Model Making ?
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Grampa Don
Yep, that's me
- Location
- Orange county, Calif.
Yep, done some of that too.
Don
Don
Grampa Don
Yep, that's me
- Location
- Orange county, Calif.
Thanks, Bill. I'd say your skill level exceeds mine by quite a bit. I'm a 3 foot modeler. My stuff looks pretty good from 3 feet away. I do mostly small aircraft. The kits are cheap and they don't take much space.
Don
Don
Toomuchstuff
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- Wisconsin
What a ton of work !!! It's amazing ! My hubby makes WW2 model planes . He has these big sausage fingers and it's such a surprise to see how he can handle those teeny tiny parts!
Your hours and hours of work sure paid off - they're all beautiful !!!
Your hours and hours of work sure paid off - they're all beautiful !!!
Grampa Don
Yep, that's me
- Location
- Orange county, Calif.
Thank you, Toomuchstuff. I enjoy fiddling with little things.
Bill -- If you use an airbrush, you might be interested in my website, Don's airbrush tips. It has over 30 airbrush reviews.
I think my first scale model kit was a race car with a hole in the back for a CO2 cartridge. The kit was basically a block of balsa, 4 wheels, and a plan. I remember working really hard trying to get a shiny finish on that chunk of balsa. I didn't build any models as an adult until I retired. One day I stopped in a hobby shop and bought a kit and it went from there.
Don
Bill -- If you use an airbrush, you might be interested in my website, Don's airbrush tips. It has over 30 airbrush reviews.
I think my first scale model kit was a race car with a hole in the back for a CO2 cartridge. The kit was basically a block of balsa, 4 wheels, and a plan. I remember working really hard trying to get a shiny finish on that chunk of balsa. I didn't build any models as an adult until I retired. One day I stopped in a hobby shop and bought a kit and it went from there.
Don
DaveA
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- Coastal Massachusetts, USA
Don - - I've got the remains of an Indy car made of balsa wood, with the hole for the cartridge in the back. I think it has a wheel or two missing but it's in a box in the cellar with a few other model "remains". Probably the same one you had as it was a kit that I bought at the time.
Grampa Don
Yep, that's me
- Location
- Orange county, Calif.
Hi Dave,
That's amazing that you still have it. I built mine in the mid 50's. Somehow I'm connecting it with the Boy Scouts. It had two eyelets in the bottom that were supposed to guide it along a wire. Maybe we were going to race them.
I can remember another solid balsa kit I had of a Lockheed XFV, an experimental vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. I think I gave up on that one. These kits were pretty crude. Now they're collectors items and worth some money.
Here's an ad from Model Airplane News 1952. I picked up the magazine at a library used book sale.
Don
That's amazing that you still have it. I built mine in the mid 50's. Somehow I'm connecting it with the Boy Scouts. It had two eyelets in the bottom that were supposed to guide it along a wire. Maybe we were going to race them.
I can remember another solid balsa kit I had of a Lockheed XFV, an experimental vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. I think I gave up on that one. These kits were pretty crude. Now they're collectors items and worth some money.
Here's an ad from Model Airplane News 1952. I picked up the magazine at a library used book sale.
Don
Grampa Don
Yep, that's me
- Location
- Orange county, Calif.
Nice work, Bill. I get the feeling you like motorcycles. I took a very short ride on the back of one once. Scared the crap out of me. My younger brother rode a motorcycle as a California Highway Patrol officer. Even with that training, he took a flip one day and got his arm run over by a truck. He still loves them and has a beautiful Harley low rider that goes "potato, potato, potato."
Don
Don
Not necessarily motorcycles Don
I've always had a fascination with miniatures since childhood and built my first model aircraft aged 7, joined the RAF when I was 16 1/2 and still fly whenever I am able. Served 22 years and now as an old fart I build my models and fly em, sail em, look at em and sometimes sell em too.
I guess I'm fortunate in that being single now, I can pursue just about any hobby I want including model making, astronomy, amateur radio operating to name but a few.
Yours must give you pleasure in both the construction and subsequent viewing too I should imagine.
Bill
Grampa Don
Yep, that's me
- Location
- Orange county, Calif.
As old farts, we should be able to pursue any hobbies we like as long as we can. I tend to jump from one to another. I also do some astronomy. Do you have a scope?
Don
Don
DaveA
Senior Member
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- Coastal Massachusetts, USA
I found (what's left of) it in the cellar, Don. A bit discolored, covered in dust and only two wheels. None on the far side. For me, this would have been nearer the late 40's. It has the wire guides underneath.
Grampa Don
Yep, that's me
- Location
- Orange county, Calif.
That's very similar to mine. If I remember right, I painted mine red. But it was not finished as nicely as yours. I'm still amazed you still have it.
Don
Don
DaveA
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- Coastal Massachusetts, USA
That's what happens when you still live in the home where you were born and brought up. Toy boxes still in the attic and in the case of this old model, a box in the cellar. Never continued with model building as a grew into my teens except to help a few of the grandkids from time to time.