Kits from 25 years old and before…just curious, could be interesting, could also be a complete disaster, given the quality of things from back then…
I think there was something rather close to your theme, but am unsure. I think the wingy guys may have done one. I say just go for it if there is enough interest.
oh yeah now yall bring this up. i have 2 kits that are over 25 years old now that i am working on. and allmost done.
The “Classic Kit GB” is up in the GB forums, it’s basically what you described, but I’m not sure on the specifics.
We do have the Classic Kit GB. And although all that is entered are wings, it is open to ANY vintage kit. Check it out!!
25 years isn’t even truly “vintage”. That would be kits from 1983 or older. Many of the kits of the golden era were issued in the 1980s. For instance, most of Italeri’s better armor kits are from that time period. Vinatge would be from the 70s or earlier.
I know the term “vintage” is too easily tossed about. For cars, it’s 25 years or older (which is terrible, considering a chevy chevette would be considered a vintage) and for furniture it’s 50 years, wasn’t sure of models, but I was thinking armour my companies no longer in existance (renwall, for one), that is, assuming you could find a kit that old…
Renwal is definitely vintage, although many of their kits were reissued by Revell in the 1980s and 1990s. I have several of the originals and reissues, is there anything you are looking for from Renwal/Revell?
As far as cars, the 25 yr old rule would make my very first brand new car, a 1984 Wolfsburg edition VW Rabbit, almost a vintage car (not!).
I consider vintage kits to be anything PRIOR to 1980. And I ahve a large stash of pre-1980 kits. One of my best models, built OOB [with replacement decals matching the originals] was a P-36A Hawk from 1967. And it was the original 1967 model too. Still have the box and instructions to go with it.
Monogram armor! I did the M4A1 a couple of years ago, for the first time since high school (too long ago) and had a blast.
I have three Monagram kits that I built years ago and thinking about it I would have purchased them probably about 1980. A Panzer IV, Stug IV, and Brumbar. All kits based on the IV chasis. They were built back then and stored only to be viewed after 28 or so years. Not too bad but I will atempt to fix the neglect and update the poor workmanship, though surprisingly not over bad. I dug these things out of storage about a month ago and have gotten a bit of a bug. Have been building a stash for that period of time and will spend a bit of time in the future working on them. In the meantime I’ll do the old Monagrams to hone some skills. From what I can tell though they are a bit less “exact” than the latest offerings. I just joined recently and have enjoyed all the great ideas, suggestions, and knowledge shared here. Happy modeling to all.
Dannenbergerblitz
Hmmm. Almost all of my armor kits are that old or very close to it.
Quality was fine “back then.” Back then we were buying the best they had to offer at the time. Ditto for today, only today things are better.
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Rob G-
Only the ontos…and I know what a price that commands (which is why I don’t own one)
And it’s the only one I won’t part with. As a child, I built the 1/48 scale Aurora kits and the big kids had the cooler, larger, more realistic Renwal kits with working suspension, engine compartments, etc. I fell in love with the Ontos. It looked so cool.
When Revell reissued it in the early 80s, I grabbed the Ontos and the 5 ton wrecker. My Ontos had survived to this day, but after years of being vacuumed and knocked off my dresser at my parents’ house, it had seen better days. A friend bought me a bagged/half-built kit of the Renwal Ontos at a swap meet as a going away present when I was being restationed. I’ve since used much of that kit to rebuild my Revell kit.
It’s a labor of love. I’ve used the spare kit’s outer road wheel halves to replace the solid molded inner road wheels. I bought appropriate sized aluminum tubing to replace the plastic kit’s multi-piece tubes. I’ve also added some 1/35 scale items to replace the kit items like the pioneer tool rack and tools. It’s a work in progress.
i am like rob on that ontos when i frst saw it i thought it was the coolest thing. and also the sherman calliope(?) tank. i wish some one would release either one in a 1/35 scale as i would be all over these 2 kits.
Ontos…yes, M56…ok…How about the missiles
The Adams Honest John and launcher, then remade by life like. All the Revell/Renwal missiles.
I have a bunch in the stash and have been looking for an excuse to build one. This could be it.
With the Pershing I am working on from 1971, it could be a pin mark and sink hole extravaganza but since they are “vintage”, if you stay OOB and don’t go nuts with scratchbuilt details, it could be fun.
We should banter around some ground rules???
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Today I bought a 1/35th Tamiya Churchill Mk. VII. I had no idea it was manu’ed in 1975 until I looked on the bottom of the upper hull. It has considerably great detail. However, I posted a query in another thread asking for advice on a couple of Tamiya tanks. Rob G. and Phil H. said they were poorly detailed for the reason that their designs were dodgy and destined for RC usage and were a complete rip-off. I asked them how much of that line were like that and they said it wasn’t like that with many other kits and gave a few examples. The Churchill was not one of those examples. There are blindinly obvious raised details for the battery polarity for the RC side of it. I bought thinking it was going to be a decent proper kit after reading on the side of the box “Copyright 1996”. The bastards re-box vintage kits.[soapbox]
But I’m not too fussed about it. There is next to no flash, easily fixable ejector pin marks(some can leave a crater in the part), new decals and new instructions. I also got a 1/35th Challenger Mk. I from 1985. Looks superb and designed specifically for static display.
I am fairly new to armor modeling and if someone starts a vintage armor GB in the near-ish future I will gladly join for a learning curve and fun.
Hey…If you make a badge you could use this photo with “Vintage Armor Build”
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Yep, the Churchill is a rebox. It was originally boxed as as a Churchill “Crocodile” (flamethrower) #35100, with a fuel trailer and alternate barrel for the flamethrower. It was later reboxed without the flamethrower option, with additional figures and accessories.
As I mentioned in the other thread, look at kits from about #35146 (Tiger I Late) onwards as “new tool” kits from this point on are designed from the ground up for static display. There are some kits which are the exception, however, which are based on or updated from earlier kits (or earlier kits with some extra parts/figures added, as in your Churchill) which were designed for motorisation.
Oh, s#!+. I forgot about checking the serial number. Oh well. Next time I will. But the Churchill still looks like a pretty good kit.