THarrison351

Looks good so far!

That was exactly what I thought!

Here's my take on this inexpensive diecast from MotorMax. I believe there is another thread where someone is doing a justifiable makeover. Mine is just a few paint touch-ups to make it nicer. Sanded those tires too Snake! Some black in the grills and around the A-pillars; chrome on the lugnuts. A little black in the exhaust tips. It's strange the way they molded the trumpets. Some paint detailing on this toyish interior and painted that rear view mirror that was molded clear! Almost a flat plate!

I believe it falls somewhere closer to 1/27. It's only a little over 8 1/2 inches long

Very Nice!

I've had this for quite awhile. I brought it back with me from Canada. I had a white one to start with, but when I took it out of the box, the mirror I couldn't see, was broken off. So, I went back to WalMart and got this red one. I just did a little painting and polishing. There was a lot of stray black paint on the red. It would have been nice to have the rear doors open, but what do you expect for $10. Before pictures: After paint and polish:

When I was in Montreal, a southern trip down to the Hobby Lobby in Plattsburgh, New York yielded several close out models, including a Squadron Models P-51D Mustang "Stinger VII" of the 45th Fighter Squadron, 15th Fighter Group 20th U.S. Army Air Force, South Field, Iwo-Jima, Japan, June 1945. It was pre-decorated and looked surprisingly well detailed. So, in just a couple of hours and some glue and touch up paint. I had a nice little airplane model. It had been over thirty years since I had built my last model aircraft. I used to have a large collection before my son was born. I mainly built in 1/48 scale, but occasionally built 1/72 too. These are all 1/72. With the world in it's current state and all this upcoming time on my hand, I was looking for a different avenue of interest. I had seen more of the Squadron Models aircraft on the shelf at Hobby Lobby and I picked up the P-40B Warhawk of the 3rd Squadron Hell's Angels, Flying Tigers 1942 and the F4U-4 Corsair of the VMF-323 Death Rattlers U.S.M.C. 1951. These piqued my interest and made me wonder if there were more aircraft available. Turns out there are more available, so I ordered five through Trains and Toy Soldiers and eBay. F4F-4 Wildcat Vf-41 Jet USS Ranger 1941. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb RF-D BM144, Great Britain, 303 Sqn (Poland), RAF 1942. Focke-Wulf FW 190 A-8 "Red 19" Base on Reich 1944 36361. Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Big A$$ Bird II", Maj. Howard Park, 513th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group, 1945. North American F-86F Sabre, 334FS USAF, Pilot Maj. James Jabara, July 1953. The origins of these kits are Hobby Boss models. From what I can tell, they are part of company that also owns Trumpeter models. Doyusha also distributed these at one time in unbuilt kits, pre-decorated form, and built models. They also have made many more versions, but they appear to no longer be making them anymore. Those kits that are still out there and can be very expensive. Completed versions in several more paint schemes are available from Easy Model (a part of Trumpeter too). I have to say these models are easy to build and the only thing that I need to complete them is add some antenna cables. Also note the F-86 needed weight added to stay on the nose landing gear. Front row left to right: FW 190, P-40B Warhawk, F4F-4 Wildcat, middle row left to right: F4U-4 Corsair, P-51D Mustang, P-47D Thunderbolt, Spitfire Mk.Vb, back row: F-86F Sabre

The Ala-Kart pictured is a Danbury Mint diecast

I've only repainted NASCAR diecast and this is pretty much the method I've used. Follow my Fotki link and check my NASCAR folder with a few, a Carl Edwards sub folder with some and there's a Bill Elliott sub'folder with diecast. Those are the ones I have pictures currently. I've stripped and painted more.

Great review Gary! I really liked the look of that 356 Super 90 Cabriolet. I'm going to have to seek out one for myself.

May have been part of the Richard Petty Driving Experience. I don't know when it started.

Good looking Capri!

To this day, I think that was the best looking Daytona of them all! The blue paint really looks great!

This came in today. 1941 Lincoln Continental by Franklin Mint. Seller mislisted as a 1943. Lincoln and for that matter, no domestic auto manufacturer built cars for public consumption in 1943. No one else bid and I won. Looks like it's never been in a dusty environment. It came complete, all boxes, accessories and paperwork. I've been looking for one of the LEs as a replacement for my maroon version. I've had it for awhile, as one of the first mint cars I purchased. It came dirty and broken, but complete. Had to glue on mirrors, hood ornament, and a bumper. Never really dis a good job cleaning it now that I've pulled it back out of the box. It was shoved off a shelf a couple of years ago and busted off everything I fixed, plus the other bumper. Spent this afternoon gluing parts back on to sell it. This Darian Blue LE version is really nice. The fact that it's essentially new, and unblemished is great, but they updated it too with the scripts that were never on the maroon version. The hood and trunk lid stay open now as well. I might do a separate thread for it. We'll have to see.

