1975 Amt Command Bridge Model

[M.Robison]

I built a couple kitbashes about 8 years ago, @ around 34 y.o., and can't believe I didn't end up smashing them to pieces during the process.

http://home.comcast.net/~michael_b_60031/models/Model1.htm

(Sorry for the third consecutive reply)

I have to admit, your Rommie BOP kit-bash is the most unique I think I've ever seen!

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

^ Thanks. I remember having that kit for quite a while and always putting the pieces together in that configuration.

Then, after I built it, I couldn't find another E-E kit because the AMT ones were so hard to find and expensive. I think I have multiples of all the other Enterprises but C & E.

 

[plynch]

SORRY MODERATOR - 2 posts in a row. Don't tase me, bro, but I just thought a' this:

I built a battleship model with my kid: many days, due to paint drying etc. Is ANYTHING more illustrative of the difference in attention spans than the demise of model building? ALL the kids I knew built some kinda model in the 70s/80s. I can't imagine modern teens doing such a non-immediate thing. Ok, be well, all! Trek on, Garth. Sorry, LORRD Garth!

I was hugely into model making as a kid (born '85 here), I was making models all through the 90's (still am today, although less so due to other more boring commitments).

Plenty of people my age made models and still continue to do so (even if it's more Warhammer oriented).

So I dunno - it was a popular hobby in the 90's at least.

Also Warhammer is pretty popular with kids even today, so whilst maybe model-making is a less 'mainstream' hobby for kids than it used to be, it's still as popular as ever.

Just my two cents re: kids today aren't so bad.

Never said they were bad. I have a teenage boy who's into trek and SWars. He's the kid who woulda been making models in the '80s. Now? Nope. I also teach high school. AND advise chess club! Yikes - there's my street cred.
Kids just aren't makin' models Nor playing all-afternoon starfleet battles or other such batle strategy games, come to think of it. I'm not knockin' anybody though - it's a sign of the times - I'm not making any models myself!

 

[Sector 7]

In the 1970s, my paper route money kept me in ST model kits. I had all of the original kits, even the Spock/snake one! I worked too hard for that money to ever think of blowing one up though! However, I wore out 3 or 4 phaser/tricorder/communicator kits while exploring our farm, streams, woods and hiking trails!

 

[Forbin]

^FYI, Round 2 Modles now owns AMT/Ertl, and they're reissuing the Spock-with-Snakes model soon. And a buncha other Trek stuff:
http://wwwboard.spotlighthobbies.com/index.pl?read=1436054

 

[The Castellan]

SORRY MODERATOR - 2 posts in a row. Don't tase me, bro, but I just thought a' this:

I built a battleship model with my kid: many days, due to paint drying etc. Is ANYTHING more illustrative of the difference in attention spans than the demise of model building? ALL the kids I knew built some kinda model in the 70s/80s. I can't imagine modern teens doing such a non-immediate thing. Ok, be well, all! Trek on, Garth. Sorry, LORRD Garth!

I was hugely into model making as a kid (born '85 here), I was making models all through the 90's (still am today, although less so due to other more boring commitments).

Plenty of people my age made models and still continue to do so (even if it's more Warhammer oriented).

So I dunno - it was a popular hobby in the 90's at least.

Also Warhammer is pretty popular with kids even today, so whilst maybe model-making is a less 'mainstream' hobby for kids than it used to be, it's still as popular as ever.

Just my two cents re: kids today aren't so bad.

Never said they were bad. I have a teenage boy who's into trek and SWars. He's the kid who woulda been making models in the '80s. Now? Nope. I also teach high school. AND advise chess club! Yikes - there's my street cred.
Kids just aren't makin' models Nor playing all-afternoon starfleet battles or other such batle strategy games, come to think of it. I'm not knockin' anybody though - it's a sign of the times - I'm not making any models myself!

Kids still make models, but it's with CGI.

 

[Dayton Ward]

I built one of these about 7 or 8 years ago from one of the '91 re-issues I bought at a con. I've got two more, still sealed, which I'd planned to use in order to build a "complete" bridge. They're in the closet, waiting for me to dig in some winter when it's too cold to be outside. I even ordered the light panels from Federation Models (or some place; I forget which) so that I could try and jazz it up.

Maybe one of these days....