So, I happend into both of these kits in the full fuse form.  Kits I think are complete.  Question is for these two kits, am I better of coping the plans and wood parts to build the planes and then selling the kits on to a collector, or are these not really worth anything  that way.  I think I got a decent price as I paid a little less than what the Brodak carrier planes sell for and these are full fuse which I prefer....I suppose even if I built from the kit material, it would be wise to make templates etc

Kits are for buying/selling and collecting, NOT for building!
If you want to build a kit design, spend an extra day and recut the parts from balsa stock - it really is not that hard then you will still have the kit(s) to sell or trade, and the next person can do the same with it.

Are they valuable? Depends on how you look at it. All out modeling stuff that is now "valuable" really is only worth the same value as when it was new. For example, your kits were $29.95 when first intro introduced and using the Comsumer Price Index for inflation, that woud be about $105 in today's dollars - about what they would sell for on eBay.

Ron Bennett

I can't wait to get these two kits Although I have a few things going I need to finish before I would start something else! @Seems to be one of my problems, too many things going at once and easily distracted!

Bearcat, Skyraider, Corsair, and Tigercat only offered as profiles. 3 out of 4 still available thanks to Brodak.