Today, however, building model airplane kits (and model railroading) are hobbies of the past for youngsters. Photo: Museum of the City of New YorkĮven variety stores such as Woolworth’s and Two Guys stocked model kits, the most popular brands being Revell, Aurora, Lindberg and Monogram. When I was a boy, building plastic models of planes, ships and military vehicles was a popular hobby for kids, and every town and city had hobby shops stocked full of model kits worthy of several weeks’ allowance money. Building this kit would be a connection to my boyhood and to the event that launched my abiding interest in the airline industry! Why this particular model? Because my very first airline trip was on a Capital DC-6B, on July 15, 1960, from Miami to Rochester. I decided to try to improve my model-making skills and learn how to airbrush in order to build some new models, including the Minicraft Capital Airlines DC-6B. I used some of this isolation time to complete various “craft projects,” including a paper architectural model of the Chrysler Building, a paint-by-number night scene of Times Square, and the repair of several airliner and ocean liner models that I have built during the last several decades. During most of 2020, like most people I spent a lot of time at home because of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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