If any of the info is incorrect please let me know down in the comments. To see a more in depth History of Model cars check out this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/aIhpk89tpamugLw.html Thank you!

Thank you for this well done and informative presentation! Now in my 70s, I remember the 'Golden Age' of plastic model kits so very well. Starting out in the late 50s, I entered the hobby building model planes, boats, tanks, and military models. I spent every dollar of my allowance money as well as money earned from my paper route at local hobby shops buying the latest and the greatest from AMT, Jo-Han, MPC, Revell, Lindberg, Hawk, Monogram, and Aurora. Later I graduated to building model cars as my skills increased and I started using Testor's and Pactra spray paints to paint the bodies and other parts. Learning how to 'wire' the ignition of engines with my Mom's sewing thread, my car models won local model shows at area hobby shops for their attention to detail. Even though this great hobby no longer enjoys the immense popularity it once had, I still continue to build models albeit with the help of magnifying glasses and like magnifying apparatus. Today's kids don't know what they are missing!

@modelrestorations

27 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching and the wonderful story! Do you still have your old builds? I started in the 70s and would also spend every dollar I had. I usually got the most money from recycling my grandpa's beer cans. Lol. He drank a lot of Pabst blue ribbon. (Horrible beer!) 😀

Thank you for the history lesson! 👍

@modelrestorations

28 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Thank you so much for the info it's always good to know your history 👍🏿

@modelrestorations

29 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching. I find the history to be somewhat fascinating.😊

Thanks for sharing.

@modelrestorations

26 күн бұрын

Thanks mars!

The history of model kits is interesting thanks for sharing

@modelrestorations

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching Jeff!

Very interesting information. Thanks for sharing!

@modelrestorations

28 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Lots of good info in an entertaining format thank you

@modelrestorations

28 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Thanks for this informative chapter on the state of our car model hobby, cheers.

@modelrestorations

28 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Model building for kids went well into the 1980's, but when the computers started coming in you could see the end was near.

@modelrestorations

11 күн бұрын

For sure. So many competing things for time as we got more and more technology advanced. I often wonder how long our beloved hobby will last into the future. Thank you for watching and commenting!

I get most of brand new kits from Revell and AMT locally. For used kits off the internet, most of them are Monogram, MPC, and Lindberg. Nice to know more about the American model kit makers. : )))

@modelrestorations

28 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! Most of my new are contingent on what hobby lobby has at the time 😀

Very nice video. Thanks for sharing.

@modelrestorations

28 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Very cool video 😎👍

@modelrestorations

28 күн бұрын

Thank you 👍

Great video

@modelrestorations

22 күн бұрын

Thank you!

I recently bought some old model kits from eBay. Hobby Lobby also has reissue model kits with the original box art as well.

@modelrestorations

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching Frank. I've tried so many times with eBay and always lose. I think I'm too cheap! 😃

Very interesting and informative video, enjoyed 😉 👍 🍻🍻🍻🇦🇺🇦🇺🌨🌨🏔🏔❄️❄️🦘🦘

@modelrestorations

28 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

I was always a fan of the MPC models. They just seemed to be better moldings somehow. I'd love to build all those cars over again today.

@modelrestorations

22 күн бұрын

You and me both! Although the early ones I never did build. I agree the MPC kits were typically a little more detailed. Thanks for watching!

At 67, I've been building scale models for 50+ years. And the company name Revell is pronounced "rev-ELL", based on the French word "reveille". It has no connection to the Revell family, pronounced "REV-ell".

🤓👍

@modelrestorations

28 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

How Could You Not Mention The Outlaw!?! It's Still Sold To This Day, 60 Years Later. How Many Of These Other Kits Can Say That? Thank You.

@modelrestorations

26 күн бұрын

Its in there towards the middle to end? I love that kit as well. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

@thewatcher5271

25 күн бұрын

@@modelrestorations I Watched It All The Way Through Again & I Don't See Anything About Big Daddy Ed Roth's Outlaw By Revell. Thank You. (Like #126)

@modelrestorations

24 күн бұрын

​@thewatcher5271 Sorry, you are correct😮. It's in the 1st version I did. I cut out a bunch to get it from 13 minutes down to 7.

Very informative. I learned a lot from this. Did your narrator work pro bono? 😉

@modelrestorations

28 күн бұрын

He did. 😅 he came highly recommended.

Hi

@modelrestorations

7 күн бұрын

Hello Joasa.

Video was very good. The chat-bot sounding narrator needs to be kicked to the curb!!

@modelrestorations

26 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching! I couldn't agree more. I hate using it. Unfortunately, my narration voice sucks. I'm working on it though.... 😀

No mention of Aurora. This wasn't very informative.

@modelrestorations

27 күн бұрын

I concentrated on model car companies that shaped the model CAR hobby and not companies that Delved into other things like airplanes, slot cars, figures, and 1/32 car models. I will have an additional video soon showcasing Aurora and some of the other lesser known model companies Like Ideal. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@tomtbi

17 күн бұрын

No mention of Moebius,Atlanits,Lindberg,Tamiya or Maisto either...

@modelrestorations

17 күн бұрын

@tomtbi I am currently working on another video that will cover those companies. I really just wanted to concentrate on the main model companies that produced car models as their main model kits in the US. Of course, Jo-Han was the exception in this video. Thanks for watching and commenting. Stay tuned, I plan to roll out the new video in a month, depending on time available.

@tomtbi

16 күн бұрын

@@modelrestorations Thanks!!. Looking forward to it...

My favorite model kits were Monogram. MPC were a close second. Revel models tended to be poorly made.

@modelrestorations

11 күн бұрын

As a kid my building was fast and furious. I dont think I worried about quality 🙂