The question occurred to me, because there's an active thread in the Aircraft forum, where folks are showing their Monogram builds. Many of those models, and many of Monogram's and Revell's car models, have been in production more or less continuously, since most of us were kids. When I got back into scale modeling some 11 or 12 years ago, I found that I'm a nostalgia builder, I like building the kits that I built as a kid, but applying lessons I've learned since then. But I haven't tracked down the old armor kits like I have the aircraft kits.
Not because I don't like armor, because I've built some newer kits. But I didn't look for them and bid on eBay, like I did with some of the aircraft kits. Now, I remember them fondly from my youth, and of course, one of the best things about them was Shep Paine's "Tips on Building Dioramas". I remember that they were easy to build, had some decent figures, and as I got older and learned more, each next kit that I built looked better than the ones before.
But I also discovered Tamiya armor, just before I left the hobby, and remember thinking that their kits were better detailed, or more intricate, would be better.
Now that Revell-Monogram has re-issued the classic armor kits, have any of you bought them and built them, just for the fun of it?
I've thought that if I had any kids, and wanted to encourage them to take up the hobby, I'd give them these kits, too.
Anyway, let's hear your responses, and please let's see you work, if you've picked any up and built them again!
Best regards,
Brad