E-bay – the modeller's best friend

eBay is also the Aviation Art collector’s and seller’s friend 🙂

There’s quite an active trade in all kinds of aviation art on eBay. For the collector or casual enthusiast, you can get some real good bargains there, as well as some rare prints, both old and not-so-old.

For the seller, both private individuals and dealers (and even aviation artists), eBay offers a chance to sell excess inventory. Some prints are even bid up to very high prices.

Tank Busters by Robert Taylor

A few days ago, a small black and white companion print – Tank Busters by Robert Taylor – was auctioned off for US$355. Normally, a full-sized Robert Taylor colour print would retail at US$295. (btw, I have this print, number 1/50 😀 )

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I have an unbuilt Tamiya DH Mosquito FBMK.VI/NF MK.II 1/48th sitting here to do when I finally get to sit down in a house/flat with enough room for me for a while.

So much to do, so little room to do it in – and so little time right now too.

🙁

I bought a long sought-after Matchbox 1/32 Spitfire F24 from E-bay. It’s waiting in the wings to be done….

….sought after, mmmm, interesting! I’m sure I have an unbuilt Hasegawa mark V sitting in the loft as well! 😉

KingKit supplied me with a load of early Spitfire/Hurricane decals via E-bay. Only a couple of quid 🙂

factory models

I recently bought a factory model of an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy.
A plaque on the stand says it was given by the airframe maker to the Paris office of the US FAA (not the Fleet Air Arm…the other FAA) which is how it came to America.
Any Argosy fans out there? I was the only one to bid on it and bought if for not a lot of money, but I wouldn’t mind it going to a good UK home.

I have just started to sell on e-bay, its great.
I have been in my loft because we are extending into it soon so all has to go, and I have just found a Lancaster B2 ‘dambuster Airfix kit unopened so thats going on ebay soon. Any bidders ???

Kingkit is on eBay via an alias……..I buy stuff from him through eBay for less than his own site!

I won’t spoil the game by giving his other name away, might not get any more bargains!

Just bought an Airfix Chipmunk on eBay this evening, two quid!

I’ve been overtaken by technology. I wrote a database years ago to keep track of my kit stash. Unfortunately, I wrote it in dBase III+ and I can’t remember how to use it. 🙁

Think I’ve got a Dominie.

I’ve used modelsforsale a bit. Very good service from my experience.

any of you guys use www.kingkit.co.uk [url]http://www.modelsforsale.com/ or[url] www.kitkrazy.com good supliers of rare kits

King Kit is OK. He’s been around years. He’s based near Cosford but always used to have a stall at OW shows.

any of you guys use www.kingkit.co.uk http://www.modelsforsale.com or www.kitkrazy.com good supliers of rare kits

You’re right about it being seriously addictive…started using the site this year, firstly buying and more recently selling; total spend so far about £400, total income ……about £50! (Woops… 😮 ) Favourites seem to be out of production civil aircraft, the old Airfix Islander is good for about £26 at the moment, a Jetstream around £16, and a tenner for the 125/Dominie; so if you’ve got one…..get selling!

Silly season for Putnam prices on Ebay at the moment.

Did get a silly cheap one a month or two ago – Brirtish Bomber since 1914 for £2.99

Whoo-hoo! My parcel has just arrived!

Hi folks – I am a regular ebay user and was able to add many OOP books to my collection over the years, plus photos, negatives, slides, etc.

As ex-modeller, I have to tell you that during the current moving of my appartment, I looked through some cardboard-boxes containing old kits – didn’t know what I still had and since I stopped building models about 15 years ago, there probably are some treasures: I am talking about Frog, Novo, Airfix, Matchbox, Heller, Monogram, Hasegawa, Williams, Italaeri 1/72, plus some assorted 1/48 kits, for example two Tamiya Lancasters….. they all look for a new home/owner.

Since this board doen’t have a buy/sell/trade category, and I don’t intend to sell through ebay, please PM me with your interests – maybe I have something you look for.

Kind regards and best wishes for the weekend (it’s starting to snow here in Switzerland).

Martin / Swiss Mustangs

Modellers – you may care to refer post 18 on this thread … something you may not have known about …
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34973

I bought a long sought-after Matchbox 1/32 Spitfire F24 from E-bay. It’s waiting in the wings to be done….

Hi,

I bought a Junkers G-38 kit from the German E-bay. When it arrived lo and behold there were two kits inside the one box. 😀

Now that’s what I call a bargain.

Alex

I’ve got a load of models and mags I intend to sell after Christmas, when the nights are still long and wet and best enjoyed in by the central heating.
Hell thats put me in the mood to start and make some myself.

Paul

And good for books as well, as a few of us on here know well 😉

Hi
I spent five years buying stuff (books and models) on E-bay and I’ve spent this year selling it back through E-bay!!!
So be careful it’s addictive.

Got any Putnams you want to sell-anyone!!! 🙂 🙂 😉 😉 🙂 🙂

Cheers
Andy

PS The Trumpeter 1/32nd Corsair is a very nice kit. Someone sent me one the other day.