RSchnell

Got the left cove trim foiled on the '58 Corvette I've been putzing with off & on for a month. The trim is so narrow, it's hard to get it right, so work a little and set it aside! At least the '62 Corvette I'm building now doesn't have cove trim.

Very nice!!!!! Some of the best paint work I've seen on the forum. Those Revell early C3 kits sure build up well.

Had some business in the next town over. Not only discovered a new LHS that I need to go back and check out, but saw these cars behind the fence at a shop. 30s Dodge truck, Ecoline Pickup, Mustang and a '56 Merc Monterey.

I'd love to see a kit of any of these, but like the real collector car market, 50s ain't the hot thing they once were & I doubt a kitmaker would tool up for such a limited market. There was a '53 Fiesta in a junkyard/hoarder collection local to me back in the 90s. Both myself and a friend tried to buy that car numerous times as it was fairly restorable. On the way to lunch one day we saw the car heading down the road on a trailer. I like to think it got restored. This same yard had a '57 Caddy Biarritz Convertible that we were able to buy.

Here are a few more photos from various years the NCRS Winter Regional Meet was held at Old Town in Kissimmee, FL.

Looks like a great museum and the photographs are well done too! Thanks for posting!

Great photos! Why were the awards delayed? 11 hours is a long day in anyone's book. We got there around 10am and left about 2pm, having seen everything twice. While I was just a spectator, I had the feeling there was some pandemonium going on with the contest portion of the show overhearing the grumblings of several people. That being said, I'm considering entering a few builds in the next show.

That ramp truck will find it's way to my stash. Looks like it'd be a good foundation for a rollback project I've had kicking around in my mind.

Nicely restored mid 60s Beetle out for a Sunday drive...

My haul from the Southlandz show in Largo, FL. The screwbottom '60 Galaxie came from the $5 bin as did the '68 Vette and '63 Vette kit in the ziploc bag. The Hot Rod Ford Set I last built as a kid in 1988- it was nice to see another set reasonably priced! I posted some photos of the show in this thread-

I was definitely drooling over both of your builds! I've been debating on grabbing one of those Fiat kits and seeing yours confirmed I need to. Nice work and a well deserved win! I too spent too much in the swap, but that's part of the fun. Even my two teenage sons who aren't car builders, bought a couple kits each and noticed how friendly the car guys are.

Here are some photos I took of the show. Brought home a few kits and met some new people. Made for a pleasant Saturday! My only complaints is it was way to dark in the room(had to shoot at 1/20-1/40 and high ISO to get decent shots without a flash) and could REALLY benefit from a larger venue. It was hard to navigate the aisles during peak crowd due to the narrowness of the aisles.

Ferrari 488 on my drive home today... And at the other end of the spectrum- the world's most overloaded Corolla! It could barely pull away from the stoplight.

I plan to be there as a spectator/buyer. If you see a guy with a NASA hat and a Nikon camera hanging off his shoulder, stop me and introduce yourself! Always up to meet other forum members.

I'm getting ready to move from my current place into an oceanfront condo which has the benefit of being oceanfront and close to good restaurants, but smaller square footage. In addition to cars, I also build space subjects and aircraft so there are a good number of built kits on display & boxed up. Believe it or not, I sold quite a few common built kits at the yard sale for $10-40, ones that got broken in storage were cut up for parts, some I gave away. I will probably get a few of those Nascar diecast display cases that can be hung on the wall for the cars & trucks and a couple Ikea display cases for the space & small scale aircraft. If done right It can look very tasteful.

More weaksauce! Which is good, I'm trying to cut back on kit buying....

If this go round is anything like that last one, the 5 Ollie's that I checked in my travels across the state of FL had no kits aside from the Scooby Do stuff and a few late model Camaros. No trucks, no VW's nothing. I don't bother making special trips anymore. I did find 2 AMT '55 Corvette kits at the Ollie's in Merritt Island, FL just sitting on a shelf by themselves. They went home with me.

Popped into the local HL to grab a couple '70 Corvette kits for a project I'm working on- I intend to build models of all the astronaut Corvettes I've been able to get information on. As for the stock at HL, it was pretty well wiped out, the same old kits they've always had. I did notice they have shrunk the aisle for more gundam/sci-fi stuff. Didn't think to get pictures, was trying to get in & get out!

I picked these up at Modelpalooza yesterday. Saw more that I wanted but didn't need. the 3 gluebombs are '61 Galaxie convertibles that I need for parts, the find was the Floquil for $1/bottle. I bought all he had. Found a few sets of Caprice wheel covers that I need for my Astronaut Corvette project. Good day all around! I posted a bunch of pics of the show in the contest & shows section.