Aurora B-25 on Ebay

Coreyeagle48 · Post by **Coreyeagle48** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:37 pm

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

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:55 am

Nice. The enterprising customizer could turn that tail on the ebay plane into flak damage

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:08 pm

There was a unbuilt kit w/o box on there this week, so I am going to keep a lookout for these online.

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:56 am

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.

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:25 am

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.

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:35 pm

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.