ChrisBcritter

Well, I went to the source and asked about the four kits I mentioned, plus the other Craftsman series promo tools, and got a response from JohnG: So at least if I dig up any of those kits, I won't feel bad about paying a premium for them.

There was one of these that used to show up at the World of Wheels car show in Chicago every year (early to-mid-1970s); looked identical in the roof shortening and quarter windows but was painted silver with a black vinyl top and tonneau. I recall one of the welds on the quarter windows wasn't ground down all the way. Wonder if it's the same car?

That was Fear is the Key:

It was the first day of the sale and I didn't feel much like haggling, but maybe I'll check back on them later today. I still have most of a '74 Pinto I'd just as soon trade off anyway...

On the way to dinner saw a sharp white '65 Vette convertible with the top down, the driver enjoying a rare mild summer day.

Same here - the estate sale I was at this morning had an AMT '72 Pinto for $15.00 and an Aurora Battle Aces of the Road Porsche "Messerschmidt" (sic) for $20.00. Looked inside to find both kits had been started, clumsily, and the Pinto lacked a body. When one of the sellers asked if I was interested, I explained to him just why I wasn't, and surprisingly he was apologetic about it. Guess there are a few good eggs out there.

See? This all goes back to what I've said before about giving us hobbyists some definitive information about what molds do and don't exist so we'll know what to ask for. I'd really like to see what's up with the '61 Ford convertible that was last reissued in the late sixties; ditto the '59 Buick and '62 Galaxie hardtops that were also reissued then, at the same time as cars that we do know the molds survive today ('61 Styline Galaxie coupe, '62 Buick Electra, '61 Ranchero). I do appreciate that they've given us this tidbit.

Scored these at an estate sale this morning for 50 cents each: Corgi '65 Imperial convertible (missing the golf bag), Tekno Monza GT, and Corgi James Bond Aston Martin (missing two tires and the enemy agent). Had the Imperial when I was a kid and always wanted another.

I just ran the license number of that Mustang through the CA DMV site - last passed smog testing in January: Wonder who owns it and if it's still painted this way?

Stock wheelcovers are there: Wheel backs, bucket seats and stock hood are missing. The label at the top is hard to read, but partly legible is "Poor"/"Rust all over". Anyone have an unbuilt stock F-85 with the parts on the trees that could be laid out and photographed to match this?

Just picked up some Scotch brand vinyl tape in both red and white that looks promising; let's see what the circle cutter does to it.

Sold for $178.49.

Anybody else wonder what sort of collision this was? Certainly not a single point impact. Looks like he got airborne and crashed through a whole lot of heavy tree limbs rather than hit the tree trunk. Edit: Looks like several of us were wondering the same thing. Anyway, shouldn't be too hard to check court records to ID the thief and find out how badly he was (hopefully) injured.

If the AMT molds for this are still around someplace and can be brought back to stock: ...it could be rereleased as the Old Man's car from Pawn Stars: And the same deal with the '65 Continental. Seems like a natural; something for the cast members to autograph for their fans (and the rest of us to build). By the way, if you want to be picky, the wheelcovers on the kit were not changed from '65; you'd have to get a set of Jo-Han '67-'68 Imperial wheelcovers to be correct for '66. (Could this be a first? Two TV cars from the same kit.)

As I was saying, we really need a good '34 Chevy 5-window kit: And so you can examine the details, a few more frame grabs:

Oops! I'll repost the still to the other thread. Mods please feel free to delete or merge this one.

Looks like "rm craft". Slot car body kit?

Case in point: Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akX3Is3qBpw#t=110

Isn't this a Poly engine? Danbury Mint '57 Dodge Sweptline parts. Just sold for ten bucks on eBay:

Stopped at Hobby Town USA and picked up some paint for the '62 Impala convertible. Will Testor's Gloss Metallic Gold enamel work okay over Tamiya primer, or should I use something else? Also won a complete built engine from the AMT '63 Nova wagon on eBay.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/crime-and-justice/Betsy+stolen+Corvette+located+police/10056600/story.html I hope so.

Does that go for all the AMT AWB drag cars? Aren't they pretty much the same underneath? (I've had two Rat Packers but I bought them for their bodies and deep-sixed the rest.)

I picked up one of those as well; the body looks like I could improve it by cutting it vertically just behind the door almost to the top of the doors and spreading it apart at the bottom, sticking a wedge in wide enough to take out the kink in the body and filling it in. Anyone tried to fix this issue?

Revell '56 Chevy. First time I'd gotten a kit with a chassis so warped it was unbuildable; not to mention the syrupy-looking chrome tree. Palmer kits? They looked cheap on their boxes, so I wasn't expecting much anyway. (Though if anyone has a '64 Plymouth Sport Fury body... please let me know!) At least I didn't feel bad about building them quick and playing with them to death in the backyard. Jo-Han '63 Rambler and '62 Studebaker: Beautifully executed, accurate, crisp moldings. So why were they so BIG? Try displaying one next to an AMT Falcon or Corvair.

What happened in Oregon wasn't surprising - my ex-boss's Range Rover was stolen from his house in Arch Cape by a friend of the tenant, who sold it to somebody, who sold it to somebody else - and the judge let the last buyer keep the vehicle even though it was reported stolen. Did I mention Oregon doesn't like folks from California very much?