Nells250 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Is that the Protar one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Yup, Protar 205. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nells250 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Now I realize I want to get aftermarket decals... and they cost as much as the model kit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 How does the Ford GT kit look to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nells250 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 I haven't opened it yet. Did just read that the Revell Germany version supposedly has better decals and instruction sheet (ooooops). Since I haven't built in a while I don't feel like trying that paint scheme, so I am thinking THIS ONE: ... but again, the price of these decal sheets is NUTS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) Suddenly it's 1961! My haul from the SCMA show yesterday. Found some Grails, including that '61 Corvair Monza hardtop in its original box w/extra parts, and the built '61 Corvair convertible. The '61 Tempest had side exhausts glued on with Elmer's, that'll buff right out. And the rear valence panel is missing, but that's findable. The AMT '63 Vette is an original with working headlights, and its brother is an AMT '64. The '60 El Camino has a clean bed with nothing ever glued into it, which is very hard to find. The red monster is a Revell '62 4-door Dodge Dart that looks complete. And the yellow monster is a '69 Firebird convertible, price one whole dollar. The Jeep Commando box, as the sticker says, has a mint-condition older Jeepster body inside plus parts from 2 or 3 more Jeepster kits. Since I have "Ford v Ferrari Fever" like everybody else, I was happy to find that Revell (ex-Aurora) early GT-40. Edited January 19, 2020 by Mike999 goof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Man, talk about some swell loot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Haven’t been able to find my good scriber for, ohh, a year so I finally relented and decided to buy another so that the first one will come out of hiding ?? Never used the Tamiya one but apparently it’s decent...ordered at 12pm and here by 3!?! Incredible service - I can’t even get to the local hobby shop and back that fast ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, Mike999 said: Suddenly it's 1961! My haul from the SCMA show yesterday. Found some Grails, including that '61 Corvair Monza hardtop in its original box w/extra parts, and the built '61 Corvair convertible. Man! Did you buy the entire swap meet?! ? You done real good! I know a bunch of folks that were headed to that show.... do you know Tom Valenta and Sarge Hollen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Just now, CabDriver said: Haven’t been able to find my good scriber for, ohh, a year so I finally relented and decided to buy another so that the first one will come out of hiding ?? Never used the Tamiya one but apparently it’s decent...ordered at 12pm and here by 3!?! Incredible service - I can’t even get to the local hobby shop and back that fast ? Yea that strategy worked for me! I couldn't find my scriber, bought another and guess what popped up? It's good to have two of everything just for this reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Just now, Tom Geiger said: Yea that strategy worked for me! I couldn't find my scriber, bought another and guess what popped up? It's good to have two of everything just for this reason. I strategically bought a different type to the one I have - so when the other one turns up I’ll have two different kinds at my disposal ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: Man! Did you buy the entire swap meet?! ? You done real good! I know a bunch of folks that were headed to that show.... do you know Tom Valenta and Sarge Hollen? Thanks, Tom! Just lucky. This show had a lot of vendors selling old built-ups. No, sorry I don't know those guys personally. Edited January 19, 2020 by Mike999 goof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) I was browsing my kind of local hobby store today and found myself a Tamiya Aston Martin DBS For a decent price 54£. Was looking at eBay and saw they were taking over hundred pounds so I believe I got a decent deal. I didn’t intend to buy a model but I couldn’t resist since it was the DBS dot I were at the factory in 2006 For three weeks and built the 1:1 db9. And also rode in a bunch of Astons Through the press garage at the factory.I even had great luck to be able to work on one of those with disassembling the whole driveline to be able to change some parts. So I couldn’t pass up on this kit! And I might need to get a full photo etched for it... Edited January 20, 2020 by Mattilacken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 22 hours ago, Mike999 said: Suddenly it's 1961! My haul from the SCMA show yesterday. Found some Grails, including that '61 Corvair Monza hardtop in its original box w/extra parts, and the built '61 Corvair convertible. The '61 Tempest had side exhausts glued on with Elmer's, that'll buff right out. And the rear valence panel is missing, but that's findable. The AMT '63 Vette is an original with working headlights, and its brother is an AMT '64. The '60 El Camino has a clean bed with nothing ever glued into it, which is very hard to find. The red monster is a Revell '62 4-door Dodge Dart that looks complete. And the yellow monster is a '69 Firebird convertible, price one whole dollar. The Jeep Commando box, as the sticker says, has a mint-condition older Jeepster body inside plus parts from 2 or 3 more Jeepster kits. Since I have "Ford v Ferrari Fever" like everybody else, I was happy to find that Revell (ex-Aurora) early GT-40. Great looking haul. If the MPC Dodge is going to be anything other than a CHP I would be interested in the decals, maybe I have something to trade that will help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 1/19/2020 at 6:02 AM, 64SS350 said: Got these at model show yesterday Nice haul 22 hours ago, Mike999 said: Suddenly it's 1961! My haul from the SCMA show yesterday. Found some Grails, including that '61 Corvair Monza hardtop in its original box w/extra parts, and the built '61 Corvair convertible. The '61 Tempest had side exhausts glued on with Elmer's, that'll buff right out. And the rear valence panel is missing, but that's findable. The AMT '63 Vette is an original with working headlights, and its brother is an AMT '64. The '60 El Camino has a clean bed with nothing ever glued into it, which is very hard to find. The red monster is a Revell '62 4-door Dodge Dart that looks complete. And the yellow monster is a '69 Firebird convertible, price one whole dollar. The Jeep Commando box, as the sticker says, has a mint-condition older Jeepster body inside plus parts from 2 or 3 more Jeepster kits. Since I have "Ford v Ferrari Fever" like everybody else, I was happy to find that Revell (ex-Aurora) early GT-40. wow, great haul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nells250 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Mattilacken said: ... For a decent price 54£. Was looking at eBay and saw they were taking over hundred pounds so I believe I got a decent deal. I got $85.00 for mine (along with a small sheet of etch) on Ebay, so YES you got a deal! MIKE999 - have you ever built one of those MPC Dodge's? I did years ago and you may want to see if more correct wheels are still available via aftermarket. The kit ones are silly-deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Nells250 said: MIKE999 - have you ever built one of those MPC Dodge's? I did years ago and you may want to see if more correct wheels are still available via aftermarket. The kit ones are silly-deep. Round 2 fixed that in this version of the Dodge Monaco, and got rid of those crazy deep-dish wheels. I have the older "Joker/Gotham Police" Monaco with the wheels you're talking about. 2 hours ago, espo said: Great looking haul. If the MPC Dodge is going to be anything other than a CHP I would be interested in the decals, maybe I have something to trade that will help you. Thanks but I'll probably build it out of the box and use the decals. They look pretty good, from the online reviews. If you need CHP decals there are some on eBay. Or Lindberg did a CHP version of its Crown Vic with good decals. Those kits are easy to find and fairly cheap. Or somebody may have a set they didn't use. Also, thanks for the nice comments from everybody on the "haul." I really lucked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) The deep wheels are still in the box also (CHP Monaco)..I think I may get a set of the slotted police style wheels and hub caps from Fireball Modelworks. The new parts Round 2 included aren't the '77-78 style. Edited January 20, 2020 by Rob Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 54 minutes ago, Mike999 said: Round 2 fixed that in this version of the Dodge Monaco, and got rid of those crazy deep-dish wheels. I have the older "Joker/Gotham Police" Monaco with the wheels you're talking about. Thanks but I'll probably build it out of the box and use the decals. They look pretty good, from the online reviews. If you need CHP decals there are some on eBay. Or Lindberg did a CHP version of its Crown Vic with good decals. Those kits are easy to find and fairly cheap. Or somebody may have a set they didn't use. Also, thanks for the nice comments from everybody on the "haul." I really lucked out. Good luck on your CHP Dodge, I would like to see that build. My deal is a '50 Olds CHP car and I have decals from Chimneyville Hobbies and the Mustang LX coupe from Revell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Tuttle Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Mattilacken said: I was browsing my kind of local hobby store today Which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnut Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I picked this up last Saturday at my local LHS. I’ve built one of these before when the glue kit first came out as a 2016, so I kind of know what I’m up against. These are really sinister looking when you build them right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 3 hours ago, carnut said: I picked this up last Saturday at my local LHS. I’ve built one of these before when the glue kit first came out as a 2016, so I kind of know what I’m up against. These are really sinister looking when you build them right. I like that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Got some 150 grit sandpaper and and some Sodium hydroxide to improve my Purple Power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 6 hours ago, Cpt Tuttle said: Which one? Modelhobby in Luleå ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modlbldr Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Came into the lunchroom at work to find these waiting for me. A guy picked them up for me at a thrift store. The Mustang was done by someone who is in the hobby. Wired engine, BMF. Just need a good and bumpers and a little cleanup. Now to figure out who the guy is on this site that builds the hover vehicles. The white sprue tree looks like it would be good parts for that. Later- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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