stevej60 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Hi folk's a trip down memory lane now when the Beatles were still together,Adam West was Batman and we used to buy a kit at 10am and it was on the windowsill or hanging from the ceiling by 12.Mine always sat on it's stand as drawing pins all over the ceiling was a no no,built for the Kit you built as a kid GB brush painted only crap decal's and a need to raid the spares spoiled the fun a bit.Thanks for looking in. 45 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Simple, clean and it looks very good to me. Got to love old kits that remind you of the time when modeling was simpler ... or maybe we weren't as complicated ourselves. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 I remember those days too. Great looking Meteor, Steve. Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Fine job on the old Airfix ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Always nice to see a classic kit being built, like you Steve it reminds me of the good old days! Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigglesworth Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Lovely Meteor. The aircraft themselves were simpler in those days, too! I remember when paint was a luxury that pocket money didn't often extend to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hi Steve. Hope you and yours are all well. Very smart looking Meteor from the old kit! Very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Another of your clean, crisp and well presented classic kits Steve, but has the pilot been abducted by aliens ? regards, adey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, adey m said: has the pilot been abducted by aliens ? Is this the UAV version maybe? Great build, complete with the stand. I'm keeping my red line box sealed, though. First kit I ever made back then. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 3 hours ago, adey m said: been abducted by aliens ? The old eyesight isn't what it was for painting pilots Adey all that painting with a cocktail stick etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 That's a beauty Steve.... Yeh, drawing pins in the ceiling strictly forbidden by my folks, but got around it with fishing line pinned to the top of the door frame extended to curtain rail and made a cradle out of fishing line small hook on end to hang from the line - worked pretty well back in the day.. Ahhhh memories.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephLalor Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Very nice, Steve. Goes to show that if the shapes are there an old and basic kit can come out well. I'm inclined to think that the Airfix stand of that kit's era is a kind of design classic in itself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec7 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 lovely job agree with joseph above, wheels up and on the stand, great 10/10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter W Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Looks great and definitely a Meteor, but nothing like the kit that I built as a kid because you can still see out of the windscreen. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec7 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Back in the day all aircraft had frosted glass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill.B Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Nice job of a classic! 😎 But by gum it takes me back just too many years. 🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Nicely done sir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Loved this kit as a kid. Seeing this takes me right back there. Thank you for posting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 That looks good. I’d forgotten those clear stands, that brings back memories. I used to spend my pocket money, on an Airfix kit in a plastic bag, every Saturday. Now that WAS a long time ago. Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Steve, Yes I really like your finished model, built in a day - oh yes, yes mine too hung from the ceiling, yes I can relate to to all of the reflections of childhood you model has provoked from BModellers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 On 6/14/2020 at 9:56 PM, stevej60 said: eyesight isn't what it was for painting pilots Couldn't you have just dipped him in the paint? I did once............. Nice simple build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomkil Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Oh, you took me back! My mum and dad were pretty easy going so I had no problem hanging my models from my bedroom ceiling. I must have been 12 or 13 before I actually got round to applying paint to any of them though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanm Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Excellent - who needs an airbrush? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Ha Steve!!!! Great intro and even better Meteor!!!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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