Sailorman Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Let's see the oldest model in your collections. I'll start off with mine. The Airfix Series 1 Historical ship built when I was 13. ......53 years ago! I read about a method for "weathering" the sails in an issue of Airfix Magazine ....... Clearly I overdid it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kavanagh Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I no longer have any of the kits I built as a youngster. I restarted plastic kit modelling in the late 1990s, so the oldest extant built model I have is…This 1/72nd Monogram/Revell Dornier Do17Z-2 I built around 1997. I threw tons of aftermarket stuff at it, and it still holds up pretty well I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 Very nice indeed Heather...... When I started reading your post I thought you'd posted a picture of the real thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kavanagh Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 blush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert_H Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Some of the Bf-109s I built back in the 1960s and which have survived until this day. Revell (1), Frog (1), and Airfix (3). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert_H Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Some more survivors from the '60s : Airfix Stuka, He 100 and Arado 234 from Lindberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 That's a nice collection! hard to imagine they are more than 50 years old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Muth Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 My is from 1966, with a little help from Dad (correct the wings and colour the kit)It's the PZL-11 from Revell: MM aka modelldoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 Another really nice one.Gosh I wasn't expecting to see so many really, really old kits being shown here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 No photos, but define "oldest". The oldest set of mouldings in my collection are a Tamiya 1/12 scale Lola T70 from the original production in about 1970. I even only paid a fair "builder's price" for the kit when I bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jopres57 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Here are some veterans from my collection, still going strong. The Airfix Super Mystere, Frog Dagger, and Airfix Draken are all from 1971 or 72, the Airfix MRCA is from 1975. The Super Mystere is still in its original state apart from a coat of varnish applied a few years ago to stop the decals from flaking off. The other three have had some restoration, especially the weapons on the MRCA, but are still largely as they were when first built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Kullas Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 I was thinking that my oldest built kit is an Airfix 1/72 Grumman Hellcat from about Christmas 2002 but I just noticed that I still have my 1/1 scale Kentucky Rifle (yes, its a model kit) built about 1969 or 1970-ish. And the flintlock mechanism still works.I forgot about it as its become part of the fixtures, yet its in front of me everyday!I must get it down and dust it off so maybe a photo (or two or three) of it later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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