Now ,when I Was A Lad........

[bluntie]

Just had to share this with you all,
Picked up at a garage sale the other week,this little gem from yesteryear.
so for all of you squinting away at photoetch , sanding that youbeaut new resin cockpit to fit or deciding which of the 17 decal options to go with,
Heres where it all began........

[Mossie]

Wooooowwww!  A real mans kit!  Have fun!!!

[B777LR]

How much detail does the cockpit have?

Are the rivets raised?

Do the parts fit well?

Any flash?

Is the canopy good enough, or will i have to buy a aftermarket one?

Are the ejection seats the correct version?

[Captain Canada]

Wow ! Neat find ! Are you gonna build it or save it in the collection ?

 

[Nigel Bunker]

Now when I was a lad, we didn't have la-di-dah kits like that. Two bits of wood in a box, and if you were lucky it told you what you were supposed to make from it. That's when modellers were modellers.

[B777LR]

Now when I was a lad, we didn't have la-di-dah kits like that. Two bits of wood in a box, and if you were lucky it told you what you were supposed to make from it. That's when modellers were modellers.

Thats when modellers were carpenters...

[Aircav]

Looks better than the Airfix kit    

[lancer]

Looks better than the Airfix kit  

Evan an unshaped lump of wood looks better than the Airfix kit....

[Radish]

NEVER...the Airfix kit has great potential.

But the new Hobby Boss release is one worth waiting for.

I remember making a Mustang out of balsa wood....circa 1959.  

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Best of all, it can be recycled back into nature with minimal fuss by tossing it in the fireplace.  Great for lighting off a nice hot fire on a cold winter morning.

[Archibald]

Now when I was a lad, we didn't have la-di-dah kits like that. Two bits of wood in a box, and if you were lucky it told you what you were supposed to make from it. That's when modellers were modellers.

Thats when modellers were carpenters...

   

[Sisko]

Pha!!!! no etched brass or any thing!!! Bet the gear doors are over scale

Almost as much sanding in that as the Glenco kit I'm building

[Brian da Basher]

Bah! You kids today have it easy! Why when I was a lad, the closest thing to a kit was a small tree...no instructions, no photo-etch, no raised or recessed panel lines...

Brian da Basher

[The Rat]

BAH! When I were a lad all we got was a box wi' a saw, a knife, and a balsa tree seed in it. We had to grow our own tree in them days, cut off branches we needed, and shape 'em ourselves.

They don't know they're born today...

EEEEE! Me dad's just told how boxes were for nancy boys, stone tools for them, and a clip round the ear from 'is dad if it weren't made good and proper!

[braincells37]

All ya gotta do is carve away everything that doesn't look like a Mig.

Terry