oldnslow

I've been told I have too many kits, been "stashing" them for over 40 years, but I look at it as "adding inventory" and an investment that I enjoy and planned on it being my "job" when I retired, which was last December. While I haven't started selling any of the old kits yet I enjoy being able to emulate a build by others with my own version pulled from my inventory without having to troll e-bay for that certain kit needed for the build. I'm always on the lookout for interesting (to me) kits at reasonable prices, just picked up 17 more Saturday after our club meeting, but that's just me.

Picked up a few kits from our Saturday club meeting in Ocala and then a few more from a closed hobby shop in Apopka.

It seems like when I start on a model, I think of different variations to make so I end up with multiples of the same kit going on at the same time. I have 5 39 Chevys going right now, 3 coupes, a sedan delivery and a station wagon. When I run into a stopping point on one, I go to the next one.

Thanks, Jim, I'll see you Saturday.

nice job Jim, Are there any kits left for the club build? If so could you bring one with you to Jax next weekend? I'll pick it up at the show. Thanks, Robert

The Tiajuana Taxi has a similar engine to the son of ford.

Hey Richard, It depends on the brand and type of nail polish, some I use toulene and some is alcohol, you have to read the ingredients on the bottle. I've had the same brand have different formulas, so you have to look closely.

Thanks, guys, the tires are copies of parts box pieces. If I only have a couple of a given tire, I make resin copies of them, then I don't have to rob expensive kits for tires.

Of course it's a great day, It's my birthday, officially retired, your welcome.

Missed this the first time, great inspiration for more builds. Here's mine. I found an old "Son of Ford" kit while digging in my stash and wanted to build it, but the original kits are selling for way too much. so I tried to duplicate it from the other kits I had. Decided to up date it a little. Resin tires, Tiajuana Taxi wheels, nascar drive train.

OOUUHH! Lots of memories, had a 61 2 dr in high school, red with red and white interior. It was indestructible, looking back I know I tried, 144 automatic, I'd take it around back of the gym and do a high RPM drop into low to spin the tires. I have a couple of these, now I'm going to have to build one. Nice looking car Alan. Robert

Thanks, Guys, the show was great, what little I saw of it and we had a good turn out. Oh, Derick, I built pickups just none of the stock, except the tractor. the tractor was the reason to build the "load".

Here's the pics from the show. Hope the guys have a good time and a good turn out. Yesterday was windy but beautiful, had a lot of interesting cars on the tables.

The special pursuit unit. I'm going to put this out with the truck.

I decided to go ahead and build the cars for the tractor and trailer and this is what I came up with in the last two weeks. I wanted a convertible ,but couldn't find the article to convert an AMT coupe, so I just started chopping. I looked at the Revelle body for reference. I used the cover from the Revell kit and added a back seat. The rest were straight from the box, well almost. Building a lot of the same thing can get tiresome, but it was fun since I usually don't build anything stock. Oh, the red one is for a special pursuit unit. Dual carbs, dual exhaust and radio communication.

Getting ready for the show tomorrow, finished the "load" cars, couldn't find the article on converting the coupe to a convertible, so I had to wing it. . Oh yeah, I thought I'd add a little something to make it interesting. The truck is already in Ocala so I won't have pics of the truck loaded until tomorrow.

ZOMBIES-ZOMBIES-ZOMBIES And now for your viewing pleasure, a picture from another world. BRAINS - MORE BRAINS!

High Andrey, I have several of those, but I'm building a load for a car hauler and want to keep all the cars from the same line and simple. Thanks, Robert

Hey Guys, I remember an article about converting an AMT coupe into a convertible, I'm having no luck finding it in my back issues. Does anyone know where it can be found? Would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Robert

Thanks Guys, I'm really partial to older drag cars so I knew I had to build this one. Robert

Thanks Guys, Yeah, every one wants 40's to go on the trailer, I was also thinking about it as a pick up vehicle for a rod shop to bring in projects and take finished cars to shows. Robert

Thanks, This one was a quick build, 3 days, I had been working on the others for almost a month off and on. Robert

Thanks Guys, Hey Jim, I thought the shifters would be a little detail to catch your eye when looking at the truck. They're easy to make, maybe a how to at one of the club meetings? Robert

While I was waiting for the resin to set for the tractor build I had this flash for another shop truck. since I wanted this one to be really low with the kit suspension, I chopped it up pretty bad. removed the louvers and sanded the door panels and seat. I went with the wheels and tires from a 29 rat rod kit and painted them satin purple. the flahead was wired, added aluminum water pumps and an alternator. paint on the truck is finger nail polish, Malibu Girl African Violet. seat cover from the 29 rat rod, eyeball shifted and the 40 decal for the bed. ready for assembly. chain for the tailgate and wrought iron running boards. 39 tail lights

I wanted something different, at least that's my story. I used an Opel Blitz for the heavy truck parts and modified the 40 parts to fit. I cut the fenders from the front of the 40 and added a 1/8" strip to widen the a scale 3". I cut the chassis down by 1/2" to tractor length and cast some copies of the wheels and tires. the 40 engine doesn't have any stock parts so they were pirated from a 37 pickup, the six was cut off and the flathead added on. the doors were sanded flat and sheet stock added to look like a stock door panel, solder window crank and a 37 door handle. stock tail lights. the trailer is a glue bomb I got from my brother in law. a little weathering and it's good to go.