Smithsonian article on vintage model kits

[jcf]

https://airandspace.si.edu/air-and-space-quarterly/summer-2022/some-assembly-required

[PR19_Kit]

...... Garrity fondly remembers staying up all night with friends, gluing together models two at a time, working on one while the other dried......

So that's different to now? 

Very interesting article Jon, thanks for the link. 

[Old Wombat]

 

[zenrat]

Good stuff.  With a nod to whiffery at the end.

[NARSES2]

Interesting  Cheers Jon

[ericr]

nice  ; painting in red is one option indeed.

[rickshaw]

A Canadian version of why we do do, what we do:  Model citizens: hobbyists explain why putting together plastic kits is hardly kids' stuff

[PR19_Kit]

That's an EXCELLENT piece Brian, well spotted. 

[zenrat]

A Canadian version of why we do do, what we do:  Model citizens: hobbyists explain why putting together plastic kits is hardly kids' stuff

"McRorie is ensconced in his modeling room, which houses reference materials, tools, a lathe, a half-dozen airbrushes, a collection of WWII badges and helmets and a backlog of about 60 kits."

Only 60?  Lightweight.

[PR19_Kit]

Only 60?  Lightweight.

[Dizzyfugu]

Only 60?  Lightweight.

Amateur!

[rickshaw]

Indeed, 60 is bit lightweight really...   

[JayBee]

Just read the link and  OH! By all the Gods that box art for thw Aurora Mig-19 takes me so back.
I just wish my pocket money would have stretched to one.