oldcarfan

Last weekend I found Hobby Lobby had gotten the Lost VW Van in Greenlight 1/24. On the way home tonight I stopped at another HL and they had the Field of Dreams version. I used the coupon and got it for $19.78. It's kind of silly, but this made my day! Now I've got to decide whether to display them as is or maybe to redo it to match an old high school friend's ride.

AMT has the chassis already in the fastback 67-68 kit. Maybe it's more complicated than that, but it seems to me they could tool up a body and chassis tub to fit and then they'd have two kits to release instead of one.

This is another of those kits I wish they would reissue with a few added parts. How about a slant six, and a set of stock steelies and hubcaps to make the kit a 2-n-1?

While on the way to Abilene yesterday, I stopped at a newly opened Hobby Lobby to stretch my legs as I was tired of driving. I mostly buy plastic kits, but they had a couple of things that really caught my eye. I love trailers and this one is sweet. It's a variation of one they released before. The 'Lost' 1971 bay-window VW van looks accurate and is something I've never seen available before. I'll be needing to get another one to modify. Incidentally, I recommend the coupon. They are marked for around $29 each I bought the trailer with the coupon for $19.78 and then went back in and got the van the same way.

I haven't much luck at most of the CVS around here, but I had to make a quick trip to Abilene Texas yesterday and stopped at a CVS. They had a Welly display rack and I got a couple for $12.99 each. They had a pretty good selection, but a lot of them were looking shopworn. I also got the Alfa in red as well.

I found one CVS out of four I checked that had a Welly display in our area. Also some Tractor Supply's have them as well.

This is looking good! I just got the AMT Courier and am going to try to find the original kit stock bed.

That looks great! Is it the Polar Lights kit? Does it include all the gear in the back?

He still has them stacked high and deep and I saw a stack of older 80 NASCAR kits over in the corner. He has a decent selection of diecast cars too.

Yeah, the prices are average hobby shop range, but they have a good selection of oddball kits. I'm regretting that I didn't buy the IMAI (?) Hyundai Pony. I like the weird cars! They have quite a few 80s-90s old stock kits.

The family did our yearly trip to Dallas for AnimeFest which gave me the chance to slip off to Wild Bill's Hobby in Irving. It is a general purpose old-school place. They have pretty much anything you might want. As far as car kits, it is amazing to me. A lot of older kits tucked away with current issues. I only get to go once a year, but I always find some things that I want.

We went to Dallas this weekend for AnimeFest which gave me an opportunity to slip away to Wild Bill's Hobby. I love this place!

I like it! Nice use of the aluminum too!

Thanks for the kind words!

Looks great to me!

That is too cool! Could you use it to cast resin too?

The last I saw was a few years ago on eBay. I haven't looked in a while.

They need to keep the Corvette a front engine sports/grand touring and let the mid engine car be it's own thing. Maybe they can use the Stingray name for the new one and give it it's own identity.

I'm on a roll, sort of. I've been a kit starter for a couple of years and I'm pushing myself to finish somethings. I've been buying Monogram curbside 911s whenever I find them as they are my favorite kit ever. Anyway, I built this one up as another hot rod the way I'd like to have a real one. It's done in Kryon Smoke Grey. I removed the whale tail and it is lowered with American style deep dish steelies. Nothing fancy and I've still got to figure out where to get some mirrors as the Monogram kit didn't come with them. Anyway, here it is along with another Monogram and a Tamiya I've done this month.

The Revell/Monogram 1/24th Bronco was a 302 I think. The Revell one is probably a 351W but the kit wasn't as accurate overall.

The Monogram Porsche 911 curbside kit is mine. I built it many times as a kid, usually the same kit that I tore apart and redid, and have been buying and building them again over the last year or so.

I never warmed up to the 1:1 FJ so I won't be getting this, but if they decide to do an FJ40 I would be getting that.

Yes sir! Another of the old MPC kits I would love to build again!

This is one of those kits I would buy, then buy again. I love the old MPC kits. I would buy the step bed ones, the long bed ones and if they backdated it with the original tooling grille and stuff, I would buy it again!

I love what you have done this is amazing. I could use a set of those Rotiforms with tires. I've never ordered from Shapeways. Can you give me a primer on them? What is your name on their site? Do we order your design from them and they print it out and ship it? Do they take credit cards? Sorry if this has been answered before.