Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
I was never aware that the cost of an Airfix kit was calculated by the scale of the kit times the cost of a real one...
What an utterly outrageous price! It might be reasonable at a tenth of that!
Having occasionally bought plastic model kits, for something that size (and presumable very good detail), a price around 100 pounds is about right (I have a whole shelf of 1/12 scale Mercury capsule kits - they went for about $60 each - and they are quite a bit smaller). I'm seeing that Spit kit for sale on this side of the pond for about $120 (it shows a retail of $160 but nobody who knows what they are doing pays retail when buying on-line). My favorite on-line hobby store for plastic models says $114, but it's not in stock.