Post the oldest kit in your collection

[Classicgas]

While not the first kit built after getting back into the hobby, it's the third or 4th I think, it's the oldest one I still have all together. Built this in 1993. First one I polished, and first one I did with BMF. She took first place in the adult class in the first contest I ever entered. AMT's 68 Shelby.























 

[vamach1]

Very nice 68 Shelby.  One thing I have noticed when researching that year is that the inside of the grille area is body color.  Look at some pictures on line.  Basically most of the chrome should be covered  with paint which is a shame.  Here are some builds that date back to the late 80's or early 90's.

[Classicgas]

Nice work.

[Shambles]

I've built hundreds of kits starting when I was a kid back in the late 50s. I sold off my entire collection when I moved a couple of years ago, except for this Corvette. No BMF or pad printed white letter tires back then.  I keep a few photos of my old builds on my website: http://www.shamblesmodels.com

Edited June 23, 2019 by Shambles

[Snake45]

This is probably the oldest model in my collection, dating to maybe around 1962? I didn't build it then, somebody else did. I just cleaned it up and restored it last year. 

This one isn't the oldest model of mine in my collection, but it's the oldest that's currently assembled and fit to show, and I'm pretty sure it's my oldest intact original paint job (Pactra Lemon Yellow). Built by me in late 1966, cleaned up and restored in the last year or two. 

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

I have several of the old AMT annuals from 1958.

Pretty much the beginning of the annual model kit era.

I have 3 that I have restored.

The AMT '58 Ford Fairlane, '58 Pontiac Bonneville and '58 Buick Roadmaster.

 

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

 

[dragmodels44]

Very cool!!

[Luc Janssens]

This one, it's the Monogram Desert Rat kit, built in the late '70s, and when the decals rubbed off, and the mirrors were lost due to playing with it, it got a respray in the mid '80s.

 

[dragmodels44]

These are probably the oldest, built around 2002. The Lawman was done using homemade decals. This is probably my favorite Sox & Martin car.

[dragmodels44]

Here’s another one from 2002. I entered this at the SA model show/contest at the McCormick place in Chicago. It was a 2nd place winner and even won approval of Tom Daniel ( Whom I’d sent pics of it with the original box which he autographed )

[vamach1]

This reminds me I wish someone would do the decals for the Lawman Mustang.

Here's the front of the Shelby I mentioned above.

Edited June 23, 2019 by vamach1

[cobraman]

My oldest by far is this Cobra built sometime in mid 60’s (?) when kit shown was new. I updated Wheels and tires at some point . Putty held up good over the years . 

[Gramps46]

This 1959 Mercury is the oldest that I still have.  Originally had the decals and a scoop on the roof but the brush painted green came later.

[oldcarfan]

I have 3 survivors builds from the summer of 1994. I was in the Navy and had a rented room that I used when in port to work on my car and build models and generally to get away from ship life. I had the room for two years and built about 30 models in that time and set up a 1:1 car for a planned One Lap of America run which ended before it started due to a semi truck driver falling asleep on the highway. Two boxes of them disappeared off the moving truck when I got out. Allied Movers had no record of them of course. I came across these old builds a while back when looking for something else. Somehow they had survived 20 years of living in a box in an un-cooled garage. Those old Johan display cases are really tough.

[Geno]

 

 

 

 

Edited June 23, 2019 by Geno

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

My first kit

 

1 (112) by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

[OldTrucker]

1968 AMT kit

Only thing changed was the scoop on he hood and color from Candy Rootber with a white stripe to what you see!

 

[Bucky]

I have one of these Hubley kits:

I have two of these:

I may have something older than these, but I'd hafta dig around and find it.

[Classicgas]

I'm not thinking so much the oldest in terms of how old the kit is but the oldest built kit you have.

[Bucky]

Ok, got it. I'll see if I can figure out which one that would be.

[57peppershaker]

19 hours ago, dragmodels44 said:

These are probably the oldest, built around 2002. The Lawman was done using homemade decals. This is probably my favorite Sox & Martin car.

That S & M Road Runners very nice Steve.

[dragmodels44]

Thanks! It’s probably one of the nicest ones I did, and that was my first S&M paint scheme attempt. 

[57peppershaker]

My oldest is the MPC 57 Chevy.  I built it 33 years ago while recovering from a motorbike accident. Its what got me into 57 Chevys, leading to a 1;1 years later.

Its survived 3 house moves, (a few bits need re-attaching ) sadly the 57 Chevy Pepper Shaker that I built around the same time didnt, but its replacement is on the work bench.

[Mr.Zombie]

This Chevy:

 

 

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This was my very first model car. Can't remember when I built it, but it was in a magazine in 2004, still have it for sentimental reasons, after that I built three more cars, and gave up for a while, until I picked up modelling in 2013 I think...

Edited June 24, 2019 by Mr.Zombie

[iamsuperdan]

The oldest in my collection is one I didn't build.

My dad built this replica of the car we had when I was young. I'm guessing the build is from the late 70s. The grille was missing, so I sourced a replacement through this board.

I found a sealed (until I unsealed it) NIB kit last year, and will be building a more accurate representation of our old car.