most sought after 1/32 P-51 Mustangs?
most sought after 1/32 P-51 Mustangs?
What are the most sought after/valuable 21st Century 1/32 P-51 Mustangs?
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Tough call as they are all getting rare. Nearly all the P-51B/Cs and the P-51Ds seem to be hard to find now, but the P-51D "Double Nuthin" tops my list. Those only went to Target as part of the 4 Star Military spinoff line from 21c and they were rare at that. The only one I ever saw came from a fellow board member.
Other top contenders for the HTF, desired and valuable of the retolled 32x B/C/D P-51s would be the following:
P-51C "RAF Polish"
P-51B "Bullfrog I"
P-51B "Shangri La"
P-51B "Princess"
P-51B "Berlin Express"
P-51D "Mrs Bonnie"
(The RAF P-51D and the P-51B "Cripes a Mighty" seem to be the most common and easily available).
I'm not even sure on the S1 style of 32x P-51. Those have not been out for years and don't seem to pop up often. Those have great paint schemes, but the tooling stinks.
Other top contenders for the HTF, desired and valuable of the retolled 32x B/C/D P-51s would be the following:
P-51C "RAF Polish"
P-51B "Bullfrog I"
P-51B "Shangri La"
P-51B "Princess"
P-51B "Berlin Express"
P-51D "Mrs Bonnie"
(The RAF P-51D and the P-51B "Cripes a Mighty" seem to be the most common and easily available).
I'm not even sure on the S1 style of 32x P-51. Those have not been out for years and don't seem to pop up often. Those have great paint schemes, but the tooling stinks.
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Oh, yes, they also went to Wal Mart. I never saw them there, either, but did see the Black 1 FW-190. Either way, "Double Nuthin" was at the tail end of the 21c 32x line and is the rarest. Any QC defects aside, it was the neatest of the 32x P-51D schemes in my opinion.
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Most sought after 1/32 P51 Mustangs
I picked up 2 Mrs Bonnies & 3 Double Nuthins at WalMart as they were doing their final closeouts (TN & AR)...Paid full price for 2 of them and $9.00 bucks for the rest - Double Nuttin is my favorite of all the 1/32 Mustangs...Sold the extras on Ebay for amazing prices, kept one of each for me!
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Thanks for the list.
I started collecting only two years ago, but I've read the many SSHQ posts about guys seeing stacks of unsold 1/18 Supercopbras and Spitfires on clearance.
However, I've seen my share of 1/32 P-51 Mustangs at Wal-mart that I passed on and now I see their current prices. As the old saying goes, "If I knew then what I know now..."
Thanks for the list.
I started collecting only two years ago, but I've read the many SSHQ posts about guys seeing stacks of unsold 1/18 Supercopbras and Spitfires on clearance.
However, I've seen my share of 1/32 P-51 Mustangs at Wal-mart that I passed on and now I see their current prices. As the old saying goes, "If I knew then what I know now..."
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I haven't seen a "Double Nuthin" come up at auction lately, to see how much they are going for. It would seem they are the rarest.
Recently a "Shangri La" P-51B/C went for over $100.
"Bonnie" comes up very few times, but rarely have I seen it go as high as "Shangri La".
The only way to get "Cripes a Mighty" P-51B is in the Dogfight 2-pk, and those command at least double original retail if not a little more (the exception being the "Detroit Miss" P-51D..which is a craptastic old tooling, with ME-262 2-pk )
Unless you can get a "Cripes a Mighty" occasionally loose, which is not common you might get a good deal though.
Recently a "Shangri La" P-51B/C went for over $100.
"Bonnie" comes up very few times, but rarely have I seen it go as high as "Shangri La".
The only way to get "Cripes a Mighty" P-51B is in the Dogfight 2-pk, and those command at least double original retail if not a little more (the exception being the "Detroit Miss" P-51D..which is a craptastic old tooling, with ME-262 2-pk )
Unless you can get a "Cripes a Mighty" occasionally loose, which is not common you might get a good deal though.
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I just saw one I was watching on ebay go for $32, which is outstanding these days.dragon53 wrote:Another question:
What's a good price for a in-the-box P-51 "Bull Frog"?
