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Aurora B-25 on Ebay
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:37 pm
by Coreyeagle48
Greetings
Saw one of these on ebay. They are pretty close to 1/32 scale.
http://cgi.ebay.com/AURORA-B-25-BOMBER- ... 7C294%3A50
I did one as a custom a few years ago. Personally I think mine looks a little bit better than the one this guy apparently customized.
Corey
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:55 am
by tmanthegreat
Nice. The enterprising customizer could turn that tail on the ebay plane into flak damage
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:08 pm
by Panzer_M
There was a unbuilt kit w/o box on there this week, so I am going to keep a lookout for these online.
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:56 am
by vmf214
Panzer_M wrote:There was a unbuilt kit w/o box on there this week, so I am going to keep a lookout for these online.
If you're referring to this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-AURORA-B-25 ... 240%3A1318
it wasn't 1/32 but 1/48, seller clueless to scale. Besides all the 1/32 B-25's were molded in od, do not have the insignia molded into them, and have black parts as well like cowls etc. Generally the B-25 screwdriver kits bring around $300-400 although one slipped thru the cracks a couple weeks ago for around $280 from a seller in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:25 am
by Panzer_M
ah, that's it..never seen one in person so I was clueless on details.
44 for 1/48 is way to high for the kit..you can get modern molds of the B-25 for as much with high detail..I don't see the Aurora model have much other than it's scale making it stand out.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:35 pm
by vmf214
Yeah the early Aurora kits are pretty much just collector's items, not so hot for detail and fit. Back in the day they were king though. Molding the insignia into them was a novel idea if one decided to paint on the markings and was aimed at the much younger builders, detail wise just ruined the look completely. Their later kits are pretty decent though. $44 was a good price if it had a complete box and still a fair price for basically a bagged builder that the buyer likely needed to raid some parts to complete a cherry kit.