PanzerWomble Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 I find all this old look at the hobby quite fascinating . Squadron Leader Miller ......a bit of a silly arse ... The odd Centurion I've seen on a target range a coupe of years ago ! 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Brings back memories. What would 18p get you now??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted September 23 Author Share Posted September 23 10 minutes ago, GusMac said: Brings back memories. What would 18p get you now??? £130 for a 1/16 Elephant .."The Ultimate in Kits "...and new Triumph motorcycle was around £700 in 1974 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 I still have a few old issues of Airfix Magazine, and Scale Models. One of the Scale Models issues (of 1974 , or 1976 ?) introduces a new « revolutionary » (which it was, at the time) model improvement technique : photo-etch. At that time, they were using clear varnish to assemble the PE parts, as CA glue did not exist yet, at least for the general public … That reminds me how old I am getting Hubert 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Did you notice the Monogram ad with a « 1/32 B-52 Stratofortress » ? Talk of a typo …. Hubert 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Still have a collection from that period, having a Badger airbrush was a dream then……. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 55 minutes ago, HubertB said: Did you notice the Monogram ad with a « 1/32 B-52 Stratofortress » ? Talk of a typo …. Hubert You caught that too? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 6 hours ago, Bomber_County said: Still have a collection from that period, having a Badger airbrush was a dream then……. I wouldn't have had the gall to ask for one for Xmas , nor any idea what to do with it when I got it .... hairy sticks and a pile of little airfix tins in the 1970's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 That certainly rolls back the years for me. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 6 hours ago, PanzerWomble said: I wouldn't have had the gall to ask for one for Xmas , nor any idea what to do with it when I got it .... hairy sticks and a pile of little airfix tins in the 1970's Or bottles of Airfix enamels, I still have some as keeps sakes…..…in the vein of Monty Python……ha tins….bloody luxury……….in my day……… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 46 minutes ago, Bomber_County said: Or bottles of Airfix enamels, I still have some as keeps sakes…..…in the vein of Monty Python……ha tins….bloody luxury……….in my day……… Still on the ration card then huh ? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted October 31 Author Share Posted October 31 More - Airfix Catalogue from 1975 ...they still sell some of these dog old mouldings ....talk about sweaty assets . My original (long lost copy that fell apart circa 1979) had a lot of circled pictures around the ones I'd built . ] 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 Recognise a few I built/massacred as a kid in there. I certainly recall making a complete dog's breakfast of of a dio with Monty's Humber as I didn't realise lacquers wouldn't play nice with polystyrene. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted October 31 Author Share Posted October 31 43 minutes ago, GusMac said: Recognise a few I built/massacred as a kid in there. I certainly recall making a complete dog's breakfast of of a dio with Monty's Humber as I didn't realise lacquers wouldn't play nice with polystyrene. I did the Rommel's Halftrack a few years back , which apparently was "kit of the year" when launched . It wasn't as grim as you might expect but any kit launched after 1995 would make it look bad. Shape was ok , small details really let it down with the technology of the day for moulding 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 I must have had this catalogue too, I remember all of the box arts. I might have circled numerous of the kits as well. Huh, sentimental journey, thanks for showing PW. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 On 9/23/2024 at 6:18 PM, Bomber_County said: Still have a collection from that period, having a Badger airbrush was a dream then……. I had one(plastic) with a can of Propel boy did those go fast(cans) and expensive I was like 12/13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 It is funny how after all those years we are still pouring money into those 1/24 scale relics, just because they are the best representations of the given subjects. Sorry Trumpeter. Nostalgia aside, I miss ingenuity and touch of the old school machinists with calipers, protractors and gauges 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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