slusher Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Y my wife got me this sign for my birthday to put on my hobby room door , Awesome Hobby Room Blair....wow and neat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Nice hobby room.....I mean sign!! I believe I saw a guy build a model of his hobby room that looked real similar to this. Do I have the right guy/ hobby room? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Fantastic hobby room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDO Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 "The lost Duesenberg"; Bandai's copy of a Monogram Duesie with a different body. Just won it on eBay. Sealed kit for $29. Sweet!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpletcher55 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 JOE ,I have not built a model of my room , thanks every one on the comments , it dose not all ways look that clean , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62rebel Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 not sure why, but i picked up a reissue Diamond Reo tractor kit on clearance. haven't done a big rig in years...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSHWoodworks Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) Stoped at my local hobby shop and as I walked up to the door I saw "store closing" signs all over, my heart sank : ( I go in, look around and pick out my models and paint and the talk with the owner, I asked he was indeed closing? He said closing was worst case, that he has a couple people that might help him out but business was just bad this year. We talked for a good while, something you can't do at a chain store. Please i realize its just the nature of the world today but please if you are from the pittsburgh area stop into AB Charles. Lets not sit back and watch another shop close. Everyone try to support your local shop. Ok off my soapbox.... I picked up the new release Cuda and the pro stock Camaro and some paint which is not exciting as the two kits. Edited July 21, 2014 by DSHWoodworks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 not sure why, but i picked up a reissue Diamond Reo tractor kit on clearance. haven't done a big rig in years...... Because there great kits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Hi all just bought this off ebay its a chancy buy as the box is badly rat/mouse eaten but never seen a kit like this before (metal and plastic) so thought I would give it a go. there are several bits off the sprue and the instructions are badly chewed but it appears to be all there anyone built one of these I paid 16 quid is that expensive or cheap I dont know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Interesting subject. Never seen one of those kits before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathgoblin Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 The metal Packard kit is really nice, if I remember it correctly. There was a series of them, the Packard, a Jaguar XK-120, 57 T-bird and an MG, again if memory serves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Packard is great kit, dual cowl body never offered in plastic, the styrene Monogram Packard is a phaeton, quite different. Chassis and chrome also vary from plastic kit. I've got a couple of each, and a resin conversion of the Duesy with correct clamshell hood like the real Whittell car it duplicated. There is a Duesenberg boattail in the series, also not offered in plastic in the styrene 3 Duesy series of Monogram. The T-Bird was a 56, same as plastic tool, as were the MG-TC, XK-120, and an incongruous metal model of a 53 Vette. These 4 never reissued in metal, and the 2 classics never seen again after first issue. The metal kits are very nice, that price is decent on your side of pond, here usually $20-25usd, occasionally $15. The 109 is nice too. Here's a pic of a built one, not mine, and a 1:1 car. Really nice looking classics. Lots of reference photos via Google. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Kenneth, I can second what Keyser posted. That Packard is a 1931 Model 745 Eight-cylinder dual cowl phaeton--and it's not really all that plentiful a kit either. It builds up, in quite the tradition of Monogram's Classic Car kits--in other words, very nicely indeed. You might want to take some time with primer and fine sandpaper to get a smoother surface on the metal castings, as those are done in Zamak, which tended to have a bit of a problem with miniscus--that is, a thin "skin" that forms on that metal quickly after it's melted for casting--not hard to do, I took care of in one I built a good 30 years or so ago. This one differs from the other Monogram Packard Phaeton, in that the all-styrene kit is of a 1930 Model 734 Speedster Phaeton, which being a Sport type body, has no second cowl or windshield for the rear seat area. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 "The lost Duesenberg"; Bandai's copy of a Monogram Duesie with a different body. Just won it on eBay. Sealed kit for $29. Sweet!. Almost sniped you, but freight was more than kit transatlantic. Article on a build out there, rear end could be longer IMO. Nice hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 a few hours in the pool with my wife after work today, better than anything I could buy........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks for all the info guys just hope it's all there and there are no crucial bits of the instructions that have been eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Got these coming in from ebay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubbs Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 my wife got me this sign for my birthday to put on my hobby room door , neat..... and I mean that literally!! i saw that same sign and showed the wife, she said it doesn't suite me because i never spend any time in my model room.....OUCH!! funny, i have the exact same door leading into my model room, but when i open my door, i get a whole nuther view!! if you don't mind, can we get a closeup of the bench, and maybe some of those models those trophies belong to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I love that little Chevelle police car. I got mine built up as you see it at a show. It comes out each year with my wife's Christmas Village. You have to learn to ignore scale when dealing with Christmas Village! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 It's not what I got but what I'll get.Saturday is my birthday(another decade shot in the rump!) and I'm taking the following week as vacation so it's gonna warrant a trip out to the Model Cave in Ypsilanti sometime during the next 10 days.I think I might get the Datsun 510 re-release(I already have the earlier street version re-issue) and whatever else might tickle me the right way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 My Trabant 601 Universal came in the mail today.. no doubt yesterday. I have been anxiously awaiting it's arrival, and my wife checked the mail yesterday but only found bills and flyers. What I didn't realize is that the box was odd shape and wouldn't fit in the mailbox down by the curb, so USPS delivered it to my seldom used front door. I checked there on a hunch just now, and there was my kit! It's very nice and I may just open it up and build it, leap frogging the hundreds of projects in my queue. One nice detail is seperate shoulder belt parts. I struggle to add shoulder belts in my models and these would be great if someone cast them... hint, hint! I do have Revell of Germany's two prior Trabbie releases, the recent Limosine that this kit is based on, as well as two of the older curbside kits. For those shopping prices I paid $17.95 for this one. Now I will stalk eBay for the new Ebbo Renaults! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I almost forgot the built up semi glue bombs I picked up at the Downriver club meeting last Friday- a Resin '57 Imperial hardtop(complete with front to rear smile in the hood-just like a promo!),a resin '63 Olds 88,and a slightly warped Johan Superbird. Some background on these-On the non modeling topics section of the forum I had mentioned earlier this year about one of club members being murdered.His family had been in contact with a couple of our members about disposing of his collection. The first batch of his extensive stash was what came to the meeting last Friday.I'm told we'll have several more batches and then the leftovers will be at the D.A.A.M. show in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I bought Lindberg's '64 Dodge 330, The Ramchargers version. I will use it as a donor kit for Jo-Han '64 Dodge Polara Super Stock and some of those decals will be used on Ramchargers Dragster by MPC that doesn't have all of the decals the real car had. At the same time I visited in another Hobby Shop and bought AMT's '70 Chevrolet Camaro. I bet this will surprise no one when I say that it will be built as a Stock Eliminator Drag Car. I also bought some Dymo-Tape to scribe in panel lines. It works really nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianguilly Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Been on my buy list for awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Thanks for all the info guys just hope it's all there and there are no crucial bits of the instructions that have been eaten. That kit is quite straight-forward, given the simplicity of automotive design back in its day--but if you can access an instruction sheet for either of the Monogram all styrene Packard Speedsters (Phaeton or Boattailed roadster), the chassis and engine assemble virtually identically to the metal bodied dual cowl phaeton you have. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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