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Oldest kit in your stash? Nov 13, 2024 20:01:36 GMT -6 BUCKY, JED, and 1 more like this

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Post by JCON on Nov 13, 2024 20:01:36 GMT -6

I had a friend who asked everyone what was the oldest kit in our stash. Mine is this Revell Lincoln Futura that is the same age as me... 1956! It's all flat panels that you glue together to make the body.

Next oldest would be this Entex Mercedes from the early 60's...

What's your oldest and will you eventually build it? I'm planning on building mine!

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Oldest kit in your stash? Nov 14, 2024 4:43:44 GMT -6 BUCKY and JCON like this

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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 14, 2024 4:43:44 GMT -6

WOW!!! What a cool thread Joe!! I'm going to have to dig in and see what my oldest in the stash is and get back to the thread. I will say that Futura sounds like a bear and a half to build if you have to glue the flat panels together to construct the body. How many parts are in that kit anyways.

Entex is a name I don't remember hearing anything about in modeling. You're dating yourself here bud. lol

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Oldest kit in your stash? Nov 14, 2024 15:52:32 GMT -6 JED likes this

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Post by JCON on Nov 14, 2024 15:52:32 GMT -6

Nov 14, 2024 4:43:44 GMT -6 mustang1989 said:

WOW!!! What a cool thread Joe!! I'm going to have to dig in and see what my oldest in the stash is and get back to the thread. I will say that Futura sounds like a bear and a half to build if you have to glue the flat panels together to construct the body. How many parts are in that kit anyways.

Entex is a name I don't remember hearing anything about in modeling. You're dating yourself here bud. lol

I was born in Dec 1956. Here is what's in the box for ya Joe.

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Oldest kit in your stash? Nov 18, 2024 12:46:12 GMT -6 JCON and JED like this

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Post by Dukemaddog on Nov 18, 2024 12:46:12 GMT -6

Well, to be honest, I don't know what the oldest kit in my collection is. I have several that could qualify, and one that I already built is surely the oldest. It was dated at late 1950's. It was my UPC 1/48 scale Roman Racing Chariot:

The next oldest I think; is one I'm still working on; the Pyro Robert E Lee riverboat:

It is a 1960's era model kit.

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