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 Author  Topic: 1945 Varney PT Boat kit on eBay
David Waples

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of David Waples  Posted on: Dec 25, 2019 - 6:57pm
There's an original Varney PT Boat kit on eBay. Complete and unassembled. It can be yours for $319.00. For the same money you can get a Bluejacket kit with better parts and detail. But if you're into collecting rare kits...

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of Jeff D   Send Email To Jeff D Posted on: Dec 26, 2019 - 4:02am
Hmmm it says never assembled but the small inside box has an assembled torpedo tube and the larger box has 3 plain dowels. And the chart house looks like it has the windshield glued on the wrong way, the 90 degree angle seems to be pointing up: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-1945-Elco-Varney-3-16-PT-Boat-Model-Kit-Orig-Box-Directions-Complete-/293023979617

Still, the kit is in nice shape for being so old thanks for pointing it out David.



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Drew Cook

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Looks like the 1/32nd scale Lindberg plastic kit was modeled off this...


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Tempting, just because it's a Varney.

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of billpr   Send Email To billpr Posted on: Dec 27, 2019 - 5:05pm
$319 is a lot too pricey. I have an old Comet kit paid only $10.
Is the Varney kit that old and worth the price?

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  David Waples

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of David Waples  Posted on: Dec 27, 2019 - 10:48pm
Only if somebody pays that much for it. It's an historical kit for sure. Still for sale.

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