I have been wanting to build this kit for more than 40 years.
I had one when I was a kid, in the 70's. Of course, I couldn't figure out how to make it work and was too impatient to wait for my dad to get home from work, like my mother told me to do. So, I glued the arms in place. Shortly after that, the instructions 'clicked' for me and I realized how to make it work. But by then it was too late. I got the arms back off, but I couldn't get enough of the glue off to get the arms to work properly. Ever since then, I have wanted another one to be able to build a fully functional one.
Of course, my parents wouldn't buy me another one. And by the time I got back into models in the mid 90's and got online in late 99, they were super expensive. I got a mostly complete built one that didn't work that I intended to rebuild, but never got around to.
Then Round2 finally reissued it!
I was all over that reissue. I got it just before Memorial Day weekend of 2020. I knew I wanted to do a fun quick build, and I wanted to incorporate the glow-in-the-dark plastic. So, with the long weekend coming up, I set a goal of doing the whole kit, from start to finish in one long weekend.
And I did!
I had one when I was a kid, in the 70's. Of course, I couldn't figure out how to make it work and was too impatient to wait for my dad to get home from work, like my mother told me to do. So, I glued the arms in place. Shortly after that, the instructions 'clicked' for me and I realized how to make it work. But by then it was too late. I got the arms back off, but I couldn't get enough of the glue off to get the arms to work properly. Ever since then, I have wanted another one to be able to build a fully functional one.
Of course, my parents wouldn't buy me another one. And by the time I got back into models in the mid 90's and got online in late 99, they were super expensive. I got a mostly complete built one that didn't work that I intended to rebuild, but never got around to.
Then Round2 finally reissued it!
I was all over that reissue. I got it just before Memorial Day weekend of 2020. I knew I wanted to do a fun quick build, and I wanted to incorporate the glow-in-the-dark plastic. So, with the long weekend coming up, I set a goal of doing the whole kit, from start to finish in one long weekend.
And I did!
And yes it does glow in the dark!
Can't believe it took me another 8 months to take finished photos and put the page together.
Had a very busy summer/fall/winter with tons of mandatory overtime at work, and lots of projects around the house to finish up.
