You say you never had a chance - what's to stop you from doing them now?

My whole stash,haven't had a chance yet.

It's simple Bronto.... life. Dating, going out and having fun in my 20's and finally marriage, a new house, and a baby on the way. I've been away from this hobby for 20 plus years. The list I made were kits I had wished I had done then. Now they're on my wish list. Heck, now I'm having a little hard time looking for time to start or finish a kit. Little league, yard work, and the dreaded "honey to do" list now that's summer will soon be upon us are the minor delays.

ones that are rare and hard to find

Blacksheep, most, if not all of those subjects are available today in one kit or another. I would love to find some of the OOP kits that cost an arm, leg, and "ahem" other appendage on vatious collector auctions sites like Revell's 1/32 Jack/Raiden, Mirage 5, and other such kits for a far more affordable price...

 There's plenty:

 -A decent 1/48th scale B-24. (I don't call the one I'm working on "decent", but be advised the J is much better and straighter in the fuselage than the assymetrically moulded D....)

 -A 1/48th C-46

 -A 1/48th Ki-67

 -A 1/48th Il-4 (soon to be realized)

-A 1/48th H8K Emily

-A decent 1/48th Me-109G-6 (Zvezda is close, but still an F)

-A decent 1/48th Yak-9

-A decent 1/48th Pe-2

 -A 1/48th FW-200 airliner

 -A 1/48th Coronado

-A 1/48th G4M2 Betty w/Ohka (absolutely impossible to do from current G4M1)

-A 1/48th Ki-57

-A decent 1/48th Tempest

-A 1/48th Ki-21

-A 1/48th C-54/DC-4 (deserves to be higher on the list!)

-A decent 1/48th B-29 (ditto!)

-A 1/48th Pe-8 (!)

I could go on...

 Gaston

I once had the Renwal Essex class carrier model in my unbuilt collection,,,,,,but, before I built it and the remaining Revell Essexes I had in the stash,,,,,,I sold off my unbuilt carrier collection to forum members on the various sites I am a member of

I wanted to do some things in aircraft that I hadn't had the chance to do,,,,,so I sold off all 80+ carrier models and the detail sets that went with them

I built at least one of each tooling I had, except for the Renwal

I don't regret it too much,,,,,,,my carrier collection all sold for enough to buy 2-4 Navy aircraft models per ship model for my aircraft squadron collection

Rex

There would probably be only two .

The " yacht " AMERICA by REVELL and the old

"JOHN PLAYER SPECIAL" by I believe HASEGAWA or TAMIYA .That's the only RACE car that ever caught my eye in 1/20 scale . You CAN get the car , BUT , Without the " JOHN PLAYER DECALS (a cigarette company don't you know ) This ,Like number three offended someones sensibilities or royalties were to high ! (yupp there is one more ! ) .

A.M.T.s version of " MISS BUDWEISER" (same garbage , it'sa beer company ) They could bring it out in a " WHITE "version like a company recently did with the" CHARGER POLICE CAR" That way no one gets offended .  Except those of us to whom that doesn't amount to a hill of beans .  There they are . Wish I could've done them for sure .         Tanker-builder

It's funny looking on this thread, I am seeing a recurring theme of old Revell and Renwall kits popping up. Yes some may be rough by today's standards... if somebody made kits of those subjects with today's technology. But look at how popular some of the old kit re issues like the Rommels Rod, Red Baron and Deal's Wheels kits have been. Fun stuff from another time...

All the kits that I have in my stash. I'm getting there but at the rate that I build, I'd have to live till I'm around 300 years old, give or take another 100 or so.

Jim 

stikpusher - your comment reminds me of the old 70's Monogram dinosaur snap kits I'd just love to get my hands on again. Nowadays they're costing a pretty penny on ebay. Who remembers the giant T-Rex, Triceratops, Styracosaurus dino kits? Let's not forget the cro Magnon Man, Saber-tooth cat and Cave bear kits. Man, how I wish I could collect the whole series of them.

I had the T-rex, Triceratops, Prehistoric Swamp, Tar pit, Saber tooth cat, Cave Bear, The Cave, Cro Magnon Man, Neatherthal Man, Dimetron (sailback dinosaur) Pterodon,

There are others I never got; Cro Magnon Woman Stryracosaurus, Stegosaurus. Allosaurus (vaguely remember if there was one in the Monogram series). I'm almost sure there were more but can't remember.

My list of "want to build" is growing faster than my ability to purchase, let alone build.

Black Sheep, I remember all those kits... I had a few of those... Loved them! I think they were originally released by Aurora back in the day... Between my friend and I, we had most of the series...

I have the Sabertooth Cat that I "finished" a very, very long time ago. It's a glue bomb but I bought a "Dome" case to store it in. I keep thinking that some day I'll break open the case (made the mistake of gluing the dome to the base ) and rebuild the cat.

Jim 

I remember all those prehistoric scenes kits. They were originally Aurora kits that were bought by Monogram when that company went out of business. Between my brother and myself, we had just about every one. The last one I remember building was the T-Rex in 1987 at Fort Knox, It was a Monogram reissue. The first two kits from this series that I got for my birthday, probably 1970-74, were the Allosaurus and the Saber-toothed Tiger. I believe I got them together because the box art for the Allosaurus showed it fighting the tiger.

