Buried Treasures: Only the Romulans Remain

Karen: Today's buried treasure is a short-and-sweet one, just a little goodie I found that miraculously survived intact move after move: the Romulan warbird from the AMT 3-piece Star Trek model ship set from the mid 70s! My Enterprise and Klingon D-7 eventually were demolished, but the Romulan has hung in there. You can see it is rigged to hang from the ceiling, although currently it rests in drydock (on a shelf). 

I believe this was the design of the box when I got mine.

I didn't paint this model -the white plastic was perfect.

Surprisingly, the decal has held up well for almost 40 years!

Engage cloaking device!

Karen: Star Trek models sure were a lot of fun! Kind of makes me want to go out and get the other two ships now...hmm, let's see what's on eBay....

Discuss: Model Kits

Karen: How many of us were into building models (maybe still are)? There were sure a lot of cool model kits to select from in the Bronze Age. Re-issues of the great Aurora super-hero and monster kits, the Star Trek kits, and new stuff like the Planet of the Apes kits -all of these were great ways for a geek kid to have fun and decorate their room! Just watch out for those paint fumes!