OK, pardon the stupid question from the armour/artillery noob, but why are these kits worth so much? I am referring to the all white metal kits Gunze has available.

I'm not complaining, as I recently made a tidy profit selling a LeFH18 Howitzer kit, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out why the kit commanded such a high price tag in the first place.

Would anyone care to enlighten me?

Thanks for your time.

Well, at the time GS came out with these kits, nothing like them existed.

They included indy tracks, brass and white metal bits, PE and very interesting subjects. The costs to make them were pretty high I'd guess.

leFH18 10.5cm
leFH18M 10.5cm
leSF18 15cm
M60A1 Rise armor
Pz IV ausf G
Pak 43/41 88cm
Soviet 76.2cm AT gun
Pak 38 5cm
Demag w/Pak 38 5cm
Jagdpanther
Panther G
Stug III G
Panzer III N
Panzer III J
Panzer III M/N
leFH18 10.5cm auf Geschutzwagen H39

and some repackaging of some Heller tanks

These were way ahead of their ahead of when they came out ,I remember buying the Jagdpanther,the wife diddn't speak to me for a week when she see the price tag on the box