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Gifts from my Grandfathers; Things I didn't know still existed...
Topic Started: Nov 3 2009, 10:28 PM (99 Views)
armyofchuckness	Nov 3 2009, 10:28 PM Post #1
Duke of Detritus Posts: 2,115 Group: Members Member #899 Joined: February 5, 2008	While visiting my parents this weekend, they gave me two giant bins of model planes my grandfathers made. One of them died a decade ago, and the other almost two decades ago, so it's pretty cool to find some cool old models I thought were destroyed years ago. Most of them are sadly broken, many beyond repair. These are the ones that are still repairable. Now I just have to figure out what I'm going to do with them...



DamnCranky666	Nov 3 2009, 10:31 PM Post #2
Admin--Chief Crank Posts: 14,947 Group: Admin Member #666 Joined: April 1, 2007	Oh, man, that's a great collection of planes. That's a great find, Chuck.



Bryan_M	Nov 3 2009, 10:33 PM Post #3
ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 12,480 Group: Admin Member #355 Joined: July 26, 2006	HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!! thats awesome chuck! bryan



khamilton	Nov 3 2009, 11:11 PM Post #4
Diorama Moderator Posts: 4,228 Group: Members Member #522 Joined: December 13, 2006	What a fantastic keepsake. It would be a great tribute to restore as many as you can.



gramps-xrds	Nov 4 2009, 12:01 AM Post #5
Junior Member Posts: 82 Group: Members Member #998 Joined: June 28, 2008	That's just awesome to have something your grandfather did many yrs ago. To restore as many as possible would be a great tribute to them.



Mercman	Nov 4 2009, 12:51 AM Post #6
Bronze Medal Member Posts: 2,705 Group: Members Member #482 Joined: November 25, 2006	Chuck this is great find. Restore what you can, and cherish the rest. BTW I probably blew many of those up when I was younger, with firecrackers.



armyofchuckness	Nov 4 2009, 01:04 PM Post #7
Duke of Detritus Posts: 2,115 Group: Members Member #899 Joined: February 5, 2008	Thanks, guys. I'm thinking a few of them would be great as diorama subjects. Maybe a shot down plane or a boneyard scene. I'm going to patch up as many as I can though. It was so cool to see some of my favorite planes as a kid still exist. (I will confess when I was much younger a lot of them did get blown up or set on fire. The cats destroyed the rest.)



Chuck Doan	Nov 4 2009, 01:09 PM Post #8
Senior Member Posts: 543 Group: Members Member #545 Joined: December 18, 2006	Or hang some from string from the ceiling.



Dan S	Nov 4 2009, 08:18 PM Post #9
Bronze Medal Member Posts: 2,216 Group: Members Member #607 Joined: January 31, 2007	Chuck Doan Nov 4 2009, 01:09 PM Or hang some from string from the ceiling. That's what I was thinking. You could make a mobile out of some of them.



armyofchuckness	Nov 4 2009, 09:05 PM Post #10
Duke of Detritus Posts: 2,115 Group: Members Member #899 Joined: February 5, 2008	A mobile is a cool idea. I could make one massive mobile!



chester	Nov 4 2009, 09:12 PM Post #11
Bronze Medal Member Posts: 2,791 Group: Members Member #526 Joined: December 13, 2006	Well now we all know what Chuck will be modeling for a while. Wonderful find Chuck.



Lou	Nov 4 2009, 09:27 PM Post #12
Bronze Medal Member Posts: 2,798 Group: Members Member #622 Joined: February 15, 2007	Chuck, don't do anything to the planes except perhaps a light cleaning. NK is the man to talk about how to do it. Remember they are a view to the past, a very personal past and restoring them to a state that your grandfather never created is diminishing their value. If there are basket cases I would say go ahead and do what you want with them but anything that appears to be near complete just gently clean them and preserve the work that your grandfather did. One great saying is, "You can restore it many times, but it is original only once." Edited by Lou, Nov 4 2009, 09:28 PM.



fireguy14	Nov 5 2009, 12:00 PM Post #13
Advanced Member Posts: 1,573 Group: Members Member #742 Joined: July 19, 2007	That's awesome Chuck! I remember one of my grandfathers had a bunch of planes, but they were gone long, long ago. Congrats on the treasures!!



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