Oldies in the stash
- Eric Mc
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Re: Oldies in the stash
The Airfix Catalina is a mid 1960s mould, I'm pretty sure.
- gnomemeansgnome
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Well then I will throw the Heinkel in the ring, along with possibly what I believe is a 1960's Monogram boxing of the Tupolev Badger. I will also look in the deep stash for another couple worthies.
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Re: Oldies in the stash
You are most likely correct sir, my boxing isEric Mc wrote:The Airfix Catalina is a mid 1960s mould, I'm pretty sure.
USAIRFIX. Same tooling just a different package.
I has that 60's feel, rivets everywhere and thick cloudy clear bits. I built a Sunderland a few years back, that took the skin off my fingers!
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Have you ever had a feel of the old FROG Shackleton? That'll give you rivet rash.
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I was thinking about bring my welding gloves home to work on it!Eric Mc wrote:Have you ever had a feel of the old FROG Shackleton? That'll give you rivet rash.
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Remember an old blue F4U Corsair where the rivets were so big they nearly touched each other.
Can't remember if it was an Airfix one or Frog though.
Can't remember if it was an Airfix one or Frog though.
Re: Oldies in the stash
That sounds like the Airfix one. It was a bit of a rivet bag.
All the best.
Greg
All the best.
Greg
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Re: Oldies in the stash
The Airfix Stuka I'm doing for the 'one for the books' GB has a rough, rivety feel too!!.
Hoping to return to modelling sometime this year!!
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Re: Oldies in the stash
Catalina was 1964.
- bassman
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My stash was sold in 2012 but I kept a few kits. The oldest kit I kept is the original Swift made by Hawk. The kit is complete with original box, instructions and decals (OOR). It must be from the fifties.
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Re: Oldies in the stash
Ok so upon receiving a monster kit it got me thinking, does 1980 count as an oldie in the stash?
- CementNotGlue
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That's a beauty that is well worth a restoration job. Thank you for posting it.
All the best.
Greg
All the best.
Greg
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Re: Oldies in the stash
I once tried making a canopy and vowed never again!
Any suggestions Greg?
Any suggestions Greg?