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

[Ace-Garageguy]

11 minutes ago, unclescott58 said:

Yow! I think I've gone blind! The kit below came in today's mail. I opened it up and was blinded by the bright yellow plastic inside. Other than that it looks like a nice kit. 

Nice score. That little 1/87 car hauler looks great too.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

You guys really are killing me. Saw this on another thread, soooooo...the nice postman brought a box like this today...two kits at closeout prices.

[Tommy124]

Fortunately I was able to get one of these "gems" again:

Anybody wanna take a guess on what my favourite Porsche is...? (no, they are not all for me...)

[DPNM]

I doubt most of you will be excited but I am. I got another airbrush to add to my collection. It's a Binks Wren Model A. Single action, siphon feed. The second airbrush (and the first good one) I bought was a Binks Wren Model B almost 45 years ago and it's been my modelling airbrush "go-to" since. Among others, I now have the Model A, three Bs and a C, all they made so my Wren collection is complete. I found it on feeBay, made an offer and it was accepted. Cool beanies!

[tabsscale1]

Went to Mid America Nationals  last weekend and got these ModelHaus Tires. All of them have firestone in the whitewalls

[unclescott58]

Brought home a few goodies from our regular vendor at the MCCM (Model Car Club of Minnesota) meeting tonight.

 

[iamsuperdan]

On 10/9/2018 at 12:42 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Speaking of which...I finally found another one of these for a not-nuts price.

Every time someone posts one of these, I kick myself.

I traded the one I had last year. Can't even remember what I traded it for.

 

[NYLIBUD]

I was at a moving sale,and found a really nice collection of great diecast muscle cars in 1/18th scale..And one bright red perfect condition 1/18th F40 Ferrari.Which just so happens to be my favorite super car of all time.Now I've just got to make some more room on my shelves

[crazyjim]

Are those '48 Chevy kits rare?  I have 2 in my stash.

[bamadon]

13 hours ago, DPNM said:

I doubt most of you will be excited but I am. I got another airbrush to add to my collection. It's a Binks Wren Model A. Single action, siphon feed. The second airbrush (and the first good one) I bought was a Binks Wren Model B almost 45 years ago and it's been my modelling airbrush "go-to" since. Among others, I now have the Model A, three Bs and a C, all they made so my Wren collection is complete. I found it on feeBay, made an offer and it was accepted. Cool beanies!

I had one of those about 45 years ago as well. I really liked it. Not sure which model it was but doesn't matter since it was stolen along with a compressor from my garage years ago. I may have to look for a replacement now that you reminded me.

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 hours ago, crazyjim said:

Are those '48 Chevy kits rare?  I have 2 in my stash.

I don't know if they're exactly rare, but they are out-of-production, and most times they come up, the sellers want more than I'm willing to pay.

[Ace-Garageguy]

12 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Every time someone posts one of these, I kick myself...

Yeah, I bought one on a closeout some time back, cheap. Since then, I've been seeing the prices climb, so when something for a fairly "reasonable" price came up, I bit. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

13 hours ago, unclescott58 said:

Brought home a few goodies from our regular vendor at the MCCM (Model Car Club of Minnesota) meeting tonight.

Cool. Hope you'll do an open box review of the boat.

[Ace-Garageguy]

15 hours ago, tabsscale1 said:

Went to Mid America Nationals  last weekend and got these ModelHaus Tires. All of them have firestone in the whitewalls

That's a nice score. I'm still flogging myself for failing to order from M'haus before they closed.

[1930fordpickup]

40 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

That's a nice score. I'm still flogging myself for failing to order from M'haus before they closed.

I think the tries are now for sale again. 

[peter31a]

1 hour ago, 1930fordpickup said:

I think the tries are now for sale again. 

I think the difference is that the tires Todd showed have the Firestone logos which Modelhaus had to stop doing and I doubt the new ones produced will have the logos.

[slusher]

6 hours ago, crazyjim said:

Are those '48 Chevy kits rare?  I have 2 in my stash.

One for sale on eBay now 30 bucks...

[GeeBee]

Another one bought off eBay

[tabsscale1]

3 hours ago, peter31a said:

I think the difference is that the tires Todd showed have the Firestone logos which Modelhaus had to stop doing and I doubt the new ones produced will have the logos.

Yep that is the difference and the tires are going to be sold by his son and they don't have the firestone on them 

[martinfan5]

Decals....that I ordered in early July,  its all good though, Stoney's printer took a poop , but he got a new one and took care of everyone that had open orders so it was worth the wait , tons of respect to Jason Stonerock of Stoneys Customs.

[Rider]

Got these in the mail yesterday. 5, 1/4" full rolls and a partial, more then enough to last me a life time of building. 

Remember those hand held label makers from the 70's-80's that made up a label with white raised lettering like a credit card that were also self adhesive tape.  You could get them in widths from 1/4"-1/2". I beat some of you are thinking  'ya so, what do those have to do with building models'. About 8yrs ago when I was building a race car and scribing numerous straight lines using layered up masking tape I thought to myself, 'there has to be a better way to scribe straight lines'. Then I thought of this stuff, but had no idea what it was called. The thought was then forgotten until a recent conversation with member Faust, he revealed he has been using this method for years and the popular brand name of this stuff is Dymo Tape. A quick evilBay search resulted in a purchase of the rolls you see posted here. Not Dymo brand, but the same none the less, this stuff seems thinner and more flexible then I remember,  perhaps it is because it's only 1/4" and not the more common 3/8". 

So a huge thank you goes out to Adam aka Faust. 

Edited October 12, 2018 by Rider

[Rider]

15 hours ago, GeeBee said:

Another one bought off eBay

That looks to be a decent kit, at least the wheels and stance look proper. I am sure you'll do it justice Geoff. 

 

[1930fordpickup]

22 hours ago, peter31a said:

I think the difference is that the tires Todd showed have the Firestone logos which Modelhaus had to stop doing and I doubt the new ones produced will have the logos.

 

18 hours ago, tabsscale1 said:

Yep that is the difference and the tires are going to be sold by his son and they don't have the firestone on them 

Thank you  guys for getting me straight on this. Good to know. 

[Modlbldr]

On ‎10‎/‎10‎/‎2018 at 6:02 PM, DPNM said:

I doubt most of you will be excited but I am. I got another airbrush to add to my collection. It's a Binks Wren Model A. Single action, siphon feed. The second airbrush (and the first good one) I bought was a Binks Wren Model B almost 45 years ago and it's been my modelling airbrush "go-to" since. Among others, I now have the Model A, three Bs and a C, all they made so my Wren collection is complete. I found it on feeBay, made an offer and it was accepted. Cool beanies!

That was my first airbrush too. Not a bad little brush. I had a Binks compressor too. Paid $20 for the pair. Quietest compressor I've ever had. I gave it and the AB to a Buddy when he moved. Wish I still had it.

Later-

[Modlbldr]

On ‎10‎/‎10‎/‎2018 at 6:09 PM, tabsscale1 said:

Went to Mid America Nationals  last weekend and got these ModelHaus Tires. All of them have firestone in the whitewalls

Man! Nice Score! Wish I had a set of those 170's for my 40 Merc. (If you want to sell a set, please hit me up.)

Later-