I know Revell recently reissued the Allosaurus as "Fang". Squadron used to have it on clearance. It was a cool, but terrible kit. Should be easy to find online. "Fang" was also a make-n-take kit available from Revell several years ago. From my ancient memory, the Giant Do-Do bird was probably one of the best kits from that line.

@tankerbuilder, there are now laws that prevent alcohol and tobacco companies from targeting children. That is why TOY model race cars kits can't be made with cigarette or beer markings.

Personally, I don't know of any kits I wanted but didn't get. There are probably a couple out there, but I just can't recall any at this moment. There have been so many reissues and repops that most kits I craved as a kid showed up later and I bought it. One kit I longed for as a child was the Renwal M50 Ontos. My friend's older brother had one and I loved it. Revell reissued it around 1982-83 when I was a freshman in college. I bought and built it back then. Still have the built kit today.

Back in the 1970s when I was a kid, I was quite into motorcycles and I remember a couple of Revell motorcycle kits (Midnight Rider and Evil Iron) that I used to see on the store shelf and wanted to build but never got around to buying them.

YES , my friends they were mostly ALL  kits put out by long gone AURORA .I personally had all but one .When I went to " NAM " my little bro got them and bye-bye !

ROB , You're so right .

      I still think they could've given you the option of ordering the correct decals seperately ! This would've driven the purist market a little better , don't you think ? I still would like to build these kits ,  Markings or not . That's what airbrushes and masks and lettering sets are for , right ? I know all about the B.S. about targeting kids , and it never washed with me .

        I raised three who do not even smoke or drink socially and I did both  ,still do . I am not getting on a soapbox .I just would like to see these kits " in the WHITE " before I get to old to build them , shoot I just got to 70 . You made and always make GOOD points and I enjoy reading your posts .Thank You for your reply

I think the days of seeing Budweiser and Marlboro sponsored car and truck model kits is over. Between the amount the companies would want for licenses and the chance that the powers-that-be going after the model company with some violation make it just not worth the effort.

For Christmas in '85 or '86 my parents got me the 1/48 Revell B-1B. The thing was massive. I never bothered starting it because I had nowhere to display a 3 1/2 foot model (I don't think they realized quite how big this thing was). I left for college in '89 and never came back. My parents went through a messy divorce in '92 and I never saw most of my stuff that I left behind again, including a pretty decent model stash. Would've been a pretty interesting project. Looked it up on eBay just for kicks and saw one for $29 ($22 shipping!). Still wouldn't have any place to put it!  :p

Tankerbuilder: Have you looked around for aftermarket decals? Back the early '90s I built Ken Schrader's Kodiak Chewing Tobacco and Jimmy Spencer's 'Joe Camel' Monte Carlo stock cars along with a couple of others.  If aftermarket decal companies like Slixx  did NASCAR I'd think you could find Indy decals too. Best of all they're way better than the ones you get in the kit in most cases.

A little off the subject, one of the first if not the the first model I ever built was a Styracosaurus back around '75-'76. Wish I still had the model, I do still have the box somewhere. The box has K-Mart on it but no model company name. I've been wondering if this might be the Aurora kit, anyone know if they had a deal to distribute their kits to K-Mart with their name on the box instead of their own? Wish I still had the kit, the original company name was probably imprinted on the inside.

75-76 was towards the end of Aurora. They probably did allow distribution under a retailer's name. If you kit had legs, tail and head that were semi-posable, it was probably Aurora. If it was a fully static kit that required glue, it may have been Pyro (later reboxed by Life Like and Lindberg).

Thanks Rob, I did a web search and couldn't find a Pyro Styracosaurus plus I do remember the legs being separate parts so I'm guessing it was a rebox of the Aurora kit. Just wish I could find that darn box!

I have several Lotus, Williams, Mclaren, and Ferrari kits with Gold Leaf, JPS, Marlboro, Rothmans, and other cigarette sponsors. Check out a site called indycals or something, they sell the proper markings for the child-safe kits. Given what these kits cost I am OK with spending an extra $5 for the proper markings.

Check your references, some countries banned cigarette ads earlier than others. Cars ran without cigarette sponsors at certain races going way back.

Well, it looks like Revell is going to reissue the Angle Deck Essex carrier put out by Renwall later this year, so anybody who missed that one in their youth can now have another chance. And the original 1/35 Monogram Deuce and a Half truck... plus a few other oldies... Yay Revell!

stikpusher

Well, it looks like Revell is going to reissue the Angle Deck Essex carrier put out by Renwall later this year, so anybody who missed that one in their youth can now have another chance. And the original 1/35 Monogram Deuce and a Half truck... plus a few other oldies... Yay Revell!

I think Moebius has some of the old Aurora molds... Now where is the Moebius/Polar Lights re issue of that Aurora Monster Zero/Ghidera kit that I once built...?

stikpusher

I think Moebius has some of the old Aurora molds... Now where is the Moebius/Polar Lights re issue of that Aurora Monster Zero/Ghidera kit that I once built...?

no Big Frankie ?