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    Kits at K-Mart

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    Just got back from there... my former Big-K locatiom hada tona kits, huge display, mostly cars (a good things for us :) and a few Star Wars kits... quite decent selection and amazing prices!

    They had:

    '70 Plymouth Superbird

    '80 Ford Bronco

    '85 Mustang SVO

    Corvette C6 and ZR1

    '63 & '64 Impalas

    Dodge Viper SRT10 'vert and ACR coupe

    '67 Chevelle SS

    '69 Mustang

    '98 Saileen Speedster

    1/25th '70 Dodge Challenger

    '68 Mustang

    '10 Mustang GT, GT500, and '10 GT convertable snapper

    Lamborghini Diablo targa top snapper and the VT in the classic crusers line

    '58 Impala

    all the '55, '56, and '57 Tri-Fives they've currently have out

    Classic Crusers kits like the '32 Fords, '82 Corvette, '37 Ford, '55 F-100, Plymouth Prowler, VW Beetle, '64 GTO

    '06 Dodge Magnum, Chevy SSR, and Aerovette (weren't those discontuned years ago?)

    '72 Olds Cutlass and Hurst 442's (the first one I got)

    Monogram SSP reissue kits such as the Street Fighter, Ice T, and T'ranchula.

    All the glue kits were $14.99, Classic Crusers were $11.49, and the snappers were $9.99!

    They had more in the diecast car isle, but they were the same ol shat they had for months... with the $18.99 tags on them.

    I got the Olds Cutlass 2-in-1 and some quick & easy primer all for $25! what you would pay at the LHS just for the kit alone.

    This is NOT a holiday thing, some locations still have model kits, most with very small slections while others may have squat. Check your local stores around your aera.

    MPC '69 Daytona....anyone got one?

    in WIP: Model Cars

    Posted

    I built one of these about 4 years ago. IIRC, it was the J/L issue w/ Diecast car K-B had for $2.00 before they went under.

    MY GOD IT WAS HORRIBLE!!!!!

    Nothing fit at all!; the sloppy ased nosepiece and shoddy decals were the worst parts of the kit. My dad made me get it for the J/L diecast car being they go for almost $8.00 new. (and he's a big collector of them, along with hot wheels and matchbox)

    However, with some creatative thinking, I was able to MAKE something halfway stellar out of it by simply discarding most of it's contents, aside from the body, body parts, and interior; and using the frame from the Revell '69 Charger and engine compartment from the '68 GTX. Along with combineing two Mitsubishi Eclipse 4-bangers to make some crazy DOHC V8, but failed at it.

    Oh boy, did it need alot of smoothing and filling out!!! This one was my first experience using putty and while the results were mediocer, it did look better than it did just slapping the parts on like the boxart car has.

    Unfortunitly, I messed up the paint while applying some gloppy metallic purple, so I took some paint thinner to it. While it was very effective, it melted the body because I found out the hard way paint thinner is too powerfull on styrene. So I scraped the rest and used some of the parts on later projects.

    Cheap ways to save on paint/polshing

    in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials

    Posted

    Last time I picked up a can of Tamiya at Hobby Town it was over $7.00 ( no price tag), The guy at the counter said, "If you have to ask, " bla bla bla.

    My LHS is around $6.50 for the colors and $8.00 for the primer. Some other LHS's around me charge between $9-17 for the colors and primers! Due to the issues getting them, and their distrubitors raiseing the prices because import fees went up and such BS.

    I get Tamiyas colors ocasionaly, but I have tried their primer once and it's pretty good. But not that great for $9.75, and then the amount you get?! I get identical results from the Sears Primer and could obtain 10 cans of it for about $15, and have them last a couple months.

    Revell 77 GMC wrecker truck

    in Truck Kit News & Reviews

    Posted · Edited by V-spec

    From what i've seen, it looks like a repop of the 1994 issue with new decals. Not a bad thing certanly, but for the price I was expecting them to at very least retool the engine compartment and add bits from the 78 pick-up the released not too long ago. But that's just Ms picky-Rachile speaking here.

    Cheap ways to save on paint/polshing

    in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials

    Posted

    Hey Guys. Incase yer out of tamiya paint and can't find it, or want to try something thats just as good or better and cheaper. LOOK HERE!

    This is the folowing paints I use

    Sears "quick 'n easy" primer (costs $1.69 at Sears Hardware or K-Mart) is awsome stuff. It is the best primer I have EVER used!!! Sprays on even and somewhat thick, but drys smooth and dosen't craze the plastic!

    For the base colors, I use the 99. Wal-Mart/Color Place paints and the Krylon spray paints sold there too for the desired color. Sometimes I use Valspar and/or Rustoluem paints.

