Crank,

thanks for your PM. Glad you caught and enjoyed the Pico thread. As you can see it was a for fun build - not really serious stuff. I haven't been able to get much shop time lately to continue on its big brother but it's not far from the finishing stage as I'm in the process of assembly

The prices of classics seem to be increasing almost exponentially on auction. I don't know if this is due to the growing interest (is it really?), the rarity of the kits (some not so rare) or even the state of economic affairs. Whatever the case, the interesting fact is that we classic fans prefer a vintage unbuilt kit over a finished model - even if it was just built from a rare kit and the price of a finished model is typically lower than that of the kit despite all the work and the finishing materials and accessories.

Not that I'm really interested in "kit speculation" as a collector but the lack of time to get the kits in one's shop built might just result in vintage kits ending up having to be eventually sold for a tidy sum. Whatever the case, I just hope to get to build what I have in store in due time.

That post wasn't very coherent - I probably ought to pack it in tonight.

David.