ChrisBcritter

Best wishes to him. Does your friend sell on eBay?

Cool! Keep us posted on that little gem.

No new stuff in or marked in Deerfield yet as of yesterday- there's one more marked-down Paasche airbrush left if someone still needs it.

OK - In the Scale (All) Stars we've had the Avanti, Ranchero, Mustang, and Stingray. '40 Ford sedan or '32 3-window early next year? Or '60 T-bird first?

Same guys also made I Wanna Hold Your Hand a year earlier - not as crude but still great screwball slapstick comedy. I've done the NJ license plates for that movie's '64 Caddy Fleetwood 75 limo if anyone wants to tackle some serious kitbashing:

August with Chad: "For our next 1/64 diorama, we have an impounded Nissan Skyline being loaded into a crusher..."

Here's one with lots of photos: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Used-Cars-Movie-Promo-Model-Kit-Columbia-Pictures-RARE/202363273511?hash=item2f1dca8127%3Ag%3Aln4AAOSwstNauC3x&_sop=10&_sacat=1188&_nkw=used+cars+movie&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313.TR2.TRC0.A0.H0.Xused+cars+movie.TRS0.TSS0&LH_TitleDesc=0|0 And one more: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Used-Cars-Movie-Promo-model-car-1-25-probably-the-2nd-RAREST-model/163137479347?hash=item25fbc062b3%3Ag%3Apu4AAOSwI99alxrn&_sop=10&_sacat=1188&_nkw=used+cars+movie&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313.TR2.TRC0.A0.H0.Xused+cars+movie.TRS0.TSS0&LH_TitleDesc=0|0

And a very funny instruction sheet. Really wish someone would scan it for Drastic Plastic's Fotki page. Scrounged from the net:

Quoting oldcarfan27 on thatz4u's '78 Cadillac thread: "FYI - look for the Lindberg 79 Cadillac hopper kit. The body is the old Johan tool, slight wheelbase adjustment for the hopper chassis. I know, because I have one and all the old Johan parts fit it exactly! Even has same tooling marks inside it. At least we know this Johan tool still exists. We should ask Round 2 to restore this classic kit." Never heard about this. What's more likely: Lindberg actually got the Jo-Han body mold somehow, or they cloned an original kit body right down to the tool marks?

Excellent tri-tone job! Those wheelcovers are from the Moebius '55 Chrysler 300.

Think Pink! Beautiful save, Gene - what tires are those?

Well, at least we still have vintagemodelcarparts and (to a lesser extent) sportfuryus...

All over! The H.A.M.B. is one of the best, especially the "Vintage shots from days gone by" thread (all 5000-some pages of it). I like finding really obscure ideas, like this one: This was on eBay; I passed because of the usual warp (sold for about $30) - but I saved the photos and did some Googling. Turns out Eddie's was a pretty swingin' joint in the '50s-''60s, and I guess some sign painter did this to show how he could letter the gofer-wagon. I'd like to recreate this one, maybe on a Flintstone Country Sedan.

So you've built the Tijuana Taxi?

That Ideal Continental is a real beaut! Now I know what Memory Lane Models mastered their repro promo from - they both have that odd quirk of the hood ornament being located almost a scale foot too far back.

Rick, I had no idea people raced these cars! Do you have any photos of the track and the other racers? Are any modifications allowed, and are there any speed secrets you'd care to share?

Frankly I miss the seller "floyd426rt" a lot more.

Trying to limit myself to the '64 Caddy and '58 Ford right now. If anyone else is building a '64, widening the track 5/16" is a big help with the stance... Ford's about ready for final assembly of the chassis.

The formal roof curbside hardtop - last seen as the Styline reissue of a few years ago.

Not gray - silver! Say what you like about the Flower Power series, the bottom line was it meant one last precious run of the '60 Merc, Pontiac and T-bird went through the molds for us to enjoy in the future (see also: '63 T-bird and '66 Skylark in the "Baja" series, and the '65 Olds 88 in the "Hijacker" series).

Pyro

Looking good! What's the length and width of your trailer? I wonder how it compares in size to the 1/24 Greenlights diecast.

Spotted three today in Northbrook: Sweet black '58 Coupe deVille at a body shop on Techny Road, a cleanly built fenderless maroon '29 A roadster turning north on Milwaukee Road, and a '76 Eldorado vert heading south on Pfingsten near Willow.

In progress: Dodge A-100 front end (lines right up with the Ford frame and gives poseable wheels) and '57 Ford 9-inch on '56 Ford rear springs (more arched) with extended shackles.

Why not? Promote it as a "Stephen Guthmiller build" with your excellent photos (very important), start with a low opening bid like $50 or $100 (even more important!) with a sub-$500 reserve if you like, and let the bids roll in. Quality sells itself. ETA: Probably skip the Buy it Now option - those high prices tend to scare off bidders from what I've seen.