Sweper Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 ...who used to build plastic models like these: I did, many. Most of them were scale 1:72, but some scale 1:32 but they were much more expensive. I think I had almost every ww2 fighter and some light bombers as well. Revell was number #1! Most detailed and the plastic parts always fitted together. For painting the number #1 was Humbrol. The smallest tin cans and they werent cheap. It took maby a day to complete an aircraft, with gluing and painting all the details and put on the decals. When I grew older(?) and got tired of all the planes collecting dustbunnies in the wardrobe, a hang them up in a tree and used them as target practice with my airgun. Put some on fire so it looked more realistic. A couple of years ago I found a "Lindberg Line" kit of a ME-262 in a box in the basement. The box have not been opened yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 I did when I was kid, but haven't since. I used to hang them form the ceiling with fishing line, and put electric motors in them so they would fly around suspended. I had a B-17 with all four running too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonar Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Rattler, Painless,Delta7, and a few others are into it.. they even have dedicated airbrushes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Brando Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 When I first started building Airfix kits - Spits, 109s, Stukas - right on up to Wellingtons and Lancs, the basic fighter kit cost two shillings (2/-) in pre-decimal coinage. Which equated to 10 planes for a pound (20/-) Paints were 1 shilling a pot, and the kits contained an ampoule of polystyrene glue back then. So you could make a whole squadron for just over a £1 Later, when 'bangers' were still only a penny we would perform a little surgery and fit a banger in the fuselage with the fuse protruding. Then I'd run them down a piece of fishing-line from my bedroom window with the fuse lit and watch them explode in mid-air, fantastic. I guess I was a sucker for IL2 even back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zooly Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 I also used to but then i graduated onto more complex models, then found that beer and model building aint a happy marriage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattler Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 I'm building a 1/32 Mustang D, a F4F-4, and a Spit Mk. 24 right now. Oh yeah, a FW 190 A5 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Rattler, Painless,Delta7, and a few others are into it.. they even have dedicated airbrushes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted May 23, 2009 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Later, when 'bangers' were still only a penny we would perform a little surgery and fit a banger in the fuselage with the fuse protruding. Then I'd run them down a piece of fishing-line from my bedroom window with the fuse lit and watch them explode in mid-air, fantastic. I guess I was a sucker for IL2 even back then Hey, I did that exact same thing with a Hurricane, 1/24th scale! Brilliant! I've built so many models in my teenage years... got rid of them all... 15 years back I started building 'm once more... again many many models... many scales.. Got rid of 'm once again, not all tough: 1/24th Hurricane built, but falling apart again... 1/32nd Boeing P12E (Yellow wings... cool stuff) Still in box: 1/24th Stuka, 1/24th 190A/1, 1/24th 109E, 1/24thP51D (all Airfix models) Patiently waiting for this: 1/24TH Mossie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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