Model Citizen

This is a real blast from the past. My sister was over last Friday and she bought with her all my folks old photo albums (we're working on a 50th Wedding Anniversary suprise for them). Anyway, as we're hunting through the albums I saw this:



This was taken back in the 70's on my bed. It's an Eagle transporter from Space 1999 obviously doing some work with an Apollo moon landing vehicle and some Airfix 1/72 astronauts.
Those were the golden years of modelling. In those days I would get my pocket money, save up then nip into the "Make A Model" shop in Newport South Wales. You'd get a ticket on the bus showing a little man saying "Go by bus" and it would cost 5p.
I always chose sci-fi kits, I remember I had these kits above as well as the old MPC R2 D2, C3PO and Darth Vader with his glow in the dark lightsaber. I also had some Captain Scarlet kits, basically anything that looked spacey.
Then, I would rush home, go up to my box bedroom, get on the bed, put the kit together with some airfix cement. Paint it after borrowing my dads Humbrol enamels and have it all finished in time for Basil Brush and Dr. Who.
When I finally left home in 89 my Dad with (with my acceptance) boxed up all my old models (except for a few which by then were starting to look quite good and I gave away to some friends) and gave the lot to a young boy down the road.
The bedspread did'nt last long either as I later spilt red gloss all over it!

it's made me come over all remeniscent seeing this old picture. I even remember the camera. A Kodak 110 that I got for Xmas. Ah, those golden carefree days :)