ju52junk Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) Does anyone remember building these screwdriver kits? No glue just screw together, poseable flaps and absolutely no bottom to the top and bottom wing. I liked these kits as a kid because they were easy to build and very large. Notice the price for the Fokker, a whopping &3.50 I believe in 1968 dollars, today it sells for $200 - $700. I cannot remember how much the B25 originally went for. But I see the B25 can run from$200-$500. I think I also had the SE-5. I also think they were supposed to be flying kits. Edited April 23, 2018 by ju52junk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 I've seen the B-25 in the vendors area on occasion, and it's usually not cheap. I've also seen a couple built up over the years, and they were quite eye catching and popular since they were also so rare. As for being "flyable"....not sure, but I also seem to remember Cox having several plastic U-line controlled flying models somewhere in the 1/32-1/24 size range, and perhaps these were molded with adapting a Cox motor to them. As for the $3.50.....in that day it would have taken me several months to save up my .25wk allowance to get one! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bell Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 Looked all this up in Thomas Graham's "Aurora Models" book and got this: The D-7 and SE-5 were originally flying models converted to screwdriver kits. They are both 1/19 scale and go for around $100 The B-25 was also a flying model converted to screwdriver assembly, is in 1/32 scale and goes for around $200 There was also a P-51 and P-40 in 1/27 scale, both of which were flying models acquired from Comet models and converted to screwdriver assembly. They go for around $100. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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