Do You Remember Your First?

• Sep 19, 2009

• #61

dirkpitt289

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BikerBabe said:

But I remember making one of these, too, and I must have been pretty young back then...a Space:1999 Eagle - Lord knows what happened to that one.

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I wish i could afford one of those Eagles NOW. They are ungodly high priced.

 

• Sep 19, 2009

• #62

dirkpitt289

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South Plainfield New Jersey

My first model was a Yellow 57 Chevy race car. I can't remember the name (I think the name was in big black letters across the rear quarters) but it has a big chrome tank of some kind sitting on the front bumper. I believe the car is still available today.

My first air plane was an F4 Phantom. I remember hand painting a great camo on the top, but I tried to paint the bottom white. After about 75 coats it looked like a snow covered turd.

 

• Sep 19, 2009

• #63

vikingBerserker

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Apr 10, 2009

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That was such a great show.

The earliest "disaster" model I can remember was the Memphis Bell in 1/72. I still cringe when I think of it.

 

• Sep 25, 2009

• #64

otftch

Staff Sergeant

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Dec 8, 2006

Franklinton,NC

Aurora 1/48 T-6.Pilots molded in and all.Brush painted it yellow...(ich) to be an SNJ. I kept it for a lot of years but it finally bit the dust in the late sixties.
Ed

 

• Sep 26, 2009

• #65

Vic Balshaw

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Jul 20, 2009

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A Boeing 707 from a Kellogg's cornflake packet offer way back in about 57. That was about the time the tiny Matchbox cars came on the market, about 1/3d each.

 

• Oct 10, 2009

• #66

r2800doublewasp

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Nov 21, 2008

Northern California

I built my first model when I was 8.It was a 57 bel air which I cut the tip of my finger off with an exacto knife in the process of building it...still have the scar. Unfortunately the misinformed driver took a wrong turn and happened to stumble upon the gun range (pellet guns... no I am not actually going to go out to a range to shoot it) and somehow it burst into flames and exploded...This happened to be the case with almost all of my models....