Ramfins59 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Bill Geary (Mr. Obsessive) had a suggestion to start a thread asking "What did you get in your LAST Modelhaus order..?" It seemed like a good idea to me, so I'll start this off... My last order with Modelhaus was as follows; 1 1950 Nash kit, 1 1957 Desoto kit, 1 1957 Lincoln kit, 1 1959 Oldsmobile kit, 1 1956 Plymouth interior (to use in a 1955 Plymouth promo). I placed the order about a year before it was finally shipped, so I had plenty of time to squirrel away the $$$ to pay for it. For a couple of years prior to that, I had the foresight to order some things that I knew that I would be needing to stock up for future projects, such as; 2 sets of 1959 Dodge chromed taillight bezels, 4 1959 Dodge interiors (several of which will be used in 1955, 1958 & 1959 Desoto promos), 4 sets of chromed exterior mirrors (round & square), 2 pkgs. of assorted interior mirrors (unchromed - will use Molotow on them), 1 1951 Ford conversion set, 1 1952 Chevy conversion set. Other Modelhaus kits that I've gotten over the years as my budget permitted were; 1950 Cadillac, 1956 Cadillac, 1956 Mercury, 1957 Dodge, 1958 Buick, 1958 Ford, 1958 Lincoln, 1958 Mercury, 1958 Oldsmobile. The only things I regret not ordering were the several Nash Metropolitan kits for the 1950's years, but finances just didn't allow it. It should be interesting to see what goodies were received by fellow modelers before Modelhaus shut their doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I love these two and had to get ... may never build them as my health goes down. 49 Buick Roadmaster 49 Cadillac Series 62 Fastback Model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbt216 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 My last order was small; probably the smallest they received as a last order! Just some tires and wheelbacks for a '65 Chrysler 300 I had recently received at that time from Time Machine Resin. gt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 My last order was with the 'last call'........72 Torino grille and Javelin rear spoiler.....happy to get them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I had two orders- the first one was when they announced their retirement and I ordered a Dodge Crew Cab pickup and their Shasta camping trailer kit. Later, after every previous order was shipped and they had some surplus product left, I ordered some grilles, bumpers and wheels for various vehicles that I knew I would use (lt. trucks and GM cars). I also recently placed an order with Norm at RMCoM for some stuff in his catalog. I fear he will decide to retire one day soon and I wanted to get stuff before he did as he might not want to work for two additional years like Don and Carol did after he announces his retirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) Last order I made was small. A few sets of tail lights and a few different sets of promo style hubcaps for some late 50s annuals I have . I did manage to meet up with a gentleman in Phoenix this past spring ( Sorry,,,dont remember the mans name ) and he had a decent assortment of Modelhaus stuff. spent maybe $100 with him , mostly replacement Johan bumpers and grilles. I bought every grille and front bumper he had for the Johan 1970 Roadrunner and GTX kits Edited December 11, 2019 by gtx6970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapSat 6 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Just now, gtx6970 said: I bought every grille and front bumper he had for the Johan 1970 Roadrunner and GTX kits Oh- YOU'RE that guy, huh? ;) Actually, I bought quite a few '72 Road Runner grilles, bumpers, valences & taillights the last time around. & I got a '64 Custom Sports Special, which I'm really happy about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) My last order was the '56 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer kit. I sit sometimes and wish that I would have ordered more kits from Modelhaus. But then it occurred to me that I have bought several kits from Modelhaus over the past 25 years, and have not built a single one of them. It's probably best that I didn't spend another $1,000.00 on stuff that I will probably never finish. I mostly miss them for the occasional hard to find vintage replacement part, and the items that I ordered from them more than any other thing are still available..........the tires! Steve Edited December 11, 2019 by StevenGuthmiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Don't even remember what-all I ordered. And you probably won't believe this, but I haven't opened the box yet! Someday I'll NEED something in it, and I'll have a Christmas in the middle of the year. I do remember ordering a '68 Coronet kit, several '67 Camaro RS grilles (and a couple hoods), rear bumper for '63 Riviera, Javelin spoilers and several other '69-'70 Javelin parts, one or two '65 GTO headlights/bumpers, and a bunch of random stuff for '66 Skylarks and AMT '63-'67 Corvettes (which I have several of to restore). On "final final sale day," I scored a '66 Impala rear bumper. Later on I scored an otherwise nice promo that was missing only a rear bumper. I hope to have that one restored by the end of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 At the end, I realized that there wasn't time to take inventory of all my restorables to order parts from Modelhaus. So I decided just to get a few of their complete kits. The list started out long, and I finally culled it down to: 1957 Plymouth wagon 1962 Chrysler wagon 1965 Chevy wagon And no, I haven't done a darn thing with them yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 On the last day of the Modelhaus Final Farewell Grand Closing Event: Tucked 'em into the '69 Corvair box; they fit the AMT 13-inch tires just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1 model citizen Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I'm afraid I went overboard! 