My first love: Lindberg F-86A Sabre Jet.
This was my first love in 1958. I was 10 years old.
This is the box top I remember. I don't have the model kit anymore, but thanks to the Internet I was able to retrieve good old memories.
There is an anecdote to this story.
In 1958 I had to choose between the Spitfire made by Paul Lindberg or the F-86 Sabre Jet from the same manufacturer. My brother, who was 11 in 1958, chose the Spitfire. There was no arguing because I liked the Sabre Jet better.
The Spitfire was the only model kit my brother would ever build in his life. I would go on to build hundreds and hundreds of model kits mostly from WWII era.
For every model kit I built since 1958, there has always been is a story behind each one!
The box tops images are from Old Models Kits Website.
http://www.oldmodelkits.com/
I came off the assembly line late December 1948.
Gee 1958? I just came off of the assembly line.
awesome pierre
i was 6
in 58
That's actually the F-86A kit.
What a bunch of kids you all are. 🙂
You means for all these years I had the wrong version?
An easy mistake. 🙂
No mistake here my friend...
http://forgottenhobby.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/how-i-got-hooked-on-wwii/
babes in the woods..11 grands
It took me 7 years to correct the title.
Pierre,
I checked out your site and it looks like a kick. I will check it from time to time. Love seeing those old kits. I have some, not plastic that go back to the 30's. BTW, I have shoes older than you guys.
I will check your models. Model building tells a lot about people.
Was glueing model parts to my forearm and slicing off bits of finger tips with X-acto blades in 1958 (7 years old). God help me, I loved it so! Pierre, I dig those crazy Sabre jets too.
I did not know X-acto blades existed back then.
Yes I did cut myself once. Not badly.
They say building things with your hands develops your intelligence.
I can't disagree.