Down Memory Lane Group Build

i might be in with a airfix 1/72 lancaster b111 the first ever model i built

Brilliant!  Already lots of participants and lots of fun in the making, I see!  Thanks, David, for this thread and the forthcoming badge.  I've indeed checked availability of the Airfix 109 and I was surprised to see it's still in production...   I wonder how many younsters have given up scale modelling after buying that kit...  It's been around for at least 30 to 40 years!  Actually, I wonder how really bad it is.  Does anyone know??? My first and only experience with this kit, so far, had little to do with 'fine scale modelling'...   I'll get one from the local Toys'r'Us tomorrow, I guess!

That P-51 does bring back memories.  Built that one and the B-25, and the F4F.  All bought at the drugstore adjacent to the grocery store.  Every Friday my parents would get groceries and I would go next door and hang out in the model section which was stocked with all those old Monogram kits.

Scott

TAdan wrote:

Here is my before shot. Not all the parts are pictured, but you get the idea. Off to the right I included thee horizontal stabilizers from my first kit, and the display stand base. I know the rest of the plane is around somewhere, I saw it recently, just cant find it now, lol.

Cool! I remember building that one myself. LOL I tried to hand paint the white stripes.....

jwb good that you know how the P-47 looks.

TAdan looks like that P-51 should not take you to long to build.

As for me here is a pic of my kit

Here is my before shot. Not all the parts are pictured, but you get the idea. Off to the right I included thee horizontal stabilizers from my first kit, and the display stand base. I know the rest of the plane is around somewhere, I saw it recently, just cant find it now, lol.

 

FrogFoot wrote:

harvs got you updated. jwb looking forward to seeing that P-47 built up.. Thats nice that you found a picture of the real plane you are building also.

Yeah, I was just looking through one of my reference books, and found a similar pic- in color! So now I know what the colors really looked like.

harvs got you updated.

jwb looking forward to seeing that P-47 built up.. Thats nice that you found a picture of the real plane you are building also.

Ok, I have decided finaly! I will go with the 1/72 Airfix Firefly with minimal extras except almost 30yrs of modeling to make sure I don't use as much glue this time.

Count me in. I'm building a Lindberg P-47, that I'd first mentioned in this thread. I orginally built it in 1975 or so, and this was my first kit.

I've got two vintage kits of the bird- one still in the original sealed box, the other opened up but complete. I'll actually building a re-issue of the kit, courtesy of Rob Gronovius (many, many thanks Rob!). So I've got 3 identical kits for this GB!

I'm not sure exactly what I'll end up doing for the final presentation, but I'm working on ideas so the final "product" will be the built re-issue version worked into a display of the one kit in the sealed box, with the instructions, decals and parts on the sprue from the opened kit.

Here is the still sealed kit. This is the 1974 version, and is the one I actually built as a kid.


This is the kit that is open, which is actually an older version, from 1967. All parts are there, as are the instructions and decals. They appear to be exactly like the '74 version I built, so I'll use them to show parts on the sprue.


Finally, here is the re-issue Rob so kindly provided for me.


The only difference I can see is that the reissue is cast in dark green, and the pilot has been left out- it's not on the instructions. Ironically, the stub on the sprue is still there- part #24! But you can see it was not cast, only the stub. Wonder if they used the original molds?

Believe it or not- here's a photo of the real bird. Tail number is the same, though the # on the fuselage is different on the kit. How about that? That's the REAL Captain Thunderbolt. (Which makes more sense if you read my previously referenced post....) [;-)]

Rob Gronovius, scottrc and TAdan got you updated. Also adding AM/PE and whatever else to the kit to updated it is ok.

Rob, I like your thinking with the details.

I had planned to build mine OOTB, but I know I have some parts left over from a Hasegawa P-51B I built. I think Ill try and add them to the R/M kit and spruce it up a bit.

I think I may build the old Revell 1/40th (the box listed scale) M4 Sherman. A real conglomeration of Sherman variants: an M4A1 hybrid hull, horizontal volute suspension system, early 75mm turret with a 76mm gun. Real strange version of a tank that probably never existed.

I believe the actual scale of this kit measures out to 1/36.

Since there are no rules, I may replace some of the undetailed or omitted parts with some parts that are more detailed.

I remember my parents bringing home a bunch of old Hawk ship kits  from Woolworths.  Testors is now making them and I picked up the old Coast Guard Cutter.  So count me in on that one.

Scott

Got you updated, Dont know where my old Schwimmwagen is think its in a box of junk.

Awsome! I am in for the Revell/ Monogram 1/72 P-51B. I will try and get some pictures this weekend.