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Did not know where to put it so here it is, what is the oldest kit you have built in recent years.

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Posted by bufflehead on Sunday, January 15, 2012 1:05 PM

Surprise

WOW!! This brings back memories of my past all but forgotten!! 

First:  GREAT work on these gun kits 70qtvert!!  Some of the most realistic 1:1 builds I've seen, especially in plastic!  I had no idea these kits were still around!  I plan on looking into this!

I'm not sure what kit I built, but back in '74 or '75 when I was a young teen I built a 1:1 plastic Luger kit and absolutely fell in love with it!  I simply spray painted it flat black, but it burnished up nicely with use.  My family kept thinking it was a real gun, because it had a working cocking mechanism (sorry don't know the actual term for this), removable magazine and realistic plastic bullets to load!!  I made VERY sure it didn't leave the house though, and kept it away from my little brother and sister.  Don't know what happened to it and didn't even remember it until now!!  Thanks for the trip down memory lane!Toast

 

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Sunday, January 15, 2012 9:20 AM

Very nice, care to share with us how you did the wood?  I have one of these kits myself in the box, a Pyro French Wheellock Pistol

 

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Posted by 70gtvert on Saturday, January 14, 2012 5:14 PM

The L&S stuff is getting harder to find all the time, and when you do, your paying more all the time (they are the Walther and Smith an Wesson handguns). I did see a Thompson machine gun a while back on E-bay that went for $150. The Pyro stuff is sometimes more common but because of the age their detail of lacks. The Colt 44 had a hollow cylinder and the barrel bore was over large. I used this RR plaster in each that when dried was drilled out to look like cylinders should, the same for the bore. On the dueling pistols and the S&W I actually used wood stain to color the wood and grips.Use of a dull coat finish over the stain seemed to kick off the dry time substantially.

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Posted by gregbale on Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:11 PM

Truly impressive work throughout. The finish quality is first-class.

I wish these 1:1 replicas were more commonly available today. But I did manage to pick up several of the LS Walther P.38s a few years ago. Having grown up in the '60s, at least one of them will be converted into an "U.N.C.L.E. Special."

Cheers

Greg

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Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, January 14, 2012 1:35 PM

Boy do I remember seeing those things way back when in the stores. But these are the first I have ever seen built. Wow!Toast

This probably would have gone just fine in the General Modeling Forum, BTW.Wink

I think my most recent "old" kit built would have to be the Revell reissue of the mid to late 1960s vintage 1/48 Monogram Swift Boat.Hmm

 

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Posted by TD4438 on Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:04 AM

I can't tell the difference.Toast

I remember seeing kits like this many moons ago.

Too politically incorrect these days.

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Posted by 70gtvert on Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:55 AM

All but one. The pair of civil war era revolvers has one kit and one real antique from 1861. The real "steel" one is the small one in the pair. It was what I used to duplicate a vintage finish on the Pyro "Western 44". In fact, I placed used caps from when I shot the real one on the nipples of the kit as well as round imitation lead balls in each cylinder (hence the name cap & ball revolver).

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Posted by TD4438 on Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:49 AM

Are all of these plastic kits?

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Did not know where to put it so here it is, what is the oldest kit you have built in recent years.
Posted by 70gtvert on Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:33 AM

What is the oldest kit you have built? Not from back in the day but within the last couple of years. I have quite a few, more than I show here. I, unfortunately, am not a "keep it in the box" kind of modeler. If I buy it, I have to build it unless I have duplicates then I sell the spare(s).

The 2 BP revolvers on the plaque show one kit and one that was built in 1861. Tried to duplicate the patina on plastic. The dueling pistols were old Pyro kits that have a date of 1954 on a part of the trigger.

The P08 and the SW are straight out of the 70's. I used real fired brass and plastic "lead" for the rounds. You can see why these kits were never released since back in the day.

 

 

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