{"id":2738,"date":"2016-02-04T10:54:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2015-11-28T11:48:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T15:48:36","slug":"5-fun-1940s-solid-model-kit-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2016\/02\/04\/5-fun-1940s-solid-model-kit-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Fun 1940s Solid Model Kit Ads"},"content":{"rendered":"

During World War II many modelers were only able to build static solid models.\u00a0 There were several companies selling these kits and the ads for them varied widely – presented here are five staff favorites.<\/p>\n

1) A Deluxe GIANT SIZE Solid!<\/p>\n

\"Ad,<\/a>
Ad, Burkard Model Engineering Co. Air Trails<\/em>, August 1942, pg. 84.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2)\u00a0 Build “Eagle” Solids!<\/p>\n

\"EagleSolid_AirTrails_May43_pg63\"<\/a>
Ad, Eagle Solids sold by H&F Model Airplane Co. Air Trails<\/em>, May 1943, pg. 63.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3) Every Day is Navy Day at Megow’s!<\/p>\n

\"Ad,<\/a>
Ad, Megow’s Every Day is Navy Day. Air Trails<\/em>, September 1942, pg. 41.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4) Order Your Kits in Quantity, Buy Them Direct$<\/p>\n

\"Mercury_AirTrails_June44_pg66\"<\/a>
Ad, Mercury Model Airplane Company. Air Trails<\/em>, June 1944, pg. 66.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5) You’re At the Fighting Fronts with MODELCRAFT Selected War SOLIDS.<\/p>\n

\"Modelcraft_AirTrails_June43_pg54\"<\/a>
Ad, Modelcraft. Air Trails<\/em>, June 1943, pg. 54.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During World War II many modelers were only able to build static solid models.\u00a0 There were several companies selling these kits and the ads for them varied widely – presented here are five staff favorites. 1) A Deluxe GIANT SIZE Solid! 2)\u00a0 Build “Eagle” Solids! 3) Every Day is Navy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,47],"tags":[50,109,186],"class_list":["post-2738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-early-model-aviation","category-museum","tag-museum-2","tag-old-magazines-2","tag-static-solid-models"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2738","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=2738"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2740,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2738\/revisions\/2740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}