I realize that this might not apply to all of us here but here’s another use for all those old models that you may have laying around… make them into a mobile for a baby. Here’s the one that I made ( I have a wonderful wife who encouraged this, and no I don’t know what my child will be so even if it’s a girl it’s looking at tanks and planes!!!).
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Chewtoys![:O]
Just make sure the 'ickle bits that can come off, (props, u/c, etc,) are ‘pre-snapped’ & remove from mobile entirely when baby can sit up, (trust me!)
Congrats btw, & anything less than 9 months is a speedbuild for me!
Thats superb!
Obviously with safety in mind I say get them started as soon as possible!
You could buy a bunch of cheapo Revell or Airfix Spitfres, Stukas and ME109’s and make a proper mobile for the cot. You could paint them in some crazy colours that would really appeal the young 'un! You could replace the props with big spinning ones too - how great would that be!
Top job!
ATVB
Ben [H]
Jon’s right…while the idea/concept sounds/looks good…there are far too many items in that mobile that can become choking hazards as well as potential other hazards in the form of eating paint/glue, etc. Believe me, babies/small children put EVERYTHING into their mouths. The presence of those lead weights on the fishing line is also something you might want to reconsider! [;)]
I love it!!! Get 'em started early building!!!I
Nothing says: “I love my newborn!” more than re-creating a “dogfight to the death” aerial combat scene above your baby’s bassinette…
Thanks guys for the responses. TO those conserns about little bits falling off, I took off all the ones I could and the mobile will be gone the moment he kid even looks like it can even sit up on its own.
I build mine (2.5 and 6 months) their own early Wildcats. NOT as mobiles, though! More as decorations for the rooms.
Now that the boy’s started to take an interest in planes (including “flying” my Fail Dauntless scrap/testbed plane), though, I think I’m going to build him up a cheap little snap-tite to play with. And maybe a B-25 or something to hang from his ceiling.
I mounted a ceiling fan just a couple feet above my daughter’s crib and sure enough, it worked… She’s a Blackhawk pilot now…
If its a girl, take the planes… and go overm with a airbrush in pink.
Why? [:S]
Blue for boys pink for girls…
When they were old enough to ask , my girls wanted to know why pink?? DAD, the LUFTWAFFE and USAAF did NOT paint their planes in pink.!!!OH, well , I will now advise my friends who are soon to be dads if you do this "DON,T PAINT THE THINGS PINK OR BLUE !!! Regular colors of the more colorful of the type will do. tankerbuilder
I don’t think a touch of pink or blue (or green or yellow or whatever) is necessarily bad. I wouldn’t paint a Fw-190 pink, but I’d consider a pink fuselage band or spinner spiral or something like that. Or, when the kids get old enough to articulate their favorite colors, going with those.
But airbrushing pink is a PITA! It’s like the worst of airbrushing red and airbrushing yellow mixed together.
Heck, if its a boy just use 'sairs
I think for mine that the colors are going to stay as they are. I looked at things and decided to do colors based on what stimulates little eyes. Thats why the 262 is balck and white stripe, and the 163 is red, both are there to help my little ones eyes develop… or so that’s the thought anyway.