My first model

Thanks for passing along who the other two youngsters are. I was really curious but wouldn't have been bold enough to ask.

Curiousity satisfied.

That kid in the photo had a few Cox control line airplanes. One benefit of living in a cul-de-sac.

I only built one or two stick and  tissue models, and used white glue instead of something like Ambroid. They always came apart when they (glider) crashed.

As for power plants, I understand the hot set up now is electrics. I know John Eaton is in it.

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I miss tinker toys.  

And speaking of tissue and dope, I started this little project this weekend.  I had the Guillows SE 5 kit collecting dust, aquired a Cox TD .020 at a grage sale, and started feeling like trying some old school building.

 

 

I think the Guillows brand is the only stick and tissue kit brand still around from when I started modeling. Stick and tissue models are still around, but new vendors.  Although, Dumas may have been around when I started modeling, but they were all ships and boats then.

I still build a stick and tissue kit now and then- you can go back again!  And, I still have a Cox .010, mounted on a nice, stained hardwood display mount, as a landmark product.  I have not heard of a mass produced engine of smaller displacement!

I miss tinker toys.  

And speaking of tissue and dope, I started this little project this weekend.  I had the Guillows SE 5 kit collecting dust, aquired a Cox TD .020 at a grage sale, and started feeling like trying some old school building.

It is that. I'm glad I found it. I'm probably about four. The guy behind me, Jack K, was my best friend for years and years. Celeste W was my first serious girlfriend.

We lived in a modern tract house familiar to Cali people called an "Eichler". Got to love those asbestos laden vinyl tile floors, over hard concrete. 

I hadn't discovered Lego yet in 1959. But Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs and Erector Sets were my stock in trade. 

I really like to make stuff. But I don't wear suspenders anymore

That pic is absolutely priceless.

Must have been the TWA livery, with all that red.

I remember Tinker Toys !!!!!

That's a hoot, G.

GM - Now you need to go back and cover it in tissue paper and dope to get the feel of those days.