That is one amazing Belair! You have amassed quite a collection of pre-war cars. Impressive!

Our mayor (Wichita, KS) has declared no gatherings of more than 250 people until further notice.

This arrived yesterday. Bobby Allison's 1969 Dodge Charger Superbird owned by Mario Rossi. It looks even better than the pictures! The gold really pops! Other than the colors, it's like the other University of Racing Legends cars I posted in a separate thread. I have no idea what's next from Icons.

That's very nice for 1/43 scale Randy! Or any scale really.

I have a version of this in tan and black from Snap On. They're nice little trucks. I like your blue version better.

A friend of my wife once said this and I'm not kidding …watching you like a fine tuned glove. I broke it down: …watching you like a hawk. … with a fine-toothed comb. …wear it like a glove. …like a finely tuned instrument. Yogi Berra would have loved it!

I picked this up last week from Walmart. I have a few of the M2 Machines 1970 Mustangs. Such as the Boss 429s, Boss 302s with Shaker hoods, Mach 1s and the Twister Special. This one looked unique because the hood was flat and there is no wing or Sport Slats. Three things you rarely find missing altogether on a Boss 302. The color was interesting and is closest to Medium Blue or There She Blue, but it has a little pearl in it. Once I got it out of the box, there were a few disappointments. The Boss stripe was funky on the LH side, so I fixed that with some polish. The wipers were bent off the windshield, and like my Challenger T/A, the interior had brown paint all over the place. There must be something wrong at the painting department. The last two items of note were the wheels were poorly painted and the right rear tire has a green tint to it. I fixed the wiper blades as best as I could and painted them silver. Fixed all the brown spots in the interior and added some chrome trim. I wish I had my old camera, this one doesn't flash the interior as well. Painted the wheels and chassis and hit the pins on the back of the headlights with white paint. I couldn't do anything with the tire. No alcohol or other solvents seemed to have an effect on the green tint. I pulled out a Franklin Mint 1969 Boss 302 that I bought a couple of years ago to compare and it's not bad. I'm much happier with it now. Before Before Before Franklin Mint 1969 Boss 302 for comparison. Oddly enough, this version was sold through Walmart. I got it off of eBay a couple of years ago. The box was covered in a layer of kitchen grease and dust, Cleaned up pretty good.

The Wix 67 GTO is an Icon if I remember correctly. I have the University of Racing 1966 Royal Bobcat Pontiac GTO. They're very nice!

As I stated previously in a "What did you get today?" thread, I was always put off by the wheel choice for the M2 Machines 1970 Challenger T/A. Instead of using the more popular rally wheels used on the "Cuda and Challengers previously released, they chose to use chrome steel wheels and chrome dog dish hub caps with huge chunks of sprue attached. They look terrible as is to me and I never bought any. So, a couple of weeks ago I was in Walmart and saw this orange T/A and liked it's looks. If I could just paint the wheels a little, maybe it would appeal to me. After I got it home and out of the package, I realized it needed more help. I'm guessing the worker was unfamiliar with how round headlights look as far as indexing is concerned. In fact the whole model is full of sloppy faults. I almost took it back, but it was the only one and I liked the orange color. The front valence was mangled and bent so the spoiler had a gap under it. the fuel filler cap was glued in sideways and there was brown paint all over the steering wheel spokes and drivers door. I painted the wheels and hubcaps. A good decal would have been better on the hubcaps, but I'm OK with them. At least they're not solid chrome. There should be a deep dish trim ring on each wheel and the wheels should be staggered with wider tires in back. I straightened the mangled valence as best as I could, removed or painted over all the brown spots inside. The headlights were so heat sealed on the back side, there was no saving them. So they're going to stay as is. I did attempt to add a trim ring around the inner grill, but you can barely see it. I did get the fuel filler cap in straight. I also hit the back of the lens posts or what was left of them with white paint per Snakes advice. They do look better. Overall, I'm happy with how this turned out. Quality sure needs to improve at M2! I don't remember any of my older M2 cars looking this poorly built as these last couple. Before Before Before

I'm impressed!

Very Nice!