http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/ Scale Modeling Nostalgia Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:25:51 GMT Michael Bludworth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10276 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10276 That describes the product - not the mold itself! ..and the worst of that product as well. There are quite a number of old kits that are very nice in terms of Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:56:25 GMT sirius http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10275 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10275 ... If you mean gigantic rivets, ultra-coarse fabric control surfaces, raised panel lines or deep trenches, raised outlines for decal locations, etc, then no, Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:33:29 GMT Michael Bludworth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10274 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10274 Math, math, math... The inflation calculator says that  a 1955 $40,000 mold investment would now cost around $318,000.  Almost a 10-1 increase. Let's accept Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:06:19 GMT sirius http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10273 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10273 P.S We were told in a 1956 edition of Aeromodeller that the mould for the Convair B36 by Revell cost £10,000 to produce back then. That's $40,000 at the 4 to Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:00:23 GMT Michael Bludworth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10272 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10272 There are a lot, and increasing! number of 50 year old molds out there. Some have been improved or added to. A lot of these "new" Lindberg models are their Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:37:13 GMT Jeff http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10271 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10271 Good question Jeff. I have often wondered whether manufacturers invariably only ever produced the one mould. A case in point is the Lindberg 1/48th. Spitfire, Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:15:18 GMT Michael Bludworth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10270 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10270 Not a problem...this seems to be a regular event at most larger airports. We had one here at IAH. It was an accidental discharge (aren't they all?) and damaged Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:38:50 GMT RNelson898@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10269 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10269 Oops! Sorry about the last post. It was in response to a note about a fire supression accident in a hangar at Ellsworth. Rick Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:36:48 GMT RNelson898@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10268 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10268 Cliff, Thanks for that! We had a lightning strike on the JSTARS hangar back in MLB and the sopression system went off. The hangar was designed to hold 2 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:11:33 GMT sirius http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10267 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10267 John Edwards, or so the story goes, joined Airfix after declaring to them that their Spitfire BT-K had so many glaring errors that it constituted a toy, and Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:24:58 GMT Jeff http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10266 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10266 Bill, I have to disagree with you on those Airfix Spitfire release dates. It is true that Arthur Ward has always stated in his books that the first Spitfire Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:58:11 GMT Michael Bludworth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10265 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10265 Ha! We don't need the Gulf Stream...we have the entire stinkin' Gulf Of Mexico 50 miles from here! Believe you me...it can send a whole lot of heat and Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:27:02 GMT bill matthews http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10264 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10264 Michael - Ah, but the Gulf Stream doesn't go near Cairo or Houston! Bill ... From: Michael Bludworth To: ScaleModelingNostalgia@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:25:54 GMT bill matthews http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10263 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10263 Mike - Could be . . . . . I gathered from John that she was well worth knowing. Maybe not so much now, though - the Heron came out around 1960 Bill ... From: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:33:18 GMT Mike Buescher http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10262 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia/message/10262 Bill: Hmmm.. Perhaps this is she ? The caption from the Jersey Airlines site reads: "8. Jenny Gross in the crew room making last minute adjustments before