The thought crossed my mind while replying to another post. For myself I built what I believe was a Revell 1/32nd Spitfire way back in the 70s that allowed for multiple versions. As a result I ended up with an extra cowl scoop and a few other parts that at last recollection are sitting in a parts box somewhere around here - among quite a few other boxes. Molded in shit brown so they stand out among everything else and always catch my eye and take me back a ways. A close second would be tires and wheels from car kits. Rare is the old modeler without a healthy supply of Cragar mags and Mickey Ts. Rare is the old modeller who hasn't spent far too much time sorting thru them trying to find complete sets of four to no avail!Let's keep it somewhat honest - parts from kits you actually built and tossed into the scrap box or kits you scrapped out at some point. I've got older kits and scraps I bought off ebay and elsewhere - what I'm angling for are the kits you bought, sat down and built, then time took its toll or you had leftovers after the build. And for some reason known only to you and other inmates at the Testors Tube Glue & 15-Cent Bottle Paint Modeler's Home - you hang on to them.WmB

The oldest part is definitely a single, solitary British 1000lb bomb with a 114 tail in white plastic. I'm pretty sure this came out of an Airfix Hawk T1 kit sometime around 1978. It is in excellent condition and there is no reason why I couldn't use it at some point in the future.The other oldest parts are all from various F-4 kits. The next oldest is the remains of a sprue from a 1/72 Italeri F-4G kit that I built as an F-4F around 1980. The F-4G fin top pod and nose fairing radome are still on the sprue. The Hasegawa F-4G isn't available at the moment, so it has been my intention to use these parts on a Hasegawa F-4E. I suppose I should really transfer them from the spares box to the F-4E kit that is earmarked for the F-4G build. And I really should actually *build* it at some point.Next oldest... a pair of travel pods still on their sprue from the very old Hasegawa F-4E. These are easily recognisable as they are moulded in that odd glossy blue/grey plastic that Hasegawa used in...

What's the oldest part in your parts box?

May 20, 2008 23 Replies

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Mad-Modeller 18 years ago

The nose piece from my first Aurora F-94C. I built the kit in 1957 and I don't recall when I tore it apart or why. Nothing remains here of its companion F-100A. Around 1966 I found another one that had been 'upgraded' with two sets of three missiles to hang under the wings. (Those were not present in my original kit.) I built that one then and rebuilt it about 20 years ago for my last hobby show display.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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Mad-Modeller 18 years ago

Must need an a-dapter kit! ;)

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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chuck ryan 18 years ago

Probably the collection of 1/32 engines from Lindberg auto kits along with the windscreen from their 1/32 Bug eyed Sprite; from the late 50's(?) early '60s. And I have no idea why I kept the windscreen :-)

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NORTHDUK 18 years ago

The oldest spares I can identify come from very late 1950's and early

1960's kits that I scrapped in the late 1960's. Most are useless but I can't bear to sling them out. What bothers me more is the fact that the oldest kits in my stash were bought in 1966 and 1967.

Gordon McLaughlin

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