blast to the past

[mnwildpunk]

I was looking up some info and I found this link and on the link was an add from 1963 of a monogram model kit http://books.google.com/books?id=YPRDVugn2SwC&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=how+to+make+fender+skirts+for+scale+models&source=bl&ots=rpgOMcT_KJ&sig=cvE7v7QxTcImy4dH7AzzIHOptq4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P72EU8PhJ86uyATnkYDoDQ&ved=0CBYQ6AEwBDgK

[Harry P.]

There are all kinds of cool ads in there... scroll through all the pages.

[pharoah]

Wow,that takes me back. At the very bottom,there's an ad for the Schiwinn Varsity 10 speed. I had one of those in 1990. Rode it all the time,great bike. I liked the ad for the Monogram 55 Chevy too. I got one of those for Christmas back then. .

[Brett Barrow]

Revell/Pactra Custom Car Contest, Testor's PLA, Hubley, Strombecker... there's several scale modeling ads in there.

[mnwildpunk]

I will do that harry. Now is that kit still around in some form or another.

[Brett Barrow]

I will do that harry. Now is that kit still around in some form or another.

Heavily modified into Tom Daniel's Bad Man, then later into a Street Machine with slot mags. Can no longer be built stock. Body has some pretty funky proportions, though, always has, so no big loss. These are two of the coolest (but poorest) kits ever!

The Bad Man just had an SSP reissue not that long ago.

Edited May 27, 2014 by Brett Barrow

[mnwildpunk]

Thank you for that info. I wish I could go back to 1963 and get that three fishing rod and 411 pcs tackle box kit for $12.95 that looked like a great deal

[Jon Haigwood]

tales me back cool adds

thanks for posting

[southpier]

looked forward to Boy's Life every month so I could make another neckerchief slide.

[Lunajammer]

You know, it's still a good read. I got caught up in more than just the ads. 5 boys in our family growing up in the 50's 60's and 70's so we had many years of Boys Life floating around.

[mnwildpunk]

It still has some good articles to this day my stepson gets it

[blunc]

Every five or ten years I dig out my old Car Modeler, Model Car Science and Car Model magazines and visit the past for ideas to try and to read through the readers mail and realize that model building hasn't really changed at all.

The technology of building has changed but the builders still complain about most of the same things.

I also get to see a few NNL's before they were "nameless".