old, old kits

[Guest]

I have just spent one the best afternoons for ages building a really old kit. Remember the ones that used to come in the bags in the '50's? I don't but i've seen them(i'm only 36) and i picked up three at a car show about 3 years ago. Just built a 1903 model a ford, conviced the wife to have a go at her first kit, a 1913 model t and have a sears sedan?(i've lost the bag) to build.

Loads of flash, mega thick mudguard stays(replace with brass wire) and a dodgy bloke to drive it. If anyone could identify them it would be great. No makers name, but they were copyrighted in 1952, i think they are american. Just shows how much fun you can have with a really old kit without spending a fortune on etched brass and resin.

Right i'm off to spill paint on the kitchen table , leave big fingermarks on the car bodies and see if i can stick my trousers to the seat by sitting on a tube of glue.:grinball2:jeff

[wonwinglo]

Send a few pictures of them Jeff for identification ?

[Guest]

okey dokey

i'll have a go, but they weren't in origional pakages, i'll try though. just got upload the camera soft ware onto this comp.

[Guest]

I can recollect building the complete range of Merit racing cars in the '60's but am wondering if the ones you mention were from the 'Highway Pioneers' range. I can't remember now if these came in plastic bags or boxes though. Terrible how memory fades. I think there wsa also a range of Monogram kits of American cars available then. I suspect that Airfix may have done a Model 'T'.

Andrew

[Guest]

Airfix definitely did a T, in two versions, a 1910 Tourer and a 1912 Roadster (which was pretty basic) . The Merit Highway Pioneers range included a 1903 Cadillac, 1910 Model T,1904 Oldsmobile Curved Dash, 1912 Packard Landaulette.