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Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:56 pm

what would you pay for a barndoor model?

Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:47 pm

for a nice og paint 1:1 model id pay a pretty penny! What scale, material, vintage, ect. are we talking about here?

Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:12 pm

Check on the prices of limited production resin cast kits of obscure cars on ebay. A few of them get upwards of $100 though depending on the prices right now the limit might be higher

Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:24 pm

I know of a guy that was making one out of the Hasegawa 66? panel kit.

Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:44 pm

Germanpride wrote: I know of a guy that was making one out of the Hasegawa 66? panel kit.
ding ding ding thats what i did its silver and white and its a pre window panel :) lowered on fuchs

Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:07 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9...t=hasagawa

plasticman1432 wrote: vwjosh67 wrote: man, how much would you let one of those barndoors go for?
Hard to say for sure......I've never placed a dollar figure on a model I build for myself. When I did replica work for customers, the price was dependent on how much I had to spend in kits & how much work it took to make it correct; no two carry the same value. The most I've ever charged for a single replica was about $125....at present, I've got just under $300 invested in kits alone on these two Buses :o . I really, REALLY need to make these work.

Sourcing parts on even a model project can send costs through the roof. Here's a couple of examples: The Hasegawa kits come with "open" 66-ish Beetle-style wheels; I picked up two Gunze-Sangyo ovals just for the wheels/hubcaps/tires, and laid out $40. Two of the AMT 'Hogans Heros' Jeeps donated their three-spoke steering wheels; luckily those two only cost me $20. The ovals can still be used at some point, but the Jeeps are useless to me; I'll probably trade those away for something more useful someday.

Hey plasticman1432 your model barndoors are gangsta!

Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:01 pm

Thanks for the kudos...man, I really need to get back to the model bench.

Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:55 am

plasticman1432 wrote: Thanks for the kudos...man, I really need to get back to the model bench.

no shiat... :wink: