Oldies and Goodies - - At a Train Show !

A while back, the wife and I attended a Rod and Custom show up in Kansas City. In one corner of the hall, there was a gentleman displaying a car (seem to remember it was a '34 Chev) and he had a couple of chairs and an old card table set up behind the car. On the table there were were a dozen or so old kits, mostly cars and one aircraft kit. That kit was an unopened Airfix 1/72 Lancaster. And for the sum of 50 cents, I took the kit home!

Tanker - Builder

Hmmm.

   Oldies but Goodies . Like them ? Well , at a train show I did it again ! Do any of you remember the 1972 release from Revell ,Called the U.S.S. Forest Sherman ? In the original Box , Brand new , Never touched . All the short shotting and stuff prevalent in this kit . It's all there !

    I didn't get a chance to build her in any iteration even the RoG version . Now at a TRAIN Show I get the original ! How sweet is that ? Plus some more I,ll mention in passing .Minicraft - Multi-Kits of the Gowland and Gowland /Revell Highway Pioneers Still sealed ! How's that for a lucky day ?

   Lastly a C-130 . Not just any one though . The " First Lady " One of the very first A-C-130 Spectre Gunships . In Both 1/144 and 1/72 ! One I have to build , one is a die cast . I would say that at a train show , is for me " Lucky Buy Center ". Check them out sometime .      Tanker - Builder

Yep, always keep your eyes open--you never know where you'll find a treasure and a bargain.

I built the Forrest Sherman when I was a kid, must have been around 1973 or '74, and I just know that I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I used Duco Household cement, I don't think I painted it, and I remember gluing a piece of heavy black sewing thread to the mast and cutting out and pasting on the signal flags.

I used to go to train shows with my Dad, when I was a kid. There always seemed to be one or two guys that had a few planes mixed in with there goods for sale. They were always a great price, because everybody was looking for train stuff...not airplanes!