    For sliver painted parts and sometimes bodycolors, I use Dutch Boy ($2.79 at Sears Hardware) and Rustoluem sprays.

    For the metalic/specal colors, I use hobby paints such as Tamiya, Testors one coat Lacquer (which can range from $4.99-$6.99), Rustolouem, and/or automotive paints (which are around the same price range or less).

    Instead of using testors or tamiya base primers/base color paints, which are extremely pricey for a base primer/paint (Yeah, saw that topic. Made me feel like not the only one going with cheaper alternitives). I use the big cheap sprays (from wal-mart, Sears, and/or anybody that has those type of paints cheap) for the base primer/color coat, then (if I want) the hobby paints for the metalic/specal colors.

    For polishing, I use good ol solid white toothpaste (don't get the transparent sparkle stuff) and a rag to polish the painted body/part to be futured.

    For a clear coat, I use Future Floor Wax (also know as Pledge Floor Wax with Future Shine). Real easy to apply with foam brushes or q-tips and if you mess up, I heard you can strip it with windex.

    For applying brush painted parts, sometimes q-tips work or buying a cheap brush set from michaels, trimming them and being done with them or clean them.

    While the Testors sprays are no good (cept the Lacquers) and being Tamiya bottle paints run from $5.50+, the Testors small bottles (and the model masters) are still good for what they are if you can get them for 50%off.

    Incase your paintjob goes in the other direction, you can use Purple Power as it's the safest of the bunch and very effective on most paints (wear gloves anda mask though).

    Hope this helps.

    Be well all

    V,

    What are the worst kits you've ever built?

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    AMT's 63 IMPY does come to mind. Why, cause the 2003 issue I built (and thankfully only paid .50 on clearence for) looked like an imp!!!

    Revell's kit from 2000 (and recently issued as the Cali-wheels 2-in-1) Is MILES ahead of that 'ol POS, though the only thing wrong is the molded head/intake manuifold that gets ploped ontop of the engine. But using the '64's parts solves that issue.

    1970 Dodge Charger

    in WIP: Model Cars

    Top 10 new/reissued kits for 2011

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    My top 11 for '11!

    11: Corvette ZR1 (Retool)

    10: Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR (Retool)

    9: 1970 Plymouth Superbird (Reissue)

    8: '85 Mustang SVO Coupe (Backdate retool from '93 Mustang SVT and 92' GT Convertable kits)

    7: AMT Diamond Rio Conventional

    6: Moebous Hudson Hornet

    5: International Lonestar Conventional

    4: (Tie) Revell Snap Tite Lamborghini Diablo Targa and Classic Crusers Diablo VT

    3: Revell '10 Shelby GT500

    2: Revell '10 Mustang Convertable

    1: Revell AG Volkswagon Golf (I only got the tuner series issue, does that count?)

    Will Revell-o-gram bring out a 1970 Dodge Charger anytime soon?

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    They did the uber-rare F&F diecat a decade ago, which was far ahead of the horrorfudgous AMT kit! So how 'bout taking their magnificant '69 kit, modfying the front end and F&F '70 grille to a stock unit, adding the side scoops, and adding a 2-in-1 option with parts from the F&F kit or the '68?

    Sounds like a good idea right? I mean Chargers are popluar and tooling it into the 70 wouldn't be too costly if it sells well. Maybe if Revell-o-grams marketing department is reading this, this will give them incentive to do so, or to just make plans for a GEARZ '57 Bel-Air ratshowrod kit and hope it sells to 9 year olds.

    Show me the 4 bangers!

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    Whew! Though for a second this was some kind of "dirty" thread like the batman one, but it relates to the unique and consistant four cylinder motor. So t'ings are a-OK here!!

    I have some 4 bangers, but most of them were from my early years and have suffered their fate of being scrapped! Though I may have some surviveing ones around somewere to show off.

    What did you get today? (Model Car Related Items)

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    Today when I was at my local Michaels, I saw and bought the new-ish Cali-wheels 63 Impala 2-in-1 that rang up as a 64 Impala Lowrider on the product listing for 17.99, but got it at $9.70 witha 50%off coupon (Hellz Yeah!!!!)

    And to make things better... I saw a opened 64 Impala Lowrider kit and asked the cashier if I would recieve any discount, being the product was opened and missing the wheels. It rang up $14.99 and she applied a 20% off "scratch and dent item discount" (making it $12.60) along with the coupon on the '63. Of course along with two bottles of paint and a 400pc brush set for a $1.20, came up to around $27.66 with tax, which most LHS's charge with tax for just the '63 Impy alone!

    Dat made my day!!

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