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Old 11-21-2021, 01:02 PM
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That's about DOUBLE what they are worth.
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Old 11-21-2021, 03:45 PM
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That's about DOUBLE what they are worth.

I don't know.....$15 each is about the going rate for those. Not a deal or anything. Pretty much 100% of market value.
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Old 02-22-2022, 06:42 AM
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Gee, prices seem to be coming down - these Skill Level Hang Tag Nighthawks went for $62 and $89:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1151996949...=p2047675.l2557

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1152515026...=p2047675.l2557

At first, I thought the kit was resold, but these do look like two separate kits. I should've waited!
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Old 02-22-2022, 08:00 AM
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Wow !
Those are major bargains for a really rare kit in skill-level packaging.
I paid at least 125 about 4-5 years ago and thought I got a steal.
The earlier Nighthawk packaging is far more plentiful.
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Old 02-22-2022, 09:16 AM
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Gee, prices seem to be coming down - these Skill Level Hang Tag Nighthawks went for $62 and $89:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1151996949...=p2047675.l2557

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1152515026...=p2047675.l2557

At first, I thought the kit was resold, but these do look like two separate kits. I should've waited!


The market is crazy now. I used to know it well, now I don’t understand it. Lots changing these days, especially us old timers either having the kits or a dying breed……
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Old 02-23-2022, 07:45 AM
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Wow !
Those are major bargains for a really rare kit in skill-level packaging.
I paid at least 125 about 4-5 years ago and thought I got a steal.
The earlier Nighthawk packaging is far more plentiful.
Was this only available one year in skill-level packaging? It was discontinued in 1974.
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Gee, prices seem to be coming down - these Skill Level Hang Tag Nighthawks went for $62 and $89:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1151996949...=p2047675.l2557

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1152515026...=p2047675.l2557

At first, I thought the kit was resold, but these do look like two separate kits. I should've waited!



They appear to me to be the same kit.............same price tags.
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Old 02-23-2022, 10:19 AM
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I believe the only year the Nighthawk existed in the green Skill-Level 4 packaging was 1973.
1972 and earlier was old packaging. In the 1974 catalog it was gone. Same with the K-21 Gemini Titan; have been trying to get a Skill Level packaged Gemini Titan for many years; those ALWAYS go for way too much $$.
It existed for many years in the early packaging.
I have an opened kit in the earlier packaging that I got like 5 years ago cheap...under $50. That one is going to get built.
Until these have popped up this year, I had never seen another Nighthawk in the Skill Level packaging. I got mine from the big "Sandman" sell-off earlier.
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Old 02-23-2022, 02:36 PM
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Was this only available one year in skill-level packaging? It was discontinued in 1974.


Contrary to what some believe,,, Skill Level kits intermixed with other types. Like in ( interface or lap overs etc) The first produced were in 1973, and were used all thru the 70s and early 80s ! This is fact , plus was confirmed by my friend Vern……
I have 80s kits with 1300 numbers that are Skill Level kits. Yes, some kits had them for only one year, like the Gemini Titan, Nighthawk , Cobra, Falcon, Sprite, Delta, Star Blazer, Midget, Beta,,, most of which were skill kits for one year, 1973.
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Old 02-23-2022, 02:40 PM
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I believe the only year the Nighthawk existed in the green Skill-Level 4 packaging was 1973.
1972 and earlier was old packaging. In the 1974 catalog it was gone. Same with the K-21 Gemini Titan; have been trying to get a Skill Level packaged Gemini Titan for many years; those ALWAYS go for way too much $$.
It existed for many years in the early packaging.
I have an opened kit in the earlier packaging that I got like 5 years ago cheap...under $50. That one is going to get built.
Until these have popped up this year, I had never seen another Nighthawk in the Skill Level packaging. I got mine from the big "Sandman" sell-off earlier.


I too ha the green skill level nighthawk. I’ve had others.
WILL YOU PLEASE SELL ME THAT OPENED GEMINI TITAN ??! PLEASE DO NOT BUILD IT !
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