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  • Member since
    November 2005
Aurora Black Falcon Pirate Ship...
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 7:11 PM

I just found this kit stuffed in my attic.  Does it even remotely resemble anything in history?

Thanks,

Jon

  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Greenville, NC
Posted by jtilley on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 11:08 PM

This is the sort of thing that's difficult to prove decisively, but I have trouble thinking of this old kit as a serious scale model.  It certainly doesn't look much like any actual vessel that's ever come to my attention.

The kit has some interest in terms of the history of the hobby.  I don't know the date when it was originally released (I constantly find myself referring to Thomas Graham's Remembering Revell Model Kits, but I don't have his volume on Aurora), but I suspect it may have been the first plastic sailing ship on the market.  (The first Revell one was the orginal Constitution, which dates from 1956.)

I think I remember seeing the old Aurora kit in a fresh box with the  label of one of the Czech manufacturers on it.  Some things never die.

Youth, talent, hard work, and enthusiasm are no match for old age and treachery.

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:02 AM

Thanks for the response.  I have no idea how this kit got into my attic.  I don't remembering buying it.  However, my ten year old took to it like a duck takes to water, so I guess it turned out okay.

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