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Originally Posted by tcar
Hmm, I always really liked the F-89 Scorpion... even built a model. Looked menacing.
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Dunno...I was a WWII aircraft model building kid so my bedroom ceiling had a B-17, a B-29, Corsairs, Mustangs, Me109s, and Fw190s suspended from it. By comparison, F-89s aren't exactly pretty...not to a me as a kid anyway. Monogram was my favorite so sent money to Morton Grove, IL on a regular basis. Spent a lot of time pouring over their catalog every time it showed up.
My dad got tired of the messes from spilled Testors glue and paint so he converted a closet into a model building station. I vividly remember feeling (what I now understand to be) totally stoned after one session in that hell hole with no ventilation. It felt awful and I still hate the smell of that stuff.