oldcarfan

There is a curious freedom that comes from building a cheap, poorly designed kit. If it turns out great, you're a genius, if it turns out bad, then it's the fault of the designer! LOL

This is the kit that truly restarted my love for modeling. I had gone into a small store in Virginia and they were closing out some older kits. They had 8 Fujimi GT-40s for $8 each. I hadn't built anything in years, but I got one just because. When I went to check out she charged me $3. She said there was an additional discount so I bought the rest of them. That's a deal I couldn't pass up. I ended up buying a conversion kit for one, and a lot of Fred Cady decals. Beautifully designed kits! Sadly, they were lost a few years later by the movers when I left the Navy.

From last weekend in Dallas. I had been putting aside money my wife didn't know I had in hopes of finding some nice stuff. The Initial D came from an Animefest vendor. I've shared them elsewhere, but they are just too cool! The rest were from Wild Bill's Hobby. If you're in the D/FW area, it's worth a stop! He also has a good selection of Pegasus wheel and tire sets. I got 8 sets of them! I missed out on the Ram 50 and the BMW the last time they were reissued. I have the Dakar version of the G-wagen, but I couldn't pass this one up.

A lot of friends decided to tough it out down there. Most have checked in, a lot of damage, some are taking shelter on second floors or roofs.

If they reissue this version, I will buy a few more even though I already have several previous versions laying around!

We went to Anime-Fest this past weekend in Dallas. Anime is not something I really care about, but the wife and kids do, so we went. I did find something for me, though. One of the vendors imports Gundam kits and this time he brought some car kits. My wife wasn't there at the time so I bought 6 of them. I've been searching the forums, but haven't seen one built up. Has anyone built one? They are curbside, Aoshima, but the detail seems really good and they have some extra parts. I'm guessing from the extras that they may have been released in racing or rally editions as well. Incidentally, if I can put in a plug, Wild Bill's Hobby is still open in Dallas, one of the last of the old time hobby shops. If you are in town, it's worth stopping by.

My new ride. Well, I've had it 2 months. A Volvo V50 wagon to replace my Saab 9-2 that was wrecked. Just took it on a 400 mile trip last weekend. She ran fine.

We live in Austin now, so all we are seeing is rain and wind, but I grew up in Ingleside which was just hit dead center by hurricane Harvey. Most of my friends have checked in, but the damage is pretty severe. Anyone on here in the path and able to check in, let us know how you are doing.

So nice!

I went by the LHS yesterday and they were sold out of the RX-7. I'm waiting to get another. I would really like to see this whole line of cars reissued. Since I started this thread, I've managed to collect all except the Triumph and the Z car. I have 5 of the 911 so far.

There are a couple of them aren't there? The AMT kit was pretty good. It was released with the stock bed originally. I think it was also released with a modified stock bed and camper shell as well. The stepside bed kit came out later if I remember. This bed was never a factory option on the 1:1 except as an aftermarket conversion. Revell also had a version with a step bed and other custom parts. I'm pretty sure it was a separate kit, I don't think it was a reissue of the AMT kit. The AMT version was released a few years ago in the stepside bed version. I don't know if it included the stock bed as well. They are usually on eBay, though the original issue stock bed ones are fairly expensive.

Looks nice, I really am glad they re-released this kit!

Big Lots no longer carries overstocks like they used to. From what I've read, they have turned into another version of Dollar General, except with furniture. They sell things that are purposely made and packaged for their for their shelves. Big Lots used to be one of my regular 'treasure hunt' stops. Since around 2005ish they quit carrying models and strating carrying made for them generic toys and other BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH.

Amazing find, also amazing that there are still some of those out there to even be found. The best I ever come across is a few 2000s NASCAR kits.

I did an experiment with PB and if it you are having trouble getting your pictures back it might work for you as well. I went to my PB account and then used the Snipping Tool to copy the individual pictures and then put them back onto my computer.

No semis for me, but there's a lot of pickup trucks I would like to have. First, thanks to MPC for the reissue of the Datsun pickup. I had given up on it and bought a rebuilder. Now I can get a couple more to build! As far as others, I really want a 67 Chevy stepside and the 1960 and 1963 Fords with the camper shell and the go-kart would be nice though I guess the molds for those are long gone. Other than that, the 1976 Dodge, the 1950, a 1975ish Chevy and the AMT 90s Chevys and Fords would be welcome.

Now those are some reissues I would love to see. I had a couple of those as a kid and of course treated them as toys.

Well, it finally happened to me. My pictures are disappearing from PB.If they had decided to charge, I don't know, maybe $9.95 a year I probably would have gone with it, but as slow as PB has always been when I did use it, maybe not. As far as I can tell I still have all my pictures on the computer so I didn't lose anything. It is mainly the annoyance of having to learn a new process because some moron decided to PharmaBro the site. What seems to be the best option?

I love it. You have such a way of doing just the right stuff to make your models stand out! I'm a sucker for Volvos. We just bought an S70 for our son's first car and I drive a V50. I've been looking for this wagon kit for a while, but I'm not willing to pay the current price. I'll just keep holding out for a good deal.

1972 is my favorite year for those. I learned to drive in an old 1972 Gran Torino station wagon.

This is looking really good!

For me it is Monogram's curbside kits from the late 70-early 80s. Their 911, RX-7, and all the rest. Those or any of the 60s AMT annuals or 70s MPC annuals.

I haven't posted that many photos, nor do I have very many stored on PB. If they want to charge me, I'll either find another low-price or free site, or simply not bother with posting. We've already got more than enough monthly subscriptions without adding another one. If it were cheap and even better if it worked quickly and well without taking forever to load, I might consider it, but the way they did this has totally turned me off of them.

Obviously I don't mean put them in the recycle bin, but do you ever come across an old build and think, "I could do that better." Or maybe your tastes have changed. I came across an old Skoda Favorit that I bought when in the Navy a long time ago. It's one of those 1/24 Klik Klak kits. Funny I can remember that but can't remember the company that made it. Anyway, I bought it at the fleet landing gift shop in Napoli while waiting for the boat to take us to Capri. I had several other kits I bought there, but I guess they are gone now. I built it then, just snapped it together. I found it recently and decided to redo it into something more in line with what I would do now. I don't have pictures as of yet, but I may start a thread on the in progress page. Well the point of this was supposed to be about re-using old kits rather than throwing them away or blowing them up with M-80s, but I got sidetracked.

I just got a new to me DD, a 2008 Volvo V50. The thing's feels like a tank, thought it only weighs 3300 pounds. My Saab got squished by a runaway texter and I used the insurance check to get this car and a 2000 Volvo S70 because my new-driver son needed something to drive and apparently I needed something to waste money on! Lol, but not really....