2020 Build Challenge - FOS Phone Booths

[ReadingBob]

Well done  .....and built at Greg speed.....glad someone is, I'm certainly not. 

Thanks Greg.  I did cheat a bit by building the smallest kit imaginable.     For a tiny kit it did present a bit of a challenge though.    

[ReadingBob]

Very nice Bob, and quickly done as well .....    As if you were Superman, but then wouldn't you have needed the phone booth first ?..

Ah well, something to ponder.
Thanks for sharing, stay healthy and be well
--Paul

Thanks Paul!  You stay healthy and be well too.  I wish I had a little superman to stand outside one of these.   

[ReadingBob]

Nice quick build with great results.  I searched for telephone booth images and found a library of photos at gettyimages.co.uk.  Dropped "telephone booth" into the search field and brought up quite a few images. Most have identifying dates.  I did see some from the mid-late 1950s in the style modeled above.   Older ones appeared to be in wood.
--Opa George

Thanks for the compliment Opa George and thanks so much for confirming that these would be acceptable in the mid to late 50's!  I really appreciate the help.   

[jbvb]

Nice. I remember the aluminum/acrylic phone booths looking pretty new in the early 1960s, when I first noticed them.  And there were still wood/glass booths around, indoors at least in downtown Boston.  A quick search didn't turn up a date of introduction (the British are exact about theirs), just roughly mid-50s.

[ACL1504]

Bob,

Very nicely done! Cheater, cheater, I'm gonna tell teacher on you!

Tom 

[madharry]

Nice modelling Bob. The old red ones are still seen in the UK. They are not used for communication anymore though. Most contain a defibrillator to help in "staying alive"..............
Mike

[ReadingBob]

Nice. I remember the aluminum/acrylic phone booths looking pretty new in the early 1960s, when I first noticed them.  And there were still wood/glass booths around, indoors at least in downtown Boston.  A quick search didn't turn up a date of introduction (the British are exact about theirs), just roughly mid-50s.

Thanks for the info James!  Yeah, mine are probably a little dirtier than they should be for the era I plan on using them in.  I still haven't found an aluminum paint (I was using Model Masters Acrylic for this one) that really looks like aluminum to my eye. 

[ReadingBob]

Bob,

Very nicely done! Cheater, cheater, I'm gonna tell teacher on you!

Tom 

Oh no!  Don't tell Raymo on me!   

Thanks Tom!  For a little kit these proved to be a bit of challenge.  I'll bring one along with me next time I come down.  If I can find room in the car for it.   

[ReadingBob]

Nice modelling Bob. The old red ones are still seen in the UK. They are not used for communication anymore though. Most contain a defibrillator to help in "staying alive"..............
Mike

Thanks Mike!  What a great idea for a 'repurpose' of old phone booths over in the UK.  Someday, obviously not anytime soon, the wife and I would like to take a trip and visit Ireland.  That's at least four years out though.  Hopefully we'll be able to do it then. 

[Lynnb]

Nice work on the phone booth , probably was more work than you thought. 
Try to find an in service pay phone now adays.

[ReadingBob]

How true.  On both counts!