The Oldest Kit You Bought and Never Built

rdxpress

Member since
May 2003

Posted by rdxpress on Thursday, March 1, 2007 10:38 PM

The oldest kits I have are the Monogram B-52 with the Jet motor sound and an Aurora AH-56 that I bought to build but can't bring myself to do it!!!!!!

Good Hunting, G.W.

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TB6088

Member since
September 2005

Posted by TB6088 on Monday, February 26, 2007 1:32 AM

The Aurora Blue Knight and Silver Knight from the early 60's. I built the Black Knight a while back.

TomB

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Intruder38

Member since
January 2007
From: Long Island, NY

Posted by Intruder38 on Saturday, February 24, 2007 7:06 PM

Just came across an Aurora Avro CF-100 in my stash; the scale is undefined. Have no idea of when I got it, but judging from the (c) date of 1960 on the instructions and the look of the paper, it was about that time.

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DesertRat

Member since
February 2007
From: Casa Grande, Az.

Posted by DesertRat on Saturday, February 24, 2007 1:07 AM

kenny_conklin wrote:

i got an rms titanic 1/350th bought it when i got engaged in 1997 then i got married and it hasnt been built in 10 years now.
not her fault she is a huge titanic buff and promised to build it for her but those darn military models keep jumping out of the stash at me :)
kenny

I'm the king of the world!!!!!!!!!!!

Warmest regards,

Roger

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kenny_conklin

Member since
May 2003
From: Staten Island, New York

Posted by kenny_conklin on Friday, February 23, 2007 9:37 PM

i got an rms titanic 1/350th bought it when i got engaged in 1997 then i got married and it hasnt been built in 10 years now.

not her fault she is a huge titanic buff and promised to build it for her but those darn military models keep jumping out of the stash at me :)

kenny

"Rakkasans Lead the Way!"

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DrewH

Member since
May 2003
From: Abbotsford, B.C. Canada

Posted by DrewH on Friday, February 23, 2007 6:44 PM

original Tri-Master Me 262. Don't even remember when I got it, but it's been sitting in the rack for a lot of years (and likely will for some time yet).

Take this plastic and model it!

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Ozmodiar

Member since
March 2006
From: Bridgeton, New Jersey

Posted by Ozmodiar on Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:42 AM

I have an DML Dragon 1/35 III M/N I bought around 1991 and it is still in the plastic rap. It is the first 1/35 model I bought. I will never build or sell it.

“Resisting temptation is easier when you think you'll probably get another chance later on”

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CHRH53D

Member since
May 2005
From: TAMPA,FL

Posted by CHRH53D on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:58 AM

I've have a...Hawk P-51D, box shows 1962, authent-i-plated(chrome plated) and a Monogram Hurricane, box shows 1964

I initially bought both kits to build, but after sitting in my stash(for ages) looked at the age and decided to just look at. [when I finially kick-the-bucket my wife will probably get ripped off in a yard sale]

Brian

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DURR

Member since
July 2013

Posted by DURR on Thursday, February 1, 2007 10:30 PM

got a few [30-35] from the late 70's including cars ,armor,aircraft

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eizzle

Member since
August 2005
From: Greencastle, IN

Posted by eizzle on Monday, January 29, 2007 7:17 PM

The oldest kit I own is the Monogram A-6 Intruder, I plan on building it, I want to practive rescribing first Big Smile [:D]

Colin

Homer Simpson for president!!!

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Intruder38

Member since
January 2007
From: Long Island, NY

Posted by Intruder38 on Monday, January 29, 2007 10:29 AM

I started keeping notes on my purchases in 1971 and I have too many to list, but they do include a Monogram B-26, Airframe F5F Skyrocket, Frog P-51A, Fujimi Ki-44 Tojo and Revell SR-71 Blackbird. My last count was something over 350 kits still unbuilt. Any day now .... !

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airtrans Crash

Member since
November 2005
From: WA

Posted by airtrans Crash on Monday, January 29, 2007 1:12 AM

two of them... both by MPC

one is R2-D2 and the other is C-3PO

6" tall models, no clue when they were made or how much they are worth. Both are in original shrink wrap and I am afraid to touch them until I learn more about worth, or if I should just build em.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. ~George William Curtis

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grandadjohn

Member since
February 2003
From: phoenix

Posted by grandadjohn on Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:08 PM

Got the old Aurora Chinook kit in my stash

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alumni72

Member since
February 2016

Posted by alumni72 on Sunday, January 28, 2007 12:38 PM

The Visible B-17?! Holy Cow - I read somewhere recently that that is valued at around a thousand dollars. I can't remember where - I think it might have been an interview with someone from Revellogram.

