JTalmage

I posted it on our Facebook event. But, if you're not on there, here's a file you can print and use.

Just a few days away!

Does this help any?

We're just under one month away!

You'd be surprised. Several of those factory dioramas have been sold. I know the guy who builds them.

Less than 2 months away. 16 vendor tables left!

May 4th 2024! See flyer for details!

Ahhhhh. I see. I was not aware of that. Neato

Hey all! Looking for *at least* the stock grille, headlights and bezels for the Ideal Toy Company motorized 1940 Mercury. If I could get an interior and chassis that would be a bonus! I'm trying to complete a chopped resin body I just got based off that car. Thank you!

Parts have been located thank you

Albert? You've lost me on that one.

Ever have a project that looms over your mind like a dark cloud, and it won't go away? This is that project. I bought it for 5 bucks at a swap meet because I wanted to build it and donate it to the Model T Museum in Richmond, IN. But it isn't my scale, and, let's be honest it's a less than great kit.... but... finally this evening I forced myself to start on it. I had intended on painting it and doing a slight amount of details on it.... but while I was trying to build it I was dealing with another issue for an event my club is participating in this weekend and it was aggravating me.... so I decided to instead slam this thing out as fast as I could completely bare bones box build not even paint. Total time about 4hr and 20min give or take some time to eat dinner and spray paint another project. Anyway, I hated it and I'll never do another one... but, it doesn't look all that bad finished. Also, this thing is right hand drive... weird!

Just finished this one. I wanted to build a near-replica of the shop car a friend of mine used to have at his hot rod metal fab business. I had good photos of the car and it's lettering so I had the decals created by STS Decals. The car is an original 1960 styrene kit, not a promo. Though the glass was from a promo that I had to heat and stretch to make fit! The body was really rough and I had to fix, fill, sand, and file a lot of heavy glue marks and damage on the car. The lower quarter trim was almost non-existent. I had to file the lines back into them. Not perfect but better than the mess they were. I got the fender ornaments from Norm Nolder. The actual car doesn't have them, nor the logo on the hood but I didn't want to change that. It took several promos and styrene annuals to be able to build this car, all from sourcing different chassis and interior parts, glass and bumpers... I didn't think I'd ever get one of these put together. The paint is Rustoleum 2x sea blue and navy blue. I wish I had chosen a slightly different color for the top coat but I made it work with rust washes once I sanded thru the dark blue in spots to get "the look" I was after. I cleared it with a satin acrylic I found in the craft aisle at hobby lobby. It cracked the roof and no othet spots so I sanded it smooth and re-cleared. Then added some rust and weathering powders and washes. Did all the panel lines as well. The wheels and tires are from my parts stash. The baby moons are parts by parks. The wheelbacks I designed and 3d printed. I made the front seat Mexican blanket by finding a pattern swatch online. Shrinking it and copying and pasting it like 20 times to make it the right scale and size. Cut it out, wadded it up like 6 different ways, and glued it to the seat with white acrylic paint. I used dullcote on it to bring out the colors. I added some rust powder to the metal parts of the interior, blackwashed some spots on the floor to make it look dirty. I brushed on molotow on the dash and steering wheel. Added some speed parts and old hot rod parts in the interior along with some tools and a toolbox with pinstripes. Enjoy

This was an old Iceman Collections resin kit. A friend gave it to me at a show recently and I had to build it. The body was cracked badly up both sides and one of the walls was very flexible. I cured it as best as I could with a UV light and added superglue all over the inside to add some strength to the braces my friend had put in it before he abandoned it. I painted it with Rustoleum paint and Duplicolor 1k clear. The suspension was raised a little by gluing a piece of styrene tube on top of the original mounting points for the wheels. I only had one original wheel and tire and they didn't fit the bill for me. I found 2 old vintage tires and wheels and 2 dog dish caps. I used my 3d printed wheelbacks I designed in addition to a piece of brass rod to make it all work. I also drilled a small hole in the back and used another one of my 3d printed wheelbacks and a 3rd tire and a piece of brass rod and made a spare. The spare is covered with 3m tape and painted black with craft paint. I cut off the original rectangular taillights and added round period correct units. Foiled the trim and the door (and sprayed it flat clear) and hit a few bits with molotow. I then cut some clear sheet for windows. I went on google and searched for mid-century modern patterns and found one I liked, and put a bunch of the same pattern together and printed two sheets of it. Cut them to the approximate size and folded them back and forth to make my curtains and glued them inside since it's curbside. I am hoping to have some more details made for it and weather it a bit soon, but for now here it is! Stuck my 56 Pontiac in front of it for fun