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Posted by Boba Fett on Sunday, March 29, 2009 2:55 PM
I'm a pretty new modeler. Therefore, I have 99% of my kits. The first was an Academy 1.144th F-4 Phantom. It came out great for a 1st time build! Then I did the Revell 1/48th warhawk. I botched it, and later, I tried to battle-damage it. Now it's just a test bed for airbrushing...

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Posted by Duke Maddog on Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:21 PM

Wow, this is a great Thread. I'm glad I stopped in here to see this.

 

My oldest models that I still have is an old MPC Focke Wulf FW-190 I built in 1970:

 

My first Armor model is an old ESCI 1/72 scale PzJg I. This was built in 1971:

 

My oldest jet is one built in 1970 also. It is part of a two-model set put out by Airfix in an adversary set: MiG 15 vs Dassault Mirage IIIc. Here is the MiG I built first:

 

And finally, my oldest ship that I built back in 1970 as well. This is the old Monogram USS Forrestal:

 

Well, that is my trip down Memory Lane. I do hope you like it!

 

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Posted by Jazza on Sunday, March 29, 2009 5:44 PM

Mine has got to be the WC57 Command Car that i had built 2 years ago. The kit itself was no longer in production when i built it back then so it still remains the oldest kit ever built. For a kit that age however, i was really impressed at the detail and the fitting cause it practically fell together.

Here's a couple of snapshots of it. 

 

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Posted by Daywalker on Sunday, March 29, 2009 5:48 PM
Glad to see this thread is still generating interest! Big Smile [:D]  Thanks for posting fellas.

Frank 

 

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Posted by philo426 on Monday, March 30, 2009 5:35 PM
I built this Tamiya 1/35 88 mm Flak 36/37 in 1988.It is the oldest model that I still have.Not bad.   
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Posted by Fokker1138 on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:51 AM

Gerbera Tetra in 1/144.  It was a low grade kit that turned out all right considering how long ago I made it.   It needs some medical attemtion after a couple of falls when the shelf it was on got shaken up.  I also have a 1/60 HG EX Shining Gundam God Hand from G Gundam I couldn't pass up because of all the details that it had and the size.  That one needs a little clean up after a move too, but nothing serious.  

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Posted by wayne baker on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:31 PM

These are the oldest I still have.  I built them to be played with, then my son and then my daughter played with them.  They are 1/40 scale Revell and Adams kits.  I put them together around 1958.

 

 I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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Posted by squanderbug on Friday, April 17, 2009 3:54 PM
Have some Aurora classics ( FW 190, Fokker D-7 and SE-5 A screwdriver kits, B-17's from 12 o'clock high diorama...and more) from the 60's recently retrieved from the ceiling of my parents house. A little dusty and just waiting to be spiffed up and displayed....aslo a few Airfix...
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Posted by warhorse3 on Friday, April 24, 2009 4:06 PM
The oldest one that I still have intact is the Monogram B-17G that I kitbashed with the Revell B-17F to make a more accurate Memphis Belle. It's about 20 years old, first kitbash I ever did.  Regards, Bill
Regards, Bill
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