>On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Thomas Eisenhour wrote:
>
>> Bill Shatzer wrote:
>> >
>> >Well, perhaps not but there -was- one American Civil War aircraft kit
>> >produced.
>>
>> The balloon from the Disney film _Mysterious Island_, right? (Who
>> produced that kit anyway?)
>
>Well, I think you are on the right track, but in the late 70s didn't
>Revell do a model of Thadeus Lowe's ballon (shoot, I can't remember the
>name). I am sure that the Disney movie was based on Lowe's exploits.
>
>I remember doing a diorama using the balloon, and several of Airfix's
>plastic soldiers. I won a "junior" prize at a local contest. I wonder
>if my Mom and Dad still have that diorama in their basement? Maybe I'll
>check over Christmas...
>
Getting warmer but still only half credit. We'll award -two- virtual
reality Airfix Dr.I kits as a consolation prize for this effort.
Cheers,
-- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@orednet.org -or- aw177@Freenet.Carleton.ca - "An armed society is a polite society." -Robert Heinlein-