According to Scalemates, this boxin is from 1966, a whopping 58 years ago. It looks it! Original kit was a FROG kit from 1963.
Air-Lines Brand
Air-Lines Brand
Anyone heard of this brand?
According to Scalemates, this boxin is from 1966, a whopping 58 years ago. It looks it! Original kit was a FROG kit from 1963.
According to Scalemates, this boxin is from 1966, a whopping 58 years ago. It looks it! Original kit was a FROG kit from 1963.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Air-Lines Brand
Wow… what a find. Never heard of that kit brand. I’m always looking for vintage model kits of any subject because they’re still out there. Garage sales, estate sales, antique stores where owners have zero knowledge of model kits, etc….
I’ve got a co-worker who knows I build model kits and says he and his wife always go to garage sales and estate sales all the time and keeps an eye out on any he finds. He knows to check the contents before paying for it. He will text me if he found something worth getting. Thus far he hasn’t found any.
My sister also hunts for vintage model kits constantly since she and her friend are thrift store/antique store shopping junkies.
I’ve got a co-worker who knows I build model kits and says he and his wife always go to garage sales and estate sales all the time and keeps an eye out on any he finds. He knows to check the contents before paying for it. He will text me if he found something worth getting. Thus far he hasn’t found any.
My sister also hunts for vintage model kits constantly since she and her friend are thrift store/antique store shopping junkies.
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Duke Maddog
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Re: Air-Lines Brand
I have heard of them and even built a couple of their old kits. They are very basic in detail, meaning almost none at all in the cockpits etc. but they do build well into very nice looking models. I believe Airfix has re-popped a couple of their line over the years.
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
Re: Air-Lines Brand
Nope, new one on me - I love the boxart!
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Re: Air-Lines Brand
I don’t need detail! Looks to be okay.Duke Maddog wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:56 am I have heard of them and even built a couple of their old kits. They are very basic in detail, meaning almost none at all in the cockpits etc. but they do build well into very nice looking models. I believe Airfix has re-popped a couple of their line over the years.
Pretty cool, huh?
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
Re: Air-Lines Brand
Very! Love the B-26!
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
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