vintage stuka

Hi all,
I have acquired a Sterling Models kit #A-6 stuka dive bomber (the bombs can actually drop automaticly), vintage 1963. It has not been assembled and came in the original box with all original parts, papers, decals and all. The plans have provisions for C/L, as well as R/C flight. Is this worth anything? I almost assembled it, but caught the date on the plans and decided to research it before molesting it. Any info is helpful. Thanks! Josh

Yes, it is worth something. How much, I don't know. But, I, for one, would be interested in it. (I didn't say I would be willing to pay your price, but if it is "reasonable" I would be interested.)

Some of the vintage kits bring horrible prices. I would like to get an Ambroid Stuka kit, for instance, but any that have popped up on e-bay have brought prices that are beyond me.

I guess kit collecting is like stamp collecting or coin collecting. It depends on the rarity, and it depends on how many would-be collectors would like to have that particular kit. I was into coin collecting for a while (sold my collection one day and bought an airplane) and, at that time I came across a particular Indian (from India) token of which only two were made. One might think it would be extremely valuable, but, as it turned out, there were only two people in the world collecting this particular type of token. Each had one of them.

I would definitely not build the kit. For one thing, the wood is probably not as good as you can get today, and the controls are definitely not as good as you should use today. If you want to build it, copy the plans and scratch build it. Either keep it as a collector, offer it for sale here, or, take it to e-bay and see what it brings.

I have never sold anything on e-bay (I have bought some stuff), but some of this stuff goes nuts.