Aurora Curtiss Warhawk P-40 Flying Tiger [SHRINK-WRAPED]

i don't remeber that kit shrinkwrapped when i was a kid.

I do. PT

Ahhhh...this was my very first "sale". I was like 10 years old. I had built this kit. I brush painted it in a brown, medium green, and ORANGE, upper surface pattern; with a light blue undersurface. I sold it to the kid across the street for $1.00!

:o)

Kits from the 50s were wrapped in cellophane, shrinkwrap didn't start coming in until the late 60s. A lot of companies just taped the boxes closed.

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger

Not easy to tell from that high-quality photo, but more than likely it is not "shrinkwrap" but cellophane, which was quite common in the

A lot of the Aurora/Revell/Lindberg kits I built as a kit in the 50's and 60's were in cellophane. Admittedly, not all were, but quite a large percentage of what I remember.

John W. Alger IPMS 10906

Probably not even that. I think the kit was a Christmas gift, as well as the paint set (a set of Pactra gloss bottles).

Well you didn't lose any money on the model. The paint might have put you in the hole.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Tom

Possiby the worst picture I've seen on ebay.

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

I remember Aurora kits being cellophane wrapped almost up until the time they went out of business in the late '70s. As I recall, Hawk used to tout the fact that their kits were cellophane-wrapped in the their catalogs. Monogram kits were also cello wrapped from the mid-60's up until the late 70's. Revell kits (at least around the mid '60s) came in a sturdy cardboard box that was not wrapped but the parts were sealed in plastic bags with the boxes usually being taped shut. Around 1968 or so, Revell went to shrink wrapping their boxes in "poly" clear plastic wrap and went to using a flimsier, thinner cardboard box.

Speaking of Aurora kits, I recently saw a new Aurora kit book from Schiffer that has a wealth of info on Aurora kits and company history.

Martin

Scale modeling, like any pastime, is an educational experience. I've been doing this for well more than forty-five years and I learn something new almost every day. Sometimes it's a modeling procedure, sometimes a historical footnote, often it's the existance of a new (or even old) kit.

This newsgroup exists (or is supposed to exist) to help modelers learn new things, correct mistakes, present news and allow for a common ground for all modelers.

You just learned about scales. I just heard about the upcoming Airfix TSR-2. Hoopefully others have added to their knowledge as well.

Happy modeling,

Tom

yep it was olive drab. My first kit!!! the cockpit was a little blurp for the head, but the kit was acurate. I still remeber those kits. the ywere 79 cents in the early sixtees still. The Messherschmitt was molded in red and the zero was yellow. I remeber them well ..*you will always have your time to shine, even in the winter of your darkest hour*...jeremy enigk

Hi John,

Yes, you are right. The plane is wraped in cellophane.

Nikolas