> Back in the mid to late '60s, I was into anything space related or
> anything I thought was, like rockets. I remember an adult cousin of
> mine taking me to the local TG & Y store & I got a model kit of what
> I'm sure was an HO scale Honest John rocket & truck carrier. Today, it
> reminds me of a Roco kit, but it was unassembled. It was molded in a
> dark green plastic & I remember the axles giving me a real fit, as I
> was only 5 or 6 or so. I'm sure it went the way of the Aurora LIS Robot
> & Demolition Demon kits that I "built" at the time. I'm pretty sure the
> kit was bagged as well & there were lots of other kits in the pile. Did
> Roco ever make unassembled kits? Does anyone know what I may have > gotten? Thanks.
The kit that I'm thinking of is much larger than a Roco model but Revell had just that type of truck mounted missile available in the '50s. I believe the model was to 1/40th scale.
Bill Banaszak, MFE