Seems some of the prices are dropping on these Mustangs lately depending on the day you bid, and now the Xmas season is over.
Though I tried to get a British Corsair the other day and it went over $100 go figure. Crazy market.
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The 45 gallon big bins? I have around the same amount of those bins. The 32X aircraft fit in there perfectly. I think you can fit 12 to 14 of them in there.tmanthegreat wrote:Crazy prices and to think that I have 5 plastic bins full of various 32x aircraft plus a bunch more on display, including many of these rare ones. These planes were quite addictive back in the day with the $15 Wal Mart prices and all.
Got 5 planes on display. Plan to open some of my other extras and hang them up.
It wasn't that expensive of a hobby then, and I bought more of it than 1/18 because of the prices. Plus the larger scale disappeared first and there was a brief period of leftover 32X on the shelves is all you could get.
The prices are still not that bad even for some of the better pieces.
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Getting my Smiths, Hills and Andersons mixed up lately.
I knew it was one of the same pilots who flew the Tomahawk, and have a 32X P-40B with his name.
I am missing one of those AVG P-40's. I just have to dig up the one I have, find out which it is and get the other one.
I passed on it a couple of times at Walmart thinking it was the same one I'd bought, turns out there were 2 AVG P-40B's, Hill and Smith from 21st, so I'm missing one of them.![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
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I knew it was one of the same pilots who flew the Tomahawk, and have a 32X P-40B with his name.
I am missing one of those AVG P-40's. I just have to dig up the one I have, find out which it is and get the other one.
I passed on it a couple of times at Walmart thinking it was the same one I'd bought, turns out there were 2 AVG P-40B's, Hill and Smith from 21st, so I'm missing one of them.
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Yeah after doing an inventory of my 1/32 aircraft a while back, I failed to find out if it was "Smith 47" or "Hill 48" that I have.
I just marked "Flying Tiger P-40B"
Then I found out there were two:
http://www.sshqdb.com/32/index.php?cat=26
Got the 1:18 "Smith P-40B" I know because it's hanging in the kitchen.
It's back to the storage unit to take a peek at my 32X and find out which P-40B AVG I have so I can buy the other one if I can even find it.![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
I just marked "Flying Tiger P-40B"
Then I found out there were two:
http://www.sshqdb.com/32/index.php?cat=26
Got the 1:18 "Smith P-40B" I know because it's hanging in the kitchen.
It's back to the storage unit to take a peek at my 32X and find out which P-40B AVG I have so I can buy the other one if I can even find it.
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Got my "Shangri La" P-51 B/C today.
All is in order, but what I didn't know is that some B/C's were offered with open canopy or closed one. The instructions say so.
Mine came with a set folded open one which is kinda cool. Though I was going to hang it up, I guess it's a ground plane, or I may trade the OD green framed one on the other one I have. I don't think the bubble canopy B/C's have this feature, but only the framed one.
Check your P-51 B/C.s you may have this variation. Something I didn't know till now.
All is in order, but what I didn't know is that some B/C's were offered with open canopy or closed one. The instructions say so.
Mine came with a set folded open one which is kinda cool. Though I was going to hang it up, I guess it's a ground plane, or I may trade the OD green framed one on the other one I have. I don't think the bubble canopy B/C's have this feature, but only the framed one.
Check your P-51 B/C.s you may have this variation. Something I didn't know till now.
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Actually, the 32x P-51Bs came with both types of canopies - the closed piece (which is what was usually on the boxed plane) and the two pieces to display the canopy opened, which would have come in a bag underneath the plastic tray. I have the Shangri La P-51B, which I bought at TRU, and it came with both canopy sets. It seems you may be missing a piece.
The P-51Bs that have the framed canopies and came with both canopy sets are as follows:
"Bald Eagle"
"Bullfrog"
"Shangri La"
"Princess"
The remaining 32x P-51B/Cs (RAF, Berlin Express, and Cripes a Mighty) had the Malcolm hood single piece.
The P-51Bs that have the framed canopies and came with both canopy sets are as follows:
"Bald Eagle"
"Bullfrog"
"Shangri La"
"Princess"
The remaining 32x P-51B/Cs (RAF, Berlin Express, and Cripes a Mighty) had the Malcolm hood single piece.
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