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Remember your first WW1 model kit?

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Dave W:
What model kit got your started on WW1 modelling? For many of us the brand name may be Hawk, Aurora, Merit, Airfix or Revell.

For me it was the Hawk Nieuport 17 from the late 1950s.



It was in the so-called "quarter scale" and boasted 22 parts!





The kit has been reissued countless times and can still be found at swap meets and online sales.

The example illustrated is from one of the many re-pops. The original plastic was a screaming yellow colour! A Hawk Nieuport 17 would make a wonderful nostalgia build project now.

What was your first model kit?

Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia

Robin:
Most likely the Airfix Roland C.II. Must have been around 1968.
I liked...and still do...the streamlined shape of the Roland and I remember I loved the pilot and observer figures.
Thick coat and a scarf....cool! 8)

Robin

Gisbod:
Mine were the Revell 1/72 kits from the early 70’s

I think a D.VII was the first but I did find the top wing a bit tricky!

Guy

petrov27:
Far as I can recall, mine were a pair of Revell 1/72s - Fokker DrI and Spad 13 when I was in middle school. Had to do a book report on WW1 combat and we had to supplement it by crafting something related - mine was a diorama of the two planes built, stuck on dowels into a plank. Pretty sure I had MvR shooting down poor Eddie Rickenbacker....

Jeff K:
the ones i remember are an Aurora Nieuport 17, several Revell 1/72, including an Albi, an Airfix Biff, and the Revell 1/28 SPAD.

they were all disasters except the Albi and the Biff.

i honestly don't remember which one was first but i'd guess the Nieup, because of the horrific job done brushing on silver dope.

Albi turned out best, but the Biff was my favorite.

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