What's the oldest kit in your stash?

[36feet10inches]

I was having a rummage in the shed to see what I'm going to do next and I got to wondering how old some of the kits are, given the boxes look pretty retro on some of them. I thought it might be the Whirlwind at the top, but no, according to the fascinating Scalemates that's a relatively youthful 39 years old, whereas the Avenger at the bottom dates from 1973. Anyone beat that? (It would be a shame to actually build it somehow!)

 

[Airframes]

The Whirlwind kit may well be a 'more recent' issue, but it actually dates from the earl / mid 1960s.
Without checking, I have no idea which is the oldest in my stash ( in terms of when I got it ), but, at a guess, the oldest in terms of the original moulds is possibly the Hasegawa 1/32nd scale Bf109E, which was originally a Frog mould from the late 1960's / early 1970's, and it's been in my stash around ten years I think.
There's some in there that I've had for over twenty years too.

 

[36feet10inches]

The Whirlwind kit may well be a 'more recent' issue, but it actually dates from the earl / mid 1960s.
Without checking, I have no idea which is the oldest in my stash ( in terms of when I got it ), but, at a guess, the oldest in terms of the original moulds is possibly the Hasegawa 1/32nd scale Bf109E, which was originally a Frog mould from the late 1960's / early 1970's, and it's been in my stash around ten years I think.
There's some in there that I've had for over twenty years too.

Sorry yes this actual boxing is from '81, but the same kit goes back well before that. Who knows when it was actually moulded? I don't know anything about the model kit business, but I imagine a new boxing is a way to shift stock that isn't going anywhere. The Avenger was a new release in '73 (I was four years old!) so it's easy to pinpoint when it was moulded. The decals on both these look a bit "tired"!

PS everything in my stash has been there at least 10 years!

 

[Airframes]

I remember building a couple of the original Airfix Whirlwinds in the early 1960's, from kits that had been around since at least the mid 1950s, but from memory, the release in your kit was the 'up-dated' version, I think from around 1965-67.

 

[N4521U]

I think it would be the Jenny.
However This is my Total stash!!!!!!!!
And what I am going to do with it!
Sad isn't it.

 

[Crimea_River]

1980 vintage Monogram F-18.

 

[T Bolt]

Bill I heard somewhere that Jenny was the first injected plastic scale model kit. Period.
And yes I have it, finished on my display shelf.

 

[GrauGeist]

I have a 1962 Chevy Nova model kit from 1963 (NIB) waiting for me to get off my arse and do something with it.
Aircraft-wise, I have a Lindburg He162 kit (1/72) from the early 70's (also waiting for me to get off my arse).

 

[s1chris]

Until last month when I built it, it was this Bulldog that I'd been saving to build as the one I flew back in my youth.
Nice little kit. Now only have modern (ish) kits left.

Edit: Kit was boxed / dated as 1973.

 

[rochie]

I think mine might be a Fujimi P-51 D from 1987

 

[at6]

I have an old Aurora SNJ-4 in my stash. That may well be the oldest kit that I have. As far oldest based on when I bought the kit, that could easily be my Monogram C-47 kit from Kmart back in the 1970s still unbuilt.

 

[36feet10inches]

I think it would be the Jenny.
However This is my Total stash!!!!!!!!
And what I am going to do with it!
Sad isn't it.
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I've got a soft spot for that PR XIX, when I first started doing models I built a couple of them, really nice kit.

 

[36feet10inches]

By the way, my 1973 Frog Avenger still has the price stickers on it, whoever first bought it got a great deal - down from 32p to 25p!

 

[at6]

I think it would be the Jenny.
However This is my Total stash!!!!!!!!
And what I am going to do with it!
Sad isn't it.
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That's all you've got? Try 500+.

 

[buffnut453]

I have a Frog De Havilland Mosquito from 1968. Not the oldest on this thread but certainly in the oldest 5 methinks!

 

[Capt. Vick]

That's all you've got? Try 500+.

That's cute. That only puts you in the mentality deranged category. Now to be a full-on psychopath you're going to have to pump up those numbers.

 

[N4521U]

That's all you've got? Try 500+.

Nooooooo thanks,
I Want to stay married. We live inna small house.

 

[Bernhart]

not sure of my stash, might be the monogram 1/48 scale Catalina, its big and not sure I have somewhere to put it. Oldest kit is one I built over 30 years ago, the monogram P39

 

[Airframes]

I believe Jan has the original kit that DaVinci made, when designing his helicopter. Very rare of course, as no one believed him, therefore the market was extremely limited .....................

 

[Dave Goessling]

I have these. Probably a few more someplace incl. some Airfix bagged kits. An Airlines Percival Proctor, Monogram Avenger original boxing.
I remember exactly where and when I bought that Spitfire kit: