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Posted by tho9900
on Sunday, September 5, 2004 7:47 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by paulnchamp
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I built several of those "psychedelic Kingfishers" when I was young. I remember those strange yellow decals and the molded-in observer. I also remember the decals included strings of bullet holes as well.
I guess that explains why MPC isn't around anymore. . .
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exactly.. well I am 5 hours from winning a "good" OS2U... a Monogram High Tech kit... just wanted to rebuild the kingfisher but it's OOP... I am building the 70's version in full psychedelic garb now just for the novelty haha...
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Posted by MusicCity
on Sunday, September 5, 2004 8:03 AM
QUOTE: Those who yearn for "The Good Old Days" make me kinda laugh. I've seen several posts stating that "Real Modelers" would only build the crappy old kits & make them presentable. Sorry, but I've been there, done that. I'll take the latest releases from Tamiya any old day.
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I have to agree with Rick. I've built a ton of old AMT model cars and Linbergh airplanes, used a gallon of that crummy Testors putty trying to fix all the problems with them, and breathed a lot of Testors orange-tube (or was it pink?) glue fumes. I have absolutely no urge to build that kind of junk again. Give me something that fits together with minimal sanding and filling any day.
Those of us who have been around a few years can see evolution in many facets of our lives. Some of them I would really love to go back to and relive. Models of the 60's and 70's is not one of them. The detail was horrible, the fit was horrible, the decals were horrible. We worked with what he had because that was all we had.
I remember one line of car kits, can't remember who made them now but I think it was Revell. I built about a half-dozen of them and I swear every one had the exact same interior bucket. The seats, consoles, dash, everything was molded as one big interior piece and just sort of "Plugged" onto some posts molded onto the body. But the Camaro, Mustang, all of them were exactly the same.
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Posted by scottrc
on Sunday, September 5, 2004 12:05 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by rjkplasticmod
Those who yearn for "The Good Old Days" make me kinda laugh. I've seen several posts stating that "Real Modelers" would only build the crappy old kits & make them presentable. Sorry, but I've been there, done that. I'll take the latest releases from Tamiya any old day.
Regards, Rick
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I have to agree with you, I love to biuld the old kits, but only if I want to do a lot of filling and sanding, and want it to look like a model and not a historic representation. I am finishing an Accurate Minitatures kit and am greatful for the fine detail, and excellent fit. Same goes with Tamiya.
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November 2005
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Posted by Anonymous
on Thursday, September 9, 2004 2:04 PM
well, I think building models in the 70s makes us appreciate the evolution of the hobby....so we can now feast on the new, better kits....though I wouldn't mind go back to 70s prices....
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