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For some reason, the Russian kits turned me on.
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“Of the 40,000 men who served on German submarines, 30,000 never returned.” -
XSL-01 moon rocket kit by Revell.Who is John Galt? -
I built CUTTY SARK twice. Buy my "Glow in the dark" Godzilla was a fan favorite always meeting it's end in a glorious firecracker attack.
Then there was tha ginormous (to me) SATURN V my dad and I built.
Come to think of it...v/r "Sub" Ed
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NEVER underestimate the power of a Sailor who served aboard a submarine.
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The first submarine kit I built is the infamous Nautilus kit from Aurora:
The first plastic kit I built with my dad was an Airfix Black Widow:
A kit I built also twice and that I'd love to build again - Airfix STarcruiser 1 (Garry Anderson)
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I think my very first model kit was the Enterprise from the Start Trek motion picture. I was maybe three when the movie came out, but I think my parents got it for me when I was six or seven. I wasn't a trekkie back then.. hell I didn't even know which way was up after it was built.
That ship model was rode hard and put away wet, but I have great memories of it....Comment
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v/r "Sub" Ed
Silent Service "Cold War" Veteran (The good years!)
NEVER underestimate the power of a Sailor who served aboard a submarine.
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The Aurora/Monogram/Revell Skipjack. I have one on display in my classroom.....
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I had a Aurora Skipjack too. I remember taking, model to my second grade for Friday 'sharing'. Mrs Combs read the story about the model from the kit instructions to the class and the teacher was surprised hne she read the submarine would 'fly underwater like an airplane. The bits on things you remember.
We moved and late rin another class, I shared a monogram P-38 model, but the teacher left the class for a teachers conference or something. and the class bully Scott DeBishop took my model and was running around the room wit it to **** my off threating break it. Years later in high school h was still a bully. We had it out one day and I beat the living crap out of him, and he never bothered me ever again The Monogram Kits where awesome then Moving up to 1/48 scale was going int the big time...lol. And the kit had options which version! But the models I remember most that snad out are these.
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Last edited by Albacore 569; 08-20-2023, 05:42 PM.Comment
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The type of kits I was assembling while stationed aboard the TRUTTA. Once you qualified you got to sleep in the barracks!
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v/r "Sub" Ed
Silent Service "Cold War" Veteran (The good years!)
NEVER underestimate the power of a Sailor who served aboard a submarine.
USS ULYSSES S GRANT-USS SHARK-USS NAUTILUS-USS KEY WEST-USS BLUEBACK-USS PATRICK HENRY-K432-U25-SSRN SEAVIEW-PROTEUS-NAUTILUSComment
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BTW....
ALL HAIL "THE CUP"!
Virtually indestructible, and coffee NEVER tasted better.
(Not allowed to be washed with soap by order of the COB)
v/r "Sub" Ed
Silent Service "Cold War" Veteran (The good years!)
NEVER underestimate the power of a Sailor who served aboard a submarine.
USS ULYSSES S GRANT-USS SHARK-USS NAUTILUS-USS KEY WEST-USS BLUEBACK-USS PATRICK HENRY-K432-U25-SSRN SEAVIEW-PROTEUS-NAUTILUSComment
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Late 60's Aurora et. al. Seaview, Type VII, and SSN-571 Nautilus. I sense a theme here.
Also did miscellaneous surface ships like the Lindberg Bismark and Hood. In my world the Bismark lost due to the superior firepower of the Remington .22! My dad was in naval aviation so I built my share of 1/72 aircraft, notably the A3 and A6.Comment
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