mikemodeler

Starting to pack stuff up today for the show tomorrow, lots of old and new kits to be sold so be sure to bring your lunch money and spend!

Not sure what the future of Olson Bros is but I do have some of these from when they were still shipping orders; https://www.resincastmodelparts.com/store/1-25-Classic-Headlight-Lenses-6mm-6-Lenses-p411763875

Placed an order for the 68 GTO & MCM #219 on Friday with Wes at Wes's Model Car Corner, figuring it would ship out this week. Sunday evening I see on his FB page that they got the 65 GTO and 92 Chevy Silverado in and were available to order. Placed my order and messaged Wes seeing if they could combine orders and he said NO PROBLEM! This afternoon around 1:30 UPS dropped off my order! Unbelievable service and just another reason why Wes is my online ordering choice- his prices and service are the best I have found.

That wrecker body is a re-pop of the Midnite Cowboy wrecker bed and it was 1/24 scale, so it will look big on that 1/25 truck. That kit did not accurately represent a 8 foot bed so it does require some adjustment. I have a stalled project that uses that same bed, maybe you will inspire me to finish it.

Still showing as TBA on the Stevens International website and that means it is either days, weeks or months away from being in stock and ready to ship.

Modelroundup shows this as a June 2023 release........gonna be an expensive summer with all that is coming out!

Looking forward to that Land Rover Series III LWB Commercial kit.....I have a C1 Models wrecker conversion kit for it!

I have ordered from Kris many times, always with the understanding that he is a one man operation and good stuff takes time. Like many others here will attest, Kris delivers but does get busy.

Saturday October 28

Mine has been ordered and supposed to be delivered today, looking forward to this!

The CKM show in August has been moved to Saturday August 12th! You should consider making the trip to Atlanta this fall for the ACME show. It is being held in a much larger location and has some of the best modelers from across the country there as well as a ton of vendors with everything from parts and resin bodies to old kits and new releases. Great show and great group that puts it on, worth going to.

I will be there with a bunch of kits for sale, be sure to stop by and spend your hard earned money with me!

I guess I can start saving now! That looks great, about dang time! I can see some cab swaps (Dodge & Chevy) in my future.

Not sure if you do Facebook, but there are a couple of different FB pages that you can sell on, fewer restrictions than eBay and no fees that I am aware of. In regards to selling on here, you are correct. Now if you send messages via PM with a list or photos of what you will be selling, it would help some here identify what they want and help them help you in clearing out the stash.

Technically, if you wanted to replicate the Daisy Jeep from the show you would use the Revell 77 CJ-7 kit as she drove one on the show. Don't recall her ever having the top up on the show, would defeat the whole purpose of her being in that outfit she wore! AMT/MPC uses this older CJ-5 kit because that is what they have in their inventory and also hold the licensing agreement for the DOH stuff. This kit has been around for a LONG time and uses the old 4 cylinder Hurricane engine. If you wanted to "update" this, you could source the L6 engine out of a Pacer kit. I doubt the molds still exist but there were some early versions of this Jeep kit that would be nice to have again, especially the ones with the V-6, half cab, service station and off road parts. In regards to the dually kit, interesting to note that there are two sets of wheels- plated and unplated- but it looks like only one set of tires. I will grab a couple of these, hoping some resin grilles are going to be available for this!

Scenes Unlimited offered one as well, not sure if the new owner has one in the line as of yet but worth checking.

The decals are available if you want to get another set. I got a resin body from Greg Wann to build one of these, an old high school friend has a real 1:1 67 pace car and it's on my list of cars to build! Nice old kit there!

I have yet to get anything from Kris that wasn't top notch. Not sure how he is able to cast resin kits that look every bit as good as a regular model kit, but his stuff is awesome!

check with Burbank Hobbies, they are out of stock but they list it for $13.99.

Very nice, love the colors and the stance. How did you add the lower rocker trim behind the rear wheels?

Half the value of the truck is those Michelin tires! Nice work on it Chuck, you have a knack for these kind of builds!

Is it possible that someone could be attending in their absence to announce new kits? Maybe one of the kit vendors?

It was mentioned on the Round2 Facebook page that Steve Goldman was going to be at the show with some new kit announcements. No exact specifics but should be interesting to see what they have up their sleeves. I suspect that by noon Saturday, if not sooner, the internet will be a buzz with the news of what is coming.

I have several unbuilt versions of each kit. I also have several Chevette promos, not sure what's wrong with me but they find their way to my collection!

Here's a couple of old MPC kits. The Jeep was only issued the one time like this with the snow plow and off road equipment together. The Chevette was a one year only, I believe it was updated to a '79 which had a different grille and options.