Kit Karson Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 This was my very first model car kit... if I only knew then what I know now! -KK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Cool Buick. That's one of those cars for which I am surprised there has been no decent 1/25 scale kit available. I have been trying to identify my first model car for decades, but have yet to find one like it. There are some identifying features that I remember, particularly the wheels. It was 1971 and I was five years old. It was a 1/32 scale snap-together kit, molded in robins-egg blue, and I think it was a 60s T-Bird. The un-chromed wheels were a smooth disc with a single raised line bisecting the wheel. Sometime afterwards I saw a different model built by a friend, molded in white, with the same wheels, which leads me to believe the models were part of a series that all had the same generic wheels. Still looking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 My first was Donnie Allison’s Mercury #21. It was 50 years ago. I recently purchased another one, the body has been painted, should be done in a few weeks, wish I had the original to compare… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 I'm not really sure what my first model car was but my first model was the lighted version of the old AMT USS Enterprise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMiles Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 i remember the 68 or 69 corvette was the first model that i built and painted. i brush painted it red with testors paint. i put it on so thick that there was no detail left. i was so proud of it, that i had it displayed on my shelf for years. i kind of wish i remembered exactly which kit it was so i could rebuild it. i would build it in red, even though today i very much dislike red cars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) Far as I can recall, my first car model was the original Revell Ford wagon. The multi-piece body was way beyond my skills, using tube gloo naturally, and I brush painted it so many times trying to get it to look better, the paint was probably thicker than the plastic. Finally tried to strip it with Testors enamel thinner...which didn't go so well. 🤢 Didn't toss it though, just put it it a box. Still had it in the early '70s when all my model stuff went away through no fault of my own...other than picking the wrong significant-other. I've since bought a couple gluebombs to restore, kinda rekindle its spirit by doing justice to one some other kid made a total mess of. 🤓 Edited June 21, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar maniac 74 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Kind of embarrassed to admit this but a Pontiac fiero given to me as a gift. Never finished it and I didn't like the real car but it got me started in the hobby. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presnell Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Mine was AMT/SMP 58 Ford convertible in the fall of 58 I built it and rebuilt it alot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calb56 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Revell 54 Hiboy and my dad had the AMT 57 Thunderbird. One of the few things we did together when he was still alive. I collected a handful of kits and got rid of all of them shortly after he died in my early teens. My first "collection" that i got rid of... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack L Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 1967 AMT Corvette conv. & 1967 AMT Chevy p/u . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 You're asking me to identify something that I got about 52 years ago?! I don't remember what I had for breakfast! But if I had to guess, I'd say the Monogram '55 Chevy "Bad Man" kit. Steve 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calb56 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 22 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said: I don't remember what I had for breakfast! Steve Breakfast? That's easy...coffee. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Not sure which one, but it was one of the 1/32 funny cars, recently bought and built 4 of the reissues. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, Calb56 said: Breakfast? That's easy...coffee. I don't drink coffee. Steve 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomicholiday Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Great topic!👍 This is an easy one. Monogram Corvette SS Hatchback. I can clearly remember building the whole thing in one evening. I had glue and silver paint all over my hands!😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomicholiday Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said: I don't drink coffee. Steve Screwdrivers? Bloody Mary?😂 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 1 hour ago, presnell said: Mine was AMT/SMP 58 Ford convertible in the fall of 58 I built it and rebuilt it a lot. My first AMT kit was the '58! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) 55 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said: You're asking me to identify something that I got about 52 years ago?! I don't remember what I had for breakfast! I still vividly remember playing with the red and green stamped metal dump truck I got for my second or third birthday...which I still have...just like this. Edited June 21, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, atomicholiday said: Screwdrivers? Bloody Mary?😂 Now we're talking! Steve 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said: I still vividly remember playing with the red and green stamped metal dump truck I got for my second or third birthday...which I still have. I remember some of my old toys too. I got a stuffed Snoopy dog when I was in the hospital with a shattered elbow for a couple of months when I was about 5. Still have it.......although it looks like it has been run over by a convoy of dump trucks. Mode kits? I've probably had several thousand of them over my life time. There's no way that I could ever pinpoint exactly which one was the first. Although I do remember buying a string of the old AMT 1/32nd scale kits from the local five and dime when I was possibly 8 or 10 years old. The name of the dime store in my little one horse town was "Pay and Take It". Affectionately known as "Cob and Keep It". Steve 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodent Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 My first 1/25th scale kits were the AMT '64 Galaxie Craftsman, molded in kind of a burgandy, and an AMT "Trophy" '49 Ford. I got them at the same time when I was 7 and had my tonsils out. I was able to put the '64 together, but Dad helped with the '49. He built a few kits in the early 1960s after having a work accident that left him pretty much disabled for about 3 years. I had smaller scale kits, ships, and planes as well. I really don't remember if they came before or after the Fords. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calb56 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said: I still vividly remember playing with the red and green stamped metal dump truck I got for my second or third birthday...which I still have...just like this. Mine was Tonka too, wish I still had them... Edited June 21, 2023 by Calb56 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redscampi Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Not really sure. But it was a 50s vintage car with a clear bubble hood. I remember I painted it black. All of it, and some of me as well. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repstock Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 The MPC 1973 Vega. This is before I discovered the world of vintage kits, shows, and such. I was 13 at the time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Model car? Not a model car kit? Mine was probably some wooden toy dump truck I used sit in its bed and ride around. That was back in Poland. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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