How much would you pay for an old Frog kit ?

[MartG]

Someone has just paid £1,638.00 for an old Frog 1/24 Bloodhound missile !

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIte...

[Shar2]

I believe that was bought by a chap off Britmodeller.com. He used to work at the Bristol plant where they produced Bloodhounds and his plan is to make a new resin kit of it using the Frog parts and some sctatch building to correct the rear end, as it was still secret when the kit was released. So, although this is a crazy sum to pay for a kit, albeit very rare, the new owner had his reasons.

[Eric Mc]

Probably could have bought a real one for scrap cheaper.

[dr_gn]

Shar2 said:

I believe that was bought by a chap off Britmodeller.com. He used to work at the Bristol plant where they produced Bloodhounds and his plan is to make a new resin kit of it using the Frog parts and some sctatch building to correct the rear end, as it was still secret when the kit was released. So, although this is a crazy sum to pay for a kit, albeit very rare, the new owner had his reasons.

Madness. I could have measured the real thing at Duxford and had a rapid prototyped model built for him for that kind of money. Would have been more accurate too no doubt.

Will take a lot of pretty hardcore enthusiasts for that little project to break even I'd think.

[Eric Mc]

There was a real one lying in pieces outside the Michael Beetham Restoration Centre at Cosford last November.

[Rude-boy]

Shar2 said:

I believe that was bought by a chap off Britmodeller.com. He used to work at the Bristol plant where they produced Bloodhounds and his plan is to make a new resin kit of it using the Frog parts and some sctatch building to correct the rear end, as it was still secret when the kit was released. So, although this is a crazy sum to pay for a kit, albeit very rare, the new owner had his reasons.

Proves the point that an item is worth what a buyer is willing to pay for it.

[dr_gn]

Rude-boy said:

Shar2 said:

I believe that was bought by a chap off Britmodeller.com. He used to work at the Bristol plant where they produced Bloodhounds and his plan is to make a new resin kit of it using the Frog parts and some sctatch building to correct the rear end, as it was still secret when the kit was released. So, although this is a crazy sum to pay for a kit, albeit very rare, the new owner had his reasons.

Proves the point that an item is worth what a buyer is willing to pay for it.

Just read the Britmodeller thread:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showt...

So he wants to measure it to make masters for a resin kit, but then intends to sell the original kit on - he's not really a collector?

Apparently he's got drawings of the original missile, so why on earth he's messing about measuring a kit to make another kit is anyone's guess. It's simple enough geometry, so why not just model it in CAD and RP the masters, or simply scratchbuild the masters directly from the original drawings? Can't see any advantage of 'measuring the kit parts'.

Strange.

[DamienB]

MartG said:

Someone has just paid £1,638.00 for an old Frog 1/24 Bloodhound missile !

"Just"? Nearly a year ago!

[thehos]

there i was thinking tamiya frog!!!!

[Langweilig]

10 years ago, I paid £15 for a 1/72 Bristol Blenheim.