{"id":1943,"date":"2014-12-24T09:25:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T09:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=1943"},"modified":"2015-01-05T16:52:26","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:52:26","slug":"old-ad-must-have-christmas-gifts-of-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2014\/12\/24\/old-ad-must-have-christmas-gifts-of-1946\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Ad, Must-Have Christmas Gifts of 1946"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2014 Christmas shopping season is almost over.\u00a0 As some late-minute buyers are rushing around looking for gifts (or just good deals), let\u2019s pause and look back to the ads for modeling items that were filling the December 1946 magazines.<\/p>\n

What modeling gifts are you hoping to get for Christmas?<\/h5>\n
\"The<\/a>
This Genie Tool is so magical it can punch, drill, notch, saw, gouge and carve all depending on the tip. A must-have for your modeling tool kit!
Credit: Ad, Inter Coastal Company, Inc. Air Trails Pictorial,<\/em> November 1946, pg. 14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This<\/a>
If you\u2019re concerned about not getting cheated when ordering from a catalog, then you should shop at The Hobby House.
Credit: Ad, The Hobby House, Air Trails Pictorial<\/em>, December 1946, pg. 72.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"E.T.<\/a>
It isn\u2019t a model airplane, but there were a lot of youngin\u2019s longing for a radio of their own in 1946. This kit offered a chance for them to obtain one \u2013 and maybe get bitten by the RC bug at the same time.
Credit: Ad, E.T. Lombard Company. Model Airplane News<\/em>, December 1946, pg. 72.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"For<\/a>

Christmas in December, what a concept!\u00a0 A perfect time to get the Merlin Super \u201cB\u201d engine.
Credit: Ad, Merlin Miniatures, Inc. Air Trails Pictorial<\/em>, December 1946, pg. 114.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Scientific<\/a>
With a name like Humdinger, it has to perform well. The fact that it is made Scientific makes it all the more likely.
Credit: Ad, Scientific Model Airplane Co.,Air Trails Pictorial<\/em>, December 1946, pg. 85.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The 2014 Christmas shopping season is almost over.\u00a0 As some late-minute buyers are rushing around looking for gifts (or just good deals), let\u2019s pause and look back to the ads for modeling items that were filling the December 1946 magazines. What modeling gifts are you hoping to get for Christmas? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,155,107,1],"tags":[157,109],"class_list":["post-1943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-museum","category-old-advertisements","category-old-magazines","category-uncategorized","tag-old-ad","tag-old-magazines-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1952,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943\/revisions\/1952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}