Down Memory Lane Group Build..?

Great. welcome aboard, David. 

Rob, was the Airfix' Sherman your first kit?  I built plenty of those as a kid, to destroy them with marbles during kind of early wargames...

I do not know what your commitments with other GBs are, so I'm OK to hear your suggestions about a start date.  I still have to find that 109 too...

djmodels1999 wrote:

Rob, was the Airfix' Sherman your first kit?  I built plenty of those as a kid, to destroy them with marbles during kind of early wargames...

No, but it was one of the first Airfix armor kits I ever built. That first Sherman came in a diorama set with vacuformed base, some vinyl GIs and Germans and a Tiger I. It was boxed by MPC and called "Normandy Attack".

I was sent a sample of the reissue Airfix LCM 3 with M4 Sherman Mk 1 to review a few weeks ago. I built the LCM 3 a couple of years ago (won several awards) but tossed the included M4 several years ago. I committed myself to actually build the M4 for the review. So far I've used a lot of putty and sanded a lot of parts. It will be built totally out of box and fairly reviewed. The detail is very soft, but the kit is fairly accurate in shape and dimensions.

Group build: Everyone builds a similar subject at the same time.

I actually still have my first mustang it is in my spare parts box.. Ill have to post a pic of it with the new build when I am done. It is now about 3/4 complete, in a Blue Angel paint scheme with a XB-35 counter rotating prop on the front, lol.

TAdan wrote:

Group build: Everyone builds a similar subject at the same time.

scottrc wrote:

Or the MPC 1/72 Avenger I painted with latex house paint.

Jon and Scott,

glad to see you both joining in.  Just to confirm, this group build isn't about building the same kit.  Find, if possible, the first kit you ever built (or close), and build it again.  It can be out of the box (or blister!), or as complicated as you want it to be.  Correct the kit, add details, change the colour scheme if need be.  This is all about sharing again our first scale modelling experience.  I think it could be fun.

As a start date, I'd suggest the 15th of April.  My wife was just admitted to the hospital for a stroke so I might not be able to be here as much as 'norml' for a few days.  Could someone officialise the GB with a specific thresd and maybe a badge???

Take care.  Happy modelling. Need to get that Airfix 109, now...

djmodels1999 wrote:

As a start date, I'd suggest the 15th of April.  My wife was just admitted to the hospital for a stroke so I might not be able to be here as much as 'norml' for a few days.  Could someone officialise the GB with a specific thresd and maybe a badge???

Sorry about your wife, If you want I can start the GB and make a badge.

And to make the group build interesting, you must all use tube glue and hand paint your kits with those little white plastic handled Testors paint brushes...

Just kidding!

Rob Gronovius wrote:

And to make the group build interesting, you must all use tube glue and hand paint your kits with those little white plastic handled Testors paint brushes... Just kidding!

If we had to do that I was going to drop out of the build I only used white handled Testors brushes once then I brought my own set of good ones. Used tube glue a little longer, had a fear of getting glue in my eye from the brush for a long time.

Haha! The tube of glue and white brushes would also be a deal breaker for me too. The very thought of it seems mind boggling, lol.

Why dont we move this over to the GB section, and get the details ironed out. I am looking forward to this one. I cant wait to get some pics of my "old" mustang, and build the new one the way it should have been done.

Sounds like a fun build. If I could locate that Dauntless, who knows, I may be in.

Domi, I hope your wife makes a speedy recovery.

I would love to get in on this, but I can't remember the first kit I assembled (which means no glue or paint,   ).  I know it was an Arizona, but as for the company and scale I haven't an idea, it was only 6 or 7 inches long.

The first model I build, with paint and glue was an old revell Underwater Demolition Team boat with the frogmen.  As for finding the kit at a reasonable price online, well that's a chore in itself....

If I can find that UDT though, count me in.

Glamdring wrote:

I would love to get in on this, but I can't remember the first kit I assembled (which means no glue or paint,   ).  I know it was an Arizona, but as for the company and scale I haven't an idea, it was only 6 or 7 inches long.

I'm guessing it's the Revell kit in 1/720. My friend had the Pennsylvania and I traded some (then old) baseball cards for it. Dumb deal. LOL

tigerman wrote:

Glamdring wrote: I would love to get in on this, but I can't remember the first kit I assembled (which means no glue or paint,   ).  I know it was an Arizona, but as for the company and scale I haven't an idea, it was only 6 or 7 inches long. I'm guessing it's the Revell kit in 1/720. My friend had the Pennsylvania and I traded some (then old) baseball cards for it. Dumb deal. LOL

DId the deck have screws holding it to the hull?  They screwed into the bottom of the hull and up into a deck.  That was another prominant feature that kit I built featured.

I think it was smaller than 1/720 though and it was a snap together kit I assume, but I can't be sure about it being a snap together.

I dont think the Revell Arizona had screws, I have the kit it my stash and theres not screws with it unless they came with it when it was first made.