Jeez, all I had to do was make one comment about selling this thing and it starts the fire. I had passed on Jim's request early on in this thread and at the same time I even clarified that I meant no offense (Reply #14). I passed on Jim's offer simply because I don't want to be shipping this thing back and forth across the country and risk damage or loss. No offense Jim, really.
As comes up here often though, there's an endless varying of opinions and points of view on the desirability and "value" of our toy airplanes and related stuff. That's fine, everyone is entitled to their own viewpoints about them. The "value" or "worth" of them is a perceived thing though, based primarily on how much any individual "desires" a particular item. This hobby is an excellent example of that. It can be looked at like wandering around any swap meet where I've been guilty many times of paying more than something might probably be "worth", a simple result of my "desire" to have it. The other side of that is getting what I've perceived to be great deals too, paying less than what I thought the item might be "worth". No one here is going to get rich trading items related to this hobby, and most here realize that. A good thing is that most here also realize that it's not what our hobby is all about.
My case with this KYO B-36 kit is that it's one that I've always thought was very cool and have always been really interested in and curious about. Enough so that I've kind of always wanted one even though the chance of me building it is extremely unlikely. To me it's just cool old stuff, the kind of stuff MANY of us here have our own "collections" of. The kit also comes from the time period in our hobby that I'm most fond of, adding to the "desire" in my particular case.
However, I've seen what a nice example of this kit sells for at times. Only because of that I will probably offer it up for sale at some point before too long. When that time comes it'll be a fair price IMO but it won't be a giveaway. If someone then comes along that "desires" it more than I do I'll be fine with letting it go. I'd rather not put it on Ebay for them to take their 10% chunk right off the top though, I'd rather look at it like passing that 10% off to the proud new owner. Whichever way it all pans out I'd have no problem at all just hanging on to this kit for my own admiration either, to me I guess there's a certain amount of "value" (or addiction?) in that.
Topic: KYO B-36 Peacemaker info and plans needed (Read 2024 times)