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Wirraway

Member since
January 2006
From: Pineapple Country, Queensland, Australia

Posted by Wirraway on Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:10 AM

Revell 1970 Martin B57-B Intruder from the "Strategic Air Power" series no less !

"Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional"

" A hobby should pass the time - not fill it" -Norman Bates

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old soldier

Member since
December 2003
From: Oklahoma

Posted by old soldier on Saturday, January 27, 2007 4:39 PM

I have a Monogram B-17 and two Monogram B24 J's and one B-24 D from the late 70's and the Visible Monogram B-17.

Old Soldier, RET. Semper Fi Oooh Rah

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Glamdring

Member since
February 2005
From: Nashotah, WI

Posted by Glamdring on Friday, January 26, 2007 4:59 PM

I have a Monogram 1/72 F-4 Phantom in a rather beat-up box that I aquired from a trivia contest in my model club. It must be from the very late 70s to the early 80s if I had to make a guess.

Robert

"I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by"

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ruddratt

Member since
February 2006
From: Smithers, BC, Canada

Posted by ruddratt on Friday, January 26, 2007 3:55 PM

Probably my Tamiya 1/100 scale B-52.

Mike

"We have our own ammunition. It's filled with paint. When we fire it, it makes pretty pictures....scares the hell outta people."

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alumni72

Member since
February 2016

Posted by alumni72 on Friday, January 26, 2007 11:51 AM

Excellent thread -

I'm not sure how old it is, but I bought used an ESCI 1/9 Zundapp morotcycle w/ sidecar. When I was a kid my friend had one in his closet and I thought it looked really cool - especially the machine gun - so when I saw one available at a sale I snatched it up.

I also have MPC 3-in-1 kits of the Heinkel He-111 and the Dornier Do-17, but I have no idea how old those are either. I also have the Lindbergh 1/32 PT-109. I also got that cheap years ago - I remember opening the box and the part right on top was the deck. I lofted it out of the box and it immediately bent along a weak point in the middle of the part. I put it right down and haven't touched it since.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 26, 2007 9:21 AM

i wish i had an unbuilt model right now...

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Friday, January 26, 2007 7:35 AM

WOW old post revival... Mine is the Revell 1/69 scale V2 with trailer and mobile launcher I bought in 1972. I think it was out of, or going OOP at that time so I have no idea what the overall age of the kit is.

Marc

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jwb

Member since
February 2006
From: Parkton, NC

Posted by jwb on Friday, January 26, 2007 6:28 AM

The first kit I built was a Lindberg 1/72 P-47B. When I got back into modeling last year, I found a couple of those on Ebay- a 1967 issue still sealed in the box, and a 1974 boxing opened and complete in the original box. Rob Gronovius was kind enough to send me a reproduction of the kit from the 90's, so I was able to build the reproduction and have both an original sealed and unsealed copy. I plan to make a nice display with it all one day.

Jon Bius

AgapeModels.com- Modeling with a Higher purpose

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~ Jeremiah 29:11

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dpdelhoyo

Member since
December 2002
From: Australia

Posted by dpdelhoyo on Friday, January 26, 2007 5:32 AM

Hey Dick, I also have that piece of junk unbuilt! Maybe we can share the project... 2 AD-1s built at the same time, but in different markings!

Cheers,

Diego.

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Enigma1

Member since
September 2004
From: Duluth, MN

Posted by Enigma1 on Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:34 PM

I have a USS Constitution (tall ship) kit I purchased in the late '70s and also a USS Wasp that I purchased during that same time period. I have boxes filled with everythig from 1/24 autos to 1/32 aircraft Big Smile [:D]

My wife asked me what I was going to do with them? I told her I'm saving them for my retirement Black Eye [B)]

I have 19 years, 7 months and 2 days to go, I wonder how many more I'll get?

All Is Not What It Appears!

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Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:31 PM

Well, mine break down into two categories. Kits I bought but never started and kits I started but never finished.

The oldest kit I bought and started was the original Tamiya M2 Bradley. I bought it while in college around 1986 and never got around to finishing it. I left it at mom's when I went into the Army and have since retrieved it (about 18 yrs later). I still haven't completed it, but I did buy another one and built/finished that one.

The oldest kit I bought and never even attempted to build was an Italeri CWT gun tractor truck. I bought it in 1988 when I was stationed in Germany. Never started it, and still have it today.

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richter111

Member since
November 2003

Posted by richter111 on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:04 PM

I bought a bunch of old kits awile back, but to be honest, I got married to a wonderful woman in 2001 that loves my hobby and allows me to buy kits without tearing them up once built, so all my stash is within 3 years, just have a few oooooold kits in it that I have anaged to pick up cheaply.

PS wanna get rid of the cutty shark kit????