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Cleaning out the garage this evening I found my Super Cobra video game (from 1982). I loved this game as a kid.
I think it still works. Unfortunately I didn't have any C batteries laying around in order to test it .
Finally finished moving stuff to safety after our flood at the end of March. Thankfully 95% undamaged but some sad losses too.
Monthly NAVA meeting at the Digital Press retro video game store in Clifton, NJ. Saturday, March 26, 2016.
pictured: vintage portable video games (Entex PacMan2, etc.)
This model, marketed by Entex in the 1980's, is a reproduction of the Hubley SCII first issued, I think, in 1962. Unlike the more recent Minicraft issue, the Entex model is cast in the same extra-heavy gauge plastic as the original Hubley, which is allowing me to shape and re-sculpt the body shell to more accurate proportions.
I've considered converting the model to an SCIII. I'm capable of a correct conversion, but, given the number of complex and custom builds I already have in progress, I haven't yet decided whether or not I want to invest the extra time and effort into this already extensive project. Time will tell.
Started with this early 70s era hobby shop dead stock "Entex" 1/24 plastic model kit from Evilbay. I was impressed with the small box for a big model, the crispness of detail/body shape & lines compared to the modern Minicraft iteration on hopelessly shot toolings, and how everything was so neatly packed within the less than 12in/30cm long (roughly the size of a small loaf of bread), heavy cardboard box. Only thing is, the murky picture of a crudely built kit on the box inspires little confidence.
I sealed the hood/trunk due to marginal detail underneath, detailed the interior according to guidelines from Bring A Trailer auction archive listings for both these and S-series Bentleys in "standard steel" coachwork, did basic underneath/full curbside detail, used Elmer's Glue to glue in the glass, used real steel axles from the last dregs of a wrecked AMT promo model GMT400 Chevy in place of the stock brittle styrene ones, replaced the decaying natural rubber tires with AMT Firestone Super Cushions, and detailed it in a very fitting color scheme of Humbrol Acrylic Spray "sterling silver" with vermilion red pinstripe/wheel discs and a well detailed 2-tone red interior with felt "shag carpeting", hand painted woodgrain, detailed gauges/radio/switches and US/CDN (NADA in Britspeak) lighting. Finished it off with an era correct California press photographer plate..
ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER CLOUD II
Entex – 9111
1/24 Scale – 1978
This was a reissue of the Hubley kit from 1960.
USA
1977
This early analog electronic speedometer and RPM meter was designed by Dave Erisman and sold for $22.50 in 1977. This simple device may have faired better in the market if it could have also measured distance. One cool fact about this speedometer is that it is the brand used aboard the Gossamer Condor's record flight and is now included in its display at the Smithsonian.
USA
1982
One of the first commercial electronic bicycle computers, the Entex was the first dual processor 24 bit model to hit the market. In comparison to modern units this computer was gigantic and used six AA batteries for power.
Bandai’s “Message from Space” plastic model kits were repackaged by Entex in 1980 for sale in the United States.
I cut it to waterline last year. A green trash bag makes a fast effective sea. I imagine it’s moored since there are no wake waves. Yet.
Entex Lusitania model 1/350, which I built over two decades, sporadically.
Taken in 2003 with 1999 Olympus 2,1 MP digital camera.
USA
1982
One of the first commercial electronic bicycle computers, the Entex was the first dual processor 24 bit model to hit the market. In comparison to modern units this computer was gigantic and used six AA batteries for power.
Krista adorned the piano, the ex-CN diesel locomotive bell, the (at left) Holden K3L diesel loco air horn and the (at right) ex-CN Newfoundland Division Holden Nathan M3H locomotive air horn with seasonal decorations. That's the RMS Lusitania (Entex kit) which took me 19 years of intermittent attention to complete. Below that is the MLW-Alco brass builders plate from Canadian Pacific FB-1 number 4416 (serial number 77377, August 1950) Wolsely Street Peterborough Ontario.
Released by Entex late in 1980, it gets its name because of its 2-player mode (there was no PacMan1). One person plays as PacMan and the other plays as the ghost. Very interesting concept made this a very fun game. You could also play it like the classic 1 player Pac-Man.
USA
1977
This early analog electronic speedometer and RPM meter was designed by Dave Erisman and sold for $22.50 in 1977. This simple device may have faired better in the market if it could have also measured distance. One cool fact about this speedometer is that it is the brand used aboard the Gossamer Condor's record flight and is now included in its display at the Smithsonian.
Entex Lusitania model 1/350, which I built over two decades, sporadically.
Taken in 2003 with 1999 Olympus 2,1 MP digital camera.
Bandai’s “Message from Space” plastic model kits were repackaged by Entex in 1980 for sale in the United States.
Bandai’s “Message from Space” plastic model kits were repackaged by Entex in 1980 for sale in the United States.
Entex Lusitania model 1/350, which I built over two decades, sporadically.
Taken in 2003 with 1999 Olympus 2,1 MP digital camera.
The Silver Cloud was originally a Hubley model kit from the sixties, but this box is from a later produced kit by Entex, made either in Japan or Korea. Cropped from a much larger picture!