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"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"
I built this kit ( my first "glue together" kit ) Way back in 1971 - 72.
I made a horrible mess of it. Just recently got the kit again..... This time will be much better !
Before this kit I made a few Snap - together kit's ..... I seem to recall building the Tiajuana Taxi around the same time, but back then the glue fume's were more "toxic" so I may be remembering that all wrong.
Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"
A Spitfire. I can't remember the company, scale or mark number (I, V, IX, XIV, etc) but it was 1969 and dad bought it for me after he took me to see Battle of Britain at the movie theater.
Retired and living the dream!
jeaton01 Is that a Constellation?
Is that a Constellation?
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Mine was the Aurora Prehistoric Scenes Allosuarus when I was 5 or 6. Then came the Tar pit, Sabertooth Tiger and Neanderthal man. back then, I didn't paint the models, just assembled them to play with them. But, I do remember painting the tar gloss black in the tra pit.
Bruce
On the bench: 1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF
1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I
My first kit was the old Aurora Boeing 737. My Dad worked at Boeing at the time and I remember putting it together and putting on the decals. Notice I didn't mention paint. I had the toxic Testors tube glue but no paints. Aurora Monster models, Revell space models, Monogram tank models, all built without paint. Still had fun. Lost them all when we moved back to Ohio from Seattle. I think my Mom "forgot" to pack them. I had already given away all Matchbox cars.
Bill B 2.0
On the bench: Revell-USS Arizona; Airfix P-51D in 1/72
My first plastic kits were from a Revell "Gift Pack" that included an F-89, a F-94, and An F9F8 Cougar. The pack also had glue and bottles of paint. The decal placement spots were etched in the plastic. The gift was from my uncle who was on leave. He was in the USAF and had just returned from over seas and was transitioning from the F-86 to the "NEW" F-100. I put the wings of the Cougar on backwards, that is I swept them forward. DUH!!
Given the rapid development of aircraft in the 50s 60s and even into the 70s my uncle flew several aircraft in his 35 year career, but his favorite jet was the F-86. He said that was a fighter pilots airplane. The only time after doing those first models that I did not do much modeling was during my three year all expense paid vaction with my Uncle SAM. When I stop modeling it's time to shovel dirt over me!!!
Science is the pursiut of knowledge, faith is the pursuit of wisdom. Peace be with you.
On the Tarmac: 1/48 Revell P-38
In the Hanger: A bunch of kits
I can't remember the very first one, but I do remember building a 1/32 Revell Corsair with my dad. We (meaning, probably, he) sprayed it Testors sea blue all over from a rattle can.
-J
ReasonedDon't remember the specific kit but I can be confident it's fate was either melted with an accelerant, thrown off the second story with explosives or wound up on the wrong end of my BB gun. Yeah, not much going on in my hometown.
Years later the folks were putting in a vegetable garden. Dug up a lot of props and landing gear.
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