Collecting vintage plastic model airplane kits
By: Craig Kodera
Publisher: Specialty Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781580072236
Subjects: Models; Airplanes; Collectors and collecting; Design and construction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 124) and index.
Table of contents: title: Know your model kit companies; title: The all-star lineup plus the farm teams; title: Why we collect; title: "It's just a box of plastic!?"; title: Selling the plastic; title: If the box looks good, it goes home with the kids; title: A visit to the hobby shop; title: Every collector has his favorite stories; title: Gift sets versus singles; title: What $4.95 will buy you in 1956; title: The space age; title: Missiles and rockets blast off in price; title: Rarest of the rare; title: Mythical kits do exist, and cost much; title: The British are coming!; title: And so are the French, and the Germans, and the Japanese, and ...; title: Pricing in general; title: How and where to buy and beware; title: The joy of it all; title: I'll never grow up!