Tag: price

• There’s No Such Thing As A Biggest Model

  

  There’s only the biggest model…yet. For everyone, whether they be manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or builder, there is never an end point in the progression of the scale model kit. The factory may start out making 1:144 scale models of Piper Cubs, but if these sell they will be onto the next larger prototype for the…

  Dick Stein

  August 2, 2023

  1:144 scale, 1:72 scale, design, frugality, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  price, scale, size

• Old Moulders Never Die…

  

  They just flash away… I have been engaged in dealing with plastic model kits that made from old moulds. In one case I suspected the thing was new on the market when I was in Grade 10 and had been offered in various guises ever since. The kit was fun to build, but I am…

  Dick Stein

  April 3, 2020

  1:72 scale, finances, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Organisation, Scale Models, Toys, Uncategorized

  aftermarket, detail, History, price

• So Why Does One Model Tank?

  

  And another become a classic? I’m not talking about 1/35 scale armour here. I mean why is one model kit a success and just keeps on selling, and another ends up in the auction house for unsold kits within the first six months? a. Is it a bad model? Badly conceived, badly moulded, poorly packaged.…

  Dick Stein

  June 14, 2019

  Hobby Shops, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  design, marketing, model makers, price