revell harbor tug
a drinking buddy of mine asked me to build this for him one night when he and i and our wives were playing sequence...the case was on sale at Michaels for about 15 bucks...the pedestals are some spare bathroom doorknobs i had laying around...the tire bumpers were bought at the hardware "O" rings because the kit ones were pathetic...a rough kit requiring a lot of cleanup...i gave it to him Saturday night...he was thrilled
The photos are nice (as is the tug & the case), but how about a little background on the build. Cat got your tongue..? 🙂
If I'm not mistaken this is one of Revell's earlier kits. Very clean build of a basic kit.
Wish I'd have seen that case on sale.
thank's for the compliment...yes the kit is very crude...i think i got the last two cases on sale
See, now thats what I'm talking about! Using "O" rings for the bumpers, how many people would have thought of that? I know I would not have. That is why a group should be started about unusual tools and techniques. Even though I do not build ships, I am adding "O" rings to my list of tools, you never know, I may find another application for them. Well done Bob, on both the tugboat and the technique/tool.
Go ahead and start a new group, Seamus..."Tools & Techniques" - it's pretty easy.
thank you seamus...love your posts...especially the birthday gifts
I love your tugboat. I have a '56 Revell catalog that lists it. I built one of these in the late '70s. The local hobby shop owner asked me to allow it to be displayed in the store. When I came home from National Guard Annual Training, the store had closed up and I never saw my tugboat again. Cracking build. Adios, Larry.
thank you Larry...wow that explains a lot...i thought it was a 70's kit but if it's 1956 that explains the awful flash and misalignment...even the pegs didn't fit the holes...a neat piece of modelling history...very rewarding build
Here's a little additional info on the kit's origins. I have an unbuilt original release. It was a Revell "S" kit. Copyrite on the box says 1956. It was molded in a off-white or light gray? plastic. Price $1.29.
wow...pretty high dollar for the day...three weeks allowance...going to check it out on evil bay
Built that kit @1963, still had wrecked bits in my weird parts stash until about 1990. Great work on an old, rough kit.