Flat Bottoms and Nylon carpet .
I remember flat bottoms . Ninety percent of my Revell fleet had them ! Funny though , even at the young age of 10 , I never wanted to play with them after building them . All I wanted to do is lie on the nylon carpet and with my chin cradled , watch " Sea Power " And all those ships fighting .
I was a weird kid .Why? Well , I always got my homework done before Dad got home from work ! Then I could build models , read , watch the television or go outside and get together with my friends and our four refrigerator crates , New refrigerators were delivered in light wooden crates then .
They could be our subs from the " Silent Service " or the Nautilus from Jules Vernes "Disney Version " ) 20,000 leagues Under the Sea . With a working Periscope made from Quaker Oats small cardboard cans and some small mirrors . And lotsa " Duck " tape .
On the destroyer deck we built a bridge that was strong enough it didn't crush the box below . We would do a torpedo run on that Enemy cruiser and fire our cardboard and two by four guns at them in passing . Then wash up for dinner . Quiet time while Parents reviewed our homework Well , mine did anyway !
You know , I believe we went through a whole box of Band-Aids that summer learning how sharp a saw was on skin .Oh , But did we have fun . ! You Bet ! Many's the night I fell asleep on that Nylon carpet watching Those W.W. 2 and Korean War related programs and of course any Science Fiction that had Space Ships in it ! With a bowl of Jello Instant Pudding beside me .( the big mixing bowl size - Butterscotch -Of course ! ) Tanker - Builder