Shortest time you have ever owned a kit ?

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Inspired by real events - in other words, Dork and I have just had an alocohol assisted afternoon seesion in my local - Anyhoos, picked-up Dork at 10am and headed off to Transport Models in Preston wehere we rv'd with our very own Chrisonord. Whilst there, yours truly bought an Italeri SM79 Serie 1. Upon returning to Schloss Jackson I found that I'd bought the wrong kit. What I wanted was the Serie 2 kit (the one with the open rear gunners station and Torpedo loadout). As soon as I realised my mistake, Dork immediately pressed £12.00 into my sweaty little hand and it had changed ownership...... I reckon it was mine for less than 60mins !!!

So anybody else here got a similar tale ??

Ian

[puddingwrestler]

IN 2001 I won the intermediate under 54mm figures section of Model Expo in melbourne. Being an intermediate (under 18s) section, there was a  prize. It was a Dragon model of a German tank commander in 120mm scale (or 200mm, I can't remember). I do not paint large scale figures because I can never get skin to look right at that size. So I sold it to DaFrog as soon as I got home.
I think he then sold it on eBay before he left home. I owned it for maybe two hours at most, he owned it for four or five years.

[Mossie]

I picked up an Academy P-51C Mustang at the Nats in 2006.  I wanted it for a project, then lost interest & swapped it with Thomas a couple of weeks later.

I also parted with an Academy Starfighter & an Eastern Express Lightning for Lenny's charity in a similar timescale, mainly because I thought the models were too basic & inaccurate.  Hopefully someones still got some fun out of them!

[Thorvic]

I recall picking an Aerodrom Sauders Roe SR-53 at Aeroventure off the Kit collection sales stand and sold it to falcon 10 minutes later at the SIG stand as he pointed out he wanted one and as i had one in the stash already i thought "Why not".   

G

[Dork the kit slayer]

. As soon as I realised my mistake, Dork immediately pressed £12.00 into my sweaty little hand and it had changed ownership...... I reckon it was mine for less than 60mins !!!


Ian

This is not true...he mugged an old man  after luring him ( me) into his model room with promise of free decals........................I should have known there is no such thing as free decals.  All replies should be addressed to the Home for the destitute .

[Mossie]

Not a kit, but I had book for only a few hours.  It was the Aerofax guide on the Su-24, I found it at a bargain.  I posted about it on here, Lancer said he'd been after it for ages so I happily let it him have it as I simply bought it because it was interesting & cheap, not because I needed it.