1957 Plymouth wagon, '57 DeSoto wagon, '60 Dodge wagon & hardtop, '61 Dodge Polara ht, '64 Dodge crew cab & 2 more trucks, '61 Imperial, '55 Metropolitan, Shasta & teardrop trailers, '59 Buick, '59 Chevy wagon, '61 Ford Starliner body & misc parts to restore a '61 Ford wagon promo. I have restored the Ford promo, haven't gotten to the rest. I too have the '49 Buick & Caddy as well as a '56 Dodge conv. Years ago I started a '61 Dodge wagon & wished I had gotten another as I want change it from a Polara to a Sennaca & can't bring myself to remove the "Polara" from the fenders & the other necessary modifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I had to think about this for a bit as most of what I have in models and kits are packed away in boxes and it can be a chore to dig through and see what's what. IIRC, when Don and Carol were taking orders for the last week of their site, I ordered their '76 Cadillac Coupe DeVille kit and a '70 AMX hood. I do believe it might have been the very last day the site was open that I ordered those. Later on when they had their "last call" of things that were left over, much to my surprise they had '64 Falcon taillights........something that I had wanted before their site closed, but got swiped out of them when the ordering page went wonky. So that was pretty much the last thing. MUCH needed and wanted taillights and looking back I wish I could have gotten a few more things in mind, but passed over them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Same here Bill, That final "last call" of left over parts had severe technical difficulties! I pretty much set up an order of a lot of Valiant kit parts, and couldn't get it to process! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToyLvr Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 5:23 PM, CapSat 6 said: Oh- YOU'RE that guy, huh? ;) Actually, I bought quite a few '72 Road Runner grilles, bumpers, valences & taillights the last time around. & I got a '64 Custom Sports Special, which I'm really happy about. Yeah, gtx6970 (Bill) beat me out on some parts when Modelhaus announced their last call. I wound up with just a ?front bumper for a ‘61 Pontiac bonneville, and a set of chrome taillight bezels for a ‘67 Ford. No immediate for the parts, but they’ll come in handy later. prior to that, I purchased the resin ‘76 Caddy coupe deVille and some misc chromed parts. like everyone else, I wished I had the finances to buy a lot more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 9 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: Same here Bill, That final "last call" of left over parts had severe technical difficulties! I pretty much set up an order of a lot of Valiant kit parts, and couldn't get it to process! Yah, that was a real mess. If there was ANYTHING on your list that was now out of stock (and stock was decreasing by the minute), it refused to process the whole order, and it wouldn't tell you what the problem was! You had to start all over and try to guess what was now gone. I had to go through it two or three times before I finally got an order to take. And when it came, it had an error--I ordered '66 Vette stock wheels and they sent '65s. I didn't bother to complain at that point; they had enough problems going on. I ended up using them to "sweeten the deal" on a swap I did with Gramps46, so it all worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 I too never got around to putting together a "master list" of "needs", nor did I get an order in after the initial retirement announcement. But I did think of a few things when the "last call" was announced last year. Of the things I did want, I only got two, one being a Jo-Han '72 442 rear bumper. I had a complete kit, but the place that replated the original bumper flubbed it, so I bought another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64Comet404 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I bought the '57 Dodge Hardtop, '57 DeSoto, '57 Plymouth Hardtop and 4 door sedan kits, and a pile of wheels, tires, and other assorted bits. I should have bought a '67 Cougar when I had the chance, but hindsight is 20/20... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1965 Dodge D100 Standard Pickup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I just order some tires and wheels a few weeks ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 62 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, 70 Ford Country Sedan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVZ2881 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 ‘71 Olds 442 Bumpers, and a W30 conversion kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimaxion Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 I am glad to share this too . AMC Modelhaus order , June , 2016 #1 AMC '61 Rambler Classic SW Tllts Clear Red f B/Grl r B * *I needed 1960 Parts , not '61 '64 American Lower Grille '68 Javelin Tllt Red Clear '69 Javelin Tllt Red Clear '67 AMC Ambassdor Grille * '67 " "" """ F b '67 " """ """ R b / tlb *I forgot the Hood Emblem '70 AMC AMX F b / Grl '70 "" "" R b tlb '70 "" "" Grille insert '74 AMC Javelin & Javelin AMX R b #3 FoMoCo Modelhaus June 2016 Parts Request '51 Ford Windsplits Tllts Red Clear '54/'55 Ford Str Whl (2 @ 2.00) '57 T-Bird Str Whl Headlights - Promo '58 T-Bird F b / Hd lts R b Grl Fender Ornmts (large 1960 Version) Promo Wheels * *Forgot to request Dash , Promo is too narrow . '63 Ford Fairlane Str Whl '65 Ford Fairlane Full Wheel Covers '69 T-Bird Promo Wheels Tllts Red Clear R b F b / Grl F Valance R Valance '71 T-Bird Tlts red Clear F b / Grl '60 Lincoln Continental Glass F b / Grll R b / Grll Full Wheel Covers '63 Lincoln Continental Hood Ornmt '61 Mercury Comet Fender Ornmt Promo Wheels T-255 , 13" Soft Resin Wide WHite Tires '62 Mercury Comet Fender Ornmt #4 GM Modelhaus June 2016 Parts Request Cadillac '77 - '79 Promo Wheels '66 Buick Special Tlts Str Whl '60 Chevrolet Corvair * F b R b F Valance R Valance '64 Corvair * Body Glass *To bash a '60 Coupe . Yes I cut up resin . '65 Chevy II R b Pick Ups Chevrolet '61 R tllts Chrome Hub Caps ; Full Whl Covwers Grl / Hdlts F TS / Parking Lights (in Hood) Hood Glass '63 Tllts Chrome Hood Glass F TS / Parking Lts (in Hood) Grille / Hdlts Cab Side Emblems F b Hub Caps/ Full Wheel Covers Dashboard #2 MoPar Modelhause June 2016 Parts Request '64 Dodge Polara Center Counsels (3 @ 2.50) , total '64 Plymouth Fury Center Councel '69 Plymouth Road Runner Conversion (A-12?) Somehow the order was fouled up . The Holthauses contacted me to fill the order . I was thrilled to receive everything I ordered . I did loose my place in line due to my Screw up . I appreciate the extra Effort and patience they extended me . As well the parts . Thank you is just not enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyardjeff Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Rims,tires and hubcaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I didn't buy anything when Modelhaus announced that they were retiring as I have 3 mint Modelhaus kits in my stash and really don't know if I'll ever get around to building them, especially at the rate I'm building now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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