jbwelda

i would just go there and look at the models and ask him what he wants for them. then work from there. and have cash in hand. the prices i saw above are good for either common recent kits or as real "brother" prices for older stuff (if its truly 60s vintage then its deffo "older stuff"). if he has models along the lines of the (edit: let me add: vintage kits of, not recent reissues) ala kart, orange crate, original roth stuff esp tweedy pie i would think, early 60s annuals and promos, he is probably gonna want a bit for them like at least 20$ each. so let him tell you what he wants and work from there. i dont promote ripping people off so if he is happy and you are happy thats what its all about.

well, concerning this: youre right. it is all bush's fault.

you might also notice in that photo, if you look through the windshield, you can see the reps and mins drilled out aviation seats. totally cool too.

thats probably quite true and i will have to try it next time i find myself in a tight corner. but ive been trying to avoid those "one chance" encounters, one way by putting a part onto another with either blue tac or elmers (white) glue. then when that dries (in the case of the glue), i flow some super glue or epoxy or whatever im going to use around the joint of the parts, trying to keep it from getting on the white glue and/or blue tac. then either remove the blue tac with your fingers (or, actually, a bigger piece of blue tac works better) or wet a q tip and remove the white glue and then seal up the rest of the joint if you need to. works great with headlights or fiddly suspension bits.

>I have an issue with the photo entry. What if people photo shop or touch-up the entry pictures? im sure no one has ever thought of that and it will go straight over the top of the officials heads.

they made some great stuff and i liked how the photoetch was on a rubber backing, easily dissolved in thinner, instead of being on frets. sure solved the problem of that little nib still being attached, no matter how close i think i am cutting it.

i tried contacting him on that forum but you have to be a member and im just not a "joiner"...thats why i asked about his email direct. but i will look up the seller on ebay. looking killer by the way!

wow that interior is looking great! i agree, that striping with sprue really sets it off! what kind of glue did you use to attach it so neatly?

yeah those are really nice cars, i really dig that caddy too. dont really like those huge wheels but they are the thing these days i guess. i like it more old skool but it looks like it will turn out great either way! Z car looks killer too, nice motor detail painting and body weathering!

well i think its safe to say i am closing in on the profile i have been after, note tweedy pie grille shell! thanks again for looking!

well a fairly major update here even if the photos dont show it. roughed in the new firewall after chopping 6" scale from the front. installed the rear end and made up some traction bars from the kit ones...necessary because of the narrowed axle plus the lengthening of the frame in the rear. more important, epoxied on the slicks in the rear and made sure they sat flat and straight (one of my pet peeves) and the front axle is getting near done, just now epoxying (using that more and more these days) the finned brake drums onto the front spindles. also, started making floorboards and realized the situation i had envisioned wasnt going to work because the body is channelled down so much. i dug through my spares box with no real results so i started looking at kits on the shelf. sports cars, old touring cars, pickup trucks, all too wide and i didnt want to have to do surgery on the middle of the seat if possible. then i looked in the AMT 29 ford roadster kit (with the Ala Kart parts still included) and there it was, ensconced inside a tub, that me and my dremel buzzsaw blade proceeded to liberate. it nearly fit perfectly, and more importantly you can tilt it so it will clear the frame while still looking natural. i filed on the sides to get it to fit the body and its lookin great now! plan on making up a dashboard with some street rod gauges and i have a walnut steering wheel coming from reps and mins. trying to think about getting this done by NNL west but i dont like to rush things. a look at the frame and rear end from inside, ive since made up an aluminum tube driveshaft: one last look before the slicks go on: slicks mounted...and you get a good idea of how the seat looks: axle was narrowed probably 9 or maybe even 12" on each side...its short and stubby now! oh and the lever shocks are upside down because with how narrow the transverse spring is, they interfered with the frame and axle up in their normal position. so i did what i probably would do in real life: found a way to install them upside down. look cooler that way too but perhaps only on a model because on the street the first pothole is gonna kill ya! just got to smooth the cowl and firewall some before i shoot some color on it. sorry for the pic quality, they were all handheld with no flash, when i get further along i will set up the tripod and take some serious photos. thanks again for looking and hopefully things will continue to continue...im praying for rain!

yes well i apologize for bringing the ala kart into this, except for its tangental relationship re: fidelity to prototype. i did pull out both this weekend and see exactly the situation you pointed out. i think its actually pretty pronounced and the grille and nose especially are bothersome. as for getting emotional...are you kidding? and yeah i knew exactly the situation re: reissue vs new tool. i was using the former as shorthand to acknowledge the car had been kitted before, i didnt mean to imply it was a direct reissue of the new tool. i figured everyone knew the story there. by the way not that it matters but i believe i recall seeing the ala kart at the st louis some custom show or another that i got my dad to take me to and remember thinking it was the total hit of the show. drawer pull grille and all. and i recall building more than one of the original kit. i used to like to use the hemi with the short stack hilborn injectors for kitbashing and the suspension for projects as well. so...sorry for the digression but i learned a bit from it. thanks for pointing out the differences so graphically. as for the hudson, arent there prototypes parked in many back lots, under blankets, in yards etc, everywhere? because there sure seem to be in california. ive noticed at least two of similar model (im not an expert) in the past week. once the model is out it should be pretty easy to find a real life example to compare with.

wow that is unreal! when you said "buick bonneville" i got the entirely wrong idea!!! what was the history of the car? got any photos from back in the day? very very nice build there of a unusual subject!

thats looking really nice. is it a relative of the Little T? kinda looks like it...take a look at my thread on the one i restored.

