My very First model was...

Long time ago but I do remember building USS Helena, USS Bainbridge and the fleet oiler from Revell. Just not sure if there was any before those but I do remember them.

When Revell reissued the fleet oiler, I bought one!

Mine was an academy 1/48 mig-21 mf. Lots of glue, little paint, left off pieces when they were too hard...

Mine was a Snap Tite Tiger I... no glue, no paint.. decals were really just vynil stickers...

the first REAL model I built was I believe a Revell F-4... the canopy was snow white with glue and fingerprints... horrible ridges where I painted the paint on by hand (SEA scheme) and glopped it on because it wasn't covering with one swipe...

A 2nd Gen TransAm snaptite model. My parents were seperated at the time and my dad brought it over to build with me when he was visiting. I still remember putting on the decals, but not too much else. It was a good time, and I was very proud of it.

Happy end: my parents are still happily married and I still model....

When I was 7 I got my first model, Monogram's Snap-Tite 1/72 F-4 Phantom. Wish I still had her.

Mine was a F16 - painted a myriad of colours. Lots of yellow and green and silver. It was a bit sticky mess.

very first model at age 8 was a 1/72 matchbox lancaster. very first model to be finished all by myself was a 1/72 matchbox dolphine helicopter. very first 1/76 armor was a matchbox firefly. very first 1/48 armor was a Bandai T34/76 (explains why i have an attachment to the T34s). very first 1/35 armor was a Tamiya JGSDF Type 74 (not the winterized one). etc. etc. I hardly ever have snap together kits, 'cept for my whole big 40 car collection of the Tamiya Mini Racing car series that runs in tracks after being built and had a crap load of hop-up parts.

my first model was a monogram f-117 stealth hi-tech kit that i got for my birthday and the kit had photo etched parts in it so i build like most people would build their 1st model with lots and lots of tube glue!!! i tried to get the photo etched parts off and gave up on that after about half an hour struggling with it and basically chucked those and didnt even paint it. And now it sits on my bookshelf reminding me of much simpler days.

I wish I had a "now and then" photograph. It would be an interesting walk down memory lane. Anyone remember the Revell Model Masters CLub?

Neil

My first buld was a snap'em together Hummer. I used cement as a seam filler (just to make sure the parts would'nt fall off) and put the stickers on. My first painted model was the USS Enterprise (spaceship, not carrier) which I painted with dollar store paints. I still have 'em, too.

i did a couple wooden toy things, along with a snap'em together model. the first one I did that required glue and paint was revell's good'ole USS Arizona. that was a fun build. it seemed to me back then that it was the most proliferent model anywhere. every museum and model store I went to had boxes of them.

Great story bablenw! hehe

My first one was Klingon Bird of Prey. It was silver with the panels painted all different colors.

Sounds like a great memory.

I was about 5 and I lived in West Africa, my Dad was in the Peace Corps, and mine was a Comet airliner. It was all gluey with strings of too much glue coming out of the seams but I was so proud of that kit. BTW I STILL love to build airliners today. I remember running into show my parents, tripping over toys. They definitely approved. My mom said " I would eventually out grow them" HA, ha ! some 30 years later.....well the rest is history.!!

sounded like fun