I'm not sure the make of this kit. I found a name on the instruction diagram but I think that's the distributor. Anyway, this is a kit I picked up yesterday and couldn't help myself so I primed some of it last night and hit it with an aluminum coat this morning. I mean I had to start at least one of the kits I bought, right? I have far too many kits in process right now. Lots of flash, no engines, pretty simple, quick build and it's in an odd scale. I have the Eduard 1/48 B17 that I started but have been dragging my butt on because I really want to do it right- as best I can. This will be a good practice run and I've not decided on paint scheme. I'll have to look at decals tonight.
B17 1/64 “The Lindbergh line”
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Lindberg is the make, right? Or do you mean they reboxed it?
I could not find it on scalemates.
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It is on scalemates (of course), I was filtering 1/72, never heard of 1/64 before.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/lindberg-431-b-17g-flying-fortress--1090174
It is their kit, dates back to the 1950s!
I could not find it on scalemates.
Edit:
It is on scalemates (of course), I was filtering 1/72, never heard of 1/64 before.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/lindberg-431-b-17g-flying-fortress--1090174
It is their kit, dates back to the 1950s!
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It's almost certainly 1:64 because they made it to fit one of their standard box sizes of the time.
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See my reply to your message where you said you bought this kit 
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Just 1950s modeling, I think.
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Whoever built this kit way back then is actually the very first scale model addict. He looked at that guy and said I can make him look better than that. Where's my file?
1950s???
Haha. That would be a lot of work!
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Yes, the maker is Lindberg, Paul Lindberg, to be precise. Lindbergh was the aviation hero who first flew solo across the Atlantic.
Lindberg was one the more prolific kit companies in the early days of plastic models in the 50s, on up to the 2000s. Along the way, Lindberg acquired the catalogs of some other companies and continued to produce their kits, too. Life-like/Pyro is one of those.
Eventually Round2 bought the Lindberg catalog and continues to produce much of it. I can't remember if Atlantis acquired Round2.
As far as the quality of the sculpting goes, we have to take the timeframe into account. For the late 50s, this B-17 kit was top of the line for its audience of boys 10 and older. Are there better-engineered kits out there today? Sure. But this kit can be an enjoyable bit of nostalgia for those who built it as a kid. And others of their kits are worth building. Their Curtiss Goshawk fighter can be built into a nice model of that airplane, with some detailing work.
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Brad
Lindberg was one the more prolific kit companies in the early days of plastic models in the 50s, on up to the 2000s. Along the way, Lindberg acquired the catalogs of some other companies and continued to produce their kits, too. Life-like/Pyro is one of those.
Eventually Round2 bought the Lindberg catalog and continues to produce much of it. I can't remember if Atlantis acquired Round2.
As far as the quality of the sculpting goes, we have to take the timeframe into account. For the late 50s, this B-17 kit was top of the line for its audience of boys 10 and older. Are there better-engineered kits out there today? Sure. But this kit can be an enjoyable bit of nostalgia for those who built it as a kid. And others of their kits are worth building. Their Curtiss Goshawk fighter can be built into a nice model of that airplane, with some detailing work.
Best regards,
Brad
Interesting. The plastic is much different but the details on the panels is good- raised. Of the older kits I've built this is my least favorite. I don't remember what I paid for this kit, bought it with may others, but I'm sure it was a multiple of the original price!
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Yes!
See the link I posted above, early in this thread. It was "new tool" in 1956, since then it has just been reboxed. I'm sure the plastic is relatively new, but the molds are the same.
Here's the link again ... https://www.scalemates.com/kits/lindberg-431-b-17g-flying-fortress--1090174
And we did our building in primordial darkness, back when I was a boy! You kids don't know how good you have it!
Exacto knives made with flint stone?And we did our building in primordial darkness, back when I was a boy! You kids don't know how good you have it!
EXACTly. Actually, flint tools are sharper than most steel knives. A surgeon once tested freshly knapped flint vs. a new surgical scalpel. The flint was functionally sharper, partially due to the microscopic nature of its edge. I know its cutting ability from first hand (literally) experience.
Flint is actually a cryptocrystalline form of quartz, Mohs hardness 7. As a cutting tool, flint is brittle.
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I've heard that about obsidian, but flint, really?
Obsidian is volcanic glass, compositionally very similar to flint, which is sedimentary in origin, as both are predominantly SiO2. Flint is generally cryptocrystalline, although SEM studies have shown that some varieties are only partially crystalline, and obsidian can contain cryptocrystalline material as well. Both materials may devitrify over time, becoming gradually more crystalline.
