HomerS

Same here....

A couple years ago, I bought a handful of built models at a local auction. It's nice combination of drag cars, stock cars (including a first gen Ford Fusion COT stock car) and police cars. Most of the drag cars have been traded off/sold but still have a few. Looking the police cars, I'm going to turn the 74 Impala back into a regular coupe as will the 71 Cyclone (need to get stock seats as the builder user low back bucket racing seats?). The 76 LTD will be converted back to a street version of the last new car my grandparents bought. The 56 Buick is a resin, no glass...I wonder if it was cast off the Maisto kit? I believe the 74 Chevrolet sedan is a Modelhaus release. No clue on the four door Mopar. There's another half dozen 70 Ford Galaxie patrol cars not pictured here.

Well that was a waste of gas......

Same here.....zilch. Lots of empty shelves in every department.

Local die cast garage sale...... 1/24 Alfa Alfetta (Bburago)

I was never a 'group hug' kinda kid but I did have a favorite uncle who lived in Florida. I remember Uncle Buddy (real name was August) took us on a neighborhood tour in his Bonneville. It was virtually the same as the promo as shown except had the rally wheels. Buddy was good for driving it like he stole it.

My thoughts and prayers are with you as my father had dementia. You never knew what his demeanor would be when you opened that door. His best episode was he was convinced people were breaking into the house as they were leaving things. Um no burglars dont do that dad so I told him to call the police....and he did. Expletive!! We only lived about half a mile apart but had to leave work early and go talk with the officers.

They continue to 'tweak' the model section on their website....and not in a good way. They used to have the Coca Cola model of the Cameo truck or the VW Bug, but if you order on line you had to call them and tell them which one you wanted. (Sorta defeats the purpose of doing it on-line). Now, it appears to be whatever they have an abundance of or easiest to grab when filling your order..... While you may want the Supernatural Impala, they grab the Galaxie police car or the Bond Mustang..... The picture of the larger scale 1/16 '55 Bel Air convertible, you may get the Trans Am..... Ford Lightning.....you may get the '53 F100

The local high school gym, there is a sizable advertisement near the score board for the local plumber that offers 'high presure water jetting'. As a solid "C" student in English my entire life, it's that noticeable.

Kinda depends on what it was. Mine was a well used/abused 73 Duster which except for the indestructible slant six was a POS. Second one not much better (72 one owner two door Mercury Comet). Third one was the first one after college.....84 Dodge Rampage. Currently not running but having the hard time parting with it. Blew two timing belts (cheap plastic belt). No internal damage but clearly went low budget on that engine (2.2L)

When my mother owned a beauty shop, she would read them daily to see if anyone wasn't keeping their appointment that day

I've not opened the VW kit but have build their 2004 GTO and the Ford GT. Lots of detail, especially for a snap kit. No flash not fit issues

No.....he said he parked specifically in that space so he didn't catch anything on fire. As for the Kei cars, there is a Honda Beat that attended in the past. I almost stopped at the other C&C show but from the highway clearly most of the cars had left. Pics on their Facebook page showed a new Ford GT came to that show

Two years ago, the Dayton show was every other weekend. None late year and they are going once a month this year. Last month was fine but there is another one about about 12 miles to the South that is also once a month and it overlapped today. Hopefully they dont end up killing each other off......

After going to a Cars & Coffee show, stopped by the Hobby Lobby not expecting much. Rarely ever see more than one or two of a kit, but grabbed all three of the PL Coca-Cola VW's. I want to do one my late father brought back from Germany after he got out of the Air Force and another he had that he tinkered with in my grade school years. I came close to pulling the trigger to buying the Auto World 76 Cadillac, but without the 40% off coupon I just can't pull the trigger on $10 for 1/64 car. I'll wait until it shows up at a mass retailer at $5-$6.

Company outing today to the Cincinnati Reds game. It was bad little league effort.......lost 19-4 !!!!! Payroll of $121M.....guess that explains the $22 for a beer and a pretzel

One of my neighbors used to work for Kahns......he didn't see the humor when we asked why there was no dumpster out back?

My brother in laws daughter was not quite a teenager and she was going on about the hot dogs at a family cook out. I looked at her and said "these are great....you can really taste the snout!" Ten plus years later, I don't think she's touched about hot dog since.

Currently.....Discount DrugMart. I never thought to check a small, regional drug store for kits but they used to have a decent selection at a decent price. Last time I went (a few years ago) they were down to a handful of Revell kits and Maisto 1/24 die-cast kits. Ever...independent kids resale shop. A lady came in to purge her kids clothes and toys and there were about a dozen kits in the lot. No wow factor but sealed kits at a few bucks each.

On a conference call and I hear a siren coming down the street stop close to the house. Look outside and see a fairly new Dodge Ram pulled over in front of the neighbor w/ police car behind him. Didn't give it much thought until the teenager says there are two other police vehicles as they had the dog sniffing the bed of the truck. Must have come up clean as everyone departed about 20 minutes later.

Auction win......$10. Open, but sealed inside.

Didn't know these things really grew on trees......

Okey shows up at shows sporadically. He has a couple resin kits and some unassembled promos, but otherwise mostly Jo-Han parts bin (tail lights, tires and a few hoods)

I went on their website last night around 5p Eastern time looking for the AutoCar dump truck (local stores stock of one each was gone) as they were offering free shipping over $50. They were not offering the 40% off on models? Oh well....I can wait a couple more weeks for the in store sale and stock to be replenished.

Intentional duplicates (to build variations)......MPC Jeep, P/L VW Bug, AMT Challenger Unintentional duplicates......Tamiya RX-7, AMT Ranger Splash