See introduction thread in "on the workbench" forum...continued here: this began as an attempt to rebuild a partial kit that i acquired on ebay, and have been trying without luck to scavenge parts here and there to complete it. just last weekend a friend of mine sold me a nearly perfect example with the chassis and running gear already built to a pretty nice, out of box, standard. so the idea was to complete the car "out of box" and by that i mean exactly that: out of the box. no paint, no smoothing, just fitting the parts together cleanly and as smoothly as possible. i chose to use the rarer turtle deck instead of the "big T" pickup bed but didnt modify anything nor add any wiring or plumbing or even detail painting. the two exceptions were i used a red sharpie to color the taillight and a silver sharpie to color the side lamp lenses. one thing i learned is that this is a very very nice kit especially for its time. fine engraving and sufficient parts count, and all the parts (possible exception: soft top fit) fit like they were supposed to and the thing assembled very well in a very short time (for me anyway). the castings were flash free and nicely detailed though still rather simplified. decals were still good but i only used the ones shown on the box art: the "little t" box graphic on the sides and the "8 balls" license/club plate in the rear. i had earlier bought one of those super kool hobby store display replicas from a chap on the bay and the car looks perfect on it! really fun build and caused newfound respect for some of the older kits, really went together like a dream and looks great even in monochrome red and white! if you look close you can see where some of the parts were separated from the sprue but with no paint i didnt want to scuff them up too much so i didnt apply my usual standards. the chassis was already largely built but required the tie rod and some other parts...even they fit perfectly with negligible fiddling. really a perfect relaxing project for a rainy weekend!

well its been raining like bejesus this weekend in NorCal so i took the opportunity to fire up the pellet stove, put on some reggae vibes and do some benchwork, model benchwork. i had been piddling around with restoring this old Monogram Little T partial kit i had but couldnt source the missing parts i needed, until last weekend when one of my buddies kindly practically GAVE me a complete kit, the chassis and running gear of which were already pretty much expertly assembled. all that remained were to put on the body, build the interior, assemble the wheels and tires and install them and some other stuff. the build only took a few hours, some of which was waiting for glue/decals etc to dry so i only took a couple of shots of the parts. this post is really only to point you over to the under glass section where i have posted some completed photos! please go look over there!

lookin great! i need one of those motors too! do you happen to have the email of the guy in italy who makes the motors please?

oh you aint even seen friendly yet.

so, re: ala kart, its just as i thought: a lot of people talk ###### but when called on it really havent got anything to back it up. figures. its especially funny when the replies are on the order of: >I don't know a single person who liked the 1:1 or the original kit that was happy with that model. because, gee whiz, i dont know a single person who liked the 1:1 or the original kit either. and its too bad you dont "know" me because then you couldnt say that at all. the kit looks pretty good to me and always has. so maybe it hasnt got the same number of rivits as the original or something, try to get over it. and to get back to the subject at hand...i have a feeling it is bound to be a parallel situation.

so since this thread has already gone off into goofy land, what exactly makes the ala-kart reissue such a dog? the offtone decals? the possibly maybe could be could not be too small hemi V8? more? i have two of them and never really looked at them all that close except that im using the motor in a build right now. it was always one of my favorite kits as a kid and i bought them without prejudice when they were reissued.

if there was an fj-55 (aka iron pig) or fj-60 or even an fj-62 i would buy it in a heartbeat. no thats not strictly true because i would already have a closet full of them. unfortunately there is not. not even a die cast. not even a resin body or transkit. not that i have found anyway. and while the fj/bj/etc 40 series is well represented in most all scales, the wagons go unnoticed. i assume you have an fj55? ive got an fj60 that last one was from when i just got the rock sliders installed. they arent so pretty anymore anyway, i am with you: we need some toyota land cruiser wagons.

looks killer, looks like its going to sit nice too. but yeah, dullcoat on the interior. then you can go back with Future on a Q-tip to "re-gloss" stuff like the steering wheel. you will be surprised how great it will look, and especially if you do a little washing with thinned out black (i use india ink thinned with alcohol). really brings out the details.

i have never met chrome that could withstand more than about 10 minutes in castrol super clean. are you sure its reasonably fresh? what model's chrome is this hardy?

have your mom buy you some looser underwear.

yeah those roth models can be pretty fiddly. i have yet to try one in adult life but as a kid i remember slaughtering a couple of each of the bubble tops.