Pyro & Other Model Kits

[EHParks]

Struck with nostalgia, I was curious if any of the model kits I had as a kid were still around. The answer is yes, and, it appears my second childhood would be way more expensive than the first. *disclaimer* Yes, I know the following will show how incredibly [blessed/spoiled/industrious/lucky] I was as a kid, but I had chores and a part time job as well as an allowance.

The first Pyro kit I assembled was the Kentucky Long Rifle, probably early 1970 when I was in fifth grade or so. I don't recall if I had a kepi or it was my friend that joined me in reenacting fierce engagements over a wooden lean-to in his backyard. Over the next three years I was either gifted or bought the repeating rifle (I don't think they had a license for "Winchester"), the Navy Colt, the Pepperbox repeater and I believe the flintlock pistol. Today I almost certainly would be reported by concerned neighbors I'm sure.

I also had a Monitor and Merrimac kit that I seem to remember were very good quality kits and that I took time to even paint water lines. I'm curious what others may have had as kits?

 

[7thWisconsin]

I did so many of these! The first one I assembled was the moorish miquelet. That was a very study model and the lock actually worked. The French wheellock was a nice model, but nothing worked on it. The Bvarian rifle and the blunderbuss were excellent kits, in two colors. I didn´t even paint them! I did the ¨Buccaneer¨ and the ¨Yorktown¨ but found they disappointing because none of the parts moved; they were the same lock and barrell on a different stock and there was no historical information in the kit. The Pepperbox and Derringer kit was very good, and the Peacemaker was perhaps the best of the lot. I did that model twice. It was very solid; you could fast draw and spin that model. Alas, they´re all gone, but I´d do them again in a hearbeat. Actually, not all gone: My Pepperbox and Peacemaker are hanging on the wall not ten feet from where I´m sitting right now.

 

[Lampasas Bill]

Back in the 1960's I built the pepperbox and the .36 navy. I used a product called "Rub and Buff" on the navy which gave it a nice metalic look. They were a great line of models.

 

[DixieRifles]

I built the Navy .36 and the Yorktown (or the other one). Interestingly, I learned to shoot black powder on a Colt Navy just like it.
I think I mounted the plastic Colt Navy on a barn board.

This post should moved to the category on models and painted figures. There has been a post that these models were mentioned.

 

[EHParks]

I built the Navy .36 and the Yorktown (or the other one). Interestingly, I learned to shoot black powder on a Colt Navy just like it.
I think I mounted the plastic Colt Navy on a barn board.

This post should moved to the category on models and painted figures. There has been a post that these models were mentioned.

My apologies, I couldn't remember the name of the forum (I should have double checked your welcome post) at the time, so I grabbed "Potpourri" from the list - I knew that was the one I wanted.

 

[7thWisconsin]

Back in the 1960's I built the pepperbox and the .36 navy. I used a product called "Rub and Buff" on the navy which gave it a nice metalic look. They were a great line of models.

I remember that stuff! I antiqued mine by overpainting the surface with gold model paint, then wiping it off quickly, so that it stayed in the low spots. They still look pretty good. I wish someone would re-issue those models at a reasonble price. I would do them again. (Except the Bucaneer and the Yorktown, see above).

 

[marky]

I remember building quite a few of these models in the UK,at the time they were amazing.Then the Japanese firm l and s appeared with amazingly accurate abs kits.Happy days.

 

[Story]

Lindberg offers a reboxed Pyro MONITOR & MERRIMAC

Lindberg Monitor & Merrimac 1/245 & Pyro Monitor

Nino, Jim, got me interested in ironclads again & even these were fun. I have built a bunch of resin ironclads & love them . I still have my Flagstaff Cairo & I have seen the real Cairo at the Vicksburg Battlefield. I did the 2 Lindberg Monitor & Merrimac (Virginia) on pedastals & an oak base...

cs.finescale.com

The Monitor and the Merrimac, Pyro B257-150 (1963)

Pyro model kit in scale 1:297, B257-150 is a rebox released in 1963 | Contents, Previews, Reviews, History + Marketplace | Casemate ironclad CSS Virginia

www.scalemates.com

 

[EHParks]

Lindberg offers a reboxed Pyro MONITOR & MERRIMAC

Lindberg Monitor & Merrimac 1/245 & Pyro Monitor

Nino, Jim, got me interested in ironclads again & even these were fun. I have built a bunch of resin ironclads & love them . I still have my Flagstaff Cairo & I have seen the real Cairo at the Vicksburg Battlefield. I did the 2 Lindberg Monitor & Merrimac (Virginia) on pedastals & an oak base...

cs.finescale.com

The Monitor and the Merrimac, Pyro B257-150 (1963)

Pyro model kit in scale 1:297, B257-150 is a rebox released in 1963 | Contents, Previews, Reviews, History + Marketplace | Casemate ironclad CSS Virginia

www.scalemates.com

Pretty sure those are the models I built. If I didn't have 8-10 other unassembled model kits sitting in boxes that my wife seems to think is too many...

