In browsing the Sci Fi section I saw a model of the Lost in Space robot, made me feel a bit nostalgic. Reminded me of the old kits of the Horror Movie Monsters. I loved those old films when I was a kid. Has anyone done one of those or has anyone built a model strictly for a nostalgic reason?[:)]
Hi MRS DJ. i once bought an airfix skyhawk purely because it was one of the first kits that i built, i thought it would be a blast from the past to build it again. ended up giving it away because i couldnt bring myself to build something that awful. after doing a hasagawa skyhawk there was just no comparison. i did do the revell hurricane though and finished it as i remember my first ever kit (even down to having my initials on the sides). see link. Greg
http://www.scalehobby.com/forum/viewthread.php?action=attachment&tid=1066&pid=10766
BTW the two skyhawks pictured are both from the matchbox kit built and decaled ootb except the bombload
Thanks for sharing Greg, how cool.
Yes. I bought a 1/700 Hasegawa IJN Nachi about a year or so ago. It was one of the first ships I built as a kid. When I saw that it was updated, I had to have it, partially because of the nostalgia. I completed half of it, then got back into armor heavily, thus creating a layer of dust upon my little ship’s box.
Ive built a Philippine Air Force Rescue Bell 205A Huey (pics posted in the helo forum) in exactly the same markings as the one I took a ride with friends on. After revisiting the same aircraft in the hangar a few months later and opening up the access panels I swore to build a model of it. After seeing it my friends had a blast recalling how funny the ride was, especially when the pilot pulled what they call a “stall turn” that almost let us view what we had for lunch.
As fate would have it, the very same chopper figured in a crash a few weeks before I finished my kit. And it was then being flown by a very close friend of mine! Fortunately, he walked away from the crash without any serious injuries.
Ive considered building a model of every plane, chopper, ship or armored vehicle I take a ride on (well, except for the airliners, maybe). I figured I could show it to my children someday and tell them “daddy took a ride in the real thing.”
Most of what I model now has some nostalgic component. My current project is the ship my father in law sailed on in WW2.
Bruce
Lots of the kits I made were seen in a black and white photo…enough to create the nostalgic effect.
90% of what I build is for nastalgic reasons, whether it’s something I built as a kid, worked with in the military, or just a peice of history that facinated me at the time.
I think “Nostalgia” is the glue that keeps all of us modelers stuck to the hobby.
Thanks for the answers so far. Some great stories and insights. I am currently working on slowly a model of the Psycho house! I watched the movie on TV with my dad, when I was very little. I remember being so scared. My dad and I used to watch old black and white horror films on late night Friday TV, just the two of us. It is another way to remember him as I work on it.
I built most of the old Aurora monster kits as a kid. I’ve been collecting them as I find them and building them one at a time. My kids are enjoying them now. “That’s really cool dad; not a tank or a plane like you usually build!”
most kits i build are 30 years old or so , 70’s kits rein supreme. if its new somehow i dont want to know in most cases, tho being an Airfix fan i will buy a new issue of a old kit if i cant find an origonal at a decent price ( also for a new decal sheet in some cases) . the history , the maker and the past of a kit gives me pleasure that makes up for suspect fit and accuracy compared with modern kits, but if thats why they are fairly easy to find then great - i’m not complaining !
wether i’ll lose this love of building old kits i dont know but for now its the sole reason i do [:I]
Just picked up a couple of mid-50s Revell kits I remembered building in the 5th and 6th grades, an F-89 and a Douglas D-558 Skyrocket. Now if I could just find the old Revell X-3 I could be happy. Unfortunatly there’s a back up on the build desk right now.
I recently built the smokey and the bandit trans am and gave it to a friend for the one he had when we were teen agers that we never got around to fixing up. Also built a race car my grandfather drove in the first year of nascar.
Very nice Greggers. Thanks for posting the picture.
mark956
I just bought a pair of Hasegawa 1/72 scale Panther G’s … for just that very reason: nostalgia. Hasegawa models were the best that I can remember back when I started in the early 70’s with 1/72 scale armor. Now, I wish I could find some ESCI shermans to go with these guys!
Regards, Dan
Dan, the ESCI Shermans are (well, one of them at any rate!) being re-released by Italeri. Kit No.7003 M4 Sherman.
Granted most of what we do is nostalgia, but I’ve been on that buy that kit I built as a kid. It started a while back when my wife came across 2 Monogram A-26 and a B-25H. I sanded off those mountains of rivets and decal placement lines and away I went. Now it seems that at least 2 or 3 of my yearly purchases are kits I built as a kid. I’ll go to shops that carry out of production kits or find an antique shop that has a few old kits. I’m happy that people know their limitations and are willing to get rid of a kit in favor of a newer one. Less is more. Less detail is more creativity on my part. !/48 Cutlass, Skyray, and Blue Angel Tiger. Give me more!
I build american WW2 planes and NASA marked planes not really sure why, never thought about it. Since im 33 for some reason I would say theres nostalgia behind my modeling choice. Although I cant seem to pin point it.
When I was a kid in the 1970’s, I loved Black Sheep Squadron. So my father got me and help me put together the 1/32 Revell Corsair. Every Wednesday at 7 p.m. the show would come on, I was there, with my corsair in hand, ready to take on the Japs. Well, 29 years later, I bought and built another 1/32 Revell Corsair. Only thing different, this one was painted and detailed, and I won’t be going on missions to straff the cat or lay bombs across the sofa with this model. But I may have to hold it while watching the old re-runs on the History Channel.
Scott
Great story Scott! Thanks for sharing. [:)]