For the past few years I've been buying kits that I think are about to be discontinued. I don't do this for investment purposes but I'm taking the plunge now so I don't have to worry about it later. For instance, I got a Marutaka P-38 just before they went under and have been having a blast building it. (I do wish that I would have traced the darn parts before I starting building it though!)

Anyway, when I see prices dropping on specific kits it makes me think they are clearing them out because they are about to get rid of them. A good example of that is the TF Airacobra whose prices dropped well below the other TF kits just before being discontinued. One I'm looking at now is the $30 drop in the TF Cessna that just occured a week or two ago (from $179 to $149) so I grabbed one just in case.

Believe me, I'd rather be spending money supporting kit manufacturers so this doesn't happen but lately my hobby budget has had to go to snatching up these kits while I still can. It would be nice if we had a resource that would inform us when a kit is about to go so we can get them while we can or even support it enough to stop the company from discontinuing it in the first place.

While I'm here...Has anyone noticed the price drop in the Giant TF P-47? Are we about to lose this one as well?

Damon