{"id":2722,"date":"2016-02-03T10:15:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T14:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2015-11-25T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T19:49:10","slug":"5-fun-1930s-1940s-solid-model-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2016\/02\/03\/5-fun-1930s-1940s-solid-model-kits\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Fun 1930s-1940s Solid Model Kits"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Solids,” or non-flying, carved scale models developed during the 1930s and came into their own during World War II.\u00a0 Here’s 5 solid kits, all dating from 1935-1946, in the museum’s collection.<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0 Megow Glen Martin Clipper, 1935<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Megow<\/a>
Megow Glen Martin Clipper, 1935. Source: National Model Aviation Museum, donated by Bob Thompson, 1989.09.36.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2)\u00a0 Megow Curtiss Helldiver, 1942<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Megow<\/a>
Megow Curtiss Helldiver, 1942. Source: National Model Aviation Museum Collection, donated by Bob Thompson, 1989.09.34<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The back of the Megow Curtiss Helldiver has detailed procedures for finishing the model. Source: National Model Aviation Museum Collection, donated by Bob Thompson, 1989.09.34<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3) Burkard Grumman F4F Wildcat, c. 1942-1945<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Burkard<\/a>
Burkard Grumman F4F Wildcat, c. 1942-1945. Source: National Model Aviation Museum, donated by Bob Thompson, 1989.09.49.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Burkard Grumman F4F Wildcat kit was so current to the WWII years that the armament details were still classified. Source: National Model Aviation Museum, donated by Bob Thompson, 1989.09.49.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4) Eagle Model Aircraft Corp, Ercoupe, c. 1942-1945.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Eagle<\/a>
Eagle Model Aircraft Corp, Ercoupe, c. 1942-1945. Source: National Model Aviation Museum, donated by Bill Sehwertman, 2002.70.01.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5)\u00a0 Aircraft, Boeing P-26A, c. 1942-1945<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Aircraft, Boeing P-26A, c. 1942-1945. Source: National Model Aviation Museum, Found in Collection, 2006.01.320.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Every<\/a>
Every scrap of material had to be conserved during wartime. Source: National Model Aviation Museum, Found in Collection, 2006.01.320.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“Solids,” or non-flying, carved scale models developed during the 1930s and came into their own during World War II.\u00a0 Here’s 5 solid kits, all dating from 1935-1946, in the museum’s collection. 1)\u00a0 Megow Glen Martin Clipper, 1935 2)\u00a0 Megow Curtiss Helldiver, 1942 3) Burkard Grumman F4F Wildcat, c. 1942-1945 4) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,46,47],"tags":[50,186,187],"class_list":["post-2722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-balsa-wood","category-early-model-aviation","category-museum","tag-museum-2","tag-static-solid-models","tag-world-war-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722","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=2722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2736,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722\/revisions\/2736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}