Happy Holidays to All. My main present was a complete set of the 1930s Tootsie Toy fleet (8 ships), in mint condition and guaranteed original.
I was 11 in 1955 and we were moving by pioneer wagon (1946 International Harvest school bus) from Kansas City, MO to Tucson, AZ. Somewhere along our
route west I found the Hawaiian Pilot model and bought it. Building this kit kept me happily occupied during the entire trip.
In 1955 when I was 9 years old Revell released a plastic kit, in approximately 1:400 scale, of the Matson freighter HAWAIIAN PILOT. I immediately fell in love with it, probably because of the romantic box art.
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Recently I saw that art on the internet and 66 years later decided to try to recreate that model in 1250 scale. I will be posting a Feature Article next year on this build, but here's a preview.
I decided to use as the basis for the model a C-3 model from Shapeways.
The transformation required a lot of work but here's the finished product, which I completed a few days ago.
I'm very happy with the result. I hope that this holiday season, each of you can enjoy some warm memory from your childhood too.
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