I remember mine. It was the old AMT Star Trek K-7 Space Station that was featured in the episode “Trouble with Tribbles.”
When I was 6 I built the AMT Galileo Shuttlecraft. Model came out ok. BUT I plunged the WHOLE decal sheet in water, and found myself in a little race against time[:0]
DJ
Mine was the K-7, too! Now I get nostalgic when I see it on ebay. This kit was followed closely by the Vulcan Shuttle, a Colonial Viper, and the Galactica. I remember only painting a few details on each but, when you’re a kid, even this small accomplishment seems huge. I played with those ships for hours at a time…
Mine was the original Enterprise kit… wish I had it now!
Whoa…the earliest I can recall is the ooooold AMT Enterprise with lights…I must have been 7 years old or so. Pop had to help me out! My main recollection is the warp nacelles never staying on, and black wires sticking out from somewhere!
Funny how Star Trek is ruling this thread so far!
Don’t know if ya’ll consider this “science fiction,” but my first of many attempts at Aurora’s Godzilla predates the Enterprise Incident by a coupla years, at least.
Mine was also the original enterprise. IF you managed to keep the nacell supports from breaking they always ended up skewed like the nacells on the constellation in “coomsday machine”. I bet I tried a hundred rubber bands to try and get those straight!
AMT original series Enterprise. This was about 1970 and I thought it was Great!!
Mine was Aurora’s “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” Seaview. i built it on a metal TV tray at my parents’ house. The model’s long-gone, but I still have the coral-reef display base. Maybe I’ll install my Polar Lights kit on it…
Matthew Usher
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Mine was the Dragon kit from the Shogun Warriors line of “Monogram” kits. They were actually Bandai kits. And for 1979 era models they were very nice. But Bandai has certainly come a long way since then.
hmmm…I had the Original Romulan Bird of Prey. Been looking for one just for nostalgia reasons. Cant find it for less than $70 on ebay.
The Original Enterprise, way back in the 70’s. I still have one in a box to build…along with about 45 other kits. wish I had the time.
Mach
The TOS Enterprise ordered from a Johnson Smith catalog. I had been looking around all the stores that sold models but it could not be found anywhere. I was about 10 years old and painted it with a cotton swab with two different shades of blue (I ran out of one shade and just took another bottle of a blue).
Wow, that’s a toughie…I guess the first would be the original issue Aurora Seaview (which I still have). After that, AMT TOS Enterprise (again original issue with lights) which again I still have. Though NOT in the best of condition. After that all those Aurora kits like most of us built. The rest, as they say is styrene history…
Rogue
Ditto Rogue, mine was the Aurora Seaview , followed by the “E” and Romulan, Klingon and all of the Aurora dinosaur kits. Still have those.
Mine was a Viper. I painted the engine exhausts in glow in the dark. Then a cylon raider, and an X-wing. Those were the days. Maybe I’ll build the Viper I just bought next.
The closest I came to actually doing a true “sci-fi” kit was the KITT from Knight Rider. It was pretty futuristic… I remember painting the displays with white-out. Hey, I was young!
demono69
Yet another for the original starship Enterprise. With the lights in the nacelles (sagging nacelles, that is) and the top and bottom of the saucer section. Turn the deflector dish housing to activate the lights, hoping you didn’t knock off that fragile dish!
Didn’t have to worry about the batteries going dead, the thing would fall apart long before that happened. [:I]I was ten years old, and Star Trek was my life!
For me, first the Aurora Seaview then the original Enterprise with lights.
Mine was the old Aurora “Invaders UFO” kit. I understand it’s going to be rereleased by Polar Lights soon.
Mine was also the first kit I ever built, though my dad helped. When I was about 6 he bought the Eagle from Space:1999. I still remember working on it together in the living room.
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I bought an extra Eagle when the kit was re-issued a few years back. I’ll help my son build it sometime next year.