Rat Fink on a Bike ???

[leafman60]

I was just forwarded this oddity.

Anybody familiar with this?  Looks like an early sampler of magic powder in California.

This is 60's stuff.  The rat's bike looks very much like current H-D customizer trends- ape hangers and all. This is a mentally twisted novelty!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/REVELL-ED-BIG-DADDY-ROTH-1964-BROTHER-RAT-FINK-ON-A-BIKE-Model-Car-Mountain-/381433343034?hash=item58cf32ec3a:g:5Y0AAOSw5ZBWGFBB

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[CapitalGoose]

That's a first for me! Nice find! 

[Chuck in Indiana]

Yeah, we did all that stuff in the 60s. Didn't work then, either.. 

[blackcat]

I remember putting together a few of those RatFink models.

[Tobit]

I remember putting together a few of those RatFink models.

Me too.  I was an avid model builder as a kid.  A couple of years ago I went to a local hobby shop looking for a model for my son, thinking he'd like the hobby.  Holy Crap!  Simple Revell or Monogram car or plane kits I used to buy for $5 are now $30+ at the low end.  Didn't expect that.

Tobit

[tonUPRacer]

I'm thinking Rat Fink decal on my Racer just for fun.  Thanks!

[wymple]

Me too.  I was an avid model builder as a kid.  A couple of years ago I went to a local hobby shop looking for a model for my son, thinking he'd like the hobby.  Holy Crap!  Simple Revell or Monogram car or plane kits I used to buy for $5 are now $30+ at the low end.  Didn't expect that.

Tobit

I hear that! You should see what they ask for simple rocket kits now. I introduced my boys to them, even got some bigger ones. I recently looked at some for my grandkids. No, I will NOT pay that. My income never rose 600-700 percent.

[boatdetective]

Me too.  I was an avid model builder as a kid.  A couple of years ago I went to a local hobby shop looking for a model for my son, thinking he'd like the hobby.  Holy Crap!  Simple Revell or Monogram car or plane kits I used to buy for $5 are now $30+ at the low end.  Didn't expect that.

Tobit

I got back into it recently. You would need to look inside today's kits to understand. the parts count is triple what they used to be and the molding detail is unbelieveable. When you consider the number of hours it will take to complete a kit to this detail, you can appreciate the price difference.
Here's a 1/72 FW 190A from Eduard (keep in mind- this is a tiny model- less than 5" long)

One of the parts sprues:

Finished kit- note the fine detail with recessed panel lines and rivets:

 Companies like Eduard also provide detail upgrade kits. This is a 1/32 cockpit kit for a Spitfire:

[Penderic]

That little plane kit is nicely done! I used to make a lot of plastic models and remember a few really impressive ones.

The more expensive kits with each section separately bagged and held in its own compartment. The quality of any chromed parts and number of special items like rubber tires, metal springs and clear windows. The more moving parts, the better.

The instructions often were just one page, with one view, hand drawn with some side notes and few details. The Japanese kits had nice packaging, good detail and multi-step instructions with often confusing translation.

The wooden ship models were very time consuming with all the knots and rigging that were needed to make a sailing ship look right. Great dust collectors! Ran out of room and most detailed models are fragile, need to be protected and dont like to be packed and moved.

[kirkemon]

I was a big Ed "Big Daddy" Roth fan. He was a cool cat.
That model originally sold for $3.95 or close.

[Tobit]

Most of my model planes were suspended from my bedroom ceiling in mock attacks.  When that got boring my model building friend, who had a similar air war in his bedroom, began adding battle damage to the planes by melting cannon shell holes, blown off wings and shot-up rudders and fuselages into them.  Then the fake oil smoke was done with cotton and gray spray paint.  All very cool to us and about as fun as building them in the first place.

The dumbest thing we did on one boring summer day was take all of our WWII naval models, put them in a plastic wading pool and simulate a battle by pouring some gasoline in and lighting it.  FOOM!  The flames reached the gutters over his back porch and when the pool melted all the water, flaming gas, burning models poured out onto the pavement.

Scared the crap out of us.

Tobit