What a great model this was! I had built of these when I was a kid in the 70's. It was really fun to build and play with. It ate D batteries like crazy. Revell did a great job on this. Thanks for the memories.
The first day of construction focused on the display stand. The second day was the aluminum envelope halves & nose & tail cones. Third was spent sealing up the engine nacelles with squadron putty, and painting all the white detail parts. Fourth began the assembly & decal process. The only parts I cemented into position were the prop discs, air scoops, and the portside horizontal fin.
E-Bay. About $50. 1/169th scale. Make sure the kit is sealed with the shrink wrap before sending funds. The 1975 issue is the one to have. Waterslide decals. The 1977 & 1983 issues have peel & stick decals. Too thick, with discoloration. Probably the nicest kit ever produced.
I recall when they first came out. I rushed up to our Goodyear dealer to buy the kit. It came with an "Aerial Ambassadors" brochure about the four ship fleet---America, Europe, Columbia and the smaller Mayflower.
Try E-bay!II think they go in the 20-30 dollar range.I lucked out and found the un-built kit at a flea-market for 6 bucks!It was missing some parts so I went to the Airship Forum and obtained them there!
Yes it is noisy and does have high power consumption but it does work really well for a '70s era design!
philo426 4 months ago
What a great model this was! I had built of these when I was a kid in the 70's. It was really fun to build and play with. It ate D batteries like crazy. Revell did a great job on this. Thanks for the memories.
JP5466 4 months ago
I grew up in the 70's near Akron Ohio so I got to see the real blimp occasionally and oh, I remember the model also.
cyberzonie 6 months ago
I have it, somehow, and I wasn't even ALIVE in the 1970s
ned987 6 months ago
wow had one and forgot all about it!
Keyo717 9 months ago
The first day of construction focused on the display stand. The second day was the aluminum envelope halves & nose & tail cones. Third was spent sealing up the engine nacelles with squadron putty, and painting all the white detail parts. Fourth began the assembly & decal process. The only parts I cemented into position were the prop discs, air scoops, and the portside horizontal fin.
DanBell47 1 year ago
yes! It took longer to paint and decal it than it did to build and wire it!
philo426 1 year ago
My kit took only 4 days to build, and believe me, it was FUN.
DanBell47 1 year ago
Yep the waterslide decals were still good despite the kits age!
philo426 1 year ago
E-Bay. About $50. 1/169th scale. Make sure the kit is sealed with the shrink wrap before sending funds. The 1975 issue is the one to have. Waterslide decals. The 1977 & 1983 issues have peel & stick decals. Too thick, with discoloration. Probably the nicest kit ever produced.
DanBell47 1 year ago
I gotta get one thats frickin awesome! thanks for showing me this. The 70s was great both the cars the movies and the presidents LOL
stillatrucken 2 years ago
I recall when they first came out. I rushed up to our Goodyear dealer to buy the kit. It came with an "Aerial Ambassadors" brochure about the four ship fleet---America, Europe, Columbia and the smaller Mayflower.
BurgerChefGuy 2 years ago
@BurgerChefGuy Was the brochure dated February '75?
DanBell47 1 year ago
Try E-bay!II think they go in the 20-30 dollar range.I lucked out and found the un-built kit at a flea-market for 6 bucks!It was missing some parts so I went to the Airship Forum and obtained them there!
philo426 2 years ago
I had one of these when I was a kid. Wish I still had it. I'm going to have to get another one someday.
BammerD 2 years ago
@BammerD Try Ebay. It's a FUN build.
DanBell47 1 year ago