 

[Story]

Pretty sure those are the models I built. If I didn't have 8-10 other unassembled model kits sitting in boxes that my wife seems to think is too many...

Welcome to the party, pal.

 

[7thWisconsin]

I did those ironclads too! Is there a modeller or gamer who doesn´t have a backlog of projects? aka ¨the shelf of shame?¨

 

[bankerpapaw]

Struck with nostalgia, I was curious if any of the model kits I had as a kid were still around. The answer is yes, and, it appears my second childhood would be way more expensive than the first. *disclaimer* Yes, I know the following will show how incredibly [blessed/spoiled/industrious/lucky] I was as a kid, but I had chores and a part time job as well as an allowance.

The first Pyro kit I assembled was the Kentucky Long Rifle, probably early 1970 when I was in fifth grade or so. I don't recall if I had a kepi or it was my friend that joined me in reenacting fierce engagements over a wooden lean-to in his backyard. Over the next three years I was either gifted or bought the repeating rifle (I don't think they had a license for "Winchester"), the Navy Colt, the Pepperbox repeater and I believe the flintlock pistol. Today I almost certainly would be reported by concerned neighbors I'm sure.

I also had a Monitor and Merrimac kit that I seem to remember were very good quality kits and that I took time to even paint water lines. I'm curious what others may have had as kits?
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I had the Navy 36 Model.

 

[Rebel_Giratina]

I'd want some of those Renaissance-era gun model kits myself, but I'm not sure if they'd be allowed at most Ren Faires.

 

[7thWisconsin]

I can´t believe this thread was started almost 2 years ago! Anyway, I was inspired to do some modeling this summer. The long story is that I was reading Charles Lamb´s Cossack stories, and I wanted to model something similar to the long pistols that his character Khlit carries. I immediately thought of the ¨Moorish Miquelet¨ mentioned above. It was reissued about 15 years ago by Lindberg as part of a ¨Pirate Pistol¨ collection, so it was easy to find on ebay. (The actual pistol has nothing to do with 18th century pirates; it´s just marketing.) I had such a good time with it that I also built the blunderbus and the Dutch 17th century walrus ivory stocked flintlock pistol. Here they are. (French Marine coat for background.) The miquelet is actually Albanian, made under contract from the Turkish government, circa 1797. It was silver over mahagony stocked. The blunderbus is a good example of an English blunderbus-stocked pistol, circa 1720. It´s not a shoulder arm; it´s meant to be handled in one hand. The Dutch pistol, circa 1660, was made by a high-end gunsmith whose signature was using ivory for he stock, and ending the butt of the pistol in a carved helmeted head. I think it´s probably Mars, but it could be any generic Roman actually. They were what you might call ¨weekend builds.¨ I started on Friday night and they were done by Sunday.

 

[Kurtlg]

I can´t believe this thread was started almost 2 years ago! Anyway, I was inspired to do some modeling this summer. The long story is that I was reading Charles Lamb´s Cossack stories, and I wanted to model something similar to the long pistols that his character Khlit carries. I immediately thought of the ¨Moorish Miquelet¨ mentioned above. It was reissued about 15 years ago by Lindberg as part of a ¨Pirate Pistol¨ collection, so it was easy to find on ebay. (The actual pistol has nothing to do with 18th century pirates; it´s just marketing.) I had such a good time with it that I also built the blunderbus and the Dutch 17th century walrus ivory stocked flintlock pistol. Here they are. (French Marine coat for background.) The miquelet is actually Albanian, made under contract from the Turkish government, circa 1797. It was silver over mahagony stocked. The blunderbus is a good example of an English blunderbus-stocked pistol, circa 1720. It´s not a shoulder arm; it´s meant to be handled in one hand. The Dutch pistol, circa 1660, was made by a high-end gunsmith whose signature was using ivory for he stock, and ending the butt of the pistol in a carved helmeted head. I think it´s probably Mars, but it could be any generic Roman actually. They were what you might call ¨weekend builds.¨ I started on Friday night and they were done by Sunday.

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I have to ask about the French Marine coat. Do you reenact that period ? The period of the various colonial wars in North America has been a favorite subject of mine for a very long time.

 

[7thWisconsin]

I do reenact the French and Indian War - Contrecouer´s Company of Troupe de Marine.

 

[Kurtlg]

I do reenact the French and Indian War - Contrecouer´s Company of Troupe de Marine.

Have you ever made it up to Fort Michilimackinac ?

 

[7thWisconsin]

Have you ever made it up to Fort Michilimackinac ?

As a tourist, yes, but not as a reenactor.