Model Kits

[staffslad]

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I made a fair few models, usually aircraft, but also ships and the odd tank. Mainly they were from Airfix, but also Matchbox, Revell and Frog. I also hung some from the ceiling of my bedroom from string. Some I can recall:

Airfix Lancaster--the dambusters version
Airfix Panavia Tornado
Airfix HMS Fearless
Airfix HMS Devonshire
Airfix F86 Sabre
Airfix Battle of Britain set--Spitfire + Me109
Airfix Me262
Matchbox Sherman Firefly in a diorama
Frog? F100 Super Sabre
Revell HMS Ark Royal
Airfix Harrier

In the last year of junior school, all the boys had to bring in a model to make, while the girls did sewing.

[Natator]

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Used to love building kits. Airfix, I didn't like the Rebel ones, when younger, Tamiya when a bit older.

I started fairly young, on planes. Later on I built quite a formidable RN. There was an Airfix model of a Lancaster I particularly loved, due to the gun turrets.

I remember my progression as a kid. Started off with unpainted ones, glue finger prints all over, especially noticeable on the plane "glass", things that should move being glued so they didn't. Once glue was mastered, started painting them. Really shoddy work to start but by my teens, on the Tamiya ones, was making them very realistic indeed.

I have an Airfix Spitfire model here to make, which I was given for my 50th. Will be first model I've built since my teens.

[xmark1234]

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ive started this back up fount all my models in loft and brought them down after finding a new one in a charity chop for 1.50 I now sit and do 1 per week paint ant put together I don't use the cement don't set quick enough I use super glue quicker and easy for those tiny bits
I love this now again put some picks up off the 2 ive done laters

[Arran]

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Do kids nowadays know what polystyrene cement and other highly solvented adhesives are?

[Richard1978]

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Did you get a good price for them? Some kits are sort after. Some have been released under Revell.

I'm trying to remember eBay doesn't keep a record that far back. It was a few pounds IIRC.

[marc]

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I had some Macthbox kits for years I never got round to making, & eventually sold them on eBay.

Did you get a good price for them? Some kits are sort after. Some have been released under Revell.

[Richard1978]

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I had some Macthbox kits for years I never got round to making, & eventually sold them on eBay.

[marc]

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Had many kits over the years. Anybody remember the Matchbox kits? Hung many aircraft from the bedroom ceiling. Very tempted to buy one recently, wife and price put me off.:cry:

Many years ago, built a refuelling aircraft. I think it was a Victor by Matchbox, 1/72 scale. Hung it on the bedroom ceiling. I will not repeat what my father said when he saw it.

[Pussywillow]

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Some of those kits were bloody hard ! Especially if the pieces didn't fit together very well as they did sometimes. Could never do those car ones

Anyone remember Frog kits ? Now they were damnmed hard and the instructions were terrible !

[fynger]

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I collected the Aurora Horror Models.....wish I still had them....and the Visible man.

[chris]

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I had the GODZILLA , with the "Glow in the dark head - go on google images - type in Godzilla model glow in dark and theres a picture of the beast responsible for more wet beds than I care to remember - It GLOWED SOOOOOOO Bright on a scary night LOL .......

Started with airfix and matchbox aircraft then onto tamiya and matchbox tanks and other vehicles.Had a few dinosaurs models as well and a rather cool skeleton.The godzilla model was a fav of mine.Moved in my teens into balsa and tissue because I could wind em up and chuck em.Much more fun then just hanging aircraft from the ceiling.Also from the early 80's got heavily into D&D so made up a few multipart metal kits.Just loved those dragons.

[shilton dipper]

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i can remember buying an airfix plane kit for my son who was 10 at the time and it was so tricky i ended up making and painting it for him......never again!

[Jedi Knight]

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I built countless models.

Airfix, Tamiya, LS airsoft guns, Games Workshop, you name it...

[battyrat]

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Started with airfix and matchbox aircraft then onto tamiya and matchbox tanks and other vehicles.Had a few dinosaurs models as well and a rather cool skeleton.The godzilla model was a fav of mine.Moved in my teens into balsa and tissue because I could wind em up and chuck em.Much more fun then just hanging aircraft from the ceiling.Also from the early 80's got heavily into D&D so made up a few multipart metal kits.Just loved those dragons.

[victorbrunswick]

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I have a Tamiya kit of a Centurion MkIII which I paid £11 (US$17) in 1982. Considering how much model kits are today I remember £11 was quite a chunk of change back then.