Where Were You in '62? World's Fair, Perhaps??

[Ace-Garageguy]

This one?:

The package is long gone, and mine is molded in an ivory-color plastic, but I assume that's it. I haven't seen it in a while (packed away) but it stands about 16" tall if I recall correctly.

[Chuck Most]

In '62, I was 20 years shy of being born.

(What, you asked... ? )

[Greg Wann]

I was four years old. My Dad and Mom had a 58 Buick Century. I would set on the fold down armrest between them while my three older brothers sat in the back seat.

[Modlbldr]

I was still 7 years from daylight, but I went to EXPO 86 in Vancouver. As a 17 year old I was amazed by the Pontiac Banshee and other futuristic cars. Seems to me there was also a Corvette concept with the Banshee. I also remember looking at the Highway 86 display and thinking "Huh?????" "That's cool, I guess."

Later-

[Tom Geiger]

In 1962 I'd guess your dad was an "advisor".

Yes, it was a bit before we admitted we were there.

[jas1957]

Started kindergarten in '62, my dad as an eight year old did attend the 1939 Worlds Fair.

[jaydar]

Depending on the time of the year, i was in 5th grade. I was ' building' models. That meant gluing them putting the decals on playing with the result for a while then out to the bb gun range!

joe

[Casey]

 

 

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[styromaniac]

On 5/14/2011 at 7:18 AM, Mercman said:

Building these kits.

 

This is from Monogram. They were called 49"ers as they only cost$0.49. This one was called the "Wolf Wagon".

BTW this one still survives in my collection.

Revisiting this thread....the "Wolf Wagon" was an Aurora kit along with a handful of other somewhat primitive 1/32 scale kits like the "Shiftin Drifter", the "Ram Rod", the "Beatnik Box", the "Scat Cat", the "Moody Monster", the "32 Skidoo", and a few others. The box art was actually more intriguing than the contents, but you are right....they were inexpensive and captured the hot rod spirit of the times. Attached is an image of the two Monogram "49er" kits I salvaged off eBay.

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[styromaniac]

One of the Aurora kits....

 

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[Tom Geiger]

In 1962 I was four years old. My sister, mother and I lived in an apartment in Jersey City NJ across the street from my grandparents. 

My father was a career US Army officer and was in Vietnam that year.

[Mark]

Around here, a flea market isn't official unless you see one or more 1964/65 New York World's Fair drinking glasses...

[Deuces ll]

I was a snotty little 2 year old living in N.S.W. Australia....

[StevenGuthmiller]

I was born in November, so I was probably floating around in embryonic fluid at the time of the fair. 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Casey]

On 11/1/2013 at 10:59 PM, Muncie said:

Mom and Dad would always buy us souvenirs when we went on trips and I brought home an AMT kit of the Space Needle. Brush painted it Testors orange per the instructions and gluebombed it in about an hour... maybe it was 30 minutes.

Was it this STALCO model, perhaps?:

[peteski]

I wasn't even a sparkle in my parent's eyes.

[Muncie]

30 minutes ago, Casey said:

Was it this STALCO model, perhaps?:

 

It's very possible, I was young then and it was a long time ago.   I do remember that it kind of kicked my butt with my very limited skills at that age.  I think you had to wrestle all three legs into submission at the same time.

[Bills72sj]

April 1962 hmmm. I would have been just learning to walk.

[unclescott58]

13 hours ago, Casey said:

 

 

Very, very cool. Sadly I was only 4 years old, and living in suburb of Minneapolis. My parents seemed to have no interest in dragging a 3 and 4 year old to a World's Fair in Seattle, Washington. 

[unclescott58]

2 hours ago, Casey said:

Was it this STALCO model, perhaps?:

Cool! I want one. 

[misterNNL]

I was 20 years young,thick of hair,thin of waist,had been building model cars for four or five years,and I still that decal sheet(somewhere).

[58 Impala]

Kindergarten, but only a couple of years from my dad teaching me how to build models.?

[Casey]

On 11/1/2013 at 10:59 PM, Muncie said:

Brush painted it Testors orange per the instructions and gluebombed it in about an hour... maybe it was 30 minutes.

At least you got the color correct. ?

[Muncie]

Casey, thanks for reviving this topic - good memories.  That definitely wasn't when we were there - there were no shadows on that day and the parking lot was ful .

[Casey]

10 hours ago, Muncie said:

 thanks for reviving this topic - good memories.

Sorry, I went down the rabbit hole. Found this image of a corner Toy shop, figured it was worth a shot to see if it triggered any memories.