Howdy! Welcome back to the channel. Todays vintage model kit is Revell’s Fairchild F-27 prop airliner. This is the first issue from 1958. Did you build this kit? Let us know in the comments. Thanks for stopping by!
Love your videos. My family lived in Page, AZ from 1959 to 1966 during the construction of Glen Canyon Dam. Bonanza had one daily flight in and out of Page and watching them was a treat for this plane crazy kid. I can still remember the whistle the Dart engines made. I have a copy of the Revell kit and a set of Bonanza decals from Vintage Flyer Decals on the build list.
In Southern California, we have a few model kit shows and expositions. Some have come from those. I also find them at estate sales, antique flea markets and a few online sites.
Interesting review, thanks. Seems quite advanced quality for the time, it was released. I've seen some 1970-1990s kits, that are worse, then that. However, I have some doubts, regarding the kit authenticity, to be honest. No way, a decal could survive from 1958 in THAT good shape. I have 20-years old decals, that all dry and yellow, curled into a tube from drying. Also some of my 30-40 years old left-over plastic parts usually also yellow and become brittle, even though, they were stored in a box all the time. The flash on the molds also a give-away: much probably, this is a newer re-run kit, made in the old molds, repacked by someone into an old box, with an old instructions, but decals and plastic are relatively new. May be 10-15 years old at best. I may be wrong, offcourse, but this is the impression I have out of this video. Still, very interesting topic, please, keep up with those!
@@SQSNSQ I am in Southern California with weather that is famous for preserving old things. Its not unusual to find older kits here that are well preserved. If you watch some of the other vids, you will see some other older kits that are just as nicely preserved. While this particular kit has a little bit if flash, the plastic is distinctly older Revell plastic. I have a couple later releases of the kit and you can very easily tell the difference in the plastic used.
@@CelebratingVintageModelKits The arid climate is exactly, what should kill the decals faster: the water-solved glue contains moisture, when freshly manufactured. As it dries out, the glue layer contracts, causing the underlaying paper to curl towards the decal face. Yet, this decal seems almost as new. Also, the instructions paper is yellow, but the decal paper is not. If both were manufactured at relatively same time, they should have yellowed to approximately same level. That, at least, how I see it.
