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[Down Time]

This just flew in and landed in anticipation of my larger airfield.

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Nothing til I come home from Syrcon 36 next Sunday.

 

[Down Time]

Nothing til I come home from Syrcon 36 next Sunday.

What and where is that?

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

What and where is that?

Syracuse area IPMS show in Cicero, NY

https://www.ipmssyracuse.com/

 

[Down Time]

Syracuse area IPMS show in Cicero, NY

https://www.ipmssyracuse.com/

Dang. So close but yet so far......

 

[Down Time]

International Air Force flew in today, all three kits have the patches.

 

[Jakko]

Hows old are those, anyway?

 

[Down Time]

Boxes are copyright 1999

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Repops of original 1963 kits according to scalemates.

 

[Edbert]

Repops of original 1963 kits according to scalemates.

I was gonna say the box art looks 65-70 to me.

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

I was gonna say the box art looks 65-70 to me.

The box cover did say "Monogram Classics"….. eye roll LOL !

 

[Edbert]

...and "Monogram classics" says bring extra patience and putty to me

 

[Down Time]

...and "Monogram classics" says bring extra patience and putty to me

Then we will be CLASSICALLY TRAINED.

 

[Jakko]

The box cover did say "Monogram Classics"….. eye roll LOL !

I did notice, but my question was intended as: "When did these originally come out?" Funny thing is they give me nostalgic feelings even though I never saw kits like these when I was young.

 

[Jakko]

Went into town today to buy some modelling supplies, but it turned out that one of the shops selling models is now open only on Fridays and Saturdays. Still, I bought plastic strip I was after from a craft shop, who told me they intended to expand their modelling section. I also bought two second-hand books from another shop:



The upper one is aerial photographs of the Netherlands (that's what the title literally translates as) in the 1920s and 30s, the other a Japanese book on Japanese battleships. Even though battleships don't overly interest me and I can read exactly one word of Japanese (円, "yen" ), I thought it was too interesting not to buy for the 10 euros they were asking. Anyway, modern technology to the rescue!




This is what the translate app on my iPad makes of it, and it seems to be fairly accurate. It would be pretty laborious to read the whole book that way, though.

 

[TimM63]

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