looks like it's been finished with a combination of paint/flour and a sponge.

I always thought built models were worth pretty much nothing (I've seen way, way better models than these for sale at shows, for less that £5 in some cases.

At these prices you're into the better diecast ranges, and they are in a different league. Just shows that if there are two people who really want something, the winning price is anyone's guess.