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Got these at the show yesterday. I've been wanting a '59 retractable roof Ford for a while, and also had wanted another Mustang trio kit for a while as well. Towards the end of the show while people were packing up, I spotted a '78 2 door Monaco that I just had to have. Someone built it with a Hemi and max wedge headers, and cragars. Front wheels are gone but the rest of the car is there. Also picked up a Chevy Monte Carlo Nascar for 3 bucks for my future Nascarlo project. Here's some pics.

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Went to the LHS to get some paint, namely all of the Blacks in the TS line minus the metallic , and of course, they only had one of them( better then  the HTUSA) that had none of them, anyways, not sure how I ended up wit the Alfa kit lol

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A quick trip to the local Hobby Lobby and I picked up the Cushman Duster with a 40% off coupon....

And, the AMT TeeVee Dune Buggy was on clearout at $14.99....

:)

If you don't know already, the engine from the TeeVee is a little bit of a PITA. Sand everything flat, strip the chrome, ignore all mounting pins. 

Or do what I did and take the whole engine and hanger from a Revell Beetle and graft it on. B)

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Against my better judgement, I went ahead & placed a bid on this little gem today just on a whim.

As is usual for me, when a bid on a whim, I usually win the auction. :P

Not a bad price, depending on what's under all of that dirt.

I'll just have to wait & see when it gets here.

 

Steve

 

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The '65 Mercury came today!

Looks very nice, & very dirty!!

The only issues I can see from a preliminary inspection are a small chip out of the back corner of the hood where a hinge was broken off, & the missing stock hubcaps.

The broken hinge is still there, so it should be easily repaired & I'll just have to keep my antenna up for a set of hub caps.

 

Steve

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3 AMT-ERTL kits from the 1990s at a local flea market.  All 3 are open, but complete with all the inside parts bags still sealed.  Price was $8 each:

AMT-ERTL #31926 62 Chevy Bel Air - stock version.

AMT-ERTL #31741 65 Chevy El Camino - for anyone wondering, this version does have the big camper. Though it's not mentioned on the box.

AMT-ERTL #38373 66 Nova, 2006 "Resto Rod" issue - I always buy these Novas when I see them cheap. The chassis can be used under older kits, and it has that neat engine stand and stripped small-block Chevy. 

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Went to my LHS and picked up some Tamiya Aluminum acrylic, thanks to the little discussion on the silver paint thread, plus Ford Blue acrylic for the SOHC engine I got last week for the '58 Fairlane.

(That engine turned out to be a mess when it arrived - it was glued to the '68 Cobra chassis using two other cylinder heads as engine mounts :wacko: - but I got it dismantled, repaired it, and found a low-rise dual quad manifold in my stash of incomplete SOHC engines.)

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  • ranma changed the title to Bought two totes with model's in them at the US 127 Garage sales:: here's what was inside of them...

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