Flag Raising at Iwo Jima

That was good for a laugh....

No I don't think so. 1966?

Sounds like a bad kit too.

Funny, but the link leads to a picture of Barbi dolls.

I had the Iwo Jima flag raising kit back in the day, but don't remember much about its quality.  I do recollect that the flag was a sticker that was applied to a rather thick plastic flag engraved with the stars and stripes.

Can't recall if the kit was modelled after the photo or the memorial in Washington.

It wasn't one of my more successful efforts.

My wife, daughter and I were in a trivia contest in a bar far from home.

Tied with a table of locals. Last question:

"How many soldiers raised the flag at Iwo Jima".

"7"

Me: "None, they were Marines".

All hell breaks loose. The moderator asks if any one in the bar has an opinion.

"Heck yeah, Semper Fi!" says a guy.

Steak dinners for three.

checkmateking02

Funny, but the link leads to a picture of Barbi dolls.

I had the Iwo Jima flag raising kit back in the day, but don't remember much about its quality.  I do recollect that the flag was a sticker that was applied to a rather thick plastic flag engraved with the stars and stripes.

Can't recall if the kit was modelled after the photo or the memorial in Washington.

It wasn't one of my more successful efforts.

 

Many thanks for the civil response and the details of the kit from so many years ago.

However, recalling an Aurora figure I purchased as a child, the figures most likely would need a lot of work.

Odd.  Your last link gives me Barbie dolls too! 

OTOH, your asking about this jogged my rusted memory, but what I remembered was an Italeri kit I saw in Hobby Lobby a few months ago.  This one.

http://hawkerhobbies.com/products-page/military-models/italeri-testors-military/iwo-jima-flag-raisers-italeri/

Apparently, it is an old ESCI kit.  I don't know if this has anything to do with the Aurora kit.  Here's a thread of the Italeri kit painted and fixed up -

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/19/t/115281.aspx?sort=DESC

Gary

PS> Oh, I did find a picture of the kit and contents on Ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Model-Kit-IWO-JIMA-Aurora-/370833751905

Yours for only $200! 

GMorrison

My wife, daughter and I were in a trivia contest in a bar far from home.

Tied with a table of locals. Last question:

"How many soldiers raised the flag at Iwo Jima".

"7"

Me: "None, they were Marines".

All hell breaks loose. The moderator asks if any one in the bar has an opinion.

"Heck yeah, Semper Fi!" says a guy.

Steak dinners for three.

 

 

Not totally correct, there were six and one was a sailor.

Yes, but Bradley was a medical corpsman assigned to the 5th Marine Division so not too far off!

The Esci/ Italeri kit is 1/72. The Aurora kit according to oldmodelkits.com is 1/15.

GAF

Thanks for the links- the 1/72 build:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/19/t/115281.aspx?sort=DESC

Doesn't look like much initially

My initial websearch did not turn up the e-bay post and photos - thanks for that.

I may be mistaken, but the figure pieces don't look so bad. But again, it is an Aurora kit.

GM: thanks for the scale per the Oldmodelkits website. Another that did not turn up in my initial web search.