Love Scalemates! Before I buy a kit, I key in the manufacturer and model number at Scalemates to learn its lineage and then click through to whatever in-box reviews are listed below.
I love Scalemates. I joined it as a way to organize and catalog my own personal stash. Scalemates is not a complete data base ... yet. I sometimes have items which are not in the data base and Scalemates allows me to enter the information. It is also a good source for pdfs of kit instructions. If you do not have all the information on a kit, other users are able to update and add to your work. Great video.
Wow! I didn't know there were lyrics to the Hogan's Heroes theme. Thanks for posting that Max. Yes, Scalemates is an invaluable resource. I can't tell you how many times I was eager to buy a new kit, until discovering the company releasing it for mucho denaro, was just reboxing someone else's kit, which could be found much cheaper at a model swap table, or on ebay.
Thanks Max...it’s comforting to to know that I am not alone in spending staggering amounts of time on these sites...therapy comes in different forms for us all, I guess.
Hi Max, I have to say how much I've enjoyed your videos. I haven't built a model kit since the early 70s and I'm not likely to in the near future. But your efforts have brought back some warm memories of the hobby that I enjoyed very much. Look forward to your next post. Thanks a million!
I'm enjoying your videos on model kit companies and web sites. I've been building kits for over 50 years and find these videos fascinating. Keep up the good work. Also keep playing the music at the end with the witty comments. Good times.
I have seen some entries on Scalemates before, when looking for a certain kit. The other two I didn't know of til I began watching Max's videos. Good resources!
Another interesting video. Loved watching Hogan's Heros as a kid. We even debated how realistic it was in a Grade 8 class. Ah, TV from a more civilized time. I will have to check out the "Old Model Kits" site. From watching your whole series of videos, I'm seeing models that I passed on in my younger years that I'd like to tackle now. I'm a member of Scalemates. When you register to become a member, you are encouraged to catalogue your kit inventory - built and unbuilt (even as a work in progress I think) That is how they get all the box covers. As part of setting up your inventory list (just in case you want to sell it) you are asked to post a photo of the model's box cover and the date (if you can remember) that you purchased it. This way they can corrolate all the kits by subject/manufacture/version/etc.......
I use it mainly for the "My Stash" function - when you have 200+ kits waiting to be built it's a good way to keep track of what you have at any moment!
I have used it for some information. I did not realize there was that much information. I will have to use the site in more detail. I will look p the other two. Thanks for the information. P.S. as for Tetris.. I remember Pong.
Max, you should have mentioned Tim. Without Tim, there's no Scalemates. It's a member contribution website but without Tim it wouldn't even exist. I myself added over ninety kits to the database. Being an Australian we get kits only sold here with additional Australian decal sets provided. Iove Scalemates because I'm a collector and when I see a kit I need to know if I have it or not and can quickly access my stash
@@frankryan2505 . It's a truly multi national entity. I've been a Scalemate for nearly five years now. Everyone is able to contribute to the database. It has been very helpful for my collection. I love buying kits that aren't known of to add them
Wait. What?! Hogan's Heroes March by the original cast???!! How did this novelty record avoid my detection for the past 55 years??? I figure I would have heard it somewhere along the line!! Watched this for the info but the outro really made my day!!!!!
That was fabulous, your viewers suggestion to put this video together were bang on and you did a first class job of putting it together and presenting it. I thoroughly enjoyed it and found it very entertaining and interesting and you can bet your bottom dollar that I am leaving this site and heading directly to those three sites for a quick preview. I'm sure I'll return when I have a suitable amount of time to really dig in to the info they provide as the history of these kits and the companies that made them is pretty interesting. Thanks again for revealing your source for information, I for one really appreciative that you did and am grateful for this as a go to for all that data. Take good care, be well and stay safe.
Thanks in part to you, Max, I have restarted modeling. I stopped when I got married and sold my huge collection. But thanks to the crazyvirus, I had some free time. I was missing it a lot, and there you were.
TETRIS?!! Age?!!! Heck, I have the ORIGINAL TETRIS on the first issue floppy. I still have my Commodore 64. Sad isn't it? Welcome to the club, Max! Your membership is hereby approved. Carry on.
I played Tetris all the way to the end. As far as it can go. You know what is at the very end? A space shuttle taking off and fireworks. Gameboy’s version too. If I remember correctly.
Wow. I need to thank You personally! I think I just asked the question yesterday and by today I got the answer. I knew OldModel Kits but not the other two. I am addicted to history ever since so no worry about that =)
I bet that even people at Revell check Scalemates daily, just to find out what the hell they have reboxed and what of genuine of their own they made in all the past years.
You mentioned Tony Bulone. I used to fly with him out of Santa Ynez, CA. In addition to injection molds, he was contracted to sculpt five teenage girl figurines, each about ten inches high, and idealized to varying degrees. Mattel paid him $5K for the five figures. There was no mention of Barbie then, but Mattel used his figurines to create the final Barbie. Tony never felt cheated by Mattel, because you could buy a house for $5K back then and they later gave him permission to claim to be Barbie’s creator, though later Mattel execs back-pedaled on that one, crediting Ruth Handler for Barbie, though many question why any woman would create an idealized, mutant body type to demoralize generations of “chubby” American females. Tony passed in Idaho a year and a half ago.
Max Since you brought up Hogan’s Hero’s. There were a some strange things associated with that show. However it is funny how the model morphed. Another good video.
"I know nothing... I Know Nothing "! Except that the actor's playing Sargent Schultz Jewish & Col. Klink were Jewish 😁 Loved watching this show with my dad, also Gilligan's Island
I actually did a video about Jews portraying Nazis and most the 'Germans' on HH were Jewish. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cdIRxnU7uME.html
Thank you for the video. I'm a bit confused about Boxart den. I checked it out, and found practically nothing. For example, under Tamiya civilian vehicles there were six examples. Tamiya made hundreds, or thousands of kits in that category over the years, so am I missing it here?
You want a silly idea? Having a Hogan's Heroes Jeep doesn't make sense, but a Hogan's Heroes B-17 would make a lot more sense. Just have decals of nose art with a girl and a camera, because Bob Crane was into "Photo Recon...."
A point of criticism: You refer to the websites of The Box Art Den, Oldmodelkits and Scalemates when mentioning your sources for the videos you publish. The Box Art Den - is a wonderful selection of restored box art work by Jean Aker ao. and a true art library for anyone interested in plastic modelling. Oldmodelkits - has some wonderful articles by Alan Bussie and a wealth of information of the origin of modelkits of the 1950s and up. Scalemates - is (again) a wonderful collection of knowledge, collected by everyone and to be enjoyed by everyone - much in the same manner as Wikipedia works. So far I have nothing but compliments. But I think a point of criticism should be mentioned as well. My field of expertise is the origin of (plastic) scale modelling 1920-1950 and FROG in particular. To demonstrate what I am referring to, I made a Scalemates search on "Frog Penguin" today (date May 15th, 2020), which gave 63 hits (for model kits) with the following errors: -incorrect date of issue: 28 -incorrect photo: 13 -no catalogue number: 16 -incorrect catalogue number: 6 -released kits forgotten to mention: 7 -non-existant Penguin: 2 The Hawker Typhoon you refer to in your FROG video as being released during WW2 appears to originate from Scalemates, where it mentions the release of a Penguin Typhoon in 1942 - while in fact not a single FROG (Penguin) kit was released in 1942. Moreover: Scalemates lists a Penguin Heinkel He.111 and a Junkers Ju.87 as released in 1940, while in fact these kits were NEVER released as a Penguin - ever. So - if I were to produce a video on RU-vid on the history of FROG Penguin modelkits, based on Scalemates - it would be riddled with errors. Please get me right: I don't dispute the overwhelming amount of information on Scalemates - I merely wish to point out the fact that one should find multiple sources and compare them. The truly great thing about Scalemates is people working together - the great drawback is the question of who checks of the contents if they are correct. As mentioned above, in a FROG Penguin search with 63 hits I found a total of no less than 72 errors... I am surprised that not a single reference is made to such wonderful books by Thomas Graham on Revell, Monogram and Aurora; Arthur Ward and Didier Palix on Airfix; John W. Burns on the history of model kits; Lines/Hellström on FROG and my publication on FROG Penguin, and I could continue with excellent books that have been written on Matchbox, Heller, Tamiya, etc. Visit modelkitcollecting.com and the Facebook Groups "Collecting Plastic Kits", "Building Classic Kits", "FROG model kits" and "Vintage Airfix", just to name a few - where numerous collectors and modellers have joined to share their knowledge and information. Keep up the good work I'd say - but don't rely on one source - do your own research instead. There are plenty of other enthusiasts around ( like me ;-) ) who have done much of the work to gather information. Peter van Lune author FROG Penguin model kits 1936 - 1950
Peter, Wonderful to hear from you and thank you for taking the time to respond. Let me the first one to acknowledge my shortcuts. The Thomas Graham books you mentioned are wonderful resources and were credited in the relevant videos as were Jeremy Brooks and Arthur Ward’s books on the Airfix video. Regrettably I do not have a copy of your book (yet). The sites you mentioned are my go-to's for other videos largely because they gave me permission to use their sites and imagery thus the acknowledgments. I realize to a serious historian and researcher my channel must look like a fingerprinting to Da Vinci but it keeps me sane during the lock down and trust me, I get called out frequently for my errors. No matter how much I dig, I cannot compare to the collective knowledge of the folks who view and comment on the videos. I should note as an aside that I do not monetize, this is a labor of love but as I go under the knife in a couple of weeks (and do not know if I will return to this afterwards) I will gladly read the contents of your post in an update video (unless you prefer I do not) and will tell folks about you book OR, if you prefer you can write a statement/script that I can make into a stand alone video. I will post my email here in case you would like to chat about that. Warmest regards and thank you for helping to keep me honest. Max maxsmodels@yahoo.com
@@maxsmodels I would not blame anyone for their shortcuts (you'd have to listen to my wife to hear about mine :-) ), a single person simply cant have all the answers... It shows when I apparently overlooked the referrals you made to Graham etc... I understand the cooperation you have from Oldmodelkits and Boxartden, it benefits both and you have a good source for great imagery. My Penguin work is likewise a labor of love, I spent 10 years into gathering all the information that went into the book (which you can find at www.frogpenguin.com :-) ). Problem with an update to a video, is the question if everyone will know about its existance and find it. The errors in the (primary) FROG video will therefore remain for as long as your video (and RU-vid) will exist. A brand new video with update include would be best solution, but its up to you what you prefer... Regarding the use of the word "sprue": I have no idea who, when and where someone first used this, now commonly used, term that is so interlinked with kit modelling... Technically speaking the sprue is the hole in the mould (halve) where the molten material enters it, to then find its way to the "RUNNER", to which the moulded parts are connected. So - the correct term is a runner, not a sprue - but I doubt if this will ever be corrected in the collective memory of kit builders :-). In Dutch we often speak about a "gietraam", which would translate as "casting square". You may wish to see the excellent video by Bill Hamrick, here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RMjtmsr3CqA.html - a sprue is explained at 5:30. Peter van Lune
@@maxsmodels Any chance on doing a company history video or did you already cover them and I haven't seen it? Their Tri -Motor and a few others are tempting but I have enough this year.
I use these websites myself and find them extremely useful. Another site that I frequent is Scott Van Aken's "Modeling Madness" which has new content daily as well as a huge database of well done kit reviews and builds. modelingmadness.com/
@@maxsmodels Your very informative video about FROG put me in mind of a kit I built many, many years ago. It was a reboxing of the FROG 1/96 Lancaster by UPC (Universal Powermaster Corporation) based in New York City (according to Old Model Kits). The model was a bit basic but went together well and I really liked the packaging, for some reason I have a fondness for it (probably for nostalgic reasons). UPC repackaged kits from quite a variety of manufacturers, such as, FROG, Lindberg, Fujimi, Marusan, Hasegawa etc. If I recall correctly K-mart carried UPC. Perhaps an idea for a future video. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
