Plastic models of birds

I think the manufacturer was Bachman. They do turn up on ebay and other online vendors. Keep watching and good luck.

rwalker wrote: : A relative called me with a question tonight that I don't know the answer : to. One of my cousins, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, built a series of : plastic life size models of various American songbirds. : I have seen one of these. I don't know the manufacturer, but I would try Lindberg and Renwall, as a starting point.

Bruce

Almost right. The series was Birds of the World and the manufaturer was Bachmann Bros. Inc. (2 n's in Bachmann ;) ) They're on eBay all the time. WRF

"Nooooooo! Stop me before I build again."

Thanks everyone for the tips. Now I have a starting place to search from.

i think lifelike had a line.

Both Marx and Airfix did bird kits though you're likely thinking of the Marx kits as the Airfix ones were not widely distributed in the US.

Some of the Marx bird kits were later reissued by ARCO, a Hong Kong outfit.

Cheers.

Forgot about Bachman. They did birds too, as well as Airfix and Marx.

Cheers,

There were two issues that I know of. The first came in the late '50s-early '60s and came with paint on a plastic pallet. It looked like small pills and was loosened by using the 'painting fluid' The later release was in the '80s and had fewer different birds available. The paint was just little pots of acrylics. I've been trying off and on to restore my originals. Finding good colour matches for the Blue Jay has been difficult.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.