Dave Van

I went Saturday.....nothing new......just a bunch of non sellers. BUT the kits were 25% off so for $9 I did pick up a Nova wagon......

TWO NICE ONES!!!

Not a high mark year for me. I started a few more but all are stalled. I did finish 3 kits and I am really happy with those. I was working on my real 23 Ford hot rod and doing more work on my O scale railroad. Busy year even if it does not look like it!!! Thanks https://public.fotki.com/DaveVan51/2023-model-builds/

Nice clean work!

Nice clean work!!!! But isn't the body to 'tall' in the mid section??? I bought one and plan to build.....warts and all....

I have the T1 kit. My father in law gave it to me back about 1985 before any decent RTR versions were made. It's built and runs......but just not real well. The two BLI Pennsy T1 locos I got when my father in law passed run much better. Those old Bowser kits are cool and a real piece of history. Hard to think how many different kits they made and how many of each!!!

Looks like a Mini Exotics kit. Some of the parts look just like some I have.

I can go into my local Dollar General, shop, self check, load my car and never see a single employee........

I count my dehydrator a top ten model tool of all time!!!! Mine came from Big Lots back in 1990's!!

Chrome here....seems OK....maybe temp issue???

My OPINION.......... The AMT kits ae overstock kits.....thus price sticker outside. The Revell kits, all not recent cataloged kits and made 3rdQ 2023, these were made for Ollies and were priced before shrink. The sticker inside is done to hurt the resellers.......weather Ollies or Revell pushed for this......who knows.

I picked up the AMT 1/200 Moonraker Space Shuttle kit at Ollies for $11. Kit looks OK for a 1/200 scale kit.....but decals are Army Green and not the orange they should be. Waste....

Picked up Lotus, Bond shuttle and AMT 68 Vette in Beckley wv

There is no logic as far as what store gets what. The Mooresville NC store must have had 100 Great Dane trailers.....but my local store....ZERO. I think as the boxes of kits arrive at Ollie's dist they just slap a store label....no matter the mix of kits.

Well done....nice paint, dirt

Still hoping mine will get the Lotus, Vicky and Atlantis stuff......

The Nova ran in NASCAR Busch series for a while, the Cougar was used by a few short track guys.....so there's that. Back in the day I cut up a Cougar to make my Montego Cup car.....no laughing the build is from 1974!!

I LIKE!!!

Made a recon trip to see if anything new at my store. NOTHING after all the stuff we saw last week in Mooresville thought we may get something. Save me $$$$$

Not 100% sure this is the oldest.....but it is among the oldest I still have. It is a Wood's Bros #21 Mercury driven by David Pearson. It started life as a JoHan 1972 Gran Torino NASCAR kit. I reworked it into a 1973 Montego. I used a 73 Cougar grille, modified. Rear quarters were smoothed. I built this about 1975 so long before resin bodies, aftermarket decals etc. The Purolator is dry transfer lettering. The other decals were from the MPC Wood's kit. I pulled the kit from storage and decided to leave it as is......It may look rough.....but she is 45+ years old!!!

25% off kits tonight after 1800..........

yep!!!

The original Monogram 1955 was a 3 in 1 kit. Stock, custom and convertible. That tooling was cut up for the Badman kit. My buddy found an original kit to make a 1/24 55 drag car!!

Well done!! a tough kit for sure!

Very well done...a fav of mine!