Wally and Beaver building!

[SteveMoon]

Was watching an old episode of Leave It To Beaver this morning (goes well with morning coffee)
and saw this: Wally and Beaver working on a balsa model together. Plus, as an added bonus,
the episode featured the great Frank Bank, aka Lumpy Rutherford!

Later, Steve

[Les McDonald]

I wonder where that model came from. Studios generally don't build these things.
During my days at Orange Blossom Hobbies we arranged all sorts of stuff for the film and print industries.
We had a vast collection of models on display and frequently would hire out personal to escort our models to studios and photo shoots.
I had some interesting experiences managing this but the coolest times were two "special effects" guys that worked on Miami Vice.
They consumed model rocket motors, waterproof fuse and balsa blocks in mind boggling quantities.

[Dan McEntee]

   Some one started a thread recently about what they thought was a "Beaver" episode where he was flying control line models. It was corrected to point out that it was My Three Sons that had that episode. I brought this episode of Beaver as the only one I could remember that had any model activity. There was one where Beaver was talked into buying a tether car by Larry Mondelow with birthday money he got from his Uncle, instead of saving it for his college tuition. I tyhink the car was a Cox Mercedes racer. And one other episode that involved kites. I was a fervent fan of Leave It to Beaver as a kid, and that's all I can remember.
   Type at you later,
    Dan McEntee

[Jim Hoffman]

Steve's Leave it to Beaver photo is exactly the genetic DNA that links us life long modelers together.

Jim Hoffman
gluing since age 7

[Frank Imbriaco]

  Some one started a thread recently about what they thought was a "Beaver" episode where he was flying control line models. It was corrected to point out that it was My Three Sons that had that episode. I brought this episode of Beaver as the only one I could remember that had any model activity. There was one where Beaver was talked into buying a tether car by Larry Mondelow with birthday money he got from his Uncle, instead of saving it for his college tuition. I tyhink the car was a Cox Mercedes racer. And one other episode that involved kites. I was a fervent fan of Leave It to Beaver as a kid, and that's all I can remember.
   Type at you later,
    Dan McEntee

           Dan : Wasn't it Gilbert who talked him into the Cox Mercedes Benz ? No matter. I watched them then and still think they're a riot today

[Avaiojet]

There was a bit, I don't remember if it was a series or a movie, not model airplanes, but a rocket.

B&W for sure, not color. Rocket was in the basement, the thing got lit accidentally, and it went through two floors then through the roof.

CB

[Terrence Durrill]

Steve's Leave it to Beaver photo is exactly the genetic DNA that links us life long modelers together.

Jim Hoffman
gluing since age 7

                  Jim, you know, you are exactly right about that.

                     Terrence Durrill
                     gluing since age 12 (1952)            

[Randy Cuberly]

Steve's Leave it to Beaver photo is exactly the genetic DNA that links us life long modelers together.

Jim Hoffman
gluing since age 7

Amen!

Randy Cuberly
Also gluing since age 7

[Andre Ming]

I think I was about 7 or 8 (3rd grade) when I started building stick n' tissue kits by Guillow and Comet? Mainly WW2 aircraft, but later I got on a WW1 aircraft kick. Lots of great memories about those kits.  How well I remember riding my bicycle to the hobby shop (maybe a couple miles?)... and drooling at all the goodies.  Then, carefully selecting my next project, I would spend my allowance money on another Guillow plane kit. (I think they were .69 cents?)  Strapping my prize onto the rear fender of my bike, I was off peddling my way to the house for many hours of great fun and (unknown to me at the time) learning basic skills that would serve me the rest of my life:

* Following instructions.
* Learning to think sequentially.
* Gaining motor skills.
* Learning problem solving basics.
* Etc, etc!

Our youth of today really missed out on some great ways of learning important skills and having fun while doing it.

[john e. holliday]

Yeah, if it can't be found on the computer, forget it.

[dan riley]

There was a bit, I don't remember if it was a series or a movie, not model airplanes, but a rocket.

B&W for sure, not color. Rocket was in the basement, the thing got lit accidentally, and it went through two floors then through the roof.

CB

(I know this is an old thread, but just to fill in a missing part of a puzzle.)
That was "The Shaggy Dog" 1959. with Fred MacMurray. The rocket was an amateur anti-missile missile (pretty ambitious) the kid designed.
I don't think that scene dissuaded my interest in making model rockets in the least!

[Tony Drago]

   Some one started a thread recently about what they thought was a "Beaver" episode where he was flying control line models. It was corrected to point out that it was My Three Sons that had that episode. I brought this episode of Beaver as the only one I could remember that had any model activity. There was one where Beaver was talked into buying a tether car by Larry Mondelow with birthday money he got from his Uncle, instead of saving it for his college tuition. I tyhink the car was a Cox Mercedes racer. And one other episode that involved kites. I was a fervent fan of Leave It to Beaver as a kid, and that's all I can remember.
   Type at you later,
    Dan McEntee

Dan that episode was called Air Derby. It is on You Tube.

[Larry Fernandez]

The caption says it all.

Larry, Buttafucco Stunt Team

[Brad Smith]

There is an episode where Wally was flying IN a cl  contest he let lumpy when cause first prize was a new motor I think and lumpy needed it