Comet model airplane kit: Stearman fighter.
06-16-2007, 08:51 AM
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Comet model airplane kit: Stearman fighter.
Hello!
I have this old Stearman fighter from Comet Model Airplane & Supply CO., INC.
Can anyone tell me when was it built (couldn't see it on the box). And how valuable this is today?
It's a complete package, I even have the rubber that was supplied with it.
I have this old Stearman fighter from Comet Model Airplane & Supply CO., INC.
Can anyone tell me when was it built (couldn't see it on the box). And how valuable this is today?
It's a complete package, I even have the rubber that was supplied with it.
06-27-2007, 12:24 AM
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A Stearman Fighter? That's a new one on me, never heard of one, nor seen photos of one. Anybody got one, I'd like to see what it looked like. I don't doubt that somewhere on this planet someone rigged a Stearman with Armanment of some sort with the sole purpose of using it as a Warbird in a hostile manner. But I can't remember Boeing/Stearman manufacturing such a bird. But hey, would one rigged as a Bug Busting Crop Duster count as a fighter?
06-28-2007, 07:53 AM
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RE: Comet model airplane kit: Stearman fighter.
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Hello!
I have this old Stearman fighter from Comet Model Airplane & Supply CO., INC.
Can anyone tell me when was it built (couldn't see it on the box). And how valuable this is today?
It's a complete package, I even have the rubber that was supplied with it.
Hello!
I have this old Stearman fighter from Comet Model Airplane & Supply CO., INC.
Can anyone tell me when was it built (couldn't see it on the box). And how valuable this is today?
It's a complete package, I even have the rubber that was supplied with it.
06-28-2007, 02:37 PM
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RE: Comet model airplane kit: Stearman fighter.
Check out this for more info on Comet. http://www.antiquemodeler.org/pdf_fi...t%20Models.pdf
I remember building some Comet kits in the early fifties and remember the boxes being as Jim Messer described in an earlier post.
My guess is pre-war.
I also notice that the plans show a cowling. Did the military PT-17 have a cowling?
jess
I remember building some Comet kits in the early fifties and remember the boxes being as Jim Messer described in an earlier post.
My guess is pre-war.
I also notice that the plans show a cowling. Did the military PT-17 have a cowling?
jess
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RE: Comet model airplane kit: Stearman fighter.
I am looking for information about the model airplane kits in the attached photos. The top kit in the first picture seems to be in a general-pupose box that Comet must have used for multiple kits because there is no model description or number on the exterior of the box; the plane inside is a Boeing F4B4. All of these boxes card stock with flaps that open on the ends except for that one Comet box, which has a lid. I have not yetinventoried these boxes of sticks for completeness.
I have taken additonal photos of the contents of the Boeing F4B4. The wheels look like they were die-stamped out of balsa blocks. The engine cowl is metal and still shiny. The instructions are dated 1-5-35 by the draftsman, Ray Chevedden. The engine is made of a very lightweight plastic andmarked "Made in Japan". The tissue paper is intact. There is a small corked bottle of silver paint which was long-ago dried out; I think that this was for the plastic engine. This kit seems to be the best accessorized, and the earliest in the bunch; I have found references on the web to peices being removed from wartime kits due to material shortages.
I would be grateful for any information that anyone can provide about these kits. I admire kits of this type, but do not have the time to build them. Is there a place where vintage flying model kits are traded, where I can get a rough idea of the value of these kits?Thanks
10-02-2010, 07:32 PM
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RE: Comet model airplane kit: Stearman fighter.
Put them on ebay,,
The collectors will bid on them,,, they always do
you'll know their value by the end of the week
I'd be guessing the $20-$30 range each,,, they're not as valuable as you might think,, No if there were Berkley or Royal/MK, Brodak,, those kit fetch more,, much more
The collectors will bid on them,,, they always do
you'll know their value by the end of the week
I'd be guessing the $20-$30 range each,,, they're not as valuable as you might think,, No if there were Berkley or Royal/MK, Brodak,, those kit fetch more,, much more
10-02-2010, 10:04 PM
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Before doing eBay or such, please check out:
http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?mat=balsa
I don't know what they PAY but they sell VERY HIGH.
Good luck.
http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?mat=balsa
I don't know what they PAY but they sell VERY HIGH.
Good luck.
10-04-2010, 06:08 AM
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ORIGINAL: Hossfly
I don't know what they PAY but they sell VERY HIGH.
I don't know what they PAY but they sell VERY HIGH.
p.s.
They have a NIB Red Box Mustang for $225,, I got one for under $100 this year
They're free to dream I guess
