Aurora model kits
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- Blast from the past. 1/48 Aurora Gotha GV.
- Atlantis (ex-Aurora) "Classic Plastic" TWA DC-9, 72nd scale
- 1/48 General Dynamics F-111A Prototype RTD&E #1
- Maquette 1/400 Protected Cruiser ‘Aurora’
- Review: P-38 Lightning Review Part 2,Hasegawa 1/48th
- MBT 70, a cold war mistake, Aurora, 1/48
- Aurora SBC-3 Helldiver
- I-19 Japanese submarine,Monogram
- 1/600 Aurora USS Enterprise (CV-6)
- Lockheed XF-90 Penetration Fighter 1949
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1/25 Aurora 1968)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has always been a favorite of mine. I got the Corgi car for Christmas in 1969, and have never looked back. This build of one of the rare 1968 Aurora kits is my latest experience in the world of all things [...]
Lockheed XF-90 in 1/48 by Aurora
Kit#: 33A-98
Price: $0.98 originally; $7.50 as a collectable in 1978
Notes: This is an original 1956 boxing of this kit but the molds date back to 1952.
One never knows where a new project will lead you. The Lockheed XF-90, although [...]
Cold War Warrior – Grumman S2F Tracker
It's been a while since I've posted anything. I had a serious loss of modeling mojo over a bad (for here) winter, just really didn't feel like doing much of anything. That situation was remedied when one of my best friends sent me this [...]
A Blast from the Past, M-109 1/48 Atlantis
In my youthful early modeling days I think I built the entire Aurora 1/48 armored vehicle series. I remember them being pretty decent (for the time) easy-to-assemble kits. They were pretty enjoyable projects. I remember the M109 kit, [...]
Type 97 Chi-Ha Japanese medium tank. Atlantis/Aurora 1/48.
Used by the Japanese during WWII and were used by Chinese post WWII. A nice basic kit by Atlantis, Ex Aurora molds. I believe they got the molds by way of Monogram/Revell. I asked a gentleman from Atlantis at a long island model show about [...]
Did someone say "vintage"?
Here are a few of mine. I like building the older kits, partly for nostalgic reasons and partly because I don't like having to build a landing gear strut out of ten plastic parts and two pieces of photo etch!
Lindbergh 1/48 XFY-1 Pogo in [...]
Let's see your vintage kit builds
Tom's most excellent build of Aurora's Red Knight made me think maybe folks would like to share their vintage kit builds. These have all been seen here before, and are not all my vintage builds. Some are true antique kits, others [...]
1/8 Aurora "Red Knight of Vienna"
This model of Medieval jousting armor is Aurora's 1963 reissue of their 1958 kit. The red color is the kit's metallic red plastic. The blue-green is Army Painter's "Wizards Orb." The gold is a 50/50 mix of Testors' Metallic Gold [...]
Cold War misfit – Temco TT-1 Pinto, Aurora 1/48
The Temco (Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company) was based in Dallas, and specialized mainly in producing aircraft parts for various other manufacturers. In the mid 50's The US Air Force issued a specification for a jet primary [...]
1/8 Aurora "Black Knight of Nurnberg"
This is Aurora's 1963 reissue of their 1957 kit. Though molded in black, I sprayed all the armor with Tamiya TS-40 Metallic Black (rattle can). The decoration is Army Painter Pure Red, dabbed on with an 18/0 brush, mostly following the [...]
