First kit I've thrown in the trash...

I remember my dad struggling for hours building the old monogram T-28. This was in Colorado in 1963 (I was four). Had retractable gear and everything. I think building it frustrated him because that was the last one he built for me. My mom did the spitfire later while my dad was at sea. I did them all after that.

-- david

Glad you said that. I was peering at the Trumpeter F4F just the other day but didn't buy it.

Walt

My mom did one for me at about age 5 or 6. It was a jet. It was white plastic.

Walt

Heck, he had carpets. How about linoleum?

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

I got a pair of Aurora kits for my 8th birthday. The F-100 was one, the other was the F-94C. I got a second chance at the F-94 in my teens but the F-100 got missed. Too bad as the second F-94 is downstairs on the shelf.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

What'ya think the orange shag was covering.

WmB

I picked up an F-94 in Canada a lot of years ago for list price ($1.29?). THat's on my to-do list for this winter - I hope.

William Banaszak wrote in news:xtwam.1148$ snipped-for-privacy@nwrddc02.gnilink.net:

ever read the original formula? yuck.

My humble opinion is that the "best" new 1/32 kits, in terms of balancing detail with good engineering, are the Hasegawa kits. I've thoroughly enjoyed ever one I've built. I have the Tamiya 1/32 Zero and I'm certain it will build beautifully, but it's pretty involved and I just haven't found the energy yet to tackle it.

Hasegawa is Number One in my book.

-- david

Second!

on 7/25/2009 1:13 PM (ET) david wrote the following:

Back in the late 70s, early 80s, when I was in a building frenzy, Hasegawa was my choice for planes, Tamiya for tanks, Peerless